Live SecOps Session
Five things you're getting wrong during your readouts
The findings that show an organization its full risk, and how to explain each one so it lands with the people who own it.
October 30th, 2026 | 12PM ET
A readout lives or dies on what you can explain.
The easy findings, a cracked password or a missing patch, are concrete and personal, and in a well-run environment they're fixed within the week. Once they're fixed, the risk that remains is tougher to explain, and that's where a readout tends to fall flat.
What the data says
There's more to explain every year, too.
In the 2026 Verizon DBIR, exploited vulnerabilities overtook stolen credentials as the most common way attackers get in, at 31% of breaches, while credential abuse still turns up somewhere in 39% of them. Only 26% of the flaws on CISA's known-exploited list were fully patched last year.
The risk in any environment runs wider than a single report can show.
This session is about having something useful to say about all of it, the findings you're underselling and the risk that never shows up as a clean finding, in plain language a client will act on.
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31%
of breaches began with an exploited vulnerability
Verizon DBIR 2026
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39%
of breaches still involve credential abuse
Verizon DBIR 2026
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26%
of CISA known-exploited flaws were fully patched last year
Verizon DBIR 2026
What you'll walk away with
Built for the people delivering readouts and running risk conversations. You'll leave with the findings, the fixes, and the language to carry each one.
The Readout Mistakes: The Report Findings You're Underselling
Token theft, missing patches, external vulnerabilities, exposed sensitive data, and identity weaknesses in Microsoft 365. For each one: what it is, why it matters, what fixes it, and a plain-language way to explain it that doesn't need a glossary.
More Ways to Show Risk: Building the Picture Beyond the Report
AI usage, browser extensions, administrative controls, backups, and current threat intel mapped to the environment in front of you. More ways to show an organization where it stands, even when the report comes back quiet.
The Readout Prep Sheet: Talking Points in Plain Language
A one-page reference covering everything in the session, with a “what this means for you” line for each item. Bring it to your next readout and walk in with a full risk conversation rather than a single finding.
The bottom line
The people across the table are listening for three things: what could happen, what it'd cost them, and what to do next. A list of findings answers none of them on its own. The findings will keep changing, but the skill of explaining what they mean is what keeps your seat at the table.
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Live virtual SecOps session, Friday, October 30th, 2026, at 12PM ET.