The cybersecurity vendor ecosystem faces challenges due to the disconnect between short-term profits and long-term business needs, where vendors prioritize market share and profitability over collaboration, leading to complexity and friction for security teams. The article emphasizes the importance of tighter cooperation, common standards, shifts in mindset, data control and privacy freedoms, trusted information sources, and cross-technology integration to enhance network defense. It highlights the urgency to prioritize cooperation and defense over immediate gains to combat cyber threats effectively while encouraging industry collaboration for the benefit of organizations

 Bridging the gap between short-term profits and long-term business needs in the cybersecurity vendor ecosystem