Backups Are Critical, but They Aren’t Cyber Recovery
You need clean data to recover from a cyberattack, but recovery won’t happen without a detailed, tested plan and a resilient, integrated architecture. By: Dave DimlichPresident of SD3IT In an increasingly volatile and destructive cyber threat landscape, backups are both the last line of defense and the first line of recovery. Copies of critical data […]
AI Observability: What Happens After the Model Goes Into Production
Agentic AI’s proactive autonomy creates a new governance challenge. Observability is the key to keeping systems under control. By: Dave DimlichPresident of SD3IT The agentic AI horse is out of the barn. The important thing now is figuring out how organizations can track where it goes, what it does and what data it has access […]
The Post-VMware Infrastructure Reckoning: Modernization Matters More Than Migration
The changes wrought by Broadcom’s takeover give organizations the opportunity to remake their infrastructures for the better. By: Dave DimlichPresident of SD3IT More than two and a half years after Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, the dust still hasn’t completely settled, but organizations should no longer be worried about what hypervisor they are going to use […]
Operational Resilience Starts with Integration and Orchestration
As organizations expand their multi-domain environments, they need visibility and coordination in enabling security, centralizing governance and to get the best out of AI. By: Dave DimlichPresident of SD3IT No system is an island these days, a fact that will surprise no one managing and securing cloud, edge, operational technology or artificial intelligence systems. Enterprise […]
The Hidden Risks of AI Supply Chains
Agentic AI boosts speed and efficiency, but it also expands the attack surface in your extended supply chain. To reduce the threat, organizations must build in resilience from the ground up. By: Dave DimlichPresident of SD3IT Supply chains have always been about speed, efficiency and cost—getting the goods where they need to go as quickly […]
A Roadmap to Preparing for Scenarios When GPS Fails
GPS, which is essential to a lot more than aircraft, ships and people on the road, is increasingly in the crosshairs. How do we function when its Positioning, Navigation and Timing services are not available? By: Dave Dimlich President of SD3IT GPS is the lifeblood for a lot of modern activity. Taking a flight or […]
AI at the Tactical Edge: When the Cloud Isn’t an Option
Operating in contested or denied environments isn’t an AI issue, it’s an integration and infrastructure challenge. By: Dave Dimlich President of SD3IT It may seem like artificial intelligence is everywhere these days, but for military and commercial personnel working in remote environments, it can seem like it’s never there when you need it. Military personnel, […]
AI Is Only as Smart as Your Data Governance
With agentic AI playing an increasingly big part in operations, organizations need to set clear rules that allow AI agents to boost productivity while protecting critical data. By: Dave Dimlich President of SD3IT Artificial intelligence is only as effective as the data it has to work with, and it’s only as reliable as the governance […]
Drones Detected, but Then What? Building the Infrastructure to Defend Critical Facilities
Integration of sensor technologies and a command-and-control platform are the keys to CUAS capabilities. By: Dave Dimlich President of SD3IT That constant buzzing around airports, military bases and other facilities isn’t the usual seasonal upsurge of mosquitoes and gnats. It is, increasingly, drones, whether they’re hanging around flight paths, conducting surveillance and reconnaissance or in […]
The Edge Is Now the Front Line in the Cybersecurity Wars
For cybercriminals, it’s open season on edge devices that are at the far reaches of the network or embedded into the IT/OT infrastructure. Organizations need a new approach to security and lifecycle management. By: Dave Dimlich President of SD3IT It’s no secret why edge devices have quickly become a favorite target of cybercriminals, nation-state adversaries […]