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Double-Extortion Ransomware in 2026: What's Changed and How to Prepare

Ransomware groups have shifted decisively toward data theft as the primary leverage point, with encryption now almost a secondary consideration. Here's what our incident response casework shows.

Jun 18, 2026 6 min read

Cloud Security

The 7 AWS IAM Misconfigurations We Find in Almost Every Cloud Assessment

After hundreds of cloud security assessments, the same identity and access management mistakes keep appearing. Here's the list, ranked by how often they lead to full account compromise.

Jun 5, 2026 7 min read

Compliance

SOC 2 Type II Readiness: A Realistic Checklist for Engineering-Led Teams

Most SOC 2 checklists are written for compliance teams that don't exist yet at a growing SaaS company. Here's what actually matters when engineering owns the bulk of the work.

May 22, 2026 8 min read

Penetration Testing

Why Most Penetration Test Reports Never Get Read (And How to Fix Yours)

A 90-page PDF full of CVSS scores isn't a deliverable engineering teams will act on. Here's how we structure reports so remediation actually happens.

May 9, 2026 6 min read

Incident Response

Is an Incident Response Retainer Worth It? A Cost-Benefit Breakdown

Retainers feel like an insurance policy you hope never to use. Here's the math on response time, cost, and outcomes with and without one, based on our own casework.

Apr 28, 2026 5 min read

Security Awareness

Click Rate Isn't Enough: The Phishing Simulation Metrics That Actually Predict Risk

Most security awareness programs report click-through rate and call it done. Here are the four other metrics that better predict whether a real phish will succeed.

Apr 14, 2026 5 min read

DevSecOps

Shifting Left Without Slowing Down: A Practical DevSecOps Rollout Order

Rolling out SAST, DAST, and SCA all at once guarantees developer pushback. Here's the sequencing we use to build security into CI/CD without a revolt.

Mar 30, 2026 7 min read

Threat Intelligence

MFA Fatigue Attacks Are Still Working. Here's Why and What Stops Them

Push-bombing attacks against MFA remain effective years after they were first widely reported. The problem isn't awareness — it's the authentication method itself.

Mar 17, 2026 5 min read

Compliance

Third-Party Risk Management Without the Spreadsheet Graveyard

Most vendor risk programs collapse under their own questionnaire volume. Here's a tiered approach that actually gets maintained past the first audit cycle.

Mar 3, 2026 6 min read

Penetration Testing

OWASP API Security Top 10, Explained With Real Findings From Our Testing

Broken object level authorization tops the list for a reason — it's the single most common finding in every API assessment we run. Here's the full list with real-world context.

Feb 17, 2026 8 min read

Cloud Security

Zero Trust Isn't a Product: Five Misconceptions Slowing Down Real Adoption

Vendors have turned 'Zero Trust' into a marketing label attached to almost any product. Here's what the architecture actually requires, and what it doesn't.

Feb 3, 2026 6 min read

Incident Response

The Tabletop Exercise Scenarios We See Actually Change Behavior

Generic ransomware tabletop scenarios have become background noise for most security teams. Here's what makes an exercise genuinely useful rather than a compliance checkbox.

Jan 20, 2026 6 min read

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