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Spencer Tall shared thisGreat post Charlie!Spencer Tall shared thisI read the 2026 HIPAA NPRM expecting a policy refresh. It reads like a forensic document. Every mandated control maps almost one-to-one to a 2024 breach failure mode. MFA is the Change Healthcare answer. Network segmentation is the Ascension answer. Asset inventory is the “we didn’t know that medical device was on the internet” answer. OCR isn’t asking hospitals to imagine new risk. They’re writing prescriptions against specific autopsies. A few things every healthcare CISO should know before the final rule drops: 1. “Addressable” is gone. Roughly 40 controls are moving to required or enhanced. 2. The compliance window is 240 days from final rule publication. For a change this size, that’s aggressive. 3. Segmentation isn’t optional anymore. It’s named explicitly, with enforcement expectations tied to it. Main Line Health is the proof point I keep coming back to. They cut MTTR on a segmentation-relevant incident from 4 to 6 hours down to 10 minutes. Not through a bigger SOC. Through identity-based policy that already knew what every device was allowed to talk to. I put the full breakdown on the blog, plus a one-page CISO briefing and a two-slide deck you can drop straight into a board readout. If you’re the person who’s going to own this program, start there. Link in comments. #HealthcareCybersecurity #HIPAA #CISO #Microsegmentation
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Spencer Tall reposted thisSpencer Tall reposted thisIt’s awesome that the world gets to finally see Fundamental coming out of stealth! I first met Jeremy Fraenkel in August of 2024 and knew after our first walk that he was the type of person you want to partner with. Beyond being genuinely a good person at his core, he communicated a clear vision for the company with precision. Super pumped to be a seed investor and doubling down on the Series A. The team and he have executed the vision, which has led to this Series A and an amazing partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Traditional ML algorithms are slow and inaccurate, and LLMs struggle with tabular data. The team cooked up NEXUS, a foundation model built from the ground up to reveal the hidden language of tables, and give enterprises the Power to Predict.
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Spencer Tall shared thisWell done Paul!Spencer Tall shared this🚨 Part 2 of our 4-part series is live In this four-part series Paul Halliday, Director of Software Engineering, unpacks how Conceal’s browser extension and Document Object Model (DOM) analysis capabilities detect and prevent attacks without forcing organizations to deploy new browsers or complicated workflows. In part 2 Paul is going over how extensions are not just scripts running on top of a page. They are small systems living alongside the browser, each with a specific role and level of access. In this post, we break down how extensions are structured, how they communicate, and why that isolation is key to secure browsing. Read Part 1 here 👉https://lnkd.in/gPUY5gZC Read Part 2 here 👉 https://lnkd.in/edzaMJS7 #BrowserSecurity #Cybersecurity #ZeroTrust #BrowserNativeSSE #Conceal #BrowserExtensions
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Spencer Tall reposted thisSpencer Tall reposted this🚀 Conceal Closes $26 Million Series B Funding Round Led by Two Bear Capital We’re excited to announce that Conceal has closed a $26 million Series B funding round, led by Two Bear Capital, with continued support from AllegisCyber Capital and Gula Tech Adventures. This investment will accelerate product innovation, expand go-to-market initiatives, and fuel team growth — all in support of our mission to deliver trusted access and in-browser security for enterprises everywhere. “We are thrilled to have Two Bear Capital lead this newest investment in our vision to change the way organizations reach their zero-trust and browser security goals,” said Eric Cornelius, CEO of Conceal. Michael Goguen, Founder and Managing Partner at Two Bear Capital, added: “Conceal’s browser-native approach represents a major shift in how enterprises deliver secure access. They’re simplifying secure connectivity without sacrificing control, and doing it in a way that scales with how people work today.” Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/eqCTkVK9 More from our CEO: https://lnkd.in/eFmZhbPb Ronald Gula Spencer Tall Jennifer Scherbel Mike Danforth John Kellum, MBA Christopher Park Craig Whetstone Jason Green Jason Shiffer Tara Sanford Jim Gogolinski Hank Yeomans Steve Salinas
