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Richard Genthner

Building Secure, Scalable Infrastructure Since 1996

Cloud Security & Compliance Kubernetes & Container Orchestration Multi-Cloud Architecture (AWS/GCP) DevSecOps & Infrastructure as Code Zero Trust Implementation High-Scale Systems (500M+ MAU)

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100M+ Monthly Active Users Scaled

78% Cloud Cost Reduction

50+ Security Initiatives Led

29+ Years in Tech

Compliance & Regulatory Expertise

SOC 2 Type 2

GDPR

NYS DFS Part 500

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CCPA

Recent Articles

Sep 29, 2026 26 min read

Software Factories: Part 3 - Securing and Governing It

A software factory turns text anyone can type into code changes made by an agent with shell access. A STRIDE pass over a real one, the attacks already published against coding agents, the controls that hold, and what to tell auditors and regulators about code an agent wrote.

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Sep 25, 2026 25 min read

Software Factories: Part 2 - Building One

Inside a two-week R&D software factory: the architecture, the one principle that holds it together, five controls that reported success while doing nothing, and a single run followed from ticket to pull request.

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Sep 24, 2026 18 min read

Software Factories: Part 1 - The Idea and the Evidence

Every AI coding vendor now promises a software factory: a ticket goes in, a pull request comes out. I built one to find out what that promise is worth. Part 1 covers where the idea came from, what the 2026 wave actually is, what the evidence says, and what it cost us.

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