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A while back I was interviewing for a security role at a rather large company annd a big focus was finding bugs across different projects. Without going into a ton of detail, it’s safe to say that I didn’t exactly land that job at the time. Coming from a pentest/red-teaming track into a more general … Read more

I was visiting my parents over the winter holiday back in 2018. The cold air nipped at my bare arms and the North East Coast breeze was a stark reminder of how much colder it gets versus the warmth of the West Coast; I was running outside to catch a phone call. My fingers had … Read more

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working to inject security tooling into the CI (continuous integration) pipeline. Coming from a background that’s primarily red-teaming, offensive security, and even a bit of compliance, there have been some learning curves for adapting security tooling to fit your organization’s needs. Given I’m a rather small security team, … Read more

When I took my OSCP exam, I had less than two years of professional experience in the security space. While I did some of my own learning in terms of webapp testing, hackthebox scenarios, and the PWK (Pentesting with Kali) material, it doesn’t replace working alongside your peers on a security team. I did, and … Read more

Introduction Docker is amazing – period. Having used Docker in personal and professional settings has been incredibly useful. The big idea here is that if an application can be “containerized” using Docker, it can run anywhere the Docker engine is installed. Most importantly, and interestingly, Docker containers can be configured to run just about anything. … Read more