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Forward Moves

The control plane is consolidating. Gateways are becoming the new chokepoints where policy is expressed and enforced.

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Forward Moves

The fundamentals didn't change. The blast radius did.

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Identity

Privileged access creep is the most reliable pattern in every breach post-mortem.

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Detection

"Agentic SecOps" is a noun until you have a baseline. The number you write down on Monday is what you measure improvement against. Without it, you're buying capability and hoping.

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Neil Watkins

ABOUT

Most security programs are over-tooled and under-architected. I want to help fix that.

I'm Neil Watkins — a senior executive level security leader who's spent nearly 30 years building, breaking, and rebuilding enterprise security programs. I write, speak, and advise on how security and IT teams rebuild for the AI era. Most programs are over-tooled and under-architected. I help with the architecture.

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