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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.
Secure Managed File Transfer: Your Best Option for File Transfer
Senior Executives Are Driving Your Shadow AI Risk
Identity Attacks Overtake Exploits as the Leading Cause of Ransomware
The 2026 SANS AI Survey: Why AI-Enabled Attacks Still Need a Skeptical Human Analyst
What Is AI-Enabled Data Governance? Capabilities, Use Cases, and Leading Vendors
GitLost Proves Your AI Agent Doesn’t Need to Be Hacked to Leak Your Data
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 2026 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