Cutting Through the Noise: Security Insights by Stephen Gates

EDR and XDR platforms are positioned as the backbone of endpoint protection. They promise to detect, block, and contain threats before attackers can gain a foothold. Yet many organizations are left asking the same questions: Where is our EDR deployed? Is it configured properly? Could something be slipping through? The uncomfortable truth is that most…

The simple truth is that supply chain security depends on validation, not paperwork. Pentest Wednesday is about moving from forms and annual tests to continuous testing and measurable risk reduction, replacing paperwork with proof.

Patch Tuesday is a known event, but attackers are moving faster than ever. For a leading U.S. manufacturer, shifting from simple patching to continuous validation became the key to proving their fixes worked, turning uncertainty into confidence.

A Pentest Wednesday® Story Every security leader knows about Patch Tuesday. It’s the rhythm Microsoft set decades ago to deliver updates and fixes, and it quickly became a mainstay of IT and security operations. Teams plan change-windows around it. Vendors align updates to it. And for many organizations, Patch Tuesday has become the de facto…

Vulnerability management started with scanning — identify assets, fingerprint software, and match scan findings to known CVEs. Then came “risk-based” approaches that promised smarter prioritization. But in practice, most programs still just patch what scores the highest. Risk is inferred, not proven. Fixes are assumed to work. And security teams are left guessing what actually…

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