A personal blog by a UK infosec practitioner, currently reflecting on the history and wind-down of The Beer Farmers, an information security community project, conference series and podcast. The posts are memoir-style, mixing community retrospectives with opinionated commentary on UK events such as COVID policy.
Website: https://appsecbloke.com/
Rick Zeleznik's blog covers Microsoft 365, SharePoint, OneDrive and AI, with hands-on testing of security configurations and reflections on how generative AI changes visual communication and page authoring. Readers get practical findings about SharePoint access controls and a considered view of how Copilot shifts design work for business users.
Technical and strategic essays on infosec and AI, including hands-on tests of AI pentesting tools and open-weight models for bug hunting. It also covers security concepts such as Zero Trust, explained in plain terms with business context.
The Security Economist applies economic reasoning to information security, arguing that misaligned incentives explain persistent software and security failures such as unpatched open-source supply chain risks. Its essays use historical analogies and a distinctive metaphorical style to examine the hidden costs of AI hype and autonomous agents.
A cybersecurity blog from a Cayman Islands firm covering the difference between IT and information security, risk-based versus compliance-driven security, and the risks of outsourcing security. It offers practical guidance with structured comparisons and mitigations for small and mid-sized organizations.
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