Every year, organizations invest thousands—or even millions—of dollars in new cybersecurity tools with the expectation that they'll automatically improve security and compliance. Unfortunately, that's rarely how it works.

In this episode of DirectConnect, the Archer managing partners, Leonard Chamberlin, Stacy Bresler, Brent Castagnetto, and Steve Parker, discuss one of the most common mistakes they see across the utility and critical infrastructure industries: believing that buying more security products will solve security and compliance challenges.

They explore:

Why cybersecurity tools are not a silver bullet

The hidden costs of tool sprawl and overlapping solutions

How poor planning leads to shelf-ware, alert fatigue, and misconfigured systems

Why people, processes, and governance matter more than  ...