SynerComm, Inc.

06/03/2026

During a recent discussion with Fortinet, a key theme emerged: as cyber threats evolve, many organizations are struggling less with a lack of security tools and more with the complexity of managing them.

For years, organizations have layered tools to address new threats, often creating fragmented visibility. Fortinet, recognized by Gartner as a leader in CSMA and OT, has been advocating for a platform-based approach, unifying networking, security, analytics, AI, and even OT environments.

Key takeaways:

• Security and networking are becoming increasingly interconnected.
• Manufacturing and OT environments are becoming a board-level cybersecurity concern, especially as legacy systems face modern threats.
• AI is accelerating both attack and defense, making visibility and automation more important than ever.
• Organizations are seeking ways to do more with less, such as fewer management consoles, fewer integrations to maintain, and fewer operational silos.

Today's challenge isn't simply detecting threats, it's making sense of them quickly enough to act. The future of cybersecurity may not be about adding more tools, but creating better connections between the tools, teams, and environments within organizations.

05/27/2026

Strong communities are built by people willing to create opportunities for others.

Proud to see that happening through the work of Allie and Ryan, founders of the Wisconsin Information Security Conference (WISCON) in Madison.

WISCON is a conference designed to help create a thriving information security community in Madison with affordable access to high-quality content, networking, and hands-on experiences for people at every stage of their career.

Their vision was shaped by a belief that cybersecurity should feel welcoming and accessible & that the midwest cybersecurity community is filled with talent that should be showcased and celebrated.

Building something like this takes an incredible amount of dedication behind the scenes, and it’s inspiring to see the impact WISCON is already having in its first year.

Congratulations to Allie, Ryan, and everyone involved in bringing this vision to life.

If you haven't already bought your tickets for WISCON June 11th, there are just under 50 left!

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WISCON 2026: Wisconsin's premier information security conference. June 11, 2026 at the Goodman Community Center in Madison. Tickets on sale now.

05/26/2026

Most organizations can tell you what security tools they own.

Far fewer can answer a more important question:

Do those controls actually reduce risk against real-world attacks?

That’s the gap many security programs are struggling with today.

In our latest blog, we outline a simplified model for understanding how modern security programs should think about validation through three connected perspectives:

Blue Team: Are controls configured effectively?
Red Team: What attack paths are actually exploitable?
Purple Team: Can defenses detect and respond in time?

The goal isn’t more tooling or more dashboards.

It’s measurable evidence that security controls are working as intended.

As environments become more distributed, identity-driven, and AI-enabled, organizations need to move beyond assumptions and toward continuous validation.

Because visibility alone does not equal security.

And control presence does not equal protection.

Read the full blog here: https://hubs.ly/Q04hSPNB0

Learn how organizations validate cybersecurity controls, measure real risk reduction, and move from assumptions to evidence-based security outcomes.

05/19/2026

A key takeaway from a recent session with Cribl:

AI is only as valuable as the telemetry strategy behind it. Organizations are generating more machine data than ever before, but budgets, teams, and legacy architectures aren’t growing at the same pace.

Cribl’s platform is built around choice, control, and flexibility:

- Data source agnostic
- Destination agnostic
- Designed to reduce vendor lock-in
- Enables teams to route the right data to the right tools at the right time

Instead of combining all data into expensive centralized platforms, organizations are starting to:

- Intentionally tier data
- Search data where it lives
- Reduce storage and ingestion costs
- Give more teams direct access to insights without duplicating infrastructure

These changes support the evolution toward AI-enabled SOCs. Cribl explained that AI initiatives don’t fail because of lack of models, but because data is fragmented, inaccessible, or too expensive to operationalize at scale.

The future of security operations is shifting to companies that make data portable and accessible across ecosystems. This is why the telemetry layer is becoming one of the most strategic conversations in cybersecurity today.

05/15/2026

Today, the biggest risks often come from non-human identities: service accounts, APIs, automation scripts, AI agents, cloud workloads - all operating without direct human interaction.

And most environments have exponentially more of them than human users.

What stood out to me in a recent Delinea discussion was this idea:

Security teams don’t just need to secure credentials anymore, they need continuous visibility into who or what has access, what it can do, and whether that access still makes sense.

That’s where practical identity security becomes operationally valuable:

- Discovering dormant or overprivileged service accounts
- Identifying “shadow admin” access
- Reducing standing privileges
- Monitoring AI and cloud identities before they become blind spots
- Automating visibility across hybrid environments

The organizations getting ahead aren’t waiting for audits to find gaps. They’re treating identity as the control plane for cybersecurity.

In a world where attackers increasingly “log in” instead of “break in,” visibility and governance matter more than ever.

05/08/2026

What if your security tools are working exactly as configured, but still missing real threats?

That’s the value of purple team exercises.

By bringing offensive and defensive teams together in real-world attack simulations, organizations can identify detection gaps, improve response times, and strengthen their overall security posture before a real threat occurs.

Organizations need continuous, real-world validation of their defenses — not just vulnerability scans or theoretical risk scores.

