SOC vs SIEM vs SOAR: A Practical Comparison for Modern Security Teams
Here’s a painful truth I’ve seen in real teams: many “SOC” projects fail because they buy the wrong tool and then wonder why alert volume…
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Hardening Linux Securely: 15 High-Impact Configuration Changes You Can Apply Today
Hardening Linux securely isn’t a one-time “install updates and hope” exercise. In incident response work I’ve done, the fastest wins almost always come from configuration…
Ransomware Response Playbook: What to Do in the First 60 Minutes After Detection
Most ransomware disasters aren’t caused by encryption. They’re caused by the first 60 minutes of confusion—systems left online, logs overwritten, and “containment” that actually spreads…
Ransomware Post-Incident Checklist: Step-by-Step Recovery, Forensics, and Hardening
Ransomware post-incident checklist: the fastest path back to operations is not “re-image everything.” It’s a controlled recovery plan that preserves evidence, stops reinfection, and proves…
Threat Modeling for Non-Experts: Using Attack Trees to Find Real-World Weaknesses Early
Most security failures don’t start with exotic zero-days. They start with predictable paths: a missing authorization check, a token that’s valid longer than anyone realized,…
Secure API Design Checklist: Authentication, Authorization, Rate Limits, and Abuse Prevention
Start here: a secure API isn’t “encryption + keys”—it’s threat modeling plus enforced limits Secure API design checklist or not, the part that fails most…