by Ron Samson | Sep 15, 2026 | Vulnerability Management
Critical Is Not a Patch Queue Security teams rarely struggle to find vulnerabilities. They struggle to decide which ones deserve disruption, emergency change approval, executive attention, and immediate engineering time. That distinction matters because a “critical”...
by Ron Samson | Sep 14, 2026 | Compliance and Defense Industrial Base Security, Cybersecurity, Managed Security
The acquisition closes. The security exposure does not. For deal teams, Day One is usually framed around finance, operations, branding, and employee communications. Security monitoring often receives attention only after a disruptive event: a ransomware alert, an...
by Ron Samson | | Email Security, Managed Security, Network Security
Vendor Risk Does Not End When the Questionnaire Is Submitted Third-party questionnaires remain a necessary control, but they are a point-in-time representation of a vendor’s security program. They reveal declared policies, certifications, control ownership, and...
by Ron Samson | Sep 13, 2026 | Endpoint Security, Managed Security
The operational question behind every Falcon detection CrowdStrike Falcon gives security teams rich endpoint visibility, but visibility does not equal operational coverage. A detection may represent a blocked script, an administrator’s tool, early ransomware behavior,...
by Ron Samson | Sep 13, 2026 | Cybersecurity, SIEM and Log Management, SOC as a Service
Log Retention Is an Investigation Decision, Not a Storage Setting Most organizations discover their log-retention problem during an incident. A ransomware investigation requires authentication history from three months earlier. Legal asks for evidence of unusual...
