{"title":"Spoiledlunch","description":"Nerdy Stuff. Tech Talk. Zero Freshness.","subtitle":"Analysis and commentary on GRC, security, and AI.","articles":[{"title":"The Cloud Control Plane Is Still the Easiest Place To Be Blind","url":"/articles/2026-05-01-the-cloud-control-plane-is-still-the-easiest-place-to-be-blind/","date":"2026-06-02","summary":"Cloud security programs often spend their money where the infrastructure is easiest to picture.\nThey instrument workloads. They scan containers. They watch endpoints. They analyze …"},{"title":"National Internet Safety Month: How Child Protection Became Parental Control Software Sales","url":"/articles/2026-06-01-national-internet-safety-month-how-child-protection-became-parental-control-software-sales/","date":"2026-06-01","summary":"June is National Internet Safety Month, which means it\u0026rsquo;s time for parents to be very, very worried about what their children are doing online. Conveniently, it\u0026rsquo;s also …"},{"title":"Compliance Exceptions Tell You More Than Your Passed Controls","url":"/articles/2026-05-01-compliance-exceptions-tell-you-more-than-your-passed-controls/","date":"2026-05-26","summary":"Organizations love to report passed controls because passed controls are flattering.\nThey suggest order. They suggest repeatability. They suggest that the environment behaves the …"},{"title":"GDPR Enforcement Anniversary: Eight Years of Real Privacy Law and Fake Compliance Theater","url":"/articles/2026-05-25-gdpr-enforcement-anniversary-eight-years-of-real-privacy-law-and-fake-compliance-theater/","date":"2026-05-25","summary":"Today marks eight years since GDPR enforcement began. Unlike most awareness campaigns we investigate, this anniversary commemorates something that actually works: the world\u0026rsquo;s …"},{"title":"SOC 2 Became a Sales Requirement, Not a Trust Signal","url":"/articles/2026-04-25-soc-2-became-a-sales-requirement-not-a-trust-signal/","date":"2026-05-19","summary":"SOC 2 still matters. That is exactly why the industry has let it become something more misleading than useless.\nThe report was supposed to be a narrow assurance artifact: a way to …"},{"title":"AI Governance Gets Real Only After Deployment","url":"/articles/2026-04-25-ai-governance-gets-real-only-after-deployment-v2/","date":"2026-05-18","summary":"Most AI governance programs are strongest at the exact moment the system is least exposed.\nBefore launch, organizations know how to look serious. They can write principles. They …"},{"title":"International Anti-Ransomware Day: Who Really Profits from the Fear Campaign?","url":"/articles/2026-05-12-international-anti-ransomware-day-who-profits-from-fear/","date":"2026-05-12","summary":"It\u0026rsquo;s International Anti-Ransomware Day. Time to be very, very afraid of ransomware. And conveniently, very, very ready to buy solutions.\nWhat started as a legitimate effort …"},{"title":"World Password Day: Intel's Marketing Legacy Thirteen Years Later","url":"/articles/2026-05-07-world-password-day-intels-marketing-legacy-thirteen-years-later/","date":"2026-05-07","summary":"World Password Day just ended, and with it, another week of password managers explaining why your passwords aren\u0026rsquo;t complex enough, MFA vendors explaining why passwords are …"},{"title":"Why Dashboard Metrics Collapse During Real Incidents","url":"/articles/2026-04-24-why-dashboard-metrics-collapse-during-real-incidents/","date":"2026-05-05","summary":"Most security dashboards are built to reassure leadership, not to help responders make decisions under pressure. That tradeoff usually stays hidden until a real incident forces the …"},{"title":"World Password Day: How Security Hygiene Became Subscription Revenue","url":"/articles/2026-05-02-world-password-day-how-security-hygiene-became-subscription-revenue/","date":"2026-05-02","summary":"Today is World Password Day, which means it\u0026rsquo;s time to feel bad about your password habits and grateful for the password manager subscriptions that will save you from your own …"}],"news":[{"title":"SEC Publishes Draft Strategic Plan for Public Comment","url":"/news/2026-06-02-sec-publishes-draft-strategic-plan-for-public-comment/","date":"2026-06-02","summary":"Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a Draft Strategic Plan that focuses on returning the agency to the core mission set by Congress …"},{"title":"CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog","url":"/news/2026-06-02-cisa-adds-two-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-to-catalog/","date":"2026-06-02","summary":"Summary: CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.\nWhy it matters: …"},{"title":"CISA and Partners Urge Hardening Automatic Tank Gauge Systems","url":"/news/2026-06-02-cisa-and-partners-urge-hardening-automatic-tank-gauge-systems/","date":"2026-06-02","summary":"Summary: CISA and Partners Urge Hardening Automatic Tank Gauge Systems Overview The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau …"},{"title":"CISA Urges Stronger Security for Automatic Tank Gauge Systems","url":"/news/2026-06-02-cisa-urges-stronger-security-for-automatic-tank-gauge-systems/","date":"2026-06-02","summary":"Summary: CISA Urges Stronger Security for Automatic Tank Gauge Systems\nWhy it matters: This matters if it changes how teams think about model governance, safety …"},{"title":"FTC Requires Divestiture of Ambulatory Surgery Centers to Protect Patients from Anticompetitive Effects of ...","url":"/news/2026-06-02-ftc-requires-divestiture-of-ambulatory-surgery-centers-to-protect-patients-from-anticompetitive-effects-of/","date":"2026-06-02","summary":"Summary: The Federal Trade Commission took action to protect American patients from higher outpatient surgery costs by requiring national nonprofit health …"},{"title":"FTC Sues to Stop Amare Global Holdings from Misrepresenting the Health Benefits of Its Dietary Supplements ...","url":"/news/2026-06-02-ftc-sues-to-stop-amare-global-holdings-from-misrepresenting-the-health-benefits-of-its-dietary-supplements/","date":"2026-06-02","summary":"Summary: The Federal Trade Commission today sued multilevel marketer (MLM) Amare Global Holdings Inc.\nWhy it matters: This matters if it changes how teams think …"},{"title":"FTC, Nevada Will Require Tax-Relief Scammers to Pay Cash and Turn Over Assets Worth Nearly $10 Million to ...","url":"/news/2026-06-02-ftc-nevada-will-require-tax-relief-scammers-to-pay-cash-and-turn-over-assets-worth-nearly-10-million-to/","date":"2026-06-02","summary":"Summary: The operators of a tax debt relief scheme will surrender over $8 million in cash and turn over additional assets to settle the Federal Trade Commission …"},{"title":"Advancing youth safety and opportunity through global leadership","url":"/news/2026-06-02-advancing-youth-safety-and-opportunity-through-global-leadership/","date":"2026-06-02","summary":"Summary: OpenAI calls for global action on youth AI safety, proposing an international institute to strengthen safeguards, standards, and opportunities for …"},{"title":"Our views on AI policy and political advocacy","url":"/news/2026-06-01-our-views-on-ai-policy-and-political-advocacy/","date":"2026-06-01","summary":"Summary: Our approach to AI policy and political advocacy, transparency, support for thoughtful regulation and AI safety, and that no outside political group …"},{"title":"SEC Announces Four New Members of Investor Advisory Committee","url":"/news/2026-06-01-sec-announces-four-new-members-of-investor-advisory-committee/","date":"2026-06-01","summary":"Summary: The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced four new members to fill vacancies on its Investor Advisory Committee.\nWhy it matters: This …"}]}