Why "We Thought It Was On" Keeps Leading to Breaches

At UC Irvine’s Digital Leadership Agenda 2026, moderated by Nicole Perlroth, Garrett Hamilton illustrates what those blind spots can look like:

“We believed it was deployed.”
“It was turned on.”
“It should have stopped this.”

Except one exception, one policy gap, one control not applied at scale — and assumptions replace reality.

The real problem isn’t visibility.
It’s continuously validating intent against execution.

Learn more about Reach → https://www.reach.security/

Shift thinking left of boom → https://www.reach.security/blog/security-starts-left-of-boom-pre-event-strategies-for-proactive-risk-reduction

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