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Spencer Tall reposted thisSpencer Tall reposted thisGuard Your Mission. Disappear Your Digital Footprint. In today’s world, anonymity isn’t optional — it’s operational security. #ConcealSearch and #ConcealCloud are redefining how organizations protect research, procurement, and investigations online: ✅ ConcealSearch provides global managed attribution with location rotation, egress control, and encrypted browsing — giving your analysts, researchers, and executives a clean, non-attributable presence on the internet. ✅ ConcealCloud establishes real, U.S.-based LLC infrastructures with compliant banking and tax records — enabling discreet procurement, hosting, and network presence for high-sensitivity operations. From discreet agencies to Fortune 100s, these solutions empower teams to operate invisibly while remaining fully compliant. Whether you need to appear as a civilian researcher in another country or deploy an isolated cloud entity to acquire data, Conceal makes it possible — legally, securely, and at scale. 💡 Safe research. Secure attribution. Seamless operations. 🔗 Learn more or schedule a demo at conceal.io #Cybersecurity #ManagedAttribution #OSINT #ZeroTrust #SecureBrowsing #OperationalSecurity #ConcealSearch #ConcealCloud #CyberIntelligence #AttributionControl Spencer Tall Ronald Gula Barbara Hunt Eric Cornelius
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Spencer Tall reposted thisSpencer Tall reposted thisThis piece by Lucidworks CTO Guy Sperry on AI merchandising struck a chord with the e-commerce community and became one of our most-shared blogs of the year. Here's why: The core message remains timely as we enter the age of #AgenticAI: AI serves commerce best when it amplifies human expertise rather than replacing it. While the market chases fully automated solutions, successful retailers understand that merchandising requires the thoughtful direction a conductor brings to an orchestra. #CommerceStudio exemplifies this approach by providing merchandisers with comprehensive visibility and precise control, integrating sophisticated AI capabilities while keeping human expertise central to strategic decisions. The best technology enhances professional capability without obscuring the decision-making process. It provides better instruments for skilled professionals rather than attempting to eliminate professional judgment. Worth a re-read: https://okt.to/IVia5PThe Art of Conducting Commerce: Why Your AI Merchandising Platform Needs a Maestro - LucidworksThe Art of Conducting Commerce: Why Your AI Merchandising Platform Needs a Maestro - Lucidworks
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Spencer Tall reposted thisSpencer Tall reposted thisWe're excited to announce that Elisity has been recognized as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner�� Hype Cycle™ for Enterprise Networking, 2025 and a Representative Vendor in two 2025 Gartner® Market Guide reports. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘀: Gartner Report, Market Guide for Network Security Microsegmentation, 2025, by Adam Hils, Rajpreet Kaur etc., May 2025. Gartner Report, Market Guide for Campus Infrastructure and Operations Software by Adam Hils, Rajpreet Kaur etc., May 2025., by Tim Zimmerman, Mike Leibovitz etc., June 2025 According to the Gartner 2025 Market Guide for Network Security Microsegmentation, "by 2027, 25% of enterprises working toward zero trust architecture will use more than one deployment form of microsegmentation, which is up from less than 5% in 2025." ��𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁-𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁? ✓ Identity-based microsegmentation platform that enables organizations to achieve least privilege access in weeks, not years. ✓ AI-powered Elisity IdentityGraph™ technology that rapidly discovers every device and correlates comprehensive device insights ✓ Platform designed to implement without downtime using existing network switching infrastructure The results speak for themselves: 5x surge in active policies in Q4 2024, with 83% of Fortune 500 customers successfully implementing critical security policies across their entire infrastructure within 90 days. As Edmond Mack, CISO at Cencora, shared: "Elisity delivered something I've rarely seen in 20 years of cybersecurity deployments - we implemented comprehensive microsegmentation across our operational technology environments with zero P1 incidents and no business downtime." 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: https://lnkd.in/e6aTzY-R #ZeroTrust #Microsegmentation #NetworkSecurity #CyberSecurity #Gartner
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Spencer Tall shared thisNice move by Nationwide!Spencer Tall shared thisStrong partnerships make a lasting impact on care. LIBRA is proud to join Nationwide and Kadance in launching a first-of-its-kind survivorship program that provides proactive, personalized support for cancer survivors and their families. This initiative represents a meaningful step forward in meeting the full spectrum of patient needs, during and after treatment. #WeAreLIBRA Learn More: https://lnkd.in/e4vyfX5Z
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Spencer Tall shared thisCongrats to the team!Spencer Tall shared thisWe’re thrilled to share two exciting updates: → A new growth investment to power our next chapter → A strategic partnership with Navy Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in the U.S. This investment fuels our mission to reshape how credit decisions are made: with foundational credit data, consumer-permissioned cash flow insights, and a platform built to expand access, not limit it. We’d like to offer a special thanks to James M. P. Feuille and Crosslink Capital, Allegis Capital,Commerce Ventures, and Connecticut Innovations for their belief in and support of our mission. With Navy Federal, we’re bringing this vision to life at scale—helping more people get the credit they deserve, and giving institutions the tools to lend confidently and inclusively. We’re grateful to our investors and our partners for believing in a better credit future. Let’s keep building it—together. https://lnkd.in/gQxRTtcq #CreditInnovation #Fintech #AlternativeCreditData #FinancialInclusion #LendingTransformation
