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Illustration of a dense web of API keys and service account tokens converging on an unattended access node

Sep 14, 20268 min read

Your Machine Identities Outnumber Your Employees, and No One Owns Them

Service accounts, API keys, and OAuth tokens already outnumber human accounts by a wide margin, and autonomous agents are minting more of them every day. Most enterprises cannot say who owns any of it.

Dark navy hero illustration titled When the Attacker Is an Agent, Not a Person, showing a blue SOC alert pipeline beside an orange autonomous attack chain of linked stages racing ahead of it

Security Operations

Aug 31, 20268 min read

When the Attacker Is an Agent, Not a Person

Autonomous AI is now running reconnaissance through exfiltration with a human only setting the goal. A SOC built around ticket queues and manual triage cannot react on that clock.

Executive Protection

Aug 28, 20268 min read

AI Has Turned Executive Doxxing Into a Physical Security Problem

AI-driven scraping is compressing weeks of executive reconnaissance into hours, and new 2026 state opt-out platforms finally give protection teams a real removal lever.

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Digital Forensics

Aug 28, 20268 min read

Cloud Forensic Readiness Starts Before the Incident

Evidence in cloud environments disappears fast. Ephemeral infrastructure, provider-controlled logs, and multi-tenancy mean forensic readiness has to be built before an incident, not improvised during one.

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Threat Intelligence

Jan 8, 20268 min read

Ransomware Trends and Defenses in 2026

Ransomware continues to evolve. Current attack trends, notable incidents, and the defensive strategies that actually reduce risk.

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Industry Insights

Dec 18, 20258 min read

Comparing Cloud Security Architecture Across AWS, Azure, and GCP

Each major cloud provider approaches security differently. A practical comparison of security models, native tools, and architectural patterns across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

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Security Engineering

Dec 3, 20258 min read

Building Security Detections That Actually Work

Most SIEM deployments drown in alerts while missing real threats. Learn the detection engineering methodology that transforms alert noise into actionable intelligence.

Data migration visualization showing transition from legacy to modern security platforms

Security Engineering

Nov 28, 20259 min read

Moving Beyond Legacy SIEM Platforms

Legacy SIEM licensing costs are unsustainable. Here's how to migrate to modern data lake architectures without losing detection capability.

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Identity Security

Nov 15, 20257 min read

Zero Trust Architecture Beyond the Buzzword

Zero trust has become the most overused term in cybersecurity marketing. Here's what it actually means and a practical roadmap for implementing it in enterprise environments.

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Threat Intelligence

Oct 22, 20258 min read

AI-Powered Phishing and the Next Generation of Social Engineering

LLMs and deepfake technology have made phishing emails indistinguishable from legitimate communications. How attackers are using AI and what defenses actually work.