New acronyms drop every month — AI this, XDR that, SASE, SOAR, “Zero Trust™.” Cute. Here’s the truth: tools don’t make you secure. Discipline does.

If you can’t see it, you can’t protect it. A strong security foundation isn’t about stacking tools. It’s about knowing what you own, who touches it, and how it moves. Get visibility. Take control. Then the rest actually works. Your Attack Surface Is Bigger Than You Think Cloud apps, Endpoints, IoT, VMs, Third parties, and Data everywhere.  Attackers only need one unmanaged asset, one unpatched box, or one forgotten repo. Most breaches come from stuff you didn’t even know you