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Principled Pragmatism: How to Balance Security Ideals With Legacy System Realities

Principled Pragmatism: How to Balance Security Ideals With Legacy System Realities

Stop choosing between ideal security and operational constraints. Learn how to implement a staged security roadmap that bridges the gap between legacy systems and modern protection standards ...
Why Your Security Team is Wasting 70% of Their Time on Phantom Threats And How to Fix It

Why Your Security Team is Wasting 70% of Their Time on Phantom Threats And How to Fix It

Your security team is spending 70% of their time chasing ghosts. Here's how to reclaim those hours for strategic work that actually matters ...
Why Building Is Back in Cybersecurity And What It Means For Your Career

Why Building Is Back in Cybersecurity And What It Means For Your Career

| | AI
Security teams have surrendered autonomy to vendors. AI is democratizing development across security teams. Learn how to rebuild your engineering capabilities without hiring an army of coders ...
5 Red Team Exercises That Expose Your Real Security Gaps in 2025

5 Red Team Exercises That Expose Your Real Security Gaps in 2025

| | Cybersecurity
Most security tools create a false sense of protection. Explore 5 realistic red team exercises with Notion templates that help you plan tests mirroring sophisticated attackers and identify critical vulnerabilities in your ...
How MCP Creates AI Superpowers That Bypass Traditional Security Models

How MCP Creates AI Superpowers That Bypass Traditional Security Models

| | AI
The Model Context Protocol lets AI access multiple systems simultaneously, creating security risks most organizations aren't prepared for. Learn the strategic framework needed for proper MCP governance ...
What Microsoft Knows About AI Security That Most CISOs Don't?

What Microsoft Knows About AI Security That Most CISOs Don’t?

| | AI
Traditional security fails with AI systems. Discover Microsoft's RAI Maturity Model and practical steps to advance from Level 1 to Level 5 in AI security governance ...
You Feel Like an Imposter and That's Okay: Here's How to Build Up Confidence

You Feel Like an Imposter and That’s Okay: Here’s How to Build Up Confidence

| | Leadership
Cybersecurity imposter syndrome is practically universal among leaders. Learn how deliberate failure builds genuine confidence no certification provides ...
AI Can Now Reverse Engineer Malware - 3 Tools For Your Arsenal

AI Can Now Reverse Engineer Malware – 3 Tools For Your Arsenal

| | AI
Three powerful AI tools enable analysts to automate complex binary analysis. See how security teams can reverse engineer without additional headcount ...
The Builder Strikes Back: How Security Teams Must Reclaim Their Engineering Edge

The Builder Strikes Back: How Security Teams Must Reclaim Their Engineering Edge

| | Leadership
The vendor dependency trap is crippling security teams. AI is democratizing building capabilities that were once vendor-exclusive. Develop these five critical skills now before your competitors do ...
5 AI Agent Types Modern Security Teams Must Know About

5 AI Agent Types Modern Security Teams Must Know About

| | AI
I've decoded the AI agent types that are revolutionizing enterprise cybersecurity programs. Are you leveraging all five? Discover which ones your security team is missing and how you can use them for ...