Why Spreadsheets Are a Risk for Security Companies in 2026
A single deleted row. That's all it takes. One supervisor sorts a payroll sheet the wrong way, overwrites a formula, or saves over last week's version, and suddenly you can't prove a guard worked the shift you billed for. No backup. No audit trail. No way to know who changed what, or when. For years, spreadsheets have been the quiet backbone of security operations. Guard schedules, attendance, incident logs, payroll — all of it crammed into rows and columns because it felt simple and free. But "free" has a price, [...]
