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Enterprise AI adoption is spreading through approved and unapproved paths: copilots, coding assistants, autonomous agents, browser extensions, MCP connectors, plug-ins, local AI models, and ...

If you are a security professional running CrowdStrike or SentinelOne, you already know the value of extended detection and response (XDR). What EDR started on individual devices, XDR brough...

Picture this: it's Monday morning, and your security team opens the latest report.Ten thousand findings.Some are unpatched vulnerabilities. Others are compliance violations, unauthorized app...

In the world of cybersecurity, every vendor claims innovation. But that rarely translates into what matters most: the ability to consistently respond to emerging threats faster than the thre...

In cybersecurity, we tend to focus on the dramatic. Nation-state actors, zero-day exploits, advanced persistent threats, AI-powered attacks.

Leading cybersecurity today often feels like navigating without coordinates. Teams work tirelessly, responding to shifting conditions around the clock, yet without clear markers, it is impos...

IT, or Information Technology, is responsible for managing an organization’s technology systems – hardware, software, networks, and data. Because nearly every business function depends on te...

Just how much damage can one misconfiguration cause? At PDS Health, the answer was stark: a single misconfiguration threatened 4,600 PCs and disrupted daily operations.

Device posture refers to the security health and configuration state of an endpoint at any given moment. Think of device posture as a comprehensive snapshot of an endpoint's security state.

Every CISO knows the feeling. Your security tools complete their latest round of scans. The dashboards light up. Hundreds - sometimes thousands - of vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and c...

Operational excellence is not a one-time achievement. It's sustained discipline.That discipline is tested daily across a growing and increasingly complex endpoint fleet.

For years, cybersecurity optimized for one thing – seeing risk. More alerts. Smarter scores. Better dashboards. Yet exposure continues to grow.

In 1865, Walt Whitman used a storm-tossed ship as a metaphor for a nation under strain. For today’s security and IT leaders, managing thousands of endpoints can feel strikingly similar.

Today, AI is everywhere. It is embedded in coding environments, operating systems, browsers, collaboration platforms, and desktop assistants. But it's not only baked into tools and technolog...

We may have known it for a while, but now we are officially cool! Remedio was just named a Gartner Cool Vendor in Cyber-Physical Systems Security.

Six years ago, we set out with a simple but ambitious mission: to make enterprise devices safer — not just monitored. We built carefully, profitably, and independently, guided by the belief ...

As backpacks get packed and classrooms fill up, it’s the perfect time for businesses to go back to school, too. Not for algebra—but for cybersecurity. While today’s digital threats are evolv...

In the world of construction, complexity is the norm. From project sites scattered across geographies to legacy OT systems integrated with modern cloud environments, these sectors rely on a ...

When it comes to IT security, risk mitigation, incident response, and cyber crisis management, the buck stops with the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). As the enterprise’s top cybe...

Is good security good business? When something goes wrong, it’s easy to draw the connection: bad security leads to breaches, downtime, and damage. But what if catastrophe isn’t looming?

Myths and misconceptions can be dangerous, especially in the world of cybersecurity. From treating group policies like gym memberships to the conviction that it just won't happen to you, the...

In the world of logistics, last-mile delivery refers to the final phase of a product’s journey — the crucial step where an item moves from a warehouse shelf, onto a delivery truck, and final...

If you’re a decision-maker, security partner, or even just curious about the world of cyber, our dictionary of cybersecurity terms will help you speak the language, ask sharper questions, an...

In today’s threatscape, attacks are all but inevitable. With companies on the back foot, it's only natural to question if their existing defenses are up for the challenge. In many case, they...

Cyber hygiene refers to the regular, ongoing practices and foundational safeguards that implemented to proactively maintain the health and security of an organization's digital environments ...

When it comes to reducing enterprise threat exposure, configuration hardening isn’t a new idea — but it’s finally getting the focused attention it deserves.

The sheer volume of security tools in today’s enterprise IT environments disguise a critical truth: more tools don’t equal better protection. This was among the key takeaways from Gartner®'s...

When JPMorgan Chase sounds the alarm, we should all pay attention. In a powerful open letter, the firm argues that the SaaS delivery model, while transformative, is eroding fundamental secur...

It’s a familiar dilemma: weighing the need for security against the need to "keep things running." At PDS Health, it's a tension that runs equally through strategy and day-to-day operations.

Healthcare organizations must minimize the cyber risks to the organization, working to secure critical assets and sensitive data. At the same time, they must work diligently to ensure nothin...

As we move further into 2025, H2 planning is in full swing. If industry conferences aren't already part of that plan, now's the time to reconsider.

Women’s History Month is a time to celebrate the fairer sex's contributions to the workforce and advocate for greater representation.

According to a Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 86% of data breaches are financially motivated. Being the source of the so much fast-moving capital, this naturally positions the pa...

Configuration security is not sexy. Wish that it were, but it just isn’t. As it is, it rarely gets the attention it deserves, but businesses overlook this vital aspect of their security post...

For those operating Windows 10 based machines, the clock's running out. With Windows 10 EoSL (End of Service Life) set for October 14, 2025, technical support — including critical security p...

Throughout 2024, cybersecurity continued to be a thorn in the side of global industry as sophisticated cyberattacks cost organizations trillions. Yes, that’s trillions with a T.

In today’s digital battlefield, knowledge is power. As threats evolve rapidly and the costs of security failures continue to rise, businesses must stay informed. The Big CISO Factbook uses f...

In today’s complex digital landscape, the importance of configuration security audits cannot be overstated.

In evaluating endpoint posture and network integrity, configuration audits are essential. At the same time, conducting an effective audit is easier said than done.

Endpoint configurations are essential to good security. That’s always been the case, but it rings even truer with each passing year. In some ways, endpoint configurations are your first line...

Device configurations are one of the most important elements of your organizational security today. Why? For starters, security misconfigurations are one of the most critical threats you’ll ...

The world of cybersecurity is complex and ever-changing. But that doesn't mean there aren't any recurring themes or repeating patterns.

At a time when cyber threats are increasingly sophisticated, understanding and implementing device hardening is more crucial than ever. Device hardening is an extensive and crucial process i...

In the complex world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), where cybersecurity and compliance are essential, the security of endpoints and the rapid resolution of security gaps are critical...

Our dependence on IT platforms and the need to secure them creates a non-stop challenge. This challenge compounds as organizations encounter the complexities of hybrid work, cloud migrations...

Threat actors are taking advantage of misconfigurations on various devices, such as PCs, laptops, and servers. So much so that according to Microsoft, 80% of successful ransomware attacks ar...

Cyber Essentials is a cyber security certification that has been designed by the government to make it simple for organizations to protect themselves against common cyber threats.

They say the only constant in life is change — but in IT, every change comes with a cost. Every patch, policy update, or quick fix introduces the risk of misconfiguration. What starts as a r...

Managing configurations, patching, and updating system controls is one of the most notably difficult things that any CISO has to deal with. Yet it is also among the most critical, as systems...

Most often I have found that the issue of addressing the problem is more pressing than simply identifying the threat. We have a massive, multi billion dollar, industry dedicated solely to “s...

Albert Einstein once said, “If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute resolving it.”