Tips & Tricks

Why Traditional Incident Response Retainers Leave CISOs Exposed (and Money on the Table)

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Why Traditional Incident Response Retainers Leave CISOs Exposed (and Money on the Table) 2026-06-30 at 17:00 By Carly Battaile I have lost count of the post-incident reviews where the most painful conversation was not about the breach itself. It was about the retainer. This article is an excerpt from LevelBlue Blog View Original Source

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Connecting Custom Agents to Microsoft Agent 365 with the SDK [Part 2]

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Connecting Custom Agents to Microsoft Agent 365 with the SDK [Part 2] 2026-06-25 at 17:00 By In Part 1, we covered onboarding Microsoft-native agents and SaaS AI platforms — the paths that need configuration, not code. Now we look at connecting agents that have no native integration — self-built frameworks and agents you build and […]

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Monitoring Agents and SaaS AI Platforms with Microsoft Agent 365 [Part 1]

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Monitoring Agents and SaaS AI Platforms with Microsoft Agent 365 [Part 1] 2026-06-23 at 17:00 By Agent usage is exploding and in Microsoft 365, agents aren’t monitored by default. Even though it’s early days for tools that can monitor agents, Microsoft’s newly released Agent 365 evolves this new category with some powerful capabilities. This article […]

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More Security Tools Rarely Mean Faster Detection

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More Security Tools Rarely Mean Faster Detection 2026-06-16 at 17:00 By Organizations continue investing heavily in cybersecurity tools, yet many security operations centers (SOCs) still struggle with alert fatigue, investigative delays, and inconsistent response outcomes. The issue is not necessarily a lack of technology. In many environments, it is the opposite. This article is an […]

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CISO’s Corner – 6 Observations from Gartner SRM 2026

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CISO’s Corner – 6 Observations from Gartner SRM 2026 2026-06-11 at 16:16 By Kory Daniels Artificial Intelligence continued to dominate the conversation, and content, but the key theme throughout the Gartner Security & Risk Management experience was a little bit more subtle. This year, CISOs from all across the globe came to connect, learn, and […]

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What OMB M-26-14 Means for Your Agency and Where to Focus Now

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What OMB M-26-14 Means for Your Agency and Where to Focus Now 2026-06-09 at 18:19 By Rachael Clay OMB M-26-14 introduces a significant change in how federal agencies approach logging, monitoring, and incident response. Rather than emphasizing volume and retention of log data, the memo centers on how effectively agencies can use telemetry to support detection, […]

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Two Approaches for Offensive Testing of AI Systems: Architecture-led AI Application Penetration Test and Threat-led AI Red Team Assessment

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Two Approaches for Offensive Testing of AI Systems: Architecture-led AI Application Penetration Test and Threat-led AI Red Team Assessment 2026-05-27 at 16:59 By Sarath Nair Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the shape of the application attack surface. A traditional application assessment usually starts with familiar questions, such as: This article is an excerpt from LevelBlue […]

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MDR Isn’t a Silver Bullet for Poor Telemetry

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MDR Isn’t a Silver Bullet for Poor Telemetry 2026-05-21 at 17:12 By Managed Detection and Response (MDR) has become a critical capability for organizations navigating increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, expanding attack surfaces, and growing operational complexity. But despite significant investments in MDR services, many organizations still struggle with delayed investigations, missed detections, and inconsistent visibility across […]

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Cutting Through Security Noise with Managed Detection and Response

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Cutting Through Security Noise with Managed Detection and Response 2026-05-06 at 18:37 By Security incidents rarely announce themselves all at once. And they almost never hinge on a single missed alert. But they do succeed because weak signals accumulate quietly across time, tools, and environments until no one can confidently reconstruct the full story. This […]

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Solving Four Common Incident Response Mistakes That Delay Containment and Drive Up Costs

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Solving Four Common Incident Response Mistakes That Delay Containment and Drive Up Costs 2026-04-24 at 19:10 By Devon Ackerman Organizations often lose precious hours and sometimes millions of dollars because they lack a well-defined and tested incident response plan. In many cases, response roles are loosely defined and disconnected from key stakeholders, including digital forensics […]

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Why MDR Providers with Proprietary Threat Intelligence Detect More

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Why MDR Providers with Proprietary Threat Intelligence Detect More 2026-04-22 at 17:11 By Managed Detection and Response (MDR) has become a foundational component of modern security programs. As attack surfaces expand and adversaries move faster, organizations increasingly rely on external providers to monitor, detect, and respond to threats around the clock. But not all MDR […]

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7 Important Questions Facing CISOs on Bridging the Gap Between AI Threats, Supply Chain, and Cyber Resilience

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7 Important Questions Facing CISOs on Bridging the Gap Between AI Threats, Supply Chain, and Cyber Resilience 2026-04-01 at 00:02 By A CISO’s job never ends, and, according to a recentLevelBlue survey, the issues they are dealing with on a daily basis are piling up, causing some disconnect in priorities and a misunderstanding of how […]

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How LevelBlue’s FedRAMP Authorization Removes the Burden of CMMC Federal Compliance from Clients

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How LevelBlue’s FedRAMP Authorization Removes the Burden of CMMC Federal Compliance from Clients 2026-03-30 at 20:37 By Navigating the labyrinth of the U.S. federal procurement system, especially for Defense Industrial Base (DIB) companies, can be challenging, particularly when trying to meet stringent cybersecurity compliance standards like theCybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).   This article is […]

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The Value of Microsoft Security Copilot: SCU Billing and Why Agent Design Matters

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The Value of Microsoft Security Copilot: SCU Billing and Why Agent Design Matters 2026-03-27 at 16:00 By David Broggy Most organizations start by using Microsoft Copilot the way it looks in demos: type a question, get an answer. That works for exploration. For repeatable operational work, it gets expensive quickly. This article is an excerpt […]

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Building a Unified Security Program with LevelBlue MDR

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Building a Unified Security Program with LevelBlue MDR 2026-03-27 at 14:59 By Comprehensive Protection:LevelBlue offers MDR services that unify disparate tools into a single, cohesive security ecosystem. Advanced Synergy: By integrating MDR solutions with EDR and vulnerability management, organizations achieve faster threat detection and automated incident containment. Expert Human Intelligence: As a leading MDR service […]

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Cybersecurity in Hospitality: Defending a Highly Distributed Enterprise

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Cybersecurity in Hospitality: Defending a Highly Distributed Enterprise 2026-03-26 at 16:23 By Bindu Sundaresan When we think about a modern hospitality organization, we mustn’t limit ourselves to just considering the hotel. In fact, hospitality companies are interlocking digital ecosystems where a single weakness can ripple across dozens of properties and millions of guest records. This […]

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