From engineers who run the operations they write about.
Vendor-agnostic, field-tested writing from the Cylentrix Research Office. Whitepapers, blog research and case studies — anchored in real engagements, not analyst slides.
Whitepapers from the Research Office.
Cybersecurity Landscape 2026: A Strategic Resilience Report
Anchored in field telemetry from 200+ regulated enterprises, this flagship report charts the 2026 threat landscape and the resilience patterns that work.
Request PDF →Zero Trust Blueprint For The Regulated Enterprise
A reference architecture for Zero Trust adoption — identity, segmentation, telemetry — mapped to RBI, NIST and ISO frameworks.
Request PDF →SD-WAN Architecture Guide: Hybrid WAN For Distributed Enterprises
Reference architectures, vendor decision criteria and operational playbooks for SD-WAN at scale.
Request PDF →The Cylentrix Cloud Migration Handbook
Strategy, app rationalisation, landing-zone design and FinOps — the engineering playbook our clients use.
Request PDF →SOC Maturity Model: From Detection To Predictive Defence
Five-stage SOC maturity model — what good looks like at each stage, and how to move up.
Request PDF →OT/ICS Security Blueprint For Industrial Operations
Purdue-aligned segmentation, asset visibility, and OT-aware monitoring for manufacturing and utilities.
Request PDF →Field notes from the operations floor.
Palo Alto vs Fortinet vs Cisco: Choosing the Right Firewall
Firewall deployment looks simple until cutover night. Here's how to pick the platform — and the deployment model — that survives the next decade.
Read article → StrategyA Practical Zero Trust Roadmap for the Boundaryless Enterprise
Zero Trust is a journey, not a product. Here's the 24-month roadmap our enterprise clients actually follow.
Read article → Cyber Defence12 Common Mistakes Enterprises Make With Endpoint Security & EDR
EDR is only as good as how you deploy and tune it. Here are the 12 mistakes we see most often — and the fixes.
Read article → EngineeringNext-Generation Firewall Deployment & Management — A Field Guide
Deep-packet inspection, ZTNA, MFA, IPS — what to switch on, what to leave off, and how to phase the rollout.
Read article → OperationsBCP & Disaster Recovery: Securing DR Networks and Segmentation
Most DR sites are an attacker's playground. Here's how to harden DR networks before ransomware finds them.
Read article → NetworkingSD-WAN vs MPLS in 2026: When You Still Need a Private WAN
SD-WAN didn't kill MPLS — it just changed where MPLS belongs. Here's the decision framework.
Read article → CloudCloud FinOps: 9 Practices That Actually Cut Bills
FinOps tooling is half the answer. The other half is operational habit. Here's what works in real enterprises.
Read article → ComplianceRBI Cyber Framework: A Readiness Checklist for Indian BFSI
What RBI actually expects, what auditors look for, and what most banks miss in their pre-audit gap analysis.
Read article → Incident ResponseRansomware Recovery: A Playbook For The First 72 Hours
Containment, comms, forensics and recovery — what actually happens in the first 72 hours of a real attack.
Read article → ManufacturingOT/IT Convergence in Manufacturing: Beyond Air-Gaps
Air-gaps don't survive Industry 4.0. Here's the segmentation model that does — without breaking production.
Read article → NetworkingSASE Architecture: A Practitioner's Guide
Secure Access Service Edge — what it actually means, and how to evaluate the platforms claiming to deliver it.
Read article → InfrastructureData Centre Tiers Explained: III vs IV and What It Costs
Uptime Institute Tier ratings demystified — when Tier III is enough, and when Tier IV is non-negotiable.
Read article →Case studies — numbers that survive a boardroom.
Tier-1 Bank SOC Modernization
73% MTTR reduction across a 1,400-endpoint estate after consolidating 4 SIEMs into a unified Cylentrix-managed SOC mapped to MITRE ATT&CK.
600-Store SD-WAN Migration
99.99% network availability and 38% connectivity TCO saving across 600 stores after a 9-month hybrid SD-WAN cutover.
Multi-State Healthcare Cloud Migration
42% cloud TCO reduction over 24 months across a HIPAA-aligned landing zone, with zero data-loss events during cutover.
11-Plant OT/IT Convergence
14.2K threats blocked per hour at converged OT/IT edges across 11 plants, with no production downtime during cutover.
Global IT Services Zero Trust Rollout
60-country Zero Trust workspace deployment for a 25,000-employee IT services firm, with 84% reduction in privileged-access incidents.
Logistics SD-WAN & Fleet Visibility
End-to-end SD-WAN, IoT-fleet visibility and warehouse Wi-Fi for a leading 3PL — saving 27% on connectivity spend.
Government Sovereign Cloud Landing Zone
CERT-In aligned sovereign cloud landing zone for a state government department, with audit-ready evidence pack.
University Campus Wi-Fi 6E Rollout
120,000-user campus Wi-Fi 6E rollout with identity-based access — supporting 4× the previous concurrent-user load.
Power-Utility OT Segmentation
Brownfield OT/SCADA segmentation across 9 substations — Purdue-aligned without taking control loops offline.
Broadcast Interconnect & Content Security
Low-latency dark-fibre interconnect, content-delivery DRM and secure broadcast playout for a regional broadcaster.
Hotel Group PCI Network Rebuild
PCI-DSS aligned network segmentation across 47 hotels with central guest Wi-Fi and unified identity.
Insurance Group IAM Overhaul
Identity and privileged-access programme for a top-5 insurance group — JIT access, zero standing privilege.