<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Security Reality Check</title><description>Practical guidance for making security decisions and checking the evidence behind them.</description><link>https://securityrealitycheck.com</link><item><title>Planning your security for 2027, with AI in the picture</title><link>https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/planning-your-security-for-2027-with-ai-in-the-picture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/planning-your-security-for-2027-with-ai-in-the-picture</guid><description>A plan for next year should start from how you and your staff already use AI, and from what you owe the clients who trust you with their information.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Microsoft 365 needs a security plan of its own</title><link>https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/microsoft-365-is-not-a-security-posture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/microsoft-365-is-not-a-security-posture</guid><description>Check how accounts, access policies, and operational responsibilities protect your use of Microsoft 365.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who owns the gaps between your security providers?</title><link>https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/who-owns-the-gaps-between-your-security-providers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/who-owns-the-gaps-between-your-security-providers</guid><description>Trace shared security work from trigger to completion so responsibility does not disappear at a handoff.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fit your security program to what you can operate</title><link>https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/fit-your-security-program-to-what-you-can-operate</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/fit-your-security-program-to-what-you-can-operate</guid><description>Right-size governance to the owners, providers, and evidence-review capacity a small organization has.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What a patch report does and does not prove</title><link>https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/what-a-patch-report-does-and-does-not-prove</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/what-a-patch-report-does-and-does-not-prove</guid><description>A completion percentage is not the same as evidence that exposure is going down. Ask for the record that shows it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>When the patch loses the race</title><link>https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/when-the-patch-loses-the-race</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/when-the-patch-loses-the-race</guid><description>Exploitation can now start before a fix exists. Ask what limits what an attacker can reach, not just how fast you patch.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who is allowed to remote into your network?</title><link>https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/who-is-allowed-to-remote-into-your-network</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/who-is-allowed-to-remote-into-your-network</guid><description>Remote-access tools are normal. An unmanaged list of them is a gap. Ask which are approved and what stops the rest.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who owns your edge equipment?</title><link>https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/who-owns-your-edge-equipment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/who-owns-your-edge-equipment</guid><description>State-sponsored actors are opportunistically compromising routers through defaults nobody rotated, not exotic tradecraft. Ask who owns the configuration.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What a backup report does and does not prove</title><link>https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/what-a-backup-report-does-and-does-not-prove</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/what-a-backup-report-does-and-does-not-prove</guid><description>Separate successful backup jobs from evidence that your organization can recover a usable service.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five questions to ask your IT provider this quarter</title><link>https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/five-questions-for-your-it-provider</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/five-questions-for-your-it-provider</guid><description>Use these questions to turn a provider update into clear responsibilities, evidence, and next steps.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>What your MSP contract actually covers</title><link>https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/what-your-msp-contract-actually-covers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://securityrealitycheck.com/insights/what-your-msp-contract-actually-covers</guid><description>Read your managed service agreement alongside operational evidence to understand coverage and responsibilities.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>