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Spencer Tall liked thisSpencer Tall liked thisWe recently intersected a particular advanced phishing campaign. This attack demonstrates the current state of the art in credential theft operations combining Cloudflare Workers for infrastructure, GitHub for payload hosting, custom encryption for evasion, and an elaborate browser exploitation framework that includes fake CAPTCHAs, keyloggers, clipboard monitors, and transparent overlay attacks. What makes this campaign especially noteworthy is its defensive sophistication. The attackers have clearly studied browser security systems and implemented countermeasures at every stage. Conceal caught this attack through multiple detection layers, demonstrating why runtime behavioral analysis is essential for modern threat protection. Read the full break down to see why we are the leading browser defense company. https://lnkd.in/eqPW7PM9
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Spencer Tall liked thisSpencer Tall liked thisEvery CISO is walking the same tightrope. Push too hard on security controls and productivity takes a hit. Users get frustrated, workarounds multiply, and the help desk gets buried in trouble tickets. Pull back to protect the experience and the gaps start to show. That tradeoff has been treated as unavoidable for years. The entire tension disappears when security does not require users to change anything about how they work. Same browser. Same tools. Same workflows. Same login experience they have always had. Nothing new to learn, nothing extra to install, no behavior to retrain across the organization. That is not a minor convenience. For a CISO trying to roll out a security improvement without triggering an organizational headache, it is the difference between a smooth deployment and a months-long internal battle. Conceal works on any browser, any endpoint, with no friction added to the user side of the equation. The security runs in the background, enforced in real time, without touching the experience the employee actually notices. More security. Less friction. No forced tradeoff between the two. For a security leader who has spent years being told those goals are incompatible, that is a straightforward conversation. Title: CISOs Are Done Choosing Between Security and Productivity
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Spencer Tall liked thisSpencer Tall liked thisA submarine doesn't survive torpedo hits because its hull is impenetrable, it survives because it's divided into watertight compartments. One breach floods one compartment; the bulkheads keep the rest of the boat dry and the mission alive. A flat network is a submarine with no bulkheads: a single hole sinks the entire boat. Microsegmentation is what installs the bulkheads, so when (not if) something gets through the hull, the blast radius is one room, not the whole vessel. Microsegmentation has always been the right answer. Architecture was the problem. A new Omdia survey, commissioned by Elisity, of 352 cybersecurity decision makers in healthcare and manufacturing puts hard numbers on what we’ve watched unfold: ▪ 99% want it deployed ▪ Only 9% have protected more than 80% of their critical systems ▪ 22% have hands-on experience with modern, identity-based approaches ▪ 62% of those who’ve seen modern tools say they’re easier than five years ago Most of the gap traces back to one decision point: whether segmentation gets tied to network location or to identity. Tools built around the first assumption demanded heavy infrastructure lifts and brittle policy constructs. Tools built around the second run on the network already in place, with policy tied to identity and context. Enterprises have been waiting for the second category to mature. This survey says it’s here. For the boards, CFOs, and cyber insurers driving these conversations now, this is the moment to reset the segmentation roadmap. Full survey results at link in the comments. #Microsegmentation #ZeroTrust #Cybersecurity
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Spencer Tall liked thisSpencer Tall liked this99% of security leaders want microsegmentation deployed. Only 9% have protected more than 80% of their critical systems. A new Omdia survey of 352 cybersecurity decision makers across U.S. healthcare and manufacturing, commissioned by Elisity, lays out a clear say-do gap. Five numbers from the survey: ▪ Nearly 1 in 2 organizations experienced a lateral movement attack in the past year ▪ 57% rank microsegmentation as their top initiative to stop it ▪ 44% cite comprehensive device visibility as their biggest capability gap ▪ 69% require identity-based controls in any modern solution ▪ 32% point to cyber insurance requirements as a direct business driver Legacy tools built on VLANs, ACLs, and agents have slowed real progress for years. Most teams are still running on them. Modern, identity-based microsegmentation works differently. Policy enforces on the network infrastructure you already run. No agents. No new hardware. No VLAN reconfiguration. You contain ransomware and lateral movement across IT, IoT, OT and IoMT in weeks, not years. Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/ewWqwfw7 #Microsegmentation #ZeroTrust #Cybersecurity
