Back in the day, securing a network meant building a castle, moat, and all, with firewalls acting as the drawbridge and guard towers. But those days are gone, my friends. Today, our fortresses have become sprawling metropolises, and the bad guys are scaling the walls, slipping through the sewers, and even renting apartments in our penthouses. Why? The explosion of connected devices (IoT) and remote work has blown the doors wide open on our attack surface.