by megawatt | Jun 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
Standing in the convention hall at ISC West earlier this year, I looked down at my shoes. I was balanced on the giant "You Are Here" marker of a floor map, surrounded by the hum of thousands of security professionals. To my left, a massive screen displayed a...
by megawatt | Jun 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
The air in the Hilton Minneapolis felt different last week. It wasn't just the crisp June morning or the buzz of five hundred security professionals gathering for the fourth annual SecurityLeadHER conference. It was a specific kind of hum: the sound of a community...
by megawatt | Jun 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
The security industry has an obsession with the tangible. We can spend hours debating the merits of edge-based analytics versus cloud processing. We geek out over the latest multi-sensor cameras and the tactile "thunk" of a heavy-duty magnetic lock. These...
by megawatt | Jun 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
The security industry has an obsession with the tangible. We can spend hours debating the merits of edge-based analytics versus cloud processing. We geek out over the latest multi-sensor cameras and the tactile "thunk" of a heavy-duty magnetic lock. These...
by megawatt | Jun 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
My nightstand is stacked with Romantasy novels right now, which feels a little funny given that my days are now spent learning a new world at COPS Monitoring. One side of my life looks like dragon riders, impossible kingdoms, and complicated heroines. The other side...
by megawatt | Jun 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
Some of the hardest parts of leadership never appear on a dashboard. I have spent enough time around executive teams to know that the title is not the heavy part. The heavy part is carrying the tone of the room, the trust of the team, and the consequences of decisions...