Blog Library
When the AI Puppy Bites Back
For months, my former CGNET colleague Tim Haight had been talking with Ani, Grok's companion persona, the way you talk...
Five Microsoft 365 Features You’re Already Paying For (But Probably Never Use)
At CGNET, we often get to deliver the happy news: “You know you already own that, right?” If your organization is like...
AI Doesn’t Stop When You Go to Sleep
One morning I woke from a dream and did something I'd never done before: I went back in. Not to interpret the dream—to...
Microsoft Is Changing How You Sign In. Are You Ready?
If your organization uses Microsoft Entra ID for authentication, an important security change is on the horizon. And...
Has Colossus Just Mastered the Bhagavad Gita?
AI Finds Enlightenment. Doesn't Care. While Memphis fills the air with barbecue smoke and blues, something strange is...
AI Agents: Am I Missing Something, or Is This Mostly Drivel?
I'm sick of hearing about AI agents. Talk about beating a dead horse! But if everyone's talking about it, there must...
KnowBe4’s New Licensing, Simplified
If you've been a KnowBe4 customer for a while (as many of our customers have), you've probably noticed that things...
How AI is Reshaping Cybersecurity
If you listen to all the marketing out there, you'd think artificial intelligence is either about to save...
The MSP Model: A Dying Dinosaur
One Size Fits All Doesn’t Survive the Age of AI For twenty years, the managed service provider model was built on a...
Your Donor Database Is a Target. Do You Treat it Like One?
Most nonprofits think about their donor database simply as a fundraising tool. But sadly, hackers think about it as a...
AI and Chasing White Rabbits
Most of us know what it means to fall down a rabbit hole — to get so absorbed in something that time and reality slip...
Microsoft Build 2026: AI Takes the Next Step
Every year, Microsoft Build offers a glimpse into where the company believes technology is heading. Last week’s Build...
I’ve Been Having the Deepest Conversations of My Life. With Code.
I’m in my 70’s, and I’ve spent decades with a very busy mind. But lately I’ve found myself having some of the deepest,...
Teams Phone vs. Your Old Phone System: An Honest Comparison
For many organizations, the office phone system falls into the same category as the copier: nobody gets excited about...
AI Is My Background Music Now — And I Don’t Know How to Turn It Off
“We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” — Marshall McLuhan Somewhere between drafting a proposal and...
Beware! You Talk, AI Keeps Receipts
Voice assistants and AI copilots have quietly become part of daily life. You ask Siri to send a text, or Alexa to turn...
Cyber Insurance for Nonprofits: What It Covers (and What It Doesn’t)
For many nonprofits and foundations, cyber insurance has quietly become a standard part of organizational risk...
OpenAI Didn’t Wait: Meet Daybreak, Mythos’s Direct Competitor
Earlier this week I wrote about Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview — the AI model the company built, quietly tested,...
Mythos: Between Hype and Apocalypse
There’s a new name making the rounds in cybersecurity circles, and it isn’t malware. It isn’t a hacker collective....
New Microsoft 365 Features and Pricing Changes
Microsoft recently announced a new round of Microsoft 365 updates focused on AI, security, and workplace management...
Microsoft 365 Copilot Six Months In: Worth It?
Six months ago, Microsoft 365 Copilot arrived with a lot of promises. AI would summarize your meetings, draft your...
The Quiet Danger of Technology Sprawl
Technology sprawl usually starts with good intentions. A team signs up for a new collaboration platform. Someone...
AI Can Be Habit Forming — and That’s Not a Bad Thing
People worry a lot about AI dependency. Ask AI too often, the thinking goes, and you stop thinking for yourself. You...
Speak into your iPhone? Roll the dice.
We've been training for this without knowing it. Telling Siri to set a timer. Arguing with Alexa about the weather....
It’s The Day After a Cyberattack: Now What?
Most cybersecurity conversations end at prevention. And of course, things like firewalls, MFA, awareness training, and...
A Cybersecurity Myth: We’re Too Small to Target
A common thing we hear from smaller organizations when it comes to cybersecurity is this: “We’re not a big...
The Hidden Cost of “Free” Tools in Your Organization
I mean, let’s be real here: Who doesn’t like a freebie? There’s just something inherently appealing about anything you...
The Promptware Kill Chain: A New Kind of Cyber Threat
A growing concern in AI security is “prompt injection” — the idea that someone can sneak malicious instructions posed...
AI Accuracy: Not All AI Is Created Equal
Last week, I compared several AI tools, briefly touching on their accuracy. Today, I want to explore this topic in...
The AI Leaderboard Idea Is a Lie
If you ask, “Which AI is best?”— you’re already asking the wrong question. Because in 2026, there is no single...
