Security insights & guides
Patch SLA Timelines by Severity: Setting Deadlines That Hold
How to set patch SLA deadlines by severity, KEV and EPSS status, and asset class, with a defensible clock start, an escalation…
How to Build a Vulnerability Management Program From Scratch
How to build a vulnerability management program from scratch: asset inventory, the charter, an SLA baseline, triage, and the mistakes to avoid…
Asset Inventory vs CMDB: Why Security Teams Need Both
CMDB and security asset inventory track the same machines but answer different questions. Here is where they diverge, where they collide, and…
ISO 27001 Stage 1 vs Stage 2 Audit: What Happens in Each
Stage 1 reviews ISMS scope, documentation and the SoA. Stage 2 samples records and interviews control owners. Here is what each stage…
Why Windows Credentialed Scans Fail and How to Fix It
A Windows credentialed scan failