This series follows the build as it develops. The system is still a pilot; several harder questions remain unresolved.
Selling AI Security Like Life Insurance
Selling AI security assurance is selling life insurance. You ask a buyer to pay today for protection against a day they would rather not picture. And the deal stalls for the same reasons.
Every insurance agent knows the pattern. The product makes sense, the prospect nods, and then the subject changes. Nobody enjoys rehearsing their own funeral.
What We Mean by “Harness” in AI
If you’ve spent any time around AI agents lately, you’ve heard someone say “it’s not the model, it’s the harness.” Release notes mention harness improvements. Benchmarks report scores “with our harness.” Engineers argue about whose harness is better.
It’s one of those words everyone uses and almost nobody stops to define. So let’s define it.
Same Container, Different Findings: What Trivy and Grype Taught Us
Trivy reported zero vulnerabilities. Grype reported ten findings at the same runtime-image checkpoint. Here is what that discrepancy taught us about package identification, advisory sources, filtering, and defensible container-security decisions.
Role of AI/ML in Cybersecurity
AI/ML Basics Simply defined, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a field of Computer Science where Systems are taught and can simulate intelligent and/or predictive behavior and/or activities using programs and technology. Machine Learning (ML) is a subspecialty of AI by which a computer improves its own performance by continuously incorporating new data into its statistical model. An Artificial Neural…
QuickGuide: Security on OCI
OCI’s native capability to obtain packet capture and monitor flow data between components Each compute instance in a VCN has one or more Virtual Network Interface Cards (VNICs). The OCI Networking service uses Security Lists to determine what traffic is allowed through a given VNIC. The VNIC is subject to all rules in all security…
The Cloud Management Plane
The management plane controls the entire infrastructure. Parts of it will be exposed to customers independent of network location, so it is a prime resource to protect. Its graphical user interface, command line interface (if any), and API need to have stringent and role-based access control. In addition, logging of all relevant actions in a…
Secure Installation and Configuration of Virtualized Cloud Datacenters
Secure configuration of the virtualization management toolset is one of the most important steps when building a cloud environment. A compromise of the management tools may allow an attacker unlimited access to the virtual machine, the host, and the enterprise network. Therefore, the management tools must be securely installed and configured and adequately monitored. NOTE:…
Cloud Datacenter: Hardware-specific Security Configuration Requirements
The data center should have hardware and virtualization protections at the component level. Virtual private cloud (VPC) protection is a fundamental protection in public cloud consumption as well as a key attribute of security groups. Hardware-based tools that include Trusted Platform Modules also feature in the suite of logical and physical data center security. Best…
Countermeasure Strategies: Cyber Kill Chain
In the world of cybersecurity nefarious acts are often caught after the exploitation of systems has occurred. Depending on the gravity of the exploitation, it can lead to thorough investigations that may be operational (within an organization), criminal, and tort (recovery of financial damages). The findings of the investigation can lead to an assessment that…