Cybersecurity Christmas Chaos

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,

front door, 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 controls assessments that all came in last night.

A manager asked politely if MFA can be paused. Another wants broad access with no