06/04/25 22:48
The CLOUD Act (Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act) was introduced as a way for the U.S. government to access data stored by U.S.-based companies, regardless of where that data physically resides. Praised by some for providing legal clarity, and condemned by others for undermining privacy, the CLOUD Act represents a perfect storm of conflicting interests. In this article, we explore why the CLOUD Act is both a legal weapon and a security nightmare.
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The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) was supposed to be the ultimate protector of personal data — bringing accountability, transparency, and security to the forefront of every organization’s agenda. But in practice, it’s more of a compliance circus than a real solution. In this article, we break down why the GDPR often prioritizes paperwork over protection, and how companies can end up fully compliant yet completely insecure.
Read More…04/04/25 13:53
SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management) promises to simplify user provisioning and identity management across platforms. But as with most standards, simplicity is a moving target. In this article, we explore how SCIM attempts to solve identity chaos, where it falls short, and why attackers find poorly configured SCIM integrations irresistible.
Read More…02/04/25 20:03
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is often sold as the backbone of secure communication. In reality, it’s a sprawling, bureaucratic mess of certificates, authorities, and acronyms that somehow manages to be both necessary and deeply flawed. In this article, we dissect why PKI is both essential and infuriating, and why attackers often prefer the simplicity of just going around it.
Read More…28/03/25 16:53
Securing a web server sounds simple — until you realize it’s an endless to-do list of cryptic standards, misconfigured headers, and legacy compromises. From HTTPS and TLS configurations to obscure DNS records and arcane HTTP headers, web server hardening has become its own miniature dark art. In this article, we explore the modern checklist of web server security — and why even ticking every box might still leave you exposed.
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