Raw Thoughts
Dear Security Vendors: We Need to Talk
It's not us, it's you. We need to talk about marketing and how we should be presenting our products and services to newer practitioners in our space. For too long now, there's been this marketing trend of "100% protection." It's got to stop. The Truth About...
Handling NCE – Part 2
Back in January, I shared some ideas around how I'd personally approach NCE. To this day, it's one of my most popular posts. To that end, I thought I should elaborate on some of the contract ideas I'd shared previously. Before we get Started Keep in mind that my model...
Conditional Access Templates are Coming in Hot
One of the bigger challenges with Conditional Access is baselining your security templates. As Microsoft so eloquently put it, Identity is the New Battleground, so we must set baselines everywhere. After much waiting, Microsoft is rolling out templatized, best...
Microsoft, Google, and Apple Agree on Passwordless
I never envisioned myself writing about these three companies agreeing, but here we are. And the news is fantastic. I've long been a proponent of passwordless authentication flows, which is really just a buzzword for relying on different factors such as biometrics and...
How does your MSP’s Team Identify?
As a trusted technology provider and business advisor, your MSP has some serious horsepower. It's why Matt and I are constantly talking about the importance of locking down your own house. You, the IT provider, could wreck livelihoods if something went drastically...
Driving Better Employee Experience
We live in a time where we can live a seamless technological life in our personal world. What do I mean? Should we choose to, we can tell our home goodnight and all the right things happen. The lights turn off, the thermostat sets to the right temperature, maybe our...
We Need a Federal Privacy Law
I was perusing one of my favorite cyber news spots, The Record, and stumbled on this article: Connecticut inches closer to becoming fifth state with data privacy law - The Record by Recorded Future. Privacy laws are a good and crucial step forward, especially because...
I Discovered an Outlook on the Web Feature I LOVE
If you're anything like me, it's common for you to book calls with folks across time zones. I frequently find myself booking calls with folks all over the country, and now that Pax8 is international, all over the world! I've become good at translating US time zones on...
Stop Using Magic Links
Click here to get a link to login. Magic links are suddenly everywhere, and I simply refuse to accept the logic behind them. Before I rant a bit about why you shouldn't be using them, let's talk through the basic concept behind it: At a high level, magic link...
