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Audit fatigue is slowing IT directors down
Audits on their own are manageable.
It’s the pace they come back at that starts to have an impact. On your time, and on the other things you’re responsible for.
Sound familiar? There’s a better way to handle it…
Stop AI agents creating security blind spots
AI is starting to do more than just help your team.
It’s making decisions and taking actions on your behalf.
Everything runs and work gets done faster.
But if something doesn’t look right, could you explain why?
How to Answer Cyber Insurance Renewal Questions Without Voiding Your Policy
If you have a cyber insurance renewal coming up, the application is probably longer than the one you filled in last time. It's also more specific. Each new question maps to a control that, if missing, allowed a major 2023 or 2024 claim to escalate. The wording...
Why Bad Onboarding Is the Real Cause of Messy Offboarding
By the time an employee hands in their notice, the decisions that will make their departure clean or messy have already been made. They were made in the first weeks of the person's tenure, when nobody was paying close attention because the new hire had just arrived...
Microsoft’s fixing the biggest issues in Windows 11
Ever feel like Windows 11 is getting in the way?
Or not as smooth as it should be?
Small frustrations eat up more time than you might think.
But Microsoft’s bringing in a shift that focuses less on new features and more on fixing those everyday frustrations…
Explaining cyber risk to the board without losing the room
There’s a moment in most board meetings where the conversation turns to cyber risk.
The board thinks the questions are simple. But you know the answers are far from it.
And how you explain it often matters just as much as the controls you’ve put in place…
How to Prepare Microsoft 365 Permissions for a Safe Copilot Rollout
A safe Microsoft Copilot rollout starts with a permissions audit before any trial license is enabled. Microsoft 365 Copilot retrieves files, emails, and chats using each user's existing Microsoft 365 permissions. In most tenants, those permissions are broader than...
Backups are half the story. What about recovery?
Backups are usually covered.
Recovery is where things get more interesting.
Your environment is well protected on paper, but what would happen if you had to use your recovery plan tomorrow
How would you stop AI in an emergency?
If an AI tool in your business did something it shouldn’t, how quickly could you step in and shut it down?
Most businesses are moving fast with AI.
Very few have thought about what happens when it goes wrong…
5 Microsoft 365 Settings Worth Checking in Your Tenant
Microsoft has tightened several default settings in Microsoft 365 over the past few years. Newer tenants get more protection out of the box than tenants set up before 2022 or so. The problem is that legacy configurations stay in place. A setting changed for new...
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