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
Cloud Storage: The Ultimate Solution for Managing Business Data
It’s no secret that managing business data can be tricky. Sure, you can store information on separate hard drives. But is that the best strategy for your business? Let’s take a closer look at how cloud storage can benefit your ...
AI Enhances Team Building and Management for Businesses
As AI continues to evolve, business owners like you feel they must choose between AI and new talent due to limited funds. Some people think AI takes over the jobs of recruits, making hiring, training, and paying workers unnecessary. Others ...
Stolen Credit Cards Used in Digital Wallets
Customer convenience is crucial to businesses, especially since this makes or breaks sales. The more options buyers have, especially at checkout, the more likely they are to complete a transaction and return to do further business. That’s why many companies ...
Staying Ahead of Phishing Threats
In this always-evolving digital era, business owners have more to worry about than retaining customers and observing market trends. Cybercriminals regularly search for program vulnerabilities to exploit and override poor security systems. Still, these are far from the only threats. ...
The Silent Threat to Your Business: How Culture Sabotages Security
Firewalls? Check. Encryption? Check. Anti-virus software? Check. Totally secure company? Hmmmm Many organizations think that security is all about the technology. If it were, things would be far simpler. Did you know that everyday there are more than 2,000 cyberattacks ...
Data-Driven Decisions: The Key to Business Success
If you’re running a business, you know every decision is cause and effect. After all, you don’t simply release new advertisements or roll out new products and services without recognizing your target audience or customer preferences. Similarly, you don’t keep ...
Training the Next Generation in Technology
Gen Z is growing up entirely in the digital age. Also called the iGen, this generation has never known life without the internet. This makes them perfectly suited to take on roles in technology. Unfortunately, it’s not quite that simple. ...
Machine Learning: The Powerhouse Behind Predictive Analytics for Businesses
As a business owner, how often have you made a decision you weren’t sure would pan out? Whether you were adapting to a change in your industry market or new customer trends, you likely underwent trial and error to find ...
Windows App Supersedes Microsoft Remote Desktop
Working remotely is about to change for anyone who uses Microsoft Remote Desktop to access the Windows platform. The software giant announced the introduction of a Windows App as a Remote Desktop replacement. App users can now access the Windows ...
Zero Trust Cybersecurity: Keeping Your Data Safe
Hackers are looking for new ways to gain access to company networks, and the most common trick they use today isn’t a trick at all. A growing number of so-called hackers aren’t trying to break in but are waltzing through ...
Conquering Spreadsheet Barriers in Business Planning
For decades, spreadsheets and spreadsheet software like Excel have been the backbone of business planning. From tracking expenses and making projections to performing complex calculations, spreadsheet software helps guide organizational decision-making, report generation, and more. However, recent research reveals that ...
Are You Prepared for a Cybersecurity Lawsuit? Why Documentation is the Key to Your Defense
There’s a movie in the 1950’s called, “The Beginning of the End” in which giant grasshoppers take over Chicago. There’s plenty of ridiculous elements in this movie, but nothing quite beats the scene where the two main characters, a photojournalist ...
