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Vendor Capital Allocation — Q1 2026

🦅 Vendor Capital Allocation Report — Q1 2026 Data snapshot: 2026-08-11  |  Financial data: Yahoo Finance TTM (trailing twelve months) This report covers Q1 2026 — one quarter behind the Vendor Pain Index, to ensure all earnings are confirmed before drawing conclusions about how vendors spend their money. ✍️ From the Editor As someone who

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Vendor Pain Index — Q1 2026 vs Q2 2026

🦅 Vendor Pain Index — Q1 2026 vs Q2 2026 A quarter-over-quarter comparison of vendor security performance across three lenses: Revenue, R&D Spend, and Employees. Each Pain Index is calculated as (CRITICAL × 3 + HIGH × 1) ÷ normalizer. A higher index means more security pain per unit — lower is better. Vendors with

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A Tribute to Bug 959065: Fortigate's Longest Serving Employee

Nineteen releases. One bug. One cultural indictment.