AI Deepfake Threats in Microsoft 365: What Security Leaders Need to Know
AI-generated deepfakes represent a growing threat to organizations using Microsoft 365. These sophisticated attacks leverage artificial intelligence to create convincing fake audio and video content, enabling fraud schemes that bypass traditional security controls. For mid-market organizations, understanding and mitigating these risks has become a critical security priority. Cyber insurance providers now explicitly cover reputational harm […]
Is Your MDR Provider Using “AI + Analyst On-the-Loop”—or Just Talking About It?
AI has become the loudest buzzword in cybersecurity. Every MDR provider now claims to be “AI-powered,” “AI-driven,” or “AI-enabled.” Demos are filled with automation graphs, flashy dashboards, and promises of lightning-fast response. But here’s the uncomfortable question most security leaders don’t ask early enough: Is your MDR provider actually using AI correctly with analysts “on-the-loop”, […]
Should You In-House, Outsource or Co-Source Your SOC?
Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are having an identity crisis. On paper, the SOC is supposed to be the always-on nerve center of cybersecurity detection, investigation, containment, and recovery. In reality, many SOCs have become an expensive treadmill: too many alerts, too few analysts, constant tool tuning, and leadership pressure to “be resilient” while budgets and […]
20 Things to Consider When Selecting Your Next MDR Provider
Choosing a Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider is one of the highest-impact security decisions an organization will make. The right MDR becomes an extension of your security team and materially reduces business risk while the wrong one becomes an expensive alerting layer that fails when it matters most. Below is a practical, outcome-driven guide […]
Microsoft Defender XDR’s New Predictive Shielding Capability
Microsoft Defender XDR’s new Predictive Shielding feature represents a major shift in cyber defense: security teams no longer need to wait for threats to land before taking action. Instead, Defender XDR can now predict which devices are likely to be targeted next and automatically harden them before the attack chain begins. This is a powerful […]
Privileged Identity Is Still the Easiest Way to Breach an Organization
And Microsoft Defender XDR’s New Smart Containment Feature Proves Why. In cybersecurity, the conversation has shifted from firewalls to endpoints to cloud misconfigurations, but attackers haven’t shifted nearly as much. They continue to win using the same weapon that has always worked: Compromised privileged identities. This week’s Microsoft announcement on Defender Smart Containment underscores a […]
Using AI to Secure I/OT Environments
Cyber officials in the U.S. and six other countries have issued joint guidance on Secure Integration of AI in Operational Technology (OT)for rolling out AI tools in industrial settings, such as factories and critical infrastructure. In many industrial and manufacturing sectors, security tools have historically been set up and left to run for years or […]
CyberMSI POV: What the 2025 Security Priorities Study Means for Mid-Market Organization
The CSO Security Priorities 2025 report paints a clear picture of where cybersecurity is heading and where organizations are struggling. However, beneath the data is an even more important truth: Cybersecurity’s an operational dependency, and mid-sized organizations are the most exposed. The study’s findings make that painfully obvious. Let’s walk through the five core themes […]
The MDR Model That Mid-Market Needs to Adopt in 2026
Business-alignment, exposure reduction and unified response are the underpinnings of your 2026 strategy to manage cyber risk. Cybersecurity is both a technology and a business alignment problem because threat actors aren’t circumventing your firewalls; they’re exploiting your software exposures, identity gaps, and the fragmented tool sprawl most organizations rely on. Gartner’s latest MDR analysis makes […]