A curated, vendor-neutral collection of free annual cybersecurity analysis and survey reports from trusted sources.
Awesome Annual Security Reports is a curated GitHub repository that collects free, annual cybersecurity analysis and industry survey reports from trusted sources. It solves the problem of information overload for security leaders by providing a centralized, vendor-neutral directory to find actionable insights on security trends, threats, and partnerships without wading through marketing material.
Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), security leaders, threat intelligence analysts, and cybersecurity researchers who need to stay informed on annual industry trends and threat landscapes through credible, consolidated sources.
Developers and security professionals choose this project because it offers a meticulously maintained, free, and trustworthy aggregation of reports, saving significant research time and providing a historical archive of cybersecurity evolution unavailable in commercial platforms.
A curated list of annual cyber security reports
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Aggregates reports from diverse sources like research consultancies and non-profits while filtering out marketing noise, ensuring unbiased insights as described in the README's definition.
Lists only reports without paid subscriptions, making high-quality data accessible to all, per the disclaimer that respects business models but limits to free content.
Safeguards reports by sourcing from original authors, running PDFs through VirusTotal, and converting them to Markdown with AI prompts, improving usability and trust as noted in the README.
Maintains older editions in yearly directories, providing a valuable archive of cybersecurity trends over time, which is highlighted as a key feature for longitudinal analysis.
Limits the repository to free reports only, missing deeper insights from proprietary or subscription-based sources that might offer more comprehensive industry analysis.
Relies on manual updates and community contributions, leading to potential delays in adding new reports and lacking dynamic features like APIs for automated access.
Strictly curates annual reports, excluding project-specific documents like white papers or technical specifications, as stated in the README's limitations section.