Pinpoint Protocol 2026.14
In most environments, incidents don’t start with something obvious. They start with something that looked normal. A process that worked yesterday. A system behaving as expected. A control that technically exists, but hasn’t been exercised under pressure. Then...
Pinpoint Protocol 2026.13
Last week at RSA, one theme showed up consistently across conversations with peers, vendors, and operators: We’re not lacking capability in cybersecurity.We’re struggling with clarity. There is no shortage of tools, telemetry, or intelligence. If anything, the...
Pinpoint Protocol 2026.12
We don’t have a tooling problem in cybersecurity right now. We have a cognitive saturation problem. Too many alerts. Too many dashboards. Too many competing priorities. And when everything feels important, the one thing that actually matters becomes easier to miss....
Pinpoint Protocol 2026.11
A good way to stay grounded in cybersecurity is to zoom out and look at the full picture, not just individual headlines. This week’s headlines reflect that pretty clearly. A global disruption impacting operations across dozens of countries. Zero-days in widely used...
Pinpoint Protocol 2026.10
Some weeks in cybersecurity feel like a reminder of how many moving parts we’re all responsible for watching. This was one of those weeks. Between a suspected supply-chain breach involving a telecommunications provider tied to a sensitive FBI system, dozens of...
Pinpoint Protocol 2026.09
Some weeks in cybersecurity feel like watching the world move very quickly, and this was one of them. From browser vulnerabilities and mobile patches to large third-party data breaches and infrastructure warnings, the headlines reminded us just how interconnected...
Pinpoint Protocol 2026.08
I’ve always liked the moments when systems behave exactly the way they’re designed to. Clean logs, predictable processes, no surprises. In cybersecurity, that kind of stability isn’t luck — it’s the result of deliberate configuration, disciplined patching, and...
Pinpoint Protocol 2026.07
One of the things I appreciate most about working in Security is how often progress comes from helping someone else solve a problem. Whether it’s walking through a tricky alert, tuning a detection rule, or sharing a shortcut that saves someone an hour, resilience is...
Pinpoint Protocol 2026.06
This Saturday is Valentine’s Day, which might seem like an odd place to start a cybersecurity conversation — until you realize how much this work is ultimately about care and stewardship. We protect what we value. We show up for the people and systems that depend on...
Pinpoint Protocol 2026.05
There’s a moment on a long drive or a hike where you realize the biggest risks aren’t the obvious ones — they’re the small, familiar things you stopped paying attention to. That’s the theme running through this week’s cybersecurity news. From a widely exploited WinRAR...
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