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Every year, CrowdStrike Professional Services performs hundreds of Technical Risk Assessments (TRAs) across myriad industries, geographies, and business environments. These deep, hands-on reviews look at how security controls behave in production to evaluate the threats they see and block — and crucially, the threats they miss.

Every DLP evaluation starts with the same frustration: The tools that dominated the market a decade ago were built for a threat landscape that no longer exists. Sensitive data now moves across SaaS platforms, AI tools, encrypted messaging apps, and personal cloud accounts, often in ways no file-level policy can follow. If you are evaluating DLP for the first time or replacing a tool that has underdelivered, this guide gives you the framework to ask the right questions and recognize the right answers.

If your login page no longer looks like the rest of your storefront, this isn’t a coincidence; Shopify's platform is changing. Shopify is officially deprecating Legacy Customer Accounts in 2026, with an aim to fully transition to the newer Customer Accounts framework. This shift is part of a broader move toward a more standardized and secure authentication model. While this improves consistency at a platform level, it changes how much control merchants have over the customer experience.

“Passwords are like underwear. You should change them often, and you shouldn’t share them with strangers.” This old adage, often attributed to information security expert Chris Pirillo, has been a cornerstone of cybersecurity advice for decades. As we approach World Password Day 2026, that advice feels more relevant than ever for IT professionals tasked with securing entire organizations.