Endpoint protection helps keep everyday devices safe. In an organization, various types of endpoints are used, like desktops, laptops, and servers. These devices are often the first targets that attackers try to use to break into an organization’s infrastructure. In the past, protection meant blocking known viruses. That approach worked when threats were easy to recognize. Now, attacks have become more advanced and harder to detect.

This is why platforms like ServiceNow AI Control Tower are showing up in governance roadmaps. Control Tower helps organizations standardize how AI systems are requested, reviewed, cataloged, and managed across their lifecycle. It can bring order to chaos. But there’s a second, equally important reality: the strongest governance workflow in the world can’t govern what it can’t see.

The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) is one of the state’s largest agencies, with over 15,000 employees. Created in 1997, it provides residents with streamlined access to integrated services, especially those who face multiple barriers to self-sufficiency and others who are striving for economic independence.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services (MN DHS) is a vital part of the state’s health plan industry. It is responsible for managing public health, welfare programs, and social services within the state, ensuring support for vulnerable populations and that millions of residents have seamless access to healthcare. The recent MN DHS data breach directly impacted FEI Systems, the managing vendor of MnCHOICES, one of the department’s network systems.

For years, the prevailing myth among small and midsize businesses (SMBs) was that they were too small to be a target. That myth has been definitively shattered. The reality is sobering: SMBs now account for a disproportionate share of cyber incidents and data exposure. In fact, research cited in the Guardz 2025 SMB Cybersecurity Report found that 43% of U.S. SMBs have experienced a cyberattack, including 27% hit within the past year.

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are third-party companies that typically handle a portfolio of other organizations’ IT operations or day-to-day activities. This puts MSPs on the front lines of cybersecurity for numerous businesses, often in highly regulated industries, handling some of their most sensitive data. Even the most experienced MSPs struggle to securely manage passwords, credentials, sensitive files and privileged access across dozens of client environments.

We are living through one of the most profound shifts in how humans interact with information. Everyone is talking about AI for productivity, but this moment is so much bigger than that. We are witnessing a once-in-a-lifetime change in how knowledge, insight, and decision-making are embedded into every aspect of business and human life.

Although cloud-native environments drive modern innovation and enable scalability, they also introduce new vulnerabilities that traditional perimeter-based security models cannot address. According to Orca Security’s 2025 State of Cloud Security Report, 95% of organizations have at least one cloud asset that enables lateral movement, making it easier for cybercriminals to navigate cloud environments undetected.