Identity Is Still the Perimeter: What AI Agents Are Exposing About Your Access Controls
Picture an AI agent that started small: read-only access to one system, approved as a quick experiment. Nobody set a...
CMMC Phase Two Paused: What Changes, What Doesn’t, and What Contractors Should Do Next
On July 13, the Department of Defense suspended Phase Two of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program and opened a...
When the Attacker Calls Your Help Desk: Defending Against Silent Ransom Group
The FBI and Google's Mandiant have warned that a threat group known as Silent Ransom Group — also tracked as...
Beyond CVSS: What CISA’s BOD 26-04 Signals for Vulnerability Management
CISA's Binding Operational Directive 26-04 changes how federal civilian agencies decide what to patch first. Instead of treating a severity...
When a Breach Includes Biometric Data: Rethinking What “Sensitive” Means in Healthcare
NYC Health + Hospitals recently disclosed a data breach affecting roughly 1.8 million people. The exposed information reportedly included medical...
Your OAuth Grants May Be a Bigger Risk Than Your Passwords
In April 2026, Vercel disclosed a security incident involving unauthorized access to certain internal systems. Reporting tied the event to...
When Ransomware Cancels School: Operational Resilience for K-12 Districts
Several K-12 districts have run into the same hard lesson since April. Alamo Heights ISD dealt with a ransomware-related outage...
Healthcare in 2026: Ransomeware Is Still a Patient-Safety Event, and Identity Is the New Entry Point
What the University of Mississippi Medical Center disruption teaches us about resilience, incident response, and where attackers are actually getting...
2026 Government Cyber Priorities: Reporting, Edge Hygiene, and Risilience (What Non-Federal Orgs Should Copy)
Federal guidance is often the best early warning for where security expectations are heading. Here’s what matters this quarter and...
Content Filtering in Education is a Cybersecurity Control, Not Just a Compliance Checkbox
A practical guide for K-12 and higher ed security leaders who need to balance learning, safety, and real-world threat prevention.Why...
AI Didn’t Kill Cybersecurity: What “Good” Looks Like in 2026
Threat data is pointing in one direction: faster breakouts, more identity abuse, and more malware-free intrusions. Here’s how security teams...
Help Desk Social Engineering Is the New Perimeter: Lessons from Scattered Spider
Attackers don’t always “hack in.” Increasingly, they talk their way in—and they do it by targeting the one team that...




