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By Steve Gold, Posted in Security

In Succession, every power move and every backstab eventually came back to one question: what's on the record? When things went sideways for the Roys, the only way to reconstruct the truth was to go back to the tape. Someone, somewhere, had kept a log of what happened. CIS Safeguard 13.6 is your network's version of that tape. What Is CIS Safeguard 13.6? Network traffic flow logs are records of every connection that crosses your network. Source IP, destination IP, port, protocol, bytes transferred, timest... read more.

• September 08, 2026

By Timothy Karl, Posted in Infrastructure

Microsoft made Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) Hybrid generally available on September 1, 2026. It lets you run desktop hosts in your own datacenter while Microsoft manages the AVD service in Azure. That’s good news if data residency, latency, or compliance rules have kept you off cloud-hosted AVD. Key Benefits Microsoft still runs the core service. You don’t manage a connection broker or gateway. Use the hardware you already have. Works with your own hypervisor or dedicated physical servers. ... read more.

• September 04, 2026

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Monday 8/31 Rethink Hybrid Identity: It Is Not the Destination (HYPR) Hybrid identity persists not because modern workforces require it, but because many organizations continue to support legacy applications, legacy infrastructure, legacy authorization models, and operational processes that predate cloud computing. The continued existence of those dependencies should not be mistaken for validation of hybrid identity as a long-term strategy. https://www.hypr.com/blog/rethink-hybrid-identity-it-is-not-the-... read more.

• September 04, 2026

By Ken Phelan, Posted in Infrastructure, Security, Support

A few weeks ago I wrote a post called "It's Not the Model." The short version: frontier AI is finding vulnerabilities at industrial scale, the capability will land on every platform eventually, and the scarce resource isn't the model — it's the ability to absorb what the model finds. The reactions came in two flavors. Half the room heard "the sky is falling." The other half said "the sky was always falling, why are we talking about it now?" Both halves are wrong, and it's worth being precise about w... read more.

• September 03, 2026

By Steve Gold, Posted in Security

In the 2022 Andor series, the Rebel network operates on strict need-to-know access. Operatives who break protocol lose their connection to the network entirely, not as punishment, but as operational necessity. If your credentials or your compliance are in question, the network shuts you out before you become the breach. That's exactly the model CIS Safeguard 13.5 asks you to build for your remote users. What Is Manage Access Control for Remote Assets? CIS Safeguard 13.5 is about making sure remote access... read more.

• September 01, 2026

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Monday 8/24 How to Spot and Stop Rogue Device Joins (Wiz) Once a rogue device is successfully registered, attackers typically move on to the objectives that matter most, accessing Microsoft 365 resources, exfiltrating emails, maintaining persistence or expanding their foothold within the tenant. https://www.wiz.io/blog/detecting-entra-device-registration-abuse No Phishing Email Required: How Attackers Compromise the IT Helpdesk (Abnormal AI) As attackers continue to refine their tactics, the helpdesk d... read more.

• August 28, 2026

By Steve Gold, Posted in Security

In Severance, the employees of Lumon Industries live in a world of strict compartmentalization. Your work self cannot access what your personal self knows, and you certainly cannot wander into another department's floor without authorization. Every boundary is enforced at the threshold, with no exceptions. That is exactly what good network traffic filtering looks like. What Is Perform Traffic Filtering Between Network Segments? Traffic filtering between network segments means controlling what can talk to... read more.

• August 25, 2026

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Monday 8/17 Ransomware Didn’t Slow Down in Q2 2026. It Just Spread Out. (Check Point) In Q1, the top 10 groups controlled 71% of victims across just 71 active groups, a tight, top heavy market. By Q2, that eased to 57.6%, and active groups climbed to 93, the highest on record. https://blog.checkpoint.com/security/ransomware-didnt-slow-down-in-q2-2026-it-just-spread-out/ The AI You Can't See: Why Shadow AI Is a Visibility Problem, Not a Blocking Problem (Island) Most security teams believe they kn... read more.

• August 21, 2026

By Steve Gold, Posted in Security

In Andor (2022), the rebel intelligence cell at Ferrix doesn't wait for the Empire to announce its arrival. They funnel every signal, every movement, every comm transmission into a single command center and watch the whole network in real time. The moment something looks wrong, someone knows. That is exactly what a Network Intrusion Detection System does for your enterprise, and CIS Safeguard 13.3 says you should have one. What Is Deploy a Network Intrusion Detection Solution? A Network Intrusion Detectio... read more.

• August 18, 2026

By Eric Corcoran, Posted in Technology Week in Review

Monday 8/10 The hidden economics of healthcare IT: where cost accumulates (Citrix) Where time, accuracy, and continuity define care delivery, the cost of healthcare technology is a function of how it performs against the conditions the sector is operating under, not the conditions it was designed for a decade ago. https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2026/08/05/the-hidden-economics-of-healthcare-it-where-cost-accumulates/ Proactive Security Is No Longer Optional: Why Reactive Patching Can't Win Against Agentic... read more.

• August 14, 2026