Five bets shaping the modern security program
Passarel names the bets your program needs to place this year. We diagnose which apply, deploy the curated partner stack, and operate the program end to end.
Passarel identifies the bets your security program needs to be making in 2026, deploys the curated partner stack for each, and operates the program once it's live.
One firm. One owner. Skin in the game on the outcome.
The five bets
AI-deepfaked impersonation has turned account recovery, helpdesk reset flows, and high-trust transactions into the soft underbelly of the IAM stack you spent a decade building.
Attackers find weaknesses on a weekly cadence. You're testing on an annual one. Automation owns the volume. Reserve human creativity for the work only humans can do.
Compliance frameworks tell you what to have. They don't tell you what's actually catching attacks. We measure the difference and close the gap.
Once they're in, you have minutes, not days. The SOC has to be re-architected around AI-speed triage and response. Tier 0 is the new operating layer.
Every agent your business deploys makes decisions, calls tools, and delegates to other agents. IAM governs humans. Network governs devices. Nothing in your stack governs what agents do at runtime.
How we deliver
Every bet follows the same path. A fixed-fee diagnostic to map which apply and on what timeline. The curated partner stack to deliver each one. Operations to keep the program running once it's live.
One firm. One accountable owner. End to end on the bet that matters.
About
Steve Curtis is a former Accenture security practice leader and Palo Alto Networks SVP. He has board relationships, deep vendor knowledge, and the pattern recognition that comes from seeing what works (and what doesn't) across hundreds of security programs.
Passarel is the firm he would have wanted as a client. Trusted. Opinionated. In it for the outcome.