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Insights and perspectives on technology, cybersecurity, leadership, artificial intelligence, and the evolving digital world.
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I Believe The Five Eyes AI Warning Is About Much More Than AI
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Over the past week, I kept seeing headlines about the Five Eyes warning regarding AI and cybersecurity. After taking some time to read through the announcement and think about it, I realized something… The AI portion of the announcement actually wasn’t what stood out to me the most. Don’t get me wrong, AI is absolutely…
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Is It Live, or Is It Memorex?
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When Artificial Audiences Become Indistinguishable from Real People In 1978, Memorex launched one of the most recognizable advertising campaigns of its era. The premise was simple. A recording was played back through a speaker with such fidelity that listeners could not tell whether they were hearing a live performance or a recording. The tagline became…
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You Can’t Secure What You Can’t See!
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Why I Believe Asset Inventory Is Still the Most Important Security Control For all the attention being paid to artificial intelligence, zero trust, advanced threat detection, and next-generation cybersecurity platforms, one of the most critical security controls remains surprisingly simple… Knowing what you actually own. It may not be exciting and it won’t generate headlines.…
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Running From VMware… Hype, Hope, and the Search for Stable Alternatives
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For years, virtualization strategy discussions in enterprise IT were relatively straightforward. Organizations standardized on VMware, built operational processes around it, trained staff around it, integrated monitoring and backup platforms into it, and expected it to remain a foundational layer of enterprise infrastructure for the foreseeable future. For me, this discussion is also somewhat personal. I…
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From Acoustic Coupler Screeches to Space Lasers… Are We Watching Internet History Repeat Itself?
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If you’re old enough to remember the sound, you probably just heard it in your head. That painfully unforgettable screeching symphony of a dial-up modem attempting to connect to the internet… Beeeeeeep… kshhhhhhh… errrrrrr… static… silence… connected. And if someone in your house picked up the telephone? Game over 🙁 Your connection was gone. For…
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How Poor Cybersecurity Decisions Can Quietly Erode EBITDA
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Most executives don’t lose sleep over cybersecurity tools. They lose sleep over margins. Revenue growth. Market expansion. Operational efficiency. Customer retention. Acquisition strategy. EBITDA. That’s precisely why cybersecurity often gets placed into the wrong business category. It’s frequently viewed as operational overhead… somewhere between insurance renewals, software licensing, compliance requirements, and unavoidable IT expenses. For…
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Why Every Merger Needs an IT & Security Steering Committee Before Day One
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Merger announcements are often met with excitement…and rightfully so. They can accelerate growth, expand market reach, strengthen service portfolios, and create new opportunities for customers, employees, and stakeholders alike. Leadership teams spend months evaluating financials, legal structures, valuations, market fit, and long-term business strategy before these deals are finalized. Those conversations are critical. But once…
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Shadow AI Was Just the Beginning.. Beware The Hidden Risk Lurking Inside Your Trusted Applications.
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For the past two years, organizations have been focused on a growing concern… Are Our Employees uploading sensitive information into public AI tools? Security leaders have rushed to create policies around employees using ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and dozens of other generative AI platforms. And rightfully so. Many questions quickly emerged –> This became known as…
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B.A.H! … Branding, Acronyms, and Hype (At Scale!)
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If your product isn’t AI-powered, cloud-native, and operating at scale… does it even exist? Welcome to B.A.H! – Branding, Acronyms, and Hype (At Scale!). Yes, it’s an acronym. And yes… that’s kind of the point. The Industry Doesn’t Always Innovate… Often, It Rebrands Spend enough time in IT and you start to notice something… Technology…
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Death by Extension… The Patch Tuesday That I Feel Redefined the Enterprise Attack Surface
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This wasn’t just another Patch Tuesday… it was yet another signal. Another signal that the traditional model of “patch the OS and you’re covered” is officially outdated. This cycle brought a convergence of critical Windows vulnerabilities, actively exploited flaws, and high-risk browser issues, all showcasing how your biggest risk is now sitting inside your users’…
