IT Mistakes That Escalate Into Serious Cyber-Risk
InformationWeek, Friday, February 20th, 2026
As tech stacks grow more complex and AI expands the attack surface, routine IT missteps are harder to detect, contain and recover from.
IT leaders are rightly concerned about the status of their tech stacks, particularly as those stacks become more complex. While configuration drift, access control and shadow IT are not new challenges, they're being amplified by agentic AI and multi-cloud environments.
With the growing frequency of cyberattacks, arguably everyone's job includes security, but security is often sacrificed for speed. IT departments are under constant pressure to move faster, fix mistakes and accomplish more with less.