The 12 Cybersecurity Tool Categories Every B2B SaaS Should Evaluate (and the 8 Most Over-Buy)
Security Boulevard, Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
B2B SaaS firms over-buy roughly eight overlapping security tools while missing four that matter; start with a foundational four.
The article notes that the average Series A B2B SaaS company in 2026 pays for 14 to 22 security tools, with about eight overlapping in ways founders didn't understand at purchase, while four categories that actually matter are missing, producing overspend, dashboard sprawl, and coverage gaps.
The foundational four for a seed-stage company are EDR/XDR, an identity provider with hardware MFA, a team password manager, and source-code secret scanning, for under $1,500 per month for a 10-person team.
Laptops are the soft underbelly of every startup, and managed EDR plus 24/7 alert routing covers about 80% of the realistic threat surface. The right approach is to define what you protect and who you protect it from before evaluating tool categories.