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Tuesday’s Briefing · March 31

Solautions Review, Thursday, March 26th, 2026

AI ROI: How Should Enterprises Benchmark AI Success?

Executive Editor Tim King discusses AI ROI and how enterprises should benchmark for success. This look at benchmarking is brought to you by Denodo, a leader in data management solutions that bridge the gap between raw data and AI-ready insights. more →

AI ROI: How Should Enterprises Benchmark AI Success?

You've Been Heard, Monday, March 23rd, 2026

Permission To Play W/Nathan Kaufma #409

Nathan Kaufman walked into a $100 million defense contractor with 80 employees, zero IT infrastructure, and two years to become CMMC Level 2 compliant or lose all DoD contracts. No Active Directory. SSH open to the internet. Engineers buying equipment with personal credit cards. A flat network running on unpatched switches. more →

Permission To Play W/Nathan Kaufma #409

You've Been Heard, Monday, March 23rd, 2026

Not Everything Needs A Ticket W/Tim Armstrong #410

Tim Armstrong is 90 days into his role as Manager of IT at PROCON, a design-build construction company in Hooksett, NH. With a four-person team serving 175 staff, he has had to build trust fast, deploy Kanban sprints from scratch, navigate shadow AI, and figure out what technology means at a company that builds buildings for a living. His philosophy: IT exists to serve, not to gatekeep. more →

Not Everything Needs A Ticket W/Tim Armstrong #410

You've Been Heard, Monday, March 23rd, 2026

The Day IT And OT Finally Talked W/Bill Markut #407

Bill Markut spent 36 years avoiding management, preferring hands-on technical work. Then he became IT Director at a manufacturing company running 25 years behind the tech curve and discovered something that changed everything: the power of getting IT and OT to actually talk to each other. more →

The Day IT And OT Finally Talked W/Bill Markut #407

Upcoming Event · Tue, Sep 22 · 1:00pm

Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System

This session explores why observability is emerging as a foundational capability for trustworthy AI. Rather than focusing solely on infrastructure health, modern observability provides the transparency and context needed to understand how AI systems behave, why they produce specific outcomes, and whether they continue to perform as intended over time. more →

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Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System (Sept. 22nd)

Security Boulevard, Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

The Dark Side of DDoS: Why DDoS Downtime is Harder to Prevent

Cloudflare recently published data that offers clear insight into where the DDoS threat environment is heading. DDoS attacks are becoming larger, more frequent, and more sophisticated, with botnets reaching unprecedented scale. But beyond the headline numbers, the report also points to a broader shift that deserves closer attention. more →

The Dark Side of DDoS: Why DDoS Downtime is Harder to Prevent

Security Boulevard, Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

What Is Shift Left Security?

Gartner predicts that by 2028, cloud computing will be a core business necessity, with global spending expected to surpass $1 trillion. As organizations continue to adopt cloud-native development to build and deliver innovative solutions, the demand for stronger application security (AppSec) practices is also on the rise. more →

What Is Shift Left Security?

Upcoming Event · Tue, Sep 22 · 1:00pm

Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System

This session explores why observability is emerging as a foundational capability for trustworthy AI. Rather than focusing solely on infrastructure health, modern observability provides the transparency and context needed to understand how AI systems behave, why they produce specific outcomes, and whether they continue to perform as intended over time. more →

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Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System (Sept. 22nd)

Security Boulevard, Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

How Safe Is Your Cloud With Agentic AI

The concept of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) is pivotal. These machine identities, essential for the smooth functioning of secure cloud environments, bridge the gap between security protocols and research & development teams. more →

How Safe Is Your Cloud With Agentic AI

Analytics Insight, Monday, March 23rd, 2026

Best Free APIs Every Developer Should Know in 2026

Free APIs Power Modern Development: In 2026, free APIs help developers build powerful apps without upfront costs. From AI tools to real-time data, these APIs offer generous free tiers ideal for prototypes and small projects. more →

Best Free APIs Every Developer Should Know in 2026

KnowBe4, March 24,2026

Best Practices For Implementing AI Agents

On March 9th, Codewall.ai disclosed how it had hacked McKinsey & Company's AI platform called Lilli, a purpose-built system for 43,000+ employees to analyze documents, chat, and access decades of proprietary research. more →

Best Practices For Implementing AI Agents

KnowBe4, March 24,2026

CyberheistNews Vol 16 #12 [Keep An Eye Out] Why Unsecured Outlook Email Is Risky

Sending an unsecured email can be likened to writing sensitive information on a sticky note and leaving it on someone else's desk: anybody can intercept and share that information. Fortunately, there are ways to ensure your emails are safe from the prying eyes of hackers through encryption, meaning your message (no matter how sensitive) is seen only by the intended recipient. more →

CyberheistNews Vol 16 #12 [Keep An Eye Out] Why Unsecured Outlook Email Is Risky

KnowBe4, March 27,2026

How Adaptive Email Security Helps Navigate Threats In The Age Of AI

A finance employee receives an email that appears to come from the CFO requesting urgent payment approval. The message references a current project, uses the correct tone, and arrives at a plausible time. However, the email wasn't written by a colleague - it was generated by AI. And it contains a malicious link. more →

How Adaptive Email Security Helps Navigate Threats In The Age Of AI

Palo Alto Networks, March 23,2026

Securing the AI Enterprise - Introducing Prisma AIRS 3.0

The enterprise is being redefined, not by software alone, but by how work gets done. Enterprise software has evolved from traditional web apps to AI applications and autonomous agentic systems running across cloud and SaaS environments. more →

Securing the AI Enterprise - Introducing Prisma AIRS 3.0

Palo Alto Networks, March 23,2026

Securing the Era of Agentic AI with Prisma SASE

In the modern enterprise, the productivity mandate is no longer a goal, it is a requirement for survival. To stay competitive, organizations are racing to embrace AI-driven workflows that allow them to operate at machine speed. more →

Securing the Era of Agentic AI with Prisma SASE

Palo Alto Networks, March 23,2026

The Cryptographic Reset Has Begun

For decades, the digital economy has operated on a model of static cryptographic trust. Certificates were issued for long periods of time. The same encryption algorithms protected data for decades. Security teams could simply increase key lengths to stay ahead of advances in computing power. Trust infrastructure changed slowly and predictably. more →

The Cryptographic Reset Has Begun