Why Integrating Cybersecurity Into IT Operations Is the Most Practical Path to Resilience A few years ago, an urgent ticket came across the Third-Party Risk Review queue. A team had rolled out a new SaaS tool without a security review—again. Access logs were disorganized, user provisioning was manual, and the system had already been populated…
Category: Leadership
Stopping an AWS Attack in Real Time – Walking through an Incident
It started with a simple alert that would be easily overlooked—a sudden, unexpected spike in API activity from an IAM role that should have been dormant. No alarms were blaring (yet), and no critical systems had failed, but something felt… off. This is where instincts kick in. This is how a routine security review turned…
Becoming a Clear Communicator
I am an engineer by nature. I am technical down to my soul. My heart is not a fleshy pump but a contraption of gears and levers. My curiosity and need to understand the inner workings of all systems (and then how they can be broken), is the engine of how I work. It’s important…