We write about what we're actually seeing in engagements — not thought leadership written by marketing. Practical perspectives for technology leaders making real decisions.
Adversary-in-the-middle phishing kits now defeat SMS codes, push notifications, and even TOTP apps in seconds. Here's what phishing-resistant MFA actually requires, and why we're moving every client engagement toward FIDO2 passkeys and number-matching.
Read MoreService accounts, API keys, and AI agents now outnumber human identities in most environments. Nobody owns them, they don't expire, and they usually hold standing access. How to fix that.
Read MoreStrong for structured internal ops bots, weak for open-ended reasoning. Where Copilot Studio genuinely fits mid-market workflows, and the governance questions the demo doesn't answer.
Read MoreModel routing, cost-per-token surprises, and IAM scoping — what we learned deploying AWS Bedrock in production for three mid-market clients.
Read MoreBulk phishing gets caught by filters and trained employees. Targeted, OSINT-driven spear phishing is a different problem — and annual awareness training doesn't solve it.
Read MoreAzure landing zones aren't optional infrastructure — they're the governance layer that determines whether your Azure environment is manageable at scale.
Read MoreOn-time percentage and utilization rates make a PMO dashboard look busy. They don't tell you whether the portfolio is delivering value. What to measure instead.
Read MoreRunaway cloud spend usually isn't a pricing problem — it's a tagging and ownership problem. A practical FinOps approach mid-market IT can actually run.
Read MoreQuarterly access reviews are usually rubber-stamped, not performed. What real identity governance looks like, and how to automate it before an audit finds the gap.
Read MoreMost mid-market Agile transformations fail for the same three reasons — and none of them are about the framework itself. Here's what we've seen in the field, and what actually moves the needle.
Read MoreOkta is the right tool for most mid-market organizations, but the implementation will surprise you if you haven't done it before. Here's what the vendor won't tell you in the sales cycle.
Read MoreForget the benchmark reports. Here's the real decision criteria — which existing tools you're already paying for, where your talent actually lives, and what your compliance requirements actually require.
Read MoreNo marketing fluff. Practical perspectives on program management, cloud governance, and security operations from the MCG team.
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