Security Insights & Technical Writing
AI-Assisted Penetration Testing: Weaponizing Claude, Grok, and Metasploit - Part 3: Defense Implications & Why CISOs Must Care
The strategic implications of AI-assisted attacks for security leaders. Detection strategies, defensive architectures, and the action items every CISO needs to address.
AI-Assisted Penetration Testing: Weaponizing Claude, Grok, and Metasploit - Part 2: Vulnerability Discovery & Exploitation
Moving from reconnaissance to active exploitation. A hands-on guide to using AI with Metasploit and open-source tools for authorized penetration testing.
AI-Assisted Penetration Testing: Weaponizing Claude, Grok, and Metasploit - Part 1: OSINT & Reconnaissance
A CISO's guide to understanding how attackers leverage AI and open-source tools for reconnaissance. Part 1 of a 3-part series on AI-assisted offensive security.
The 100x Engineer: Mastery through Context Engineering and AI Collaboration
Why the legendary '100x Engineer' isn't a myth anymore—they're the context engineers who have mastered AI as a force multiplier. A deep dive into the new collaboration model.
The Strategic Imperative of Security Compliance in 2026
Why Security Compliance is no longer a checkbox exercise—it's a business survival requirement. A CISO's perspective on regulatory convergence, enforcement escalation, and the board-level case for proactive compliance investment.
DevSecOps Strike Team
Establishing a DevSecOps Strike Team to bridge the gap between development and security.
Cross-Cloud Authentication: GitHub Actions on GKE Accessing AWS Resources via OIDC
A step-by-step guide to configuring Workload Identity Federation between GKE and AWS for self-hosted GitHub Actions runners, enabling secure cross-cloud access.
Rebuilding Our Cloud Platform: An AWS to GCP Migration in 22 Days (Part 1)
The story and architecture behind rebuilding our cloud platform—production-ready in 14 days, fully cut over in 22—while maintaining regulatory and SOC 2 Type II compliance.
Rebuilding Our Cloud Platform: The Hard Technical Problems (Part 2)
A deep technical dive into the hardest problems we solved during an AWS to GCP migration: HA VPN, BGP, Pulumi orchestration, and cross-cloud identity.
Data Isolation and Compliance: Eliminating Local Database Access for NYS DFS 500 and SOC 2
Strategies for achieving NYS DFS 500 and SOC 2 compliance by eliminating local database access, implementing query portals, and using synthetic data.
Building a Multi-Cluster GitOps Platform with ArgoCD on GKE
A comprehensive guide to building a production-grade multi-cluster GitOps platform on GKE using ArgoCD, covering hub-and-spoke architecture, ApplicationSets, and secret management.
Leverage AI as a Team Member: Part 2 - Security, Workflows, and Organizational Adoption
Security considerations, CI/CD integration, and building organizational practices around AI-assisted infrastructure development.
Secure Cloud Migration: Strengthening Security Posture While Eliminating ClickOps
How to use cloud migration as a catalyst for security improvements, switching from legacy models to Zero Trust and Infrastructure as Code.
Leverage AI as a Team Member: Part 1 - Sub-Agents, Skills, and the New Collaboration Model
A technical deep dive into leveraging AI as a team member, with real-world examples from cloud migrations and enterprise infrastructure.
Navigating the Cybersecurity Maze: What NYDFS Part 500 Means for Fintech Startups (And Why It's a Wake-Up Call)
A deep dive into NYDFS Part 500 compliance for fintech startups, covering resource challenges, scalability issues, and actionable strategies for survival.
Why I Still Roll Up My Sleeves as CISO (And Why You Should Too)
Why hands-on leadership is a strategic necessity for CISOs—from automating audit evidence to building team trust and maintaining technical relevance.
Building Security Profiles with AI: A Multi-Perspective Approach to Cyber Risk Assessment
How modern AI systems can synthesize threat intelligence, DNS records, and vulnerability data into actionable security insights using multi-perspective analysis.
Taming Data Retention: How Automated Archiving Solves Compliance Challenges in Regulated Industries
How to implement automated data archiving from Postgres to S3 to satisfy compliance requirements while improving database performance and enabling data lake analytics.
Zero Trust Architecture: Beyond the Buzzword
A practical guide to implementing Zero Trust principles in enterprise environments, moving beyond marketing hype to concrete engineering patterns.
Building a Self-Service Database Clone Platform for Development Teams
A technical deep dive into building a self-service database clone platform for development teams, with real-world examples from cloud migrations.