This is especially relevant at the endpoint,
where small gaps have a habit of becoming large headaches.
As detection accelerates,
the basics matter more — not less.
One implication is clear.
Security can’t be a once‑a‑quarter activity anymore.
If AI helps uncover risk faster,
defensive environments need to keep up every day.
Anthropic’s new Project Glasswing highlights a shift many teams are already feeling.
AI is getting very good at finding software vulnerabilities.
In some cases, better than years of human review.
AI is changing cybersecurity.
That much is obvious.
What’s more interesting is how quickly
it’s changing the defender’s job —
and the pace defenders now have to match.
If your organisation is still investing time and effort in manual device provisioning,
it may be time to rethink your approach.
Sometimes the biggest gains come from removing the work
that no longer needs to be there.
The solution was a zero‑touch Windows Autopilot deployment
with cloud‑based management.
Devices shipped directly to staff.
Provisioned remotely.
No hands‑on IT involvement required.
They partnered with Endpoint Focus to rethink their approach.
The goal was simple:
modernise device deployment without adding complexity
or relying on unnecessary third‑party handling.
When McConnell Dowell needed a better way to support a distributed workforce,
manual device deployment was becoming a bottleneck.
Too slow.
Too hands‑on.
Too much friction for everyone involved.
Nothing says this worked quite like measurable impact.
Not promises.
Not theory.
Just clear results that show what changes when the right approach is taken.
If a second set of eyes on your identity security posture would help,
that’s a conversation we’re always happy to have.
Sometimes the biggest risk isn’t complexity.
None of this is groundbreaking advice.
But the organisations that get caught out
are usually the ones that knew what to do —
and just hadn’t done it yet.
The good news?
The countermeasures are well established.
Phishing resistant MFA.
Least privilege for service and non human accounts.
Monitoring for anomalous SaaS and token behaviour.
Once they’re inside a SaaS ecosystem,
traditional perimeter controls don’t help much.
Access looks legitimate.
Activity blends in.
And damage happens gradually.
Adversaries are increasingly exploiting:
Vishing
Phishing
Stolen OAuth tokens
Not to break systems —
but to move laterally through cloud environments quietly.