First - LinkedIn Oriented
I’m usually pretty optimistic, but I think 2026 is going to be the year of shitshows - which is why I just launched Solanasis, a “make the basics solid” firm:
- Cybersecurity Assessments
- Disaster Recovery Verification
- Responsible AI Implementation
- Systems that actually work together
I’ve had an inside view into countless orgs, and what I found is that most are running on hope and luck. Kind of like ships with holes, where the team just gets used to constantly bailing water.
I’m betting an org just came to mind while you were reading this. If so, I’d really appreciate an introduction. And if they end up becoming a client, I have a referral bonus for you (10% of the engagement fee, up to $1,500 — or I’ll donate it to a nonprofit of your choice).
If you’re in an org that feels precarious instead of resilient, let’s talk. No judging; I’ve been there myself. When I was running an ERP software company, I didn’t fully realize how shaky some of the underlying systems were until they were really examined.
Think of Solanasis as an Operational Resilience partner that helps organizations focus on what actually matters and then does the hands-on work to get the messes fully cleaned up.
Here is my calendar scheduling link: https://go.solanasis.com/intro
Second - LinkedIn - Password Security (March 10, 2026)
So it’s 2026 but I still see orgs and people who don’t use a password manager, even though there are some awesome free and open source ones out there. And no, Google’s and Apple’s built-in ones are not something that I would recommend.
Here’s the thing: if you’re going to trust a tool with all your passwords, you want one where YOU hold the encryption key. That means zero-knowledge encryption, which means the company that makes the password manager literally cannot see your data.
The key is that you enter your master password to decrypt everything locally on your device.
This means that even if the company gets hacked, and they do, then no one will be able to decrypt your passwords. That is unless you used a crappy one as your master password, so just make sure you choose a truly unique one that isn’t close to any of your other passwords.
Bitwarden is free, open source, and does exactly this. 1Password and Keeper do too if you want something more polished.
Once you’re set up (30 minutes, seriously), run a password health check. All three have one built in, and it scans your saved passwords to tell you which ones have been reused, which ones are weak, and which ones have already shown up in known breaches.
Also, you should never generate passwords manually; use a 12 character auto-generated password from the manager with includes a number and a special character.
One more thing, please never send passwords through emails or messages; the good password managers have ways of sharing the password securely.
If you want more info on this and a comparison of Password Managers, check out the blog post I made about this recently: https://solanasis.com/blog/password-manager-for-growing-organizations/
Notes
Although the work we do could hardly be considered sexy by startup standards, it’s exciting and rewarding to get to be a fractional CSIO, CIO, COO or CTO partner to organizations that don’t have one of these. (Note: too deprecating )
Now I am seeing AI being implemented haphazardly Now with AI being implemented haphazardly, its Titanic level scary.
If our children could see the way that us as adults don’t have our shit together and that our organizations are representative of that, I think they might revolt Peter Pan style.
Frankly, I’ve been amazed that there aren’t more security incidents.
security + recovery + messy-systems cleanup