A Cybersecurity Christmas Carol

It is Christmastime again and the office lights are low. The tree is

up, the cookies out, morale is in free fall though. Because while everyone

else is winding down for holiday cheer, security tickets triple and my inbox

screams in fear. Oh Christmas, sweet Christmas, a season meant for rest.

But somehow every year becomes a cyber stress test. While others sip their eggnog and

sing carols soft and bright, we are knee deep in alerts that all arrived

last night. Someone ran a phishing drill and half the staff replied.

Another team installed an app that was not verified. The firewall is yelling again,