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When Security Tools Become the Attack Surface

Security tools are becoming privileged infrastructure. As scanners, EDR, SOAR and autonomous security agents accumulate visibility, credentials and execution power, their compromise can become an enterprise control-plane event.
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When Security Tools Become the Attack Surface
Visual concept by Eckhart Mehler. Image generated with AI, 2026.

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