Articles In Security

By Steve Gold, Posted in Security

Written with contributions from Bryon Singh, Director of Security Operations, RailWorks Corporation In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the T-1000 is terrifying precisely because it looks like anything. It can morph into a police officer, a floor, a person you trust. A security system checking for a "known bad" appearance would have no chance, because the T-1000 has no fixed form. The only way to catch it is to watch what it does: it hunts, it pursues, it kills. The behavior gives it away, even when the appeara... read more.

• June 09, 2026

By Steve Gold, Posted in Security, Support

Written with contributions from Bert Amodol and Jason Santamaria.  Turning every conversation into a word salad of acronyms wasn’t bad enough. Now, we’re taking words that have one meaning and assigning a different meaning. This must stop! First, it was “agent.” This always meant a piece of software that was installed on a computer. Now it means an autonomous system that can take goals, plan steps and carry out actions across multiple systems. Second is “Governance.&rdqu... read more.

• June 05, 2026

By Bert Amodol, Posted in Security

You're using the same password for your bank, your email, and that pizza rewards app you signed up for in 2019 to save $2 on breadsticks. Those breadsticks may end up being very expensive. Here's why reusing passwords is basically handing a master key to every burglar on the internet and why they don't even have to work hard to use it. The math is brutal. The attackers are lazy. That's the scary part. When a company gets breached, and companies get breached constantly, attackers take those username/passw... read more.

• May 27, 2026

By Steve Gold, Posted in Security

Written with contributions from Bryon Singh, Director of Security Operations, RailWorks Corporation In Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Earth’s heroes don’t lose because they lack power—they lose because they’re disorganized. Some fight in New York, others in Wakanda, others in space. Each group acts with good intent, but without centralized coordination, gaps appear—and Thanos exploits them. That is the exact problem CIS Safeguard 10.6: Centrally Manage Anti-Malware Software i... read more.

• May 26, 2026

By Steve Gold, Posted in Security

Written with contributions from Bryon Singh, Director of Security Operations, RailWorks Corporation In Ocean’s Eleven (2001), the casino isn’t protected by a single impenetrable vault. Instead, it relies on layers of controls—motion sensors, pressure floors, timed locks, and human oversight. The brilliance of the heist is that it only succeeds when multiple safeguards are bypassed at once. If even one layer holds, the plan fails. That layered-defense mindset is exactly what CIS Safeguard... read more.

• May 19, 2026

By Steve Gold, Posted in Security

Written with contributions from Bryon Singh, Director of Security Operations, RailWorks Corporation In the documentary Zero Days (2016), investigators explain how Stuxnet, one of the most sophisticated malware campaigns ever discovered, initially spread through infected USB drives. The systems it targeted weren’t connected to the internet. They were air-gapped. And yet, malware still got in—because removable media was trusted by default. That lesson is exactly why CIS Safeguard 10.4: Configure... read more.

• May 12, 2026

By Jason Santamaria, Posted in Security

Solve it with Gotham’s Axonius-Powered Managed Services. Most cybersecurity incidents don’t start with a sophisticated zero-day exploit or brute force intrusion. They are usually rooted in something more mundane: an asset no one knew existed—or an asset assumed to be secure that hasn’t been patched or updated in months. Maybe it’s a server spun up for a project last year and forgotten. Or a SaaS app quietly adopted by a single department, unaccounted for by your security team... read more.

• May 08, 2026

By Steve Gold, Posted in Security

Written with contributions from Bryon Singh, Director of Security Operations, RailWorks Corporation In Independence Day (1996), Earth isn’t nearly destroyed because the aliens have better weapons—it’s because their technology is allowed to interface freely with human systems. Once malicious code is permitted to run, the damage is already underway. The turning point comes when access is restricted and assumptions are challenged. That same lesson sits at the heart of CIS Safeguard 9.6: Blo... read more.

• May 05, 2026

By Steve Gold, Posted in Security

Written with contributions from Bryon Singh, Director of Security Operations, RailWorks Corporation In Catch Me If You Can (2002), Frank Abagnale successfully impersonates pilots, doctors, and lawyers—not by hacking systems, but by exploiting trust. People believe the uniform, the letterhead, and the signature. The deception works because there’s no reliable way to verify identity at a glance. Email spoofing works the same way. Messages look legitimate, appear to come from trusted senders, and... read more.

• April 28, 2026

By Steve Gold, Posted in Security

Written with contributions from Bryon Singh, Director of Security Operations, RailWorks Corporation In The Lord of the Rings, the One Ring is small, unassuming, and even useful—at first. It grants power and convenience, but every additional moment it’s worn increases risk, influence, and loss of control. The danger isn’t obvious until it’s too late. Browser and email client extensions often play the same role in enterprise environments. They look harmless, promise productivity, and... read more.

• April 21, 2026