The Cybersecurity Bullshit Bingo: Stop Buying Snake Oil and Start Doing Your Job

The Cybersecurity Bullshit Bingo: Stop Buying Snake Oil and Start Doing Your Job

.. Let’s not mince words: The cybersecurity industry is utterly broken, and the primary culprits are the vendors peddling snake oil to terrified executives. If you have ever sat in a boardroom listening to a security software pitch, you know the drill. A slick sales rep in a tailored suit fires off a barrage of buzzwords—”Advanced Persistent Threats,” “Next-Gen,” “AI-Driven,” “Zero-Trust”—designed to do exactly one thing: scare you into opening your company’s checkbook. I have been navigating this industry for […]

The Virtual CISO: Why SMEs Need C-Level Strategic Security, Not Just More Tools

The Virtual CISO: Why SMEs Need C-Level Strategic Security, Not Just More Tools

. . Let’s stop pretending that buying more security tools equals actual security. Most mid-sized companies today have moved past the naive era of relying solely on a basic firewall and an off-the-shelf antivirus. Today, I usually see Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) agents deployed, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) enforced, and perhaps some cloud-based threat protection running in the background. But despite this arsenal, they are still being compromised. Why? Because they are accumulating technology without a strategy. Management often delegates […]