Posts by Ben Young

Identity attacks are no longer a question of "if"; they’re a question of "when." Microsoft's Digital Defense Report recorded 600 million identity-based attacks every single day in 2024. In fact, 93% of all cyberattacks now target identity systems, and 58% of organizations expect that number to grow. If your organization relies on Microsoft Entra ID, which virtually every modern enterprise does, you need a plan not just to resist these attacks, but to recover from them quickly and completely when one gets through. Read more

Much of my focus on unlocking value from enterprise data has been on unstructured content, including documents, emails, and various file formats. But there's immense untapped value in our structured enterprise databases, both current and historical. The challenge is the data’s accessibility. Business users need insights but lack SQL expertise, while technical teams understand databases but may miss the business context behind the questions. Read more