VMware Azure migration security assessment: 5 Critical Findings That Protect Your Bottom Line
VMware Azure migration security assessment: 5 Critical Findings That Protect Your Bottom Line May 18, 2026 For many private equity-backed (PE) firms and manufacturing giants, the recent tectonic shifts in the VMware and Broadcom landscape have moved a “someday” project to the top of the “must-do-now” list. Migration to the cloud is no longer just […]
Copilot Data Ring Fencing Security: 7 Steps to Protect Your Data After Buying Licenses
Copilot Data Ring Fencing Security: 7 Steps to Protect Your Data After Buying Licenses May 15, 2026 So, you’ve taken the plunge. Your firm or portfolio company has officially invested in Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses. There is a palpable buzz in the office—associates are excited about summarizing depositions in seconds, and analysts are ready to […]
SCADA Shadow AI OT Security: 4 Compliance Risks You Haven’t Mapped Yet
SCADA Shadow AI OT Security: 4 Compliance Risks You Haven’t Mapped Yet May 13, 2026 For three decades, the “Air Gap” was the holy grail of SCADA shadow AI OT security. We lived by a simple rule: if the Operational Technology (OT) network isn’t physically connected to the internet, it is safe from the outside […]
VMware to Azure Migration Broadcom: 5 Positive Reasons to Exit the Price Trap
VMware to Azure Migration Broadcom: 5 Positive Reasons to Exit the Price Trap May 11, 2026 In thirty years of managing IT infrastructure, we have seen many vendor acquisitions, but few have sent shockwaves through the industry like the Broadcom acquisition of VMware. For years, VMware was the bedrock of the data center—the reliable, “set […]
Shadow AI Law Firms Attorney Privilege: 3 Negative Risks for Your Practice
Shadow AI Law Firms Attorney Privilege: 3 Negative Risks for Your Practice May 8, 2026 In our thirty years of consulting for professional services, we’ve seen law firms handle some of the most sensitive data on the planet. I remember the transition from “paper rooms” to encrypted servers, where the primary fear was a physical […]
Shadow AI Medical Device Manufacturing: 4 Negative Risks of an FDA Audit Failure
Shadow AI Medical Device Manufacturing: 4 Negative Risks of an FDA Audit Failure May 6, 2026 In our thirty years of consulting, we have seen the medical device industry evolve through countless regulatory shifts. I remember the transition to QSR (Quality System Regulation) and the rigorous push for ISO 13485. In this industry, we know […]
Shadow AI Oil and Gas: 5 Dangerous Ways It Impacts Pipeline Safety
Shadow AI Oil and Gas: 5 Dangerous Ways It Impacts Pipeline Safety May 4, 2026 In our thirty years of consulting for the energy sector, we have walked through hundreds of control rooms, from the high-tech hubs of Houston to remote compressor stations in the Appalachian Basin. In every one of them, the primary goal […]
Law Firm Agent Deployment: Assessment-First Methodology
Law Firm Agent Deployment: Assessment-First Methodology May 1, 2026 Every conversation about AI agents in law firms eventually comes to the same question: “That’s interesting, but can you actually build it?” The answer is yes — but only if you do the work before you write the first line of code or configure the first […]
FDA and Medical Device Agents: Why Your Data Estate Assessment Must Precede Any Agent Pilot
FDA and Medical Device Agents: Why Your Data Estate Assessment Must Precede Any Agent Pilot April 29, 2026 The FDA does not have a regulation called “AI Agent Security.” There is no 510(k) pathway for an internally deployed operational agent. There is no predicate device that tells you exactly how to validate an agent that […]
Regulatory Compliance and Agents in Energy: FERC, NERC, and the Agent Deployment Gap
Regulatory Compliance and Agents in Energy: FERC, NERC, and the Agent Deployment Gap April 24, 2026 FERC and NERC were not written with AI agents in mind. Their language addresses systems, personnel, and processes — the vocabulary of energy infrastructure regulation before machine learning became a deployment consideration. Neither framework has an explicit chapter on […]