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Spencer Tall liked thisSpencer Tall liked thisChelsea, I don't even know where to start, because "I'm proud of you" doesn't come close to capturing what I feel watching you graduate from BYU with your MBA. I've seen the early mornings, the late nights, the moments where you were stretched thin and somehow, you never let it take away from who you are. You didn't just get through this.. you showed up fully as a mom, a wife, a friend, and still gave your best to your work. That's what amazes me most. You are the most incredible mom. The way you love our kids, the way you're present with them, the example you set is something I hope they never take for granted. You're showing them what it looks like to chase big goals while staying grounded in what matters most. That's a legacy that will shape their lives forever. And then there's everything else that somehow fits into who you are... your discipline as an athlete, your curiosity and brilliance as a scholar, your generosity and desire to lift others. You don't just succeed, you bring people with you. You care deeply, and you act on it, and that's rare. What I admire most, though, is your heart. Your love for Jesus isn't something you just talk about-it shows up in how you live, how you serve, how you treat people. It's steady and real, and it shapes everything about you. You inspire so many people, Chels. I see it all the time. But I want you to know, I'm the most inspired of anyone. I get a front-row seat to your life, and it makes me better. You make me better. I'm so excited for what's ahead. This MBA is just one chapter, and I know you're going to take what you've learned and do something meaningful with it. You have this way of making a real difference, wherever you go-and I can't wait to see the impact you're going to have on the world. But more than anything, I just feel lucky. Lucky to be your husband. Lucky to build this life with you. I love you so much. Chelsea Baugh
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Spencer Tall liked thisThis is a major turning point for Revver. Caselle, Inc. is a trusted ERP for many local government bodies. Their partnership with Revver opens all kinds of doors for their userbase to gain access to amazing document management software and AI tools. With a Revver license included in every Caselle subscription, users will be able to organize their data, find files faster, gain new insights from their documents, and stay audit-ready with full visibility into document activity. We'd like to thank Caselle for this partnership, and we're looking forward to all the great results it will yield for their users! #Revver #partnership #Caselle #documentmanagementsoftware #goodnewsSpencer Tall liked thisCaselle is expanding our partnership with Revver—now including a Revver license for customers. This makes it easier for local government and special district teams to digitize documents, streamline approvals, and gain better visibility into critical information. 🗞️ https://lnkd.in/eHb3E5SN #GovTech #LocalGovernment #AutomationPress Release: Caselle Expands Partnership with RevverPress Release: Caselle Expands Partnership with Revver
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Spencer Tall liked thisSpencer Tall liked this"Vulnerability management is a fool's errand." Jason Elrod, CISO at MultiCare Health System, responsible for one of the largest health systems in the Pacific Northwest, didn't push back. He said... "100%." Then he explained what MultiCare does instead. They've moved to exploitability management. The distinction matters: vulnerabilities are infinite, especially with zero days. Exploitability is finite. It's where you actually focus your people, your budget, and your tools. When every connected device has vulnerabilities and zero days are a constant, the question isn't "are we vulnerable?" It's "where are we exploitable?" Want to listen to the full interview? Listen here: https://lnkd.in/gPZKmMcS #CISO #HealthcareCybersecurity #VulnerabilityManagement #ExploitabilityManagement #ZeroTrust
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Spencer Tall liked thisSpencer Tall liked thisI’m stoked to share I’ll be joining Proofpoint this summer as a Commercial Sales Intern at their Draper, Utah office. A sincere thanks to Darren Lee, Jason Hurst, Blake P. Sallé, and Ray' Vion Collins, PMP, SHRM-CP for helping me get here. Exciting things are happening both at Proofpoint and in the cybersecurity space, and I’m fired up to learn from the best!
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