Lumen Technologies | FinOps Solutions | 7 mins read Why Cloud FinOps Matters in the Age of AI What is Cloud FinOps? Why your business probably needs it – and why “just cut costs” isn’t the answer. Imagine this…. Your Finance Director is staring at a cloud invoice that’s tripled since last quarter. Somewhere in the background, a GPU cluster is humming away — spun up for an AI proof-of-concept, […]
How to Pick a Cloud FinOps Partner (Without Getting Sold a Dashboard)
Lumen Technologies | FinOps Solutions | 7 min read A No-Fluff guide for Finance and IT executives tired of Paying for Clouds they can’t see. Let’s start with some honesty: your cloud bill probably has a few line items that would make your CFO’s eye twitch. Maybe it’s a fleet of oversized VMs idling every weekend like a very expensive screensaver. Maybe it’s the three observability tools bought independently by three different […]
Lumen Unveils 2026 Defender Threatscape Report: Upstream Network Visibility is the New Front Line of Cyber Defence
Black Lotus Labs reveals why upstream network visibility is essential to detecting and disrupting disguised proxies, edge exposure, and AI-driven attacks Australia, 9 April 2026 – Lumen Technologies (Lumen) has released its 2026 Lumen Defender Threatscape Report, identifying a fundamental shift in the digital battlefield: the most critical threat signals no longer live on the endpoint, but upstream in the network […]
Lumen Unveils 2026 Defender Threatscape Report: Upstream Network Visibility is the New Front Line of Cyber Defence
Black Lotus Labs reveals why upstream network visibility is essential to detecting and disrupting disguised proxies, edge exposure, and AI-driven attacks Singapore, 9 April 2026 – Lumen Technologies (Lumen) has released its 2026 Lumen Defender Threatscape Report, identifying a fundamental shift in the digital battlefield: the most critical threat signals no longer live on the endpoint, but upstream in the network itself. Authored […]
Lumen Technologies expands APAC cybersecurity capabilities in collaboration with Palo Alto Networks
Singapore, November 11, 2025 – Lumen Technologies has achieved the Palo Alto Networks NextWave Cortex XSIAM Select Specialisation Status in Singapore. This specialisation recognises partners who have demonstrated expertise in deploying and managing Cortex XSIAM, enabling them to help customers transform their security operations centres (SOCs). Lumen’s Advanced MDR offering delivers comprehensive, AI-powered threat detection […]
A Cynic’s Guide to the Cybersecurity Zoo (Where Every Animal Thinks It’s the Main Attraction)
Welcome to the Cybersecurity Zoo, where every digital critter is convinced it’s the hero of your network – never mind the chaos they sometimes leave in their wake. Let’s meet the cast of characters keeping your data “safe” (give or take a few false alarms and some lost socks). 1. SIEM (Security Information and Event […]