27 years in cybersecurity. One consistent focus: reduce real risk. As Global Security Architect at VikingCloud, Fayyaz Makhani doesn’t chase noise, trends, or tool overload. He asks the hard questions early. He challenges assumptions. He forces clarity where it matters most.

Organizations are spending more on cybersecurity than ever. But one question keeps coming up in boardrooms: Is that spending actually reducing risk? Compliance reports and tool deployments don’t always answer that question. Our latest blog explores how organizations can move

Welcome to "Cyber Myths", a series by VikingCloud. 🔍 In this episode, we're busting one of the most common misconceptions in cybersecurity: "We're safe because we passed our compliance audit." The truth? While passing a compliance audit shows you met a standard, it only

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VikingCloud wins a 2026 Global InfoSec Award for CCS Advantage in the Market Disruptor – Compliance category. 67% of SMBs think PCI DSS compliance = security. Nearly 60% still score C, D, or F on cyber risk. That gap is where attackers win. Compliance isn’t security.

Cyber warfare is now hitting U.S. businesses directly. An Iran-linked attack on medical device company Stryker forced employees offline globally and disrupted internal systems, offering a clear example of how quickly these incidents can escalate beyond regional conflict. This

Frictionless payments are quickly becoming standard, reshaping how consumers spend. Recent reporting shows consumers are more likely to spend when checkout is fast and seamless, reinforcing how much purchasing behavior is now driven by speed and convenience. But as checkout

Are all your restaurant channels secure? Dine-in POS. Takeout apps. Reservation tools. Payment processors. Every channel adds another path to your data. Omnichannel service is good for guests. Unmanaged risk is not good for business. Learn how to close the gaps:

Not every alert is a crisis. Not every vulnerability demands immediate action. But when you're managing cybersecurity with limited time and budget, it can feel like everything is urgent. That's the problem with noise; it drowns out what actually matters. A risk-directed

If you're managing PCI compliance across multiple locations with multiple vendors, you're overpaying. Full stop. Disconnected programs mean duplicated costs, coordination gaps, and security blind spots that no single vendor owns. Most operators don't find out what it's costing

Security spend is going up. Confidence in its impact isn’t. Most organizations still can’t clearly answer a simple question: Is our risk actually going down? That’s the gap. At VikingCloud, we help organizations move beyond fragmented, compliance-driven assessments to a

AI is making cybersecurity faster. It's also making it murkier. Faster detection. Faster response. Less context. Less visibility. That tradeoff is becoming a serious problem for security teams managing fragmented environments—where automation scales, but understanding doesn't

Malware doesn't always take your site down. Sometimes it quietly steals your customers' data, even though everything looks completely fine on the surface. You won't know until it's too late. By then, the damage to your reputation is already done. Think about what's actually at

Meet Howell King, Offensive Security Engineer and Vulnerability Assessment Specialist at VikingCloud. Howell approaches every assessment with an attacker’s mindset, uncovering hidden security gaps, simulating real-world attack paths, and helping clients strengthen their defenses

Geopolitical conflict doesn't stay on the battlefield. It moves into business systems and critical infrastructure. As tensions rise between Iran, the U.S., and its allies, Iran-linked groups are scaling cyberattacks across industries—combining operational disruption with

Heading to the Little Caesars Pizza Expo in Las Vegas? So are we. Find us at booth #515 and talk to our team about how VikingCloud can help protect and grow your business. 📆 Apr 13 - Apr 15 📍 Las Vegas, NV #️⃣ 515 We hope to see you there! Krissy Carnaghi, Tristan Henderson,

Welcome to "Cyber Myths", a series by VikingCloud. 🔍 In this episode, we’re tackling another dangerous assumption: “Ransomware only targets big companies”. The truth? SMBs are increasingly in the sights of ransomware attackers #Cybersecurity #CyberMyths #CyberRisk

Your controls aren't failing. The spaces between them are. That's the uncomfortable truth Jon Marler, CISSP, CEH, sits down to unpack with Whitney Ruggles, VP of Marketing, in Episode 1 of Business Uninterrupted, VikingCloud's new podcast series on cybersecurity and compliance.

Ethical Hacker and Adaptive Problem Solver. According to Howell King Jr., most breaches start with overlooked vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, or simple human error. That’s why Howell’s work focuses on uncovering those gaps through offensive security assessments, hands-on web

You can harden your own stack and still get breached through a vendor you authorized. That's the lesson from the recent incident at Rockstar Games. ShinyHunters didn't hit Rockstar directly. They compromised Anodot, a third-party SaaS monitoring tool, extracted authentication