Security teams are running themselves into the ground. AI-powered attacks are getting more sophisticated while hiring cycles stay brutally slow. If you’re a mid-market CISO, you know the impossible choice: burn out your team or blow the budget on headcount you can’t afford year-round. The math doesn’t work. A mid-level security engineer costs $120K to […]
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Between November 22 and December 2, 2024, just 11 days, e-commerce businesses lost an estimated $681 million to fraud, with losses averaging $2.58 million per hour during peak shopping periods. The primary driver? Sophisticated bot networks that successfully disguised themselves as legitimate customers. These weren’t the clumsy automated scripts that older detection systems easily caught;
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Snapshot Large corporations often move slowly when ramping up new initiatives due to complex structures and layered processes. When one global retailer committed to a sustainability pledge and needed to launch a vendor-tracking portal fast, they turned to Kalles Group’s On-Demand Resourcing (ODR) model. Leveraging a network of experienced professionals (average 14 years each), Kalles
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We had a fantastic evening of conversation and insights at our Smart Cookies event, focused on Risk and Privacy. For those who couldn’t make it, here are some of the key takeaways from our panelists, who brought their diverse professional backgrounds to the discussion. Key Takeaways from the Panel Discussion 1. Integrating Privacy and Risk
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Holiday sales are peak revenue periods, and cyber threats spike alongside increased traffic. Even a single breach can disrupt operations, erode customer trust, and reduce margins. Protecting holiday revenue is about preparing for these high-risk moments, such as the following: Phishing and social engineering attacks targeting seasonal campaigns Ransomware threats are exploiting holiday staffing gaps
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The holiday season brings higher sales, heavier traffic, and, unfortunately, sharper cyber threats. Holiday retail cyber threats come with a unique spike in phishing, ransomware, and card-skimming attempts each Q4. Hackers know security teams are stretched thin and they use that window to strike for several reasons because: Increased online transactions mean broader attack surfaces.
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Table of Contents What are the top 5 blind spots in enterprise security in 2025? What qualifies as a security blind spot? How can I find shadow IT and forgotten assets fast? How should we tier vendor risk in the supply chain? Which controls cut cloud misconfiguration risk? How do we reduce identity sprawl and
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Your future is secure when artificial intelligence becomes your competitive advantage, not just your defense. While 78% of CISOs report AI-powered threats significantly impact their organizations, the same transformational technology driving these attacks is becoming our most powerful ally. Despite rising threats, 60% of security leaders now feel adequately prepared to defend against AI attacks,
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A newly disclosed flaw in on‑prem Microsoft Exchange environments could allow attackers to compromise identity systems and move laterally across environments, without detection. Vulnerability Overview At Black Hat USA 2025, security researcher Dirk‑jan Mollema (Outsider Security) revealed a high‑severity vulnerability affecting hybrid Microsoft Exchange deployments, where on‑prem Exchange connects to Microsoft 365 via Entra ID.The flaw enables attackers
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What happens when AI stops being a novelty, and starts shaping how teams actually work? That’s the question we unpacked at our latest Smart Cookies event, where a room full of leaders gathered to explore how AI moves from curiosity to capability, and eventually, from sidekick to system. Our evening was hosted by Bryon Scharenberg
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Date: March 13, 2025 Location: Industrious U District, Seattle Presented by: Kalles Group, Industrious, Treat Cookies Facilitated by: Bryon Scharenberg, Director of Growth at Kalles Group Bringing Leaders Together to Talk About Change Change is constant—but navigating it well? That takes skill, courage, and clarity. That’s exactly what we explored at our most recent Smart
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It’s Bigger Than Data—Here’s Why It Matters Did you know that 2 out of 5 cyberattacks target small and mid-sized businesses?* This stat can be surprising, but it’s a good reminder that no matter your company’s size, security isn’t optional—it’s foundational. And while most of the headlines focus on data breaches and ransomware attacks, security
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