Read more about the business case for purple team exercises, in our recent blog post, here:

Validate your SOC, EDR, SIEM, and threat detection controls with purple team exercises mapped to MITRE ATT&CK and real-world attacker techniques.

05/05/2026

This past weekend, SynerComm had the privilege of hosting clients at the iconic Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California for an unforgettable, behind-the-scenes racing experience.

From exclusive access in the pit to spending time alongside the incredible team at Jaxon Bell Racing, it was an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and experience the energy of motorsports up close. Events like these are all about strengthening relationships and creating moments that go beyond the boardroom.

We’re excited to share that this was just the beginning. SynerComm has three additional exclusive events planned for this summer, offering more opportunities to join us for unique, high-impact experiences like this.

If you’re interested in being part of an upcoming event, we’d love to connect, please reach out to your SynerComm contact to learn more.

05/04/2026

Security teams don’t have a tooling problem.
They have a workload problem.

Every new security investment → more alerts
More alerts → more noise
More noise → burned-out analysts

At some point, CISOs hit a wall:
humans can’t keep up with machine-speed threats.

The answer to this problem is a rethink of SecOps.

& we agree “SOAR is dead.”

Not because the idea is wrong, but because the ex*****on didn’t match the promise.

Torq was at the SynerComm office last week and our biggest takeaway:
Torq delivers on the original promise of SOAR while actually scaling the SOC

SOAR didn’t fail because the idea was wrong.

It failed because it was too hard to use. (Required heavy coding, needed dedicated engineers, was slow to build and maintain, & ended up underutilized)

Meanwhile… alerts kept piling up.

What TORQ is doing instead:
🔹~90% noise reduction before analysts even look at alerts
Not prioritization—elimination of unnecessary work
🔹 End-to-end AI SOC (not just triage or automation)
From alert → context → investigation → response
All in one continuous flow
🔹 No-code workflows that actually scale
No bottlenecks. No “one engineer who understands it.”
The whole team can build.
🔹 AI with guardrails (not a black box)
Full visibility into decisions
Auditable, explainable, controllable
🔹 From ticketing → to action
Not just managing incidents…
Actually resolving them at machine speed

If you’ve ever seen a SOC team trying to keep up with
hundreds (or thousands) of alerts a day…

Then you know that “AI SOC” is becoming necessary.

04/22/2026

We’re proud to share that SynerComm is a Registered Provider Organization (RPO) within the CMMC ecosystem.

This reflects a continued commitment to supporting organizations across the Defense Industrial Base as they navigate evolving cybersecurity requirements.

RPO means we are formally recognized by the Cyber AB to provide CMMC readiness support: including gap assessments, advisory, and implementation guidance. More importantly, it reinforces the work we’ve already been doing: helping clients move from uncertainty to ex*****on.

CMMC isn’t just a compliance exercise, it’s a shift in how organizations operationalize cybersecurity. And success requires more than interpretation of controls. It requires:
- Clear prioritization
- Practical implementation
- Alignment with real-world environments
- Continuous proof that shows controls are consistently operating over time, not just prepared for an audit.

We’re here to help.

04/14/2026

Security leaders,

Join us for our 23rd year, and our largest conference yet.

This year’s program reflects what is top of mind in boardrooms and across the front lines: AI vulnerability ops, governed innovation, measurable risk, identity-centric security, regulatory readiness, and operational strength that scales.

We are honored to welcome top-tier keynote speakers: nationally recognized leaders whose perspectives will challenge conventional thinking:

Camille Stewart Gloster, a globally recognized cybersecurity and emerging technology strategist whose career spans senior roles in the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, global technology companies, and civil society organizations.

Rick Howard, the CEO and co-founder of the CyberCanon Project, an all-volunteer nonprofit dedicated to curating timeless cybersecurity wisdom for the infosec community. His previous roles include CSO at N2K and Palo Alto Networks, CISO at TASC.

Rock Lambros, CEO and founder of RockCyber, where he helps executive teams build AI and cybersecurity programs that reduce real risk and produce measurable business outcomes. He has led security programs for multibillion-dollar organizations across energy, e-commerce, government, banking, and manufacturing. Rock serves as a core team member of OWASP’s Agentic Security Initiative and co-leads several OWASP GenAI Project initiatives.

Kurtis Minder, a respected founder and cyber leader, specializing in digital risk solutions. He built a robust cyber reconnaissance operation that protects some of the world’s largest enterprises and government organizations. Kurtis is a recognized expert in ransomware response, having served as the lead negotiator in some of the largest ransomware, breach, and data extortion cases globally.

Mel Reyes, a senior technology and cybersecurity leader experienced in delivering enterprise rollouts and operational transformation. Mel has been deeply involved in technology and resource management across five startups, has guided two IPOs, and has led three M&A integrations. He helped scale Synchrony’s PayPal, eBay, and Venmo credit portfolios.

For more than two decades, this event has brought the security community together at pivotal moments of change. In a year defined by acceleration in AI, regulatory pressure, geopolitical instability, and supply chain complexity collaboration and shared leadership matter more than ever.

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