Insider Threats: Cyber vs. Physical Risk Explained

An insider threat is a security risk that comes from someone with legitimate access to an organization, such as an employee, contractor, or vendor, rather than an outside attacker. Insider threats span two connected but distinct domains: cyber insider threats, which involve the misuse of digital systems, data, or credentials, and physical insider threats, which…

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Summit 2027 Business Justification Email

Thank you for your interest in Ontic Summit 2027! We’ve created these two templates to help you make the case for attending and highlight the value for you and your team. Simply copy, paste, and customize the template that best fits your needs. Use this template if you are an Ontic client Subject Line: Approval…

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Evolving Insider Threats and Cyber-Physical Convergence with Former FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate

In this episode Cyber threats don’t stay online—and insider threats don’t stop at the employee roster. Former FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate joins Fred Burton to explore what these shifting boundaries mean for corporate security. Drawing on nearly three decades at the FBI and his advisory work at FTI Consulting, Paul discusses cyber-physical convergence, the…

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Global Security Operations Center (GSOC): A Complete Introduction

Every large organization generates a constant stream of security-relevant information: a protest forming near an office, a threatening social media post aimed at an executive, a supply route disrupted by severe weather, an access badge reported stolen. A global security operations center, or GSOC, is the function that takes in all of that information, figures…

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OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) A Complete Introduction

Open source intelligence (OSINT), sometimes called open source threat intelligence, is the practice of collecting and analyzing publicly available information to identify risk before it becomes an incident. For corporate security teams, that mostly means physical threats: a person of interest posting about a company location, a protest forming near a facility, a credible-sounding threat…

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Where Are Corporate Security Budgets Going in 2027?

Insights from more than 100 CSOs on the priorities shaping corporate security investment in 2027 Corporate security budgets are being reshaped around a different kind of security operation. That’s one of the clearest takeaways from the 2026 Annual CSO Survey, conducted by The Clarity Factory and sponsored by Ontic. The report draws on responses from…

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Meet Ontic AI: Built on Connected Intelligence

A closer look at the foundation behind Ontic AI and what it makes possible for security teams A few months ago, during a conversation with a client, we heard a question we’ve now been asked dozens of times: “What’s your AI strategy?” It’s the right question. But every time we sat down to answer it,…

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