08/11/2026
I was drinking my coffee this morning thinking about this book I'm reading, "Inside the Box" by David Epstein. It's all about constraints and talks through an example of General Magic in the 1990s and how they had every resource imaginable at their disposal, but the product failed.
And I was thinking about how often I talk to people who feel they should be doing more with the tools, resources, and advice available, myself included. Add on the pressure of feeling like you're already behind when everything is accessible all the time...
The clarity is what's lacking.
The average enterprise security stack now sits at 45+ tools, and breaches keep happening anyway. Buying every tool the industry calls essential doesn't make your organization more secure. Accountability does. Clear ownership, governance, and operational discipline do.
It's a common thread with new clients. The gap is sometimes a missing tool, almost always fuzzy on the owner.
When you bring clarity to who owns what so your team doesn't feel part of an Abbott and Costello skit, that creates long-term protection.
How are you building clarity in your operations?
TLDR; Buying more tools isn't what protects you. Ownership, accountability, governance, and operational discipline are what hold up over time.
