Return on Security

Your weekly 5-minute briefing on the cybersecurity market, providing key trends and analysis. The business of the cyber industry with zero fluff.

Featured Posts

Annual Review

2025 State of the Cybersecurity Market: $25B Funding, $76B M&A, and What's Next

Feb 6, 2026

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47 min read

2025 State of the Cybersecurity Market: $25B Funding, $76B M&A, and What's Next

The cybersecurity market recovered in 2025, but not evenly. Inside: who won, who got acquired, and what 2026 holds for founders, buyers, and investors.

Mike Privette

Deep Dive

Dec 10, 2025

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16 min read

The Opportunity Cost of Data Privacy

The true cost of data privacy isn't what we pay to protect it. It's what we've lost by building an entire digital economy on surveillance.

Mike Privette

Guides

The AI Security Shared Responsibility Model

Aug 2, 2024

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12 min read

The AI Security Shared Responsibility Model

Learn about the AI Security Shared Responsibility Model, a framework for managing risks and ensuring compliance in AI deployments.

Mike Privette

Deep Dive

Context is King: How AI is Finally Making DLP Work

Jun 13, 2025

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15 min read

Context is King: How AI is Finally Making DLP Work

AI is giving DLP a second chance. Learn how DLP is evolving from roadblock to the key to safe, scalable GenAI adoption.

Mike Privette

Guides

Feb 14, 2025

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7 min read

Never Waste a Good Compliance Framework

Companies pay for compliance but want security. Smart teams leverage compliance as a strategic tool to drive security improvements and business growth.

Mike Privette

Point of View

News of the Death of the Analyst Firm is Greatly Exaggerated

Feb 14, 2024

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15 min read

News of the Death of the Analyst Firm is Greatly Exaggerated

The debate over the relevance of cybersecurity analyst firms is heating up. Uncover the nuanced opinions and realities surrounding their impact.

Mike Privette

From the Archives

Newsletter

💰 Security, Funded #230 - The One Vendor to Rule Them All

Feb 9, 2026

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13 min read

💰 Security, Funded #230 - The One Vendor to Rule Them All

Get the world's best cybersecurity market and intelligence insights, including key trends and industry analysis, from the week of February 2nd, 2026.

Mike Privette

Annual Review

Feb 6, 2026

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47 min read

2025 State of the Cybersecurity Market: $25B Funding, $76B M&A, and What's Next

The cybersecurity market recovered in 2025, but not evenly. Inside: who won, who got acquired, and what 2026 holds for founders, buyers, and investors.

Mike Privette

Newsletter

💰 Security, Funded #229 - We Finally Defeated January

Feb 2, 2026

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12 min read

💰 Security, Funded #229 - We Finally Defeated January

Get the world's best cybersecurity market and intelligence insights, including key trends and industry analysis, from the week of January 26th, 2026.

Mike Privette

Newsletter

💰 Security, Funded #228 - Even RSA Is Raising Again

Jan 26, 2026

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11 min read

💰 Security, Funded #228 - Even RSA Is Raising Again

Get the world's best cybersecurity market and intelligence insights, including key trends and industry analysis, from the week of January 18th, 2026.

Mike Privette

Newsletter

💰 Security, Funded #227 - Nobody Told M&A to Slow Down

Jan 20, 2026

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14 min read

💰 Security, Funded #227 - Nobody Told M&A to Slow Down

Get the world's best cybersecurity market and intelligence insights, including key trends and industry analysis, from the week of January 12th, 2026.

Mike Privette

Newsletter

💰 Security, Funded #226 - The Privilege(d) Acquisition

Jan 12, 2026

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12 min read

💰 Security, Funded #226 - The Privilege(d) Acquisition

Get cybersecurity market and intelligence insights, including key trends and industry analysis, from January 1st to January 11th, 2026.

Mike Privette