The Office of the CFO Has a New Line Item: Infrastructure Lifecycle Risk
For years, tracking network infrastructure software currency was treated as a background IT maintenance task. A vendor portal changed an end-of-support date, a spreadsheet was updated by hand, and engineering scheduled…
Cyber Insurance Gaps: Moving from Compliance to Survivability
For nearly a decade, regulation was the primary force pulling cybersecurity budgets up the executive priority list. Compliance frameworks dictated the rules, IT teams checked the appropriate boxes, and finance…
Cadents, StartSecured, and Third Wave Innovations Form Partnership to Address Full Cyber Risk Value Chain for Mid-Market Companies
Los Altos, CA — May 7, 2026 — Cadents, StartSecured, and Third Wave Innovations today announced a partnership to help mid-market companies connect the segments of cybersecurity risk that rarely…
The AI investments That Will Fail Aren’t the Ones You Think
In the final installment of our AI Governance series, we look through the lens of the investor to identify the AI investment thesis that actually matters: shifting from flashy demos to structural integrity. The…
AI Is Now a Board-Level Risk. Most Boards Aren’t Ready.
In Part 2 of our AI Governance series, we move from the balance sheet to the boardroom to discuss why AI governance risk is no longer just a technical initiative, but a…
The AI Budget Trap: Spending More to Know Less
Welcome to Part 1 of our series on The AI Governance Gap. In this opening piece, we look at the financial “blind spot” that occurs when organizations prioritize speed over…
What CIOs Should Expect from AI in IT Operations
The pressure to “do something with AI” is no longer a whisper in the boardroom; it’s a mandate. For the modern CIO, the challenge isn’t finding AI tools—it’s finding AI…
End-of-Life ≠ End-of-Risk (Especially in an AI-Accelerated Threat Landscape)
In the world of IT operations, “End-of-Life” (EOL) is a label we often treat as a suggestion rather than a warning. We see the vendor notice, we note the date,…
Your Network Infrastructure Is a Ticking Clock. Most Teams Can’t Even Read It.
There’s a moment every infrastructure leader knows. A CVE drops. A vendor quietly sunsets a platform. A compliance audit lands with a two-week deadline. And suddenly your team is doing…
Lifecycle Risk Isn’t a Security Problem—It’s a Planning Problem
Most organizations treat lifecycle risk as a security issue. A new vulnerability drops. A vendor releases a patch. A scanner flags an exposure. Security jumps in. But by the time…