Matt Vaillancourt’s Articles
The human firewall: why your team is your best—and most trainable—security asset
"Employees are the weakest link" has been the default framing of security awareness training for thirty years. It's statistically defensible. It's also a terrible way to build a culture that cares about security, let alone catches things.
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Knowledgeable businesses are safer businesses
Twenty years of statistics, scare tactics, and warnings haven’t improved businesses' security habits. Twenty years ago, I was conducting training on password best practices and digital exhaust. Last week I taught another one. The difference? Today's training is told as a story, with real-life case studies, practical applications, and follow-up calls to action.
What is SASE and why did networking need to reinvent itself?
For about thirty years, corporate networking was built around a simple idea: keep everything in one place, protect it with a firewall, and route every connection through the corporate data center. It worked fine. Until it didn't.
Who protects the tools protecting your clients?
You’ve spent years doing the responsible thing. Locking up passwords, account details, and firewall logins for all of your customers. You know how important this data is. That’s why you built a digital vault, secured it in a digital bank, and separated it for every customer.