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.

DHS AI Strategy Unveiled: Kiteworks Delivers the Solution

by Patrick Spencer March 4, 2026March 4, 2026 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

The Department of Homeland Security doesn’t do small. Twenty-two component agencies. 260,000 employees. Missions that span border security, cybersecurity, immigration, and disaster response. And now, a formal mandate to adopt...

VicOne Releases Its 2026 Automotive Cybersecurity Report — and the Message Is Blunt: Your Breach Is No Longer Just Yours

by Patrick Spencer February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

There’s a comfortable fiction in cybersecurity that when something goes wrong, it stays inside your walls. Your breach. Your incident response plan. Your forensics team cleaning up your mess. That...

Your Hospital’s Patient Data Is Under AI-Powered Siege. Most Defenses Were Built for a Different Era.

by Patrick Spencer February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

The breach didn’t start with a sophisticated zero-day exploit. It started with access to an electronic health records system that an unauthorized party maintained for nine months before anyone noticed....

Healthcare Has AI Governance Committees Everywhere. Almost Nobody Knows What AI Is Actually Running.

by Patrick Spencer February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

Healthcare loves a committee. Stand up a governance body, draft a charter, assign cross-functional representatives, schedule quarterly meetings. Check the box. The problem is that committees don’t govern anything if...

They’re Not Breaking In. They’re Logging In. And They’re Doing It 4x Faster.

by Patrick Spencer February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

There is a sentence buried in Palo Alto Networks’ latest incident response report that should change how every organization thinks about cybersecurity. Sam Rubin, senior vice president at Unit 42,...

The Dragos 2026 Report: Why This One Changes Everything

by Patrick Spencer February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

Some cybersecurity reports confirm what we already knew. This one documents something new. Dragos’ 2026 OT/ICS Cybersecurity Report, released February 17, 2026, marks the ninth year of the company’s comprehensive...

DC Mandates Responsible AI Training for Every Government Worker. Here’s Why That’s Necessary — and Why It’s Not Enough.

by Patrick Spencer February 26, 2026February 26, 2026 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

Give DC credit. While most cities are still debating whether to have an AI policy at all, Washington just made every government employee and contractor complete responsible AI training. No...

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