by Ron Samson | Aug 19, 2026 | Managed Security
The buying question behind the acronyms EDR, MDR, and managed EDR are frequently presented as adjacent products. They are not. EDR is primarily a technology category. MDR is a security operations service with defined detection and response outcomes. Managed EDR sits...
by Ron Samson | | Email Security, Managed Security, Network Security
Microsoft 365 Is a Prime Target for Identity-Led Attacks Microsoft 365 sits at the center of modern business operations: email, files, Teams conversations, SharePoint sites, identities, devices, and third-party applications all depend on it. That concentration makes...
by Ron Samson | | SIEM and Log Management, Threat Detection and Response, Threat Insight
MFA is essential, but it is not a detection strategy Multi-factor authentication is one of the most important controls an organization can deploy. It blocks a large share of opportunistic password attacks, reduces the value of reused credentials, and supports modern...
by Ron Samson | | Managed Security, Network Security, Threat Detection and Response
Why SOC measurement fails when it becomes a dashboard exercise Security leaders rarely lack telemetry. They lack a defensible way to show whether telemetry is changing exposure. A SOC can close thousands of tickets, report fast average response times, and still miss...
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,...
