Galactic Research: Articles & Insights
Threat Thursday: August 20th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic’s weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday, we cover the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting organizations from emerging threats, and we break each one down into what happened, what it could mean for your ...
AI Security
Part 2: The Security Controls Behind a Safe AI Deployment
From the Map to the Hike: The Four Controls and the Client Conversations Behind Them This is Part 2 in a series that covers your AI enablement plan. Part 1 is here if you want the full map. The Little ...
Ten of Eleven AI Coding Agents Failed a Decades-Old Attack
What GuardFall Tells Us About Where AI Security Controls Need to Live Picture a security guard stationed at the entrance of a building. Their job is to check IDs. They're good at it, fast and consistent, and the building's occupants ...
Perfect AI Guardrails Are Impossible. That's Not an Excuse for Ignoring Them.
What a NIST Mathematician Proved, Why the Internet Got it Wrong, and What Your AI Security Program Should Look Like Years ago, running an MSSP, I had a vendor pitch us a next-gen firewall on a single promise: one hundred ...
Threat Intelligence
Threat Thursday: August 20th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic’s weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday, we cover the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting organizations from emerging threats, and we break each one down into what happened, what it could mean for your ...
Threat Thursday: August 13th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic’s weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday, we cover the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting organizations from emerging threats, and we break each one down into what happened, what it could mean for your ...
Threat Thursday: August 6th, 2026
Welcome to Threat Thursday, Galactic’s weekly threat intelligence roundup. Every Thursday, we cover the cybersecurity stories that matter most for protecting organizations from emerging threats, and we break each one down into what happened, what it could mean for your ...
Security Education
The Browser Became the Endpoint. Your Security Stack Didn’t Notice.
An employee clicks a box that says “verify you’re human.” A prompt tells them to press a couple of keys, so they do. What they have actually done is paste and run a command that a script slipped onto their clipboard the moment they ...
Vulnerabilities Are Now the #1 Way In. The Window to Fix Them Is Closing.
Most of the time, I didn't break into a network so much as let myself in through something with a fix already out (just not installed yet): the VPN concentrator three versions behind, the firewall with a known vulnerability fixed ...
Your OSINT Reality Check: Here’s What an Attacker Is Finding in 30 Minutes or Less
Today’s connected, AI-driven digital ecosystem has made it easier than ever to build a professional brand, network with peers, and share ideas with a wider audience. It’s opened doors for businesses that simply didn't exist before: new customers, new partnerships, ...
Strategy & Leadership
An Open Letter From Your Cyber Risk Advisors
After the Water Attacks Last month, attackers reached into water treatment plants across a dozen states and started moving the controls. Some of them found out what happens when you do. I've been thinking about what to say to the ...
Building Trust in Executive Relationships: Lessons from King Lear
A Framework for Establishing the Kind of Trust that Survives Budget Season Imagine the curtain going up and a group of players act out the opening scenes of Shakespeare's King Lear, just for you. An aging king sits in his ...
Your Jokes Were Funny. They Still Didn't Renew.
How MSPs Build the Kind of Client Rapport That Survives a Budget Review You walked out of the meeting feeling good. The handshake was firm, the small talk landed, and you even got a laugh with the printer joke. You ...
All Articles
Culture Is Your Greatest Security Tool—Or Your Biggest Risk
Company culture drives everything. It’s what gets people fired up to do their best work. It’s what keeps employees engaged, loyal, and pushing toward the company’s goals. It’s also what keeps them from clicking on that “urgent” email from the ...
Your “Computer Guy” Can’t Even Fix Your Printer—But He Can Save Your Business?
Most businesses don’t have a real incident response plan. They have an IT guy. And because that IT guy has bailed them out of printer issues (most of the time—printers are the bane of IT careers), email glitches, and Wi-Fi ...
You Have Data Hackers Want—Even If You Don’t Realize It
I hear it all the time. “We don’t have any critical data. If something happened, we’d just buy new computers and move on. We don’t need all this security stuff.” Every time I hear it, I think to myself, you ...
Your MSP Is Your Most Underutilized Employee—Here’s How to Fix That
Have you ever hired someone with huge potential, only to watch them fall short? Maybe they had the skills, the experience, the drive—on paper, they were perfect. But once they got started, they never quite made the leap. You kept ...
My Run-In with a Cyber Insurance Agent: What I Learned About Getting Paid
I spend a ton of time in green rooms. You know, those backstage holding pens where you sit before going on stage. The other day, I was getting ready to give a talk on cyber insurance, and guess who was ...
The ROI of Cybersecurity: How Much Will It Cost You to Ignore It?
I know what you’re thinking. “What’s the ROI on all this cybersecurity stuff?” Let’s be honest: the ROI could be zero. If you’re investing in the wrong things… If you’re not gathering evidence of the security measures you’ve put in ...
Policies Won’t Save You When the Lawyers Show Up
I need to talk to you about something you’ve been trying to ignore. It’s uncomfortable. It’s inconvenient. But if you don’t deal with it now, it’s going to cost you everything. You have policies. You have procedures. Maybe you even ...
Your Biggest Cybersecurity Threat Is Already on Your Payroll
You know exactly who I’m talking about. They show up late. They do the bare minimum. They’re just engaged enough to keep getting a paycheck—but not enough to actually care. You’ve got employees who are barely fogging a mirror, and ...
The Worst Decision You Ever Made Isn’t What You Think
We’ve all been there. You find a company that looks perfect. Their website is slick, their reviews are glowing, and their marketing makes you feel like they’ve got it all figured out. You hand over your money, expecting a flawless ...
One Click. Four Days of Chaos. Could This Happen to You?
Ever think about what happens when a breach doesn’t just hit your business—but your entire supply chain? You don’t just have to fix it. You have to tell your vendors. Your partners. Your clients. Maybe because it’s the right thing ...
The Employee, The Hacker, and the Unlocked Gate
Once upon a time, in a bustling city filled with ambitious companies, there was a thriving business called Everlock Systems. Everlock prided itself on security. Firewalls stood tall like castle walls, endpoint protection patrolled like armored knights, and multi-factor authentication ...
What Happens After a Hacker Gets In?
I was at a book launch last night for a new release on how casinos can protect themselves in today’s world—where hackers and attorneys are both looking for a payout. As I made my way through the event, I ran ...
