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Top Technology Concerns CEOs Are Facing (And Why the Real Risk Isn’t the Technology)

Top Technology Concerns CEOs Are Facing (And Why the Real Risk Isn’t the Technology)

by Rory Sanchez | Aug 20, 2026

The Top Technology Concerns CEOs Are Facing Today (And Why the Real Risk Isn't the Technology) If you'd asked most CEOs a few years ago what kept them up at night on the technology side, you'd have gotten predictable answers: ransomware, downtime, "are we sure we’re backed-up," maybe a vague worry about "the cloud." Those concerns haven't gone away. But after years of working inside mid-size and smaller businesses, I've watched the nature of the anxiety shift. The scariest technology problems...

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CIS IG1 Control 3.6: Encrypt Data on End User Devices—Because Lost Doesn’t Have to Mean Exposed

CIS IG1 Control 3.6: Encrypt Data on End User Devices—Because Lost Doesn’t Have to Mean Exposed

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When It’s Time to Let Data Go

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Just Because You Can Keep It Doesn’t Mean You Should

Not Everyone Needs the Keys to Every Room

Not Everyone Needs the Keys to Every Room

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The Cost of Waiting: Why Real-Time Detection and Response Is No Longer Optional

by Heath Gieson | Feb 20, 2026 | Cybersecurity, Secure IT operations, Tech Insights

by Heath Gieson It usually starts the same way. An alert comes in overnight. Maybe it is an email from a security vendor. Maybe it lands in a shared...

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You Cannot Protect What You Have Not Identified

by Tim Marley | Feb 17, 2026 | Cybersecurity, Secure IT operations, Tech Insights, Uncategorized

by Tim Marley Last week we talked about data management at a high level. The operating model, the responsibility, the reality that organizations are...

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CIS IG1 Control 3.1: Data Management is Not a Policy Problem

by Tim Marley | Feb 10, 2026 | Cybersecurity, Secure IT operations, Tech Insights, Uncategorized

by Tim Marley   Over the course of my career, and particularly in the last five to ten years, the topic of data management comes up frequently....

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CIS IG1 Control 2.3 — Why Unauthorized Software Is a Hidden Threat Lurking on “Trusted” Devices

CIS IG1 Control 2.3 — Why Unauthorized Software Is a Hidden Threat Lurking on “Trusted” Devices

by Andrew Scott | Feb 3, 2026 | Cybersecurity, Secure IT operations, Tech Insights, Uncategorized

Most organizations assume that corporate devices only run approved software. In reality, that assumption is often wrong. Users are inherently...

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CIS IG1 Control 2.2 — Why Running Supported Software Is a Security Requirement, Not an IT Preference

by Andrew Scott | Jan 28, 2026 | Cybersecurity, Secure IT operations, Tech Insights, Uncategorized

Most security conversations focus on what software exists in an environment. CIS Control 2.2 pushes the conversation one step further by asking a...

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CIS IG1 Spotlight: Why a Software Inventory Is More Than a Security Requirement

CIS IG1 Spotlight: Why a Software Inventory Is More Than a Security Requirement

by Heath Gieson | Jan 22, 2026 | Cybersecurity, Secure IT operations, Tech Insights, Uncategorized

One of the themes we keep hitting in the CIS IG1 series is simple: you can’t protect what you don’t know you have. That’s true for hardware—and it’s...

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CIS IG1 Control 1.2: Why Addressing Unauthorized Assets Matters—and How to Do It Easily

CIS IG1 Control 1.2: Why Addressing Unauthorized Assets Matters—and How to Do It Easily

by Heath Gieson | Jan 15, 2026 | Cybersecurity, Secure IT operations, Tech Insights

When we kicked off this series with Control 1.1: Establish and Maintain a Detailed Enterprise Asset Inventory, we focused on the Identify security...

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CIS IG1 Control 1.1: Establish and Maintain a Detailed Enterprise Asset Inventory

CIS IG1 Control 1.1: Establish and Maintain a Detailed Enterprise Asset Inventory

by Heath Gieson | Jan 5, 2026 | Cybersecurity, Secure IT operations, Tech Insights

By Heath Gieson If you don’t know what you have, how can you protect it? That simple question is why the very first control in the Center for...

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CISOs’ Security Priorities: The Augmented Cyber Agenda—and How Forthright Is Leading the Way 

by Heath Gieson | Jan 2, 2026 | Cybersecurity, Secure IT operations, Tech Insights

Cybersecurity leaders are facing a rapidly evolving threat landscape. According to CSO Online’s latest Security Priorities Study, CISOs (Chief...

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