SonicWall-Cyber-Protect-Report-2026.md

The SonicWall 2026 Cyber Protect Report reviews 2025 telemetry and incident trends affecting SMBs and partners, highlighting that most breaches arise from operational failures (weak authentication, misconfigurations, unpatched systems, excessive access) rather than exotic zero-days; it documents large-scale active exploitation (e.g., 825M Log4j hits), growing IoT and bot traffic, credential/VPN compromises, prevalent ransomware and BEC losses, and advocates outcome-focused controls (MFA, rapid patching, segmentation, 24/7 monitoring and disciplined execution over tool-chasing).