Craig MacAlpine CEO and Founder

Craig MacAlpine is CEO and Founder of Expert Insights. Before founding Expert Insights in August 2018, Craig spent 10 years as CEO of EPA Cloud, an email security provider that rebranded as VIPRE Email Security following its acquisition by Ziff Davies, formerly J2Global (NASQAQ: ZD) in 2013.

Craig is a passionate security innovator with over 20 years of experience helping organizations to stay secure with cutting-edge information security and cybersecurity solutions.

Using his extensive experience in the email security industry, he founded Expert Insights with the singular goal of helping IT professionals and CISOs to cut through the noise and find the right cybersecurity solutions they need to protect their organizations.

Articles By: Craig MacAlpine

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Best VM Backup Solutions For 2026
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Best VM Backup Solutions

VM backup solutions ensure that you can retain critical data and VMs after a disaster event. Explore the top solutions, with features like data deduplication and backup encryption.

Alex Zawalnyski by Alex Zawalnyski
May 6, 2026
Best Backup And Recovery Solutions For Google Workspace For 2026
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Best Google Workspace Backup Solutions

Discover the top backup and recovery solution for Google Workspace. Explore features such as automated and on-demand backups, search and eDiscovery, flexible restoration, retention periods, data security, and reporting.

Caitlin Harris by Caitlin Harris
May 6, 2026
Best Microsoft 365 (Office 365) Backup And Recovery Solutions In 2026
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Best M365 Backup Solutions

Discover the top Microsoft 365 (Office 365) recovery and backup solutions. Explore features such as automated backups, reporting, and deduplication.

Caitlin Harris by Caitlin Harris
May 6, 2026
Best Backup Solutions For Microsoft SharePoint Online
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Best Microsoft SharePoint Online Backup Solutions

Compare enterprise backup solutions for SharePoint, featuring comprehensive data backup, recovery, and support to protect and restore SharePoint content.

Joel Witts by Joel Witts
May 6, 2026
Best Alternatives To Veeam Backup And Recovery For Microsoft 365
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Best Alternatives To Veeam Backup And Recovery For Microsoft 365

Looking for an alternative to Veeam Backup and Recovery For Microsoft 365? We’ll cover some alternate options.

Alex Zawalnyski by Alex Zawalnyski
May 6, 2026
Top 12+ Email Security Solutions For Microsoft 365
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Best Email Security Solutions For M365

Discover the top Email Security solutions for Microsoft 365, to protect emails, stop phishing attacks, ransomware and business email compromise.

Craig MacAlpine by Craig MacAlpine
May 6, 2026
Best Email Security Solutions
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Best Email Security Gateways

Here's our list of the best email security solutions to help you protect your business.

Joel Witts by Joel Witts
May 6, 2026
Top 8 RMM Solutions For MSPs
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Best RMM Solutions For MSPs

Discover the best RMM solutions for MSPs. Explore features such as client health monitoring and alerting, analytics and reporting, and patch management.

Caitlin Harris by Caitlin Harris
May 6, 2026
Best Email Encryption Platforms For 2026
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Best Email Encryption Platforms

Discover the top Email Encryption platforms. Examine their features, security and reporting.

Joel Witts by Joel Witts
May 6, 2026
Best Email Security Solutions For Google Workspace
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Best Email Security For Google Workspace

Discover the top Email Security solutions for Google Workspace to protect emails and stop phishing attacks, ransomware and business email compromise.

Joel Witts by Joel Witts
May 6, 2026
Best Anti Impersonation And Spoofing Solutions
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Best Anti Impersonation And Spoofing Solutions

90% of all data breaches stem from impersonation or spoofing based phishing attacks. Explore the best solutions for tackling these threats.

Mirren McDade by Mirren McDade
May 6, 2026
Best SaaS Backup Solutions For 2026
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Best SaaS Backup Solutions

Compare the top SaaS backup solutions on the market, with features like granular recovery, automated backups, and encrypted data storage.

Alex Zawalnyski by Alex Zawalnyski
May 6, 2026
Twingate Review: Highly Effective ZTNA
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Twingate Review: Highly Effective ZTNA

Overview Twingate is a cybersecurity provider that allows IT, security and DevOps teams to enable secure, remote access to corporate resources. Twingate’s eponymous SaaS platform is a replacement for legacy VPN solutions, building enterprise-grade security and a user-friendly interface that enables businesses to set up a software-defined perimeter and centrally manage access to company applications—on-prem...

Craig MacAlpine by Craig MacAlpine
May 6, 2026
Best Zero Trust Security Solutions
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Best Zero Trust Security Solutions

Discover the top Zero Trust Security solutions. Compare key features including user authentication, data segmentation, deployment, and pricing.

Joel Witts by Joel Witts
May 6, 2026
Best Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) Solutions
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Best Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) Solutions

Discover the best Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions with features like app micro-segmentation, user and device authentication, and access policy configuration.

Caitlin Harris by Caitlin Harris
May 6, 2026
Best Business Email Compromise (BEC) Solutions
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Best Business Email Compromise (BEC) Protection Solutions

Discover the top solutions to help you protect your organization against business email compromise attacks.

Alex Zawalnyski by Alex Zawalnyski
May 6, 2026
Interview: “Continuous Authentication Stands At The Root Of Zero Trust”
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Interview: “Continuous Authentication Stands At The Root Of Zero Trust”

Cristian Tamas speaks to Expert Insights about TypingDNA’s new ActiveLock continuous endpoint authentication solution and how it works.

Craig MacAlpine by Craig MacAlpine
May 6, 2026
What Is Passwordless Authentication?
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What Is Passwordless Authentication?

Are we heading towards a passwordless future, and what would that look like?

Craig MacAlpine by Craig MacAlpine
May 6, 2026
What Is Biometric Authentication And How Secure Is It?
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What Is Biometric Authentication And How Secure Is It?

Can we really use our fingerprints to secure our most critical applications? And, more importantly, should we?

Craig MacAlpine by Craig MacAlpine
May 6, 2026
Best User Authentication And Access Management Solutions
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Best User Authentication Solutions

Compare features such as admin policies, authentication options, passwordless functionality and risk assessments.

Joel Witts by Joel Witts
May 6, 2026
Best Single Sign-On Solutions For Business
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Best SSO Solutions

Discover the top best Single Sign (SSO) solutions. Explore features such as identity management, app integrations, multi-factor authentication and password vaults.

Joel Witts by Joel Witts
May 6, 2026
Top 11 Passwordless Authentication Solutions
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Best Passwordless Authentication Solutions

Compare key features such as multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, integrations and reporting.

Joel Witts by Joel Witts
May 6, 2026
Best Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Solutions For Business
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Best MFA Solutions

Multi-factor authentication ensures only legitimate users can access accounts and applications. Here's our list of the top MFA solutions for business.

Joel Witts by Joel Witts
May 6, 2026
How Organizations Can Achieve Seamless User Authentication
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How Organizations Can Achieve Seamless User Authentication

We spoke to François Lasnier, VP of Identity and Access Management at Thales, covering IAM and what how threats are adapting and taking advantage of surprising attack vectors.

Craig MacAlpine by Craig MacAlpine
May 6, 2026
How Does Single Sign-On Work?
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How Does Single Sign-On Work?

We know what it does, but how does it work? Read on for an in-depth look at how Single Sign On works, its benefits, and its disadvantages.

Craig MacAlpine by Craig MacAlpine
May 6, 2026
Are There Security Risks For Using Single Sign-On?
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Are There Security Risks For Using Single Sign-On?

Single Sign-On is hailed as the latest way to secure your accounts, but what are the risks? And how can you keep yourself safe?

Craig MacAlpine by Craig MacAlpine
May 6, 2026
The Future Of User Authentication: A Guide To Behavioral Biometrics
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The Future Of User Authentication: A Guide To Behavioral Biometrics

Sponsored Content: What is behavioral biometric authentication, how does it work, and why should you be interested?

Craig MacAlpine by Craig MacAlpine
May 6, 2026
Best Password Managers For Business
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Best Password Managers

After a new review, Dashlane, Keeper, Proton, and NordPass are our top password manager picks.

Joel Witts by Joel Witts
May 6, 2026
The Power Of User Experience: How To Improve Password Security
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The Power Of User Experience: How To Improve Password Security

Caroline Morchio, head of user experience at Dashlane, speaks to Expert Insights about the role of user experience and design in tackling password security.

Craig MacAlpine by Craig MacAlpine
May 6, 2026
The Top 10 Mimecast Alternatives For Email Security
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Best Mimecast Email Security Alternatives

Discover the best alternatives to Mimecast email security. Explore features such as phishing and malware protection, data loss prevention, and advanced reporting.

Mirren McDade by Mirren McDade
May 6, 2026
What Are Password Managers And Are They Secure?
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What Are Password Managers And Are They Secure?

With just one password to rule them all, should organizations trust password managers to keep their passwords and data secure?

Craig MacAlpine by Craig MacAlpine
May 6, 2026
Dashlane Business Review: A Secure, Convenient Password Manager
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Dashlane Business Review: A Secure, Convenient Password Manager

Dashlane Overview Dashlane Business is an enterprise password management solution that enables users to securely manage all their passwords in one secure, convenient password vault. This encourages the usage of more secure password habits, enables secure password sharing between teams, and provides greater control and visibility for security teams over internal password usage. Dashlane is...

Joel Witts by Joel Witts
May 6, 2026