Galactic Research: Articles & Insights
The CMMC Suspension, Explained
Phase II is suspended, the rules still apply, and your compliance budget didn't get a refund Before you read on, watch this breakdown of what changed, what didn't, and what you should be doing right now. The Department of War ...
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
The Crucial Role of Risk Assessments in Understanding Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
On Friday, July 19th, 2024, the world woke up to a very dramatic lesson about supply chain. Due to an issue with CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity company, there was a ripple effect that hit the entire world: Airlines: More than 2,000 ...
Stay One Step Ahead: Combating the Top Cybersecurity Threats
Business owners fulfill customer and employee demands to stay competitive and relevant in a fast-paced economy, especially with many similar companies out there. However, the demands they should never fall victim to are those that come from hackers via ransomware ...
Improving Business Efficiency with Advanced Predictive Technology
Any business owner knows making company decisions usually involves trial and error, leading to hits or misses in customer satisfaction and product or service success. But how many realize that making predictions has become possible with evolving technology? It’s true, ...
ChatGPT Now Available for All Mac Users: What You Need to Know
Fancy yourself an early adopter who can't wait to snatch up the latest tech goodies? If so, you were probably all ears when OpenAI revealed ChatGPT to great fanfare in November 2022. Artificial intelligence has been around for ages, but ...
Edge Computing: Unleashing the Potential of Real-Time Data Processing
The modern age truly gives new meaning to the phrase, "patience is a virtue." According to Northeastern Global News, the average person's attention span has dropped from 2.5 minutes to 45 seconds over the last 20 years. Business owners are ...
Captivate Your Audience with Interactive Business Presentation Tools
Nothing causes the audience at a business presentation to tune out faster than a speaker who does nothing more than read from a slide show. Even when they’re interested in the topic and need the information to do their jobs ...
Expand Your Small Business Reach with the Magic of E-Commerce
When a new business owner is looking for the right location to set up shop, they consider foot traffic, target audience, and rent cost. If everything goes as intended, the company quickly becomes a popular local spot for consumers to ...
Don’t think you need a Robust Incident Response Plan? Lessons from the AT&T Data Breach
Another giant has been brought to its knees. The AT&T data breach serves as a stark reminder that even the largest and most established organizations are vulnerable to cyberattacks. Between April 14 and April 25, 2024, AT&T experienced a significant ...
Google Chrome Enterprise: Secure, Efficient Solutions for Your Business
Suppose you own a business, big or small. In that case, you likely heavily depend on the Internet of Things to keep processes flowing. The IoT network allows numerous smart devices to link and sync for easier data transfers and ...
Seamlessly Integrate IoT Devices to Empower Your Small Business
Running a business now is not like running one just a decade or two ago. With the older system, if one couldn’t speak to a partner in person, slower fax machines and phone calls were the only alternatives. Similarly, research ...
Revolutionize Your Customer Support with Self-Service Solutions
When your customers need help, they don’t always want to wait for an agent to become available—or even talk to anyone. They want to solve their issue as quickly as possible without hassles so they can get on with their ...
Microsoft Copilot: Navigating Changes to Custom GPT Features
When running a business, you can use all the help you can get. That’s why many companies like yours have relied on Microsoft Copilot to help them with anything from creating and altering documents to sifting through an overloaded inbox. ...
