The Roman philosopher Seneca once said, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” In Vegas, when you are on a roll, you are on a roll. To beat the odds, you must be smart and disciplined. Whether winning big at the tables or championships on the basketball court, there is no better feeling. Often athletes are asked what it means to win and they often don’t have the words to describe it. Winning, regardless of the endeavor, almost always is a team effort.

Have you ever been locked out of the house? Maybe you forgot your keys on the kitchen table, lost them running errands, or unknowingly dropped them while attempting the It doesn’t matter how you got locked out, or how you got back in. What’s more important, for the purposes of this thought exercise, at least, is how you responded.

Modern technology environments have become increasingly complex. This, as you might imagine, has had a wide-ranging impact on our organizations, IT teams, and priorities, especially when it comes to security.

Humans don’t like change. Whether it’s saying goodbye to your favorite pair of jeans, moving to a new house, or trying a new kind of coffee, we often resist change. But sometimes change is forced on us. For example: Over the past month or so, Broadcom rolled out tremendous changes to VMware licensing. This is why many of our customers and partners are wondering what the changes will mean to them.

These days, data breaches are as common as morning coffee — but far more bitter. According to Sophos’ State of Ransomware 2023 report, 66% of respondents revealed their organization was hit by ransomware in the last year. SonicWall’s mid-year update to its latest Cyber Threat Report found that internet of things (IoT) malware is up 37% globally from 2021, there’s been a 399% surge in cryptojacking, and encrypted threat attacks have jumped 22% globally.