When Zero Trust Meets Reality
Zero Trust promises to solve network security by eliminating trust assumptions. The marketing pitch is compelling: assume breach, verify everything, trust nothing. In practice, most Zero Trust …
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Framework Alignment Is Not a Security Outcome
NIST CSF Implementation Tier 3 means the organization has “risk-informed” practices that are regularly updated and partially integrated across the enterprise. That is what the framework …
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DNS Is Treated Like Plumbing, Not a Security Asset
After an incident, one of the first data sources an investigator wants is DNS query logs. What domains did this host reach out to? When? How often? Did the resolution pattern look like beaconing? Did …
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Board Reporting Is Broken When Every Risk Is Medium
The risk register that comes out of a mature GRC program should tell the board something true about the organization’s exposure. Too often it tells them something comfortable instead.
The most …
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Why Zero Trust Still Fails in Flat Enterprise Networks
Zero Trust is the right model. It is also reliably failing to take hold in most large enterprise environments. Those two things are not in conflict.
The model is correct: never trust the network, …
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Data Privacy Week: How One Day Became a Marketing Event
It’s Data Privacy Week. Or is it Data Privacy Day? The confusion isn’t accidental.
What started as a legitimate European observance on January 28 has expanded into a week-long American …
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Model Risk Management That Ends at Launch Is Incomplete
Model risk management has a well-documented history in financial services. SR 11-7, the Federal Reserve’s 2011 guidance on model risk management, established a framework that influenced how …
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