Cybersecurity Resources
Field-tested guides, playbooks, and explainers across cloud security, AppSec, IAM, compliance, and AI security — written for the people actually shipping the controls.
Cybersecurity 101: What It Is and Why It Matters in 2026
A plain-English introduction to what cybersecurity actually means today — the threats it defends against, the domains it covers, and why every modern organization is a target.
The 2026 SIEM Modernization Playbook: From Log Lakes to Detection-as-Code
A pragmatic, vendor-neutral guide to modernizing your SIEM stack — when to swap, when to layer, and how to migrate detections without a coverage gap.
SEBI's AI Cyber Advisory: What Regulated Entities Must Do When AI Tools Like Mythos Hunt Vulnerabilities
SEBI's May 2026 circular flags a new class of risk — emerging AI tools (e.g. Mythos) that find and potentially exploit vulnerabilities at speed and scale. Here's what the advisory mandates, who it applies to, and the 10-point control list from Annexure-A.
S3 Bucket Security: Why Public Buckets Still Leak in 2026 (and How to Stop Yours)
Despite years of headlines, misconfigured S3 buckets remain a top cloud breach vector. A clear-eyed look at why it keeps happening and the controls that actually prevent it at scale.
The Essential Security Glossary: 30 Terms Every Team Should Know
A jargon-free reference for the cybersecurity terms that come up most often — from CVE to zero trust — written so non-specialists can read along in a meeting.
OWASP Top 10 (2025): What Changed and What to Fix First
A developer-focused breakdown of the latest OWASP Top 10, with code-level remediation patterns you can ship this sprint.
Least Privilege in AWS Without Breaking Production
How to roll out least-privilege IAM in a live AWS account using Access Analyzer, IAM Roles Anywhere, and gradual policy tightening.
The 2026 Cyber Threat Landscape: What Changed, Who's Behind It, and What's Next
An executive-friendly read on the threats actually moving the needle in 2026 — AI-powered attacks, identity-first intrusions, and a supply-chain problem that won't go away.
Top 10 Attack Vectors of 2026 (and How They Get In)
The ten ways adversaries actually break in this year — ranked by frequency, with real-world examples and the controls that block each one.
SOC 2 Type II Prep Runbook: 12 Weeks to Audit-Ready
A week-by-week plan covering scoping, control mapping, evidence automation, and the mistakes that almost always blow the timeline.
Breaking Into Cybersecurity in 2026: A Career Roadmap That Doesn't Suck
An honest guide to starting, switching into, or leveling up a cybersecurity career — the paths that actually exist, the certs worth your time, and the experience that hiring managers care about.
Prompt Injection in Production: Defending LLM-Powered Applications
Prompt injection isn't a model bug — it's an architecture problem. A field guide to how attackers actually break LLM apps in 2026, the controls that hold up, and the patterns that quietly get teams breached.
Defense in Depth: Why Layered Security Beats Any Single Best Tool
The original cybersecurity strategy still works in 2026 — and most breaches happen when teams forget it. A practical look at how to layer controls so any single failure doesn't end the game.
The Cyber Kill Chain: How Attacks Actually Unfold (and Where to Stop Them)
The seven stages every meaningful intrusion goes through — and the controls that interrupt each one. A foundational mental model for thinking about defense.
Insider Threats: A Reality Check on Negligence, Malice, and Everything Between
The insider threat headlines focus on the malicious 1% — but the negligent 99% cause far more damage. A grounded look at what actually happens inside companies and what to do about it.
Social Engineering Beyond Phishing: Voice, SMS, Deepfakes, and the Human Layer
Email phishing gets all the attention, but vishing, smishing, and AI-generated deepfakes are quietly driving more high-value fraud than email ever did. What modern social engineering looks like — and why training alone won't fix it.
A Day in the Life of a SOC Analyst: What the Job Actually Looks Like
Honest reporting from inside a security operations center — the cadence, the tools, the boredom, the spikes, and what separates a good analyst from a great one.
Azure Security Baseline: Hardening Subscriptions, Identities, and Networks
A pragmatic checklist for the Azure controls that actually move the needle — from Entra ID conditional access to Azure Policy guardrails to private networking patterns.
GCP IAM and Workload Identity: A Practical Guide for Modern Workloads
GCP's IAM model is genuinely different from AWS and Azure. A grounded guide to organization policies, predefined vs. custom roles, and why Workload Identity Federation should be your default for everything outside Google Cloud.
Kubernetes Security in Production: From Pod Security Standards to Network Policies
Kubernetes ships with sharp edges and they've changed in 2025–2026. A practical run-through of the controls that actually matter — Pod Security Standards, RBAC, network policies, admission control, and runtime detection.
Serverless Security: The Lambda, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Run Reality
"Serverless is more secure by default" is half-true. A pragmatic look at the threats serverless removes, the threats it adds, and the controls that actually fit a function-as-a-service operating model.