The Question That Stops the Conversation Every CISO I talk to who runs data diodes opens the same way. "We're fully secure on the OT side. We have a diode."…
The Number That Shouldn't Exist A water utility CISO sat across from us and described last year's vendor maintenance budget. $340,000. Not for software licenses. Not for security tooling. Not…
Why Federal Agencies Need ZTNA - Not Just VPN With MFA CISA's binding operational directive requires all federal civilian agencies to implement Zero Trust Architecture by December 31, 2026. The…
The Dual-Classification Problem Every Defense CISO Faces Every defense agency operates at least two classification levels simultaneously. Unclassified CUI on NIPRNet. Classified SECRET on SIPRNet. Often a third - coalition…
119 Ransomware Groups. 3,300 Industrial Organizations. The Shift Is Complete. On February 17, 2026, Dragos published its ninth annual OT/ICS Cybersecurity Year in Review. The numbers confirmed what industrial CISOs…
The Cyber Insurance Crisis for Industrial Organizations Industrial organizations face a cyber insurance market that is simultaneously more necessary and more punishing than at any point in the last decade.…
The Cyber Insurance Crisis for Industrial Organizations Industrial organizations face a cyber insurance market that is simultaneously more necessary and more punishing than at any point in the last decade.…
What Government CISOs Need to Know About NSA Zero Trust Guidance In January 2026, the National Security Agency released a series of documents that changed the Zero Trust conversation from…
Why "Best Zero Trust Platform for Federal Agencies" Is the Wrong Starting Question The phrase "best zero trust platform for federal agencies" returns thousands of vendor comparison pages. Most of…
Why SMB Is the Weakest Link in OT File Sharing Server Message Block - SMB - is the protocol that every OT environment depends on and no security architect fully…
Why Government Agencies Are Urgently Replacing Citrix VPN For over a decade, Citrix NetScaler (formerly Citrix Gateway/Access Gateway) served as the default remote access platform for government agencies. It delivered…
The Lateral Movement Problem in OT Networks Ransomware attacks against industrial organizations increased 87% year-over-year in 2024, making OT the top ransomware target for four consecutive years. Dragos tracked 119…
