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This post was originally published on Google Cloud Security Community on June 9th, 2025. You can find the original version here.

Let’s be honest: most compliance conversations are so repetitive you could finish them in your sleep. NYDFS? 72-hour breach reporting. SEC? Four-day disclosure. CMMC? Control this, assess that, supply chain everything. These surface-level discussions aren’t wrong; they’re just not enough.

In today’s climate of evolving federal mandates and tightening supply chain security expectations, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) isn’t just a checkbox—it’s a business imperative. At Arctiq, we’ve taken a deliberate and strategic stance toward helping organizations navigate the ...

As our infrastructure becomes smarter, our risks become more complex. Cities, utilities, transit systems, hospitals, factories—many of the services and systems that underpin our daily lives are undergoing a rapid digital transformation. At the core of this shift is the rise of cyber-physical ...

I don’t drink coffee, but I was sipping orange juice, listening to Still Into You by Paramore as I pulled up to Topgolf at the MGM Grand. It was 8:19 AM, Vegas sunlight (and heat) bouncing off the pavement, and I was ready. One of our Carahsoft counterparts met me out front, and we walked together ...

If you or your team recently searched for RVTools to inventory VMware environments and ended up on a link that wasn’t the official website then there could be cause for concern. In a recent article by BleepingComputer, researchers uncovered a malicious campaign distributing a trojanized version of ...

Compliance is the starting point. It’s not the goal. For many organizations—especially those navigating regulatory-heavy industries like finance, healthcare, energy, or government—there’s a deeply rooted misconception that meeting compliance requirements equals being secure. It doesn’t. Not even ...

At Google Cloud Next 2025, one message stood out above all: AI is no longer just an add-on—it’s the engine driving cloud security and platform engineering. With AI now embedded in the very fabric of cloud development, organizations must adapt quickly to stay competitive and secure.

As Q2 2025 unfolds, the cybersecurity landscape continues to prove that the most dangerous threats are often the ones hiding in plain sight. At Arctiq, we’ve observed a surge in security gaps that aren't always the result of sophisticated adversaries—many are self-inflicted wounds, the byproduct of ...

Organizations today operate in an increasingly interconnected digital ecosystem, relying on third-party vendors, suppliers, and service providers to support critical business functions. While these relationships drive efficiency and innovation, they also introduce significant security risks. From ...

In a significant development for cybersecurity, on March 11, 2025, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the selection of Hamming Quasi-Cyclic (HQC) as the fifth algorithm for post-quantum encryption. This addition to NIST's post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the poster child of innovation in cybersecurity. From detecting threats faster than any human could to automating responses to complex attacks, AI promises a new era of resilience. But beneath the glossy surface lies a critical question that rarely gets ...