Jesse Sumrak

Tabletop Exercises: Test Your Incident Response Before Crisis

It’s 3 AM when your phone rings. Your company’s systems are locked down with ransomware. Customer data is compromised. Operations have ground to a halt. Your executive team is looking to you for answers, and the clock is ticking. How does your team respond in those critical first few hours? Would they know their roles? […]

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Cyber Compliance: Your Untapped Competitive Advantage

Most business leaders still view cybersecurity compliance as the corporate equivalent of a dental cleaning: necessary, expensive, and something they’d rather not think about. But when a single ransomware attack costs nearly $2 million, that mindset isn’t just outdated—it’s certainly leaving money on the table. The Compliance Paradox: While organizations grudgingly allocate budgets for compliance

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What Is an Air-Gapped Network (And How Does It Work)?

An air-gapped network is a completely isolated system that physically and digitally protect your most important assets. Hackers simply can’t get in because there’s no way to reach them from the outside world. It’s why the military uses air-gapped networks to protect classified information. Why financial institutions rely on them to secure their most sensitive

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How to Build a Secure SOC in 2025: Best Practices & Tools

Security operations centers (SOCs) look nothing like they did even just three years ago. If you’re still running a traditional SOC, you’re probably feeling the pain. Cloud sprawl, remote work, and AI-enhanced threats have completely changed the game—and the old playbook just isn’t cutting it anymore. Companies are taking over 200 days to detect breaches,

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7 Security Operations Center (SOC) Tools for Advanced Security

Ransomware attacks have tripled since 2020. The average incident now costs businesses $1.85 million, and that number keeps climbing. And while 60% of companies run security operations centers (SOCs), most are flying blind with fragmented tools and siloed data. The problem isn’t necessarily a lack of security tools. It’s having the wrong ones, poorly integrated,

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How to Protect Your Network with Air-Gapped Systems

Cyber threats are evolving faster than you can say “two-factor authentication.” From sneaky ransomware to persistent threats that lurk in the shadows of your network, the online landscape can feel like a digital minefield. If you’re responsible for keeping your organization’s data safe, you might be feeling the pressure. Fortunately, you can protect your most

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Disaster Recovery as a Service: DRaaS Explained

The phrase “expect the unexpected” has never been more relevant. Natural disaster, cyber attacks, insider threats—there’s a never-ending list of things trying to harm your business. And it’s not a matter of if they’ll eventually succeed—it’s when. That’s why Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) has become a non-negotiable part of running a business. Disasters

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Identity Management Guide: What It Is & How It Works

Identity management is all about giving the right people access to the right resources in your organization (while keeping the bad guys out). Simple in theory, but it can get pretty complex in practice.  It’s the foundation of how your organization handles digital identities. This includes creating, maintaining, and yes, sometimes removing user identities across

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What Are Identity and Access Management (IAM) Solutions?

Imagine logging into your system one morning to find that sensitive data has been accessed by unauthorized users. Your stomach drops. How did this happen? Could it have been prevented? This is where identity and access management (IAM) solutions can help. While that might sound like a mouthful, they’re far more exciting than they might

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What Is Identity and Access Management (IAM): Complete Guide

With our modern-day hyper-connected world, the old “castle-and-moat” approach to security just doesn’t cut it anymore. Cloud services, remote work, and interconnected systems have become the norm, making the traditional network perimeter practically non-existent.  Identity is now your new security perimeter, and identity and access management (IAM) is your first line of defense. IAM is

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