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2026-10-08

Network Security & SASE — Securing the Edge

73% of ransomware attacks in 2025 started with a VPN — nearly double the share from two years earlier. Gartner projects 45% of enterprises will adopt managed SASE services by 2026. This post covers what broke in the traditional hub-and-spoke network model, the five components SASE converges into one cloud-delivered service, and why the hardest part of adopting it is rarely the technology.

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2026-10-01

Cybersecurity — The Domain That Keeps Every CIO Up at Night

Global security spending will reach $244.2 billion in 2026. The average breach still costs $4.44 million and takes 241 days to find and contain. And the average CISO now lasts 18 to 26 months in the seat. Phase 4 of the Enterprise IT Blueprint opens with the domain that touches every other one — why it's structurally harder than the categories before it, and the five posts that map it.

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2026-09-30

What Is the Enterprise IT Blueprint? The Idea, the Why, and Where It Actually Stands

A number of people who've been following along through GPMF 2026 this week asked me the same question: what is this series you keep referencing? This is the answer — what the Enterprise IT Blueprint actually is, why I'm writing it, how it's built, and an honest look at how far it's actually gotten.

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