Your Castle Is Already Breached

Picture this: your organization’s network is a medieval castle, complete with drawbridge and moat. For decades, this mental model worked. Keep the bad guys outside the walls, and everyone inside stays safe.

Except the castle walls have crumbled. Cloud apps scatter your data across continents. Remote workers log in from coffee shops. IoT devices multiply like rabbits. And those “trusted” insiders? Some will click phishing links. Others might harbor malicious intent.

The uncomfortable truth: if an attacker breaches your perimeter—and they will—your castle-and-moat defense grants them free rein inside. Game over.

Read my full article on Security Boulevard.