The April Tech Talk 2025, presented by Scott Quimby (CISSP), Senior Technical Advisor at Acture/CSI, delivers a comprehensive update on today’s rapidly evolving cybersecurity threat landscape and the operational, technical, and strategic responses organizations—especially schools—must adopt to stay secure.

Acture’s Saratoga Track event was a day full of serious technical and security discussions from NYS and industry experts, followed by a fun day of continued discussions at the racetrack.    It was insightful and fun.    If you missed it, you missed a lot.

“The Seismic Shift in Security Requirements for 2026”** This presentation outlines the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape heading into 2026, emphasizing how AI‑driven threats, increasingly sophisticated attack methods, and widespread vulnerabilities are forcing organizations—especially in K‑12 and public-sector environments—to rethink their defensive strategies.

The Acture October 2025 Cybersecurity Update provides a comprehensive briefing on the rapidly intensifying cybersecurity threat landscape and the real‑world attacks that impacted organizations over the past year. The presentation outlines how AI‑driven threats, adversary‑in‑the‑middle techniques, malicious browser extensions, and stolen MFA session tokens have made traditional defenses insufficient.

“And now for something completely different.” -Monty Python’s Flying Circus If you have been in the industry for a while, you have heard the warning, “Internet Explorer (IE) is dead. It is insecure. It has been retired. You must get off Internet Explorer and onto a more modern and secure browser.

A few years ago, there was a very public cyber insurance denial case. As I understand it, the business contracted with Travelers for cyber insurance. They filled out their questionnaire and stated that they had multi-factor authentication (MFA) everywhere.

My wife works for a multi-billion dollar hospital network you all will know. Every time she signs into their mandated VPN and MFA solution she curses out, “How annoying it is to have to do this each time to do anything!” I was the only “IT guy” in earshot to hear her frustration.