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 Davis, formerly J2Global (NASDAQ: 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
We reviewed leading VM backup platforms on backup frequency, deduplication efficiency, and recovery speed under realistic conditions. Here's what the testing showed.
by Joel Witts
Best Google Workspace Backup Solutions
We reviewed the leading Google Workspace backup solutions on recovery granularity, eDiscovery depth, and how they handle retention policy enforcement. The differences matter when you need to restore.
by Joel Witts
Best Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery (BCDR) Solutions
We reviewed the leading BCDR solutions on workflow automation, data replication performance, and how well each supports the regular testing that distinguishes organizations that will recover quickly from those that will not.
by Caitlin Harris
Best Cloud Orchestration Solutions
We reviewed 11 cloud orchestration platforms on workflow flexibility, integration breadth, and how much manual effort they actually eliminate. The gap between the most and least capable was significant.
by Joel Witts
Best Endpoint Backup Solutions
We reviewed the leading endpoint backup solutions on backup automation, the speed and granularity of recovery, and how well each manages protection across organizations with endpoints in multiple locations.
by Joel Witts
Best SaaS Backup Solutions
We reviewed leading SaaS backup platforms on the breadth of application coverage, recovery granularity, and how well they handle point-in-time restoration. The gaps in coverage were eye-opening.
by Joel Witts
Best Server Backup Software
We reviewed the leading server backup platforms on backup window efficiency, restoration speed under realistic conditions, and encryption depth. Here's what we think is worth running in production.
by Joel Witts
Best M365 Backup Solutions
We reviewed the leading M365 backup platforms on workload coverage, recovery granularity, and how well they handle eDiscovery requests alongside standard data restoration. Native M365 tooling does not replace what these platforms deliver.
by Joel Witts
Best Alternatives to KnowBe4 SAT
We reviewed the leading KnowBe4 alternatives on training content freshness, the sophistication of phishing simulation templates, and the behavioral reporting that shows whether training is translating into lower click rates.
by Joel Witts
Best Security Awareness Training Solutions
We reviewed 11 security awareness training platforms on content engagement, simulation realism, and behavioral change metrics. The best ones show measurable risk reduction; the weakest ones show completion rates.
by Joel Witts
Cayosoft Administrator: Hybrid Microsoft identity administration, delegation and lifecycle automation
Expert Insights Verdict Cayosoft Administrator consolidates administration of on-premises Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Exchange, Teams and Intune into a single delegated platform. It operationalizes policy for Microsoft identity work rather than defining enterprise governance policy: user onboarding/offboarding automation, group lifecycle management, help desk delegation, and Microsoft 365 license optimization. Cayosoft was founded in...
by Craig MacAlpine
Best MDR Solutions
We reviewed 11 MDR providers on SLA commitments, analyst response quality, and what their platforms do versus what their teams do. The split matters more than vendors admit.
by Joel Witts
Best RMM Solutions For MSPs
We reviewed 9 RMM platforms on automation depth, multi-client management, and the monitoring quality that tells you about problems before your clients do. Pricing structure matters as much as features at scale.
by Joel Witts
JumpCloud Open Directory Platform Review
Overview JumpCloud is a Colorado-based directory platform that specializes in helping organizations to centrally manage their resources. JumpCloud User Management with Cloud Directory Services enables admins both to manage user identities and configure privileged access to devices (Windows, macOS, and Linux), cloud and on-premises applications, networks, infrastructure, and more, as well as gain granular visibility...
by Craig MacAlpine
Best 10 Deception Technology Companies
Deception technology makes life difficult for cybercriminals by building decoys and honeypots in your environment. In this guide, we look at ten of the top solutions on the market.
by Joel Witts
Best Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) Solutions
We reviewed 9 UEM platforms on the range of device types and operating systems they manage consistently, the depth of application lifecycle controls, and the policy enforcement that applies uniformly across corporate and personally-owned devices.
by Joel Witts
Best Microsoft SharePoint Online Backup Solutions
We reviewed the leading SharePoint Online backup solutions on site, library, and item-level recovery granularity, how well each handles versioned content, and the restoration speed that determines how long SharePoint is unavailable after a loss event.
by Joel Witts
Best Salesforce Backup Solutions
We reviewed the leading Salesforce backup platforms on granularity of object-level recovery, backup frequency, and how they handle metadata alongside standard CRM records.
by Joel Witts
Best Disaster Recovery (DR) Software Solutions
We reviewed the leading DR software solutions on replication performance, the accuracy of automated recovery testing, and how well each surfaces gaps between documented recovery objectives and actual recovery capability.
by Joel Witts
Best 10 MSP Platforms For Business (2026)
The best all-in-one RMM and PSA software for MSPs, compared by Expert Insights.
by Joel Witts
Best DevSecOps Tools
We reviewed the leading DevSecOps tools on how well they integrate into CI/CD pipelines, the depth of automated security checks at each pipeline stage, and whether developer-facing output drives faster fixes or just longer review queues.
by Joel Witts
Best Patch Management
We reviewed 11 patch management platforms on scanning accuracy, deployment automation, and how well each helps teams prioritize the patches that reduce the most risk. Automation depth varied significantly.
by Joel Witts
Best Alternatives To CyberArk PAM
We reviewed the leading CyberArk alternatives on privileged access controls, session monitoring depth, and implementation overhead. Some are simpler; some are comparably capable at lower cost.
by Joel Witts
Best DMARC Solutions For MSPs
We reviewed DMARC platforms built for MSP deployments on tenant management depth, white-label reporting quality, and the automation that reduces the manual effort of moving client domains toward full enforcement.
by Joel Witts
Best Alternatives To Veeam Backup And Recovery For Microsoft 365
We compared the leading Veeam alternatives for M365 backup on workload coverage, restore granularity, and total cost of ownership. Some deliver comparable capability at lower complexity; others offer features Veeam does not.
by Joel Witts
Best Secure Web Gateway (SWG) Solutions
We reviewed 12 Secure Web Gateway platforms on filtering accuracy, HTTPS inspection depth, and the application controls that prevent employees from moving data to unauthorized destinations.
by Joel Witts
Best Microsoft Dynamics 365 Backup Solutions
We reviewed the leading Dynamics 365 backup solutions on the breadth of data covered, recovery granularity, and how well each handles the complex entity relationships in Dynamics environments that make selective restoration challenging.
by Joel Witts
Best Active Directory Recovery Tools
We reviewed the leading Active Directory recovery tools on the granularity of object-level restoration, how quickly each can perform a full forest recovery, and whether the backup architecture protects against the ransomware attacks that most commonly take AD offline.
by Joel Witts
Best Customer Identity And Access Management Solutions
We reviewed 10 CIAM platforms on authentication option depth, how well each handles consent management at scale, and the developer experience that determines how quickly customer identity can be integrated into your applications.
by Joel Witts
Best Azure Active Directory Alternatives
We reviewed the leading Azure Active Directory alternatives on directory service depth, federation support, and how well each handles the hybrid environments where on-premises and cloud identity management must coexist.
by Joel Witts
Best Remote Desktop Software
We reviewed 11 remote desktop platforms on connection performance, session recording, and the collaboration features that make remote support faster. Reliability under real-world network conditions separated the field.
by Joel Witts
Best On-Premises Endpoint Security Solutions
We reviewed on-premises endpoint security platforms on detection accuracy, management console depth, and how they perform without cloud connectivity. Here's what we found for organizations that need full local control.
by Joel Witts