Tech insights from GENIANS

Tech insights from GENIANS

From Tech for Business by Computer Integration Technologies (CIT)

March 18, 2026 · 29 min · Season 5 · Episode 8

About this episode

Kyle and Brett discuss security challenges and best practices in network protection.

Kyle (CEO & President at CIT) and Brett (VP of Technical Sales at Genians) join us to discuss recurring and emerging security challenges, including protecting the inside of the network, visibility into who and what is connected, and meeting audit requirements in regulated industries like credit unions and manufacturing. They discuss how VPN zero-days and compromises render perimeter-only defenses insufficient, emphasizing network access control (NAC), device trust policies, alerts, segmentation, and zero-trust principles such as least privilege. They note many organizations lack accurate asset inventories and are surprised by the number of connected devices, including rogue or unmanaged equipment. For prioritization, they recommend starting with core best practices (firewalls, EDR, MFA) and moving toward NAC and ZTNA-style remote access as VPN risk increases. They also cover budget and complexity barriers, product overlap, analysis paralysis, and practical AI adoption examples like Slack AI and Microsoft Copilot for search. Learn more about Genians: https://www.citsolutions.net/about-computer-integration-technologies/partners/genians/ 00:00 Security Challenges Today 01:18…

People in this episode

Host: Kyle

Guest: Brett

Topics covered

  • network security
  • visibility
  • zero-trust principles
  • device trust policies
  • budget barriers
  • AI in security

Keywords

  • security challenges
  • network access control
  • VPN risks
  • audit requirements
  • connected devices
  • AI adoption

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIT, Genians, Microsoft

Products: Slack AI, Microsoft Copilot

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