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Tech Lessons From Spotify’s Rapid Scale-Up
Spotify’s Hosanna Ouellette recalls how the platform’s rapid scale-up required some modifications to its internal work processes and tech stack. She’s just one of 23 stand-out IT and security leaders interviewed in the new book “The Interconnection Between People, Process and Technology.”

The Essential Problem of Australia’s ‘Essential Eight’—and why SMBs Struggle to Comply
Australia's Essential Eight threat-mitigation guidelines were supposed to help organizations in both the public and private sector get up to speed with cybersecurity. It isn't working out for small-to-midsize businesses. Here’s why and what they can do.

Spoilage Alert: Cyberattacks Are Disrupting Europe’s Supermarket ‘Cold Chain’
A recent wave of cyberattacks on cold chain companies—most recently in Germany and the UK—have experts worried about the delivery of food, medicine and other perishables. We offer practical cyber strategies for logistics vendors and consider whether these attacks will ramp up in the U.S.

Survey: Security Pros Hit Snooze Button on Quantum Computing Alarm
The cybersecurity pros responsible for tracking the quantum computing threat are like the mysterious qubits that fuel this new tech: stuck in two states at once. Aware of the risk but not doing anything serious about it.

Subtle Sabotage: The Rise of Data Tampering, the Next Cyber Battleground
Data tampering is a stealthy, often underestimated tactic in a hacker’s toolkit that can distort audits, mislead regulators, and erode customer trust. Arm your teams with these five expert-endorsed strategies.

The IT Operations and Security Skills Gap: What if We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know?
A recent survey and report cosponsored by Tanium and conducted by the Enterprise Strategy Group, now part of Omdia, uncovered data that some may find surprising—perhaps even alarming.

How a Barclays CISO Manages the Regulators
Focal Point presents Barclays CISO Andy Piper in the first of our sneak-peeks at interviews with stand-out IT and security leaders from the new book “The Interconnection of People, Process and Technology.” Published by Chief Disruptor and Tanium, the report shares insights from 23 experts on growing IT complexity, security threats, and the real barriers to scaling AI and automation.

A New Decentralized Cyberdefense Model Gains Traction in the EU
Inspired by changes in military defense strategy, the European public sector is adopting a decentralized command-and-control model where agility, collaboration, and resilience take precedence over rigid hierarchy.

The Davidson Window: An Urgent Cyber Call to Action
Understand the Davidson Window’s 2027 warning and how Tanium enables real-time cyber defense across federal IT.

Mind the Gaps: How A Cybersecurity Pro Manages M&A Risk
As Service Logic acquires HVAC businesses large and small through an unusual M&A model, Dan Ronco brings them into the fold, security-wise. It starts with endpoint visibility. And AI will make things easier, he predicts.

Protect Your Prompts: Injection Threats Are Coming for Your AI Tools
With the increasing deployment of artificial intelligence comes the danger of attackers manipulating AI commands. It’s remarkably easy to do – you don’t have to be a member of a sophisticated cyber gang to pull this off – and can wreak havoc on operations and assets.

Manufacturing Close-Up: What a Merger Can Mean for Cybersecurity
Merging companies involves integrating cultures, processes – and security systems. That’s what Brian Klotz faces as the global endpoint architect for the global furniture/design powerhouse MillerKnoll. His challenge: standardize and unify multiple brands under one protective umbrella.