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
Using Digital Whiteboards for Teamwork
Collaborating with a team that’s spread out can be a challenge. One way to address it is by using digital whiteboards. These are virtual platforms where teams can work together, brainstorm, and ...
Protect Your Business: Getting to Know the Top Software Threats
MITRE, a leading organization in the field of security, recently shared its list of top software threats for 2023. The top spots remain occupied by the same software bugs as last year. ...
Hackers Fool Multi-Factor Authentication
In the world of cybersecurity, change is the only constant. For many business owners, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been the go-to option for extra security. But hackers today are more ingenious, working ...
Why Your Business Needs a Knowledge Management System
What if you could download and store industry-related knowledge from each employee at your business? A knowledge management system (KMS) does just that. It streamlines the way businesses organize and share their ...
Old OS, New Risks: The Implications of Firefox’s 115 Update for Businesses
When running a business, you have to keep your technology up-to-date. That includes the programs running on your computers. Mozilla Firefox has a new update called Firefox 115. This update doesn't support ...
A Hacker Will Find It If You Don’t
Hackers are ready. Are you? Why You Need A Third-Party Cybersecurity Assessment Immediately Misconfigurations? Vulnerabilities? How confident are you that these items are not being ...
Navigating the Future of Work: How Technology Is Changing the Workplace
Over the last few years, there have been drastic shifts in how people work. Technology and the COVID-19 pandemic are the two main drivers of these changes. Businesses now face the challenge ...
Apple’s Latest iOS 16.5.1 Updates Security Flaws
Running a business involves keeping your devices and digital assets secure. Fresh concerns have emerged with the recent discovery of two significant vulnerabilities in Apple's software. These vulnerabilities were exploited in Apple ...
The Benefits and Challenges of Building a Remote Workforce for Your Business
While in the past, employees arrived at their offices in person, working from home has become increasingly popular since 2020. But is building a remote workforce a worthy investment for businesses? Like ...
A New Chapter in Business Automation with Machine Learning
Think of machines that can learn and adapt to any situation. Thanks to researchers from MIT and Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology, this is now possible. They have created a new ...
Chrome Patches to Fix Security Issues
Keeping the technology you use updated is more than just good practice. It is an essential step towards protecting your business. This is precisely the case with the recent Google Chrome 114 ...
Changing the Game in Wireless Computing: A New Approach to Faster Processing
Imagine wireless devices functioning together as a team to solve complex problems more quickly. These devices can talk to each other using signals like radio waves, sound, or light without wires. They ...
