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
Improving Employee Productivity
"I was at work for eight hours, but I don't feel like I got anything done!" If your employees say things like this or seem to struggle to meet their goals or complete daily tasks, your business has a productivity ...
The Cost-Effective Advantage: How Remote Work Saves Money for Small Businesses
Working from home has become a buzzword, though it's still somewhat controversial for small business owners who weigh the costs involved. Still, if you want to understand how remote work saves money for small businesses, taking a closer look can ...
The Benefits of Online Advertisement for Small Businesses
As a small business owner, growing your brand and gaining new customers remains one of the most important issues to tackle. Small business online visibility makes a huge difference in whether you're able to succeed. Discover the benefits of online ...
Protecting Your Business From Deepfake Technology
Have you ever noticed movies where a scene flashes back to an actor’s younger version? Before 2017, they used a lookalike—a real person playing a role—but that world is gone now. Digital deepfakes do the job of voice and image ...
Customer Engagement 101: Best Practices for Small Businesses Using Email Platforms
As a small business owner, you already prize customer engagement. It's a primary factor in creating a loyal consumer base and increasing your sales, but what's the secret to getting these interactions right? One consideration is how you're going about ...
How Businesses Can Master the Cloud Computing Landscape
When you own a business, you spend a lot of your time in "the cloud," managing your data, moving around money, and fulfilling orders. How does it all work? Because it forms a major part of a modern operation, you ...
The Hidden Dangers of Separating Security from Compliance
Security and compliance are two different things, right? They could be easily pulled apart and addressed separately, right? WRONG. In today’s complex cyber landscape security and compliance strategies are both critical. They’re also extremely intertwined. Compliance is about meeting standards, ...
Investing in Professional Development: Growing Skills for Business Success
Are you a manager, business owner, or HR professional who wants to maximize the productivity of your employees? If you want to give your people a greater sense of purpose and foster loyalty, understanding the benefits of professional development might ...
Browser Security for Enterprises: Balancing Accessibility and Protection
With the internet's ubiquitous nature, a modern business can't reasonably expect to thrive without a solid online presence. Whether protecting your operation's digital data, marketing strategies, or the online storefront you've so carefully curated, web browser security is crucial. Ensuring ...
Securing Business Communication: A Guide to Email and Platform Safety
Do you want to protect your business against damaging cyber-attacks and phishing schemes? With "Securing Business Communication: A Guide to Email and Platform Safety," you can stay aware of the importance of email and platform security and implement tips for ...
How Identity Theft Affects Small Businesses
As a small business owner, you may assume that larger businesses are at a greater risk of hackers stealing their data. Don't big companies have more revenue and sensitive information at stake? While that might be true in one sense, ...
Remote Leadership: Strategies for Effective Management in a Virtual Environment
The business world is always evolving. Creating a solid foundation with a team and encouraging a positive work environment can be tough without the right remote leadership strategies for effective management in a virtual environment. Why Managing Remote Teams Is ...
