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 | | Compliance and Defense Industrial Base Security, Managed Security, Network Security
Microsoft 365 Security Monitoring Is an Operations Problem, Not a Licensing Problem Microsoft 365 gives security teams unusually rich telemetry: sign-in activity, mailbox rules, endpoint events, Defender alerts, data loss prevention signals, audit records, application...
by Ron Samson | | Compliance and Defense Industrial Base Security, Email Security, Threat Detection and Response
Business email compromise is an account takeover problem before it becomes a finance problem Business email compromise, or BEC, rarely begins with a dramatic malware alert. More often, an attacker gains access to a legitimate mailbox, studies normal conversations,...
by Ron Samson | Sep 10, 2026 | Compliance and Defense Industrial Base Security, Endpoint Security, Threat Detection and Response
EDR alert fatigue is an operating-model problem, not a tooling problem Endpoint detection and response platforms promise visibility into malicious behavior across laptops, servers, and remote devices. They collect process activity, command lines, network connections,...
by Ron Samson | Sep 8, 2026 | Compliance and Defense Industrial Base Security, SIEM and Log Management, Threat Detection and Response
Remote Access Is Now an Identity and Operations Problem Remote access is no longer a temporary accommodation for traveling staff, hybrid workers, contractors, or outsourced IT teams. For small and mid-sized businesses, it is a permanent operating model that connects...
by Ron Samson | Sep 7, 2026 | Compliance and Defense Industrial Base Security, Cybersecurity, Threat Detection and Response
Plan for operational security outcomes, not another procurement cycle Cybersecurity budget planning for 2027 should begin with a difficult question: what security work will the organization actually perform better after the money is spent? Many teams still build...
