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Posts by Patrick Spencer

Patrick Spencer, Senior Vice President, Americas Marketing & Industry Research, Kiteworks
Patrick is charged with building thought leadership and communications programs that increase brand awareness and engagement and propel lead-generation programs. He has nearly two decades of experience in various senior marketing roles within cybersecurity at Contrast Security, Fortinet, and Symantec.
He holds a doctorate from the University of Durham and two masters and a bachelor’s degree from Abilene Christian University.
AI Regulation: How It Works, What It Requires, and How to Stay Ahead of It
Best Managed File Transfer (MFT) Solutions for Large Enterprises: A 2025 Security-First Comparison
The Safest Way to Send Large, Sensitive Files to External Business Partners
The 2026 Cybersecurity Awareness-Resilience Gap: How 84% of High-Severity Attacks Still Catch Security Teams Off-Guard
81 Million Azure CLI Password Spray Attempts. The Attackers Weren’t Trying to Break MFA. They Were Going Around It.
AI Agents Are the New Attack Surface
Agentic AI Security: Context Is the New Attack Surface
Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance Warns AI-Fueled Cyberattacks Are Just Months Away
When AI Becomes the Red Team: What the NSA-Mythos Story Reveals About Your Enterprise Security
Third-Party Vendor Data Breaches Are Now the Top Legal Liability Vector for General Counsel
The Amazon One Medical Breach: When Third-Party File Storage Becomes a PHI Liability
Microsoft 365 Copilot SearchLeak (CVE-2026-42824): When Your AI Assistant Becomes an Exfiltration Tool
OpenAI Lockdown Mode Is a Warning, Not a Solution