Proving the ROI of Vulnerability Assessments: A CISO Guide

In cybersecurity, the value of vulnerability assessments (VA) is widely acknowledged but not always quantified. For many decision-makers, “just preventing an attack” isn’t a strong enough business case. They want to know: What is the return on investment (ROI)? How does this investment contribute to the bottom-line, reduce business risk, or improve operational performance?

What to Do After a Vulnerability Is Found: From Risk Mitigation to Automated Remediation

The Real Breach is in Delay, Not Detection Detecting vulnerabilities is no longer the hard part. With powerful scanners, continuous monitoring, and security frameworks in place, most organizations can identify weaknesses in their systems quickly. But the real risk begins after a vulnerability is found. According to the Verizon 2025 DBIR, released on April 23, there has been a 34% increase in successful vulnerability exploitations over the past year, compounding a 180% rise from the previous report.

Is Azure DevOps Down? How To Ensure Resilience

With the growing popularity of Azure DevOps comes an increased need for proper security of data being stored there. A large aspect of ensuring the security of Azure DevOps ecosystems lies in facilitating data resilience. This means to guarantee the availability to protect, keep, and recover data in case of any disruptions, both intentional and accidental.

What Is AI?

What is AI really? Throughout this article, I will remove the hype and get to the most honest answer ever. Artificial Intelligence, or AI, or at least the first version of how we think of it today, was “invented” in the 1950s…a long time ago. Since then, various computer scientists and groups have worked on different iterations, often using different names, including machine learning and neural networks.

Compliance isn't optional: Why PAM is a must-have for audit readiness

After nearly two decades in cybersecurity and more customer conversations than I can count, one thing’s clear: no matter the industry, every organization is dealing with compliance headaches. Finance, healthcare, retail – it doesn’t matter. If you’ve got users with access to systems, you’ve got audit controls to worry about. And most of the time, people have way more access than they actually need. That’s where privileged access management (PAM) comes in.

Meet the Founders of Protecto: Securing Data for Agentic AI

In this video, we introduce the visionary founders behind Protecto — a company on a mission to make AI safe and compliant for the enterprise era. Amar Kanagaraj, Founder & CEO A second-time entrepreneur, Amar previously led a startup to a successful exit. He began his career as a developer at Sun Microsystems, then went on to lead product management for Microsoft Search & AI. With an MBA from Carnegie Mellon and an MS in Computer Science from LSU, Amar brings a powerful blend of business and technical insight to Protecto.

Checkups and Checklists: Cyber Risk Isn't Just a Technical Problem

There are many things in our lives we must prepare for to be ready. For other things, we wing it, or we're not prepared to deal with it at the moment. For me, I've reached that point in my life where I needed to have a medical procedure done, and it was something I've put off for several years. It may not be very comfortable to admit, but last week, I had a colonoscopy. That's not exactly how you'd expect a cybersecurity blog to start, but hear me out on this one!

Automate student account management and secure logins

Every new term comes with its own flavor of IT madness, whether you're managing 500 students or 50,000. From last-minute enrollment surges and forgotten passwords to stale accounts that should've been deprovisioned months ago, IT teams in schools, colleges, and universities know the drill. And yet, many educational institutions are still relying on manual provisioning, PowerShell scripts, and spreadsheets to get through it. If you’re nodding along, this is your cue to start automating.