by Ron Samson | Jul 27, 2026 | SIEM and Log Management
The real cost begins after ingestion Most organizations do not abandon internal SIEM operations because they dislike log collection. They do it because collecting the data is only the first operational commitment. Every new firewall, cloud workload, identity platform,...
by Ron Samson | | Email Security, Managed Security, Network Security
Cloud monitoring is not the same as cloud security monitoring Most organizations already collect some AWS and Azure logs. The harder question is whether anyone can distinguish a routine configuration change from the first step of an account takeover, data theft event,...
by Ron Samson | | Managed Security, Network Security, Threat Detection and Response
Security operations metrics should prove risk reduction—not just SOC activity Security leaders rarely struggle to produce dashboards. They struggle to produce dashboards that answer the questions executives actually ask: Are we becoming harder to compromise? Can we...
by Ron Samson | | Email Security, Managed Security, Network Security
Basic configuration is not security operations Most small and midsize businesses complete Microsoft 365 onboarding with good intentions: multifactor authentication is enabled, default anti-phishing policies are accepted, a few administrators receive alerts, and users...
by Ron Samson | Jul 25, 2026 | Managed Security
Scanner Output Is Not a Vulnerability Management Program Vulnerability management fails when teams treat scanning as the finish line. A scanner can identify missing patches, insecure configurations, exposed services, and unsupported software across thousands of...
