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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

The End of "Agent Fatigue": Why Agentless Discovery is the Future

When you ask IT administrators about their least favorite tasks, managing software agents inevitably ranks near the top. Historically, installing an agent—a small, locally running program—was the…

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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

CAASM for Mid-sized Businesses: Enterprise Security for Limited Budgets

Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) has become one of the defining topics in cybersecurity over the past few months. However, when you read the case studies and success stories of large…

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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

Automation in Vulnerability Management: Correcting Vulnerability Prioritization

It is an all too familiar scene in modern Security Operations Centers (SOCs): A highly qualified security analyst logs into the dashboard of the company wide vulnerability scanner on Monday morning.…

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The Qbilon Team· 3 min read

Asset Data as a Common Language Between IT Admins and the CISO

In the psychology of IT organizations, there is an invisible but often very thick wall. On one side of the wall sits the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) with their Security Operations…

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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

Regulatory Update: Keeping CRA, DORA and the Next Deadlines for 2027 in Sight

When IT executives look back at the year 2026, it will go down in history as the year the NIS 2 directive dictated budgets and roadmaps. Many organizations made massive efforts to harden their IT…

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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

Shadow IT in the Age of AI Tools and SaaS Sprawl

Shadow IT is not a new phenomenon. IT departments have been fighting for a decade against departments that independently create Dropbox accounts, subscribe to unauthorized marketing tools, or smuggle…

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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

The Modern CMDB: Dynamic, Integrated, and Highly Automated

Anyone working in the IT industry over the last fifteen years has probably heard the "death of the CMDB" announced half a dozen times. Analysts wrote fiery articles about why the concept of the…

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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

Automated Sensor Management: Increasing Efficiency in Monitoring

In previous posts, we have discussed in detail how important it is to have a complete inventory of all IT assets (servers, laptops, cloud instances). But there is a specific category of assets in…

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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

How IT Leaders Master the Balancing Act Between Innovation and Security

In the executive suites of modern companies, a strategic tug of war takes place almost daily. On one side, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) or Chief Technology Officer (CTO) pulls. His mandate:…

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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

Security Hygiene: The Often Underestimated Foundation of Cybersecurity

It is October, and for the global IT industry, that means: it is Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM). During this month, publications, webinars, and campaigns abound to raise awareness of digital…

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The Qbilon Team· 4 min read

Implementing BSI Standards Efficiently: A Practical Guide

The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) is the top cyber security authority in Germany. Its "IT Grundschutz Compendium" is considered one of the most detailed, comprehensive, and profound…

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The Qbilon Team· 3 min read

Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management: Best Practices for 2026

Cyber Asset Attack Surface Management (CAASM) has evolved from an analyst buzzword into one of the most powerful strategic initiatives for Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs). The promise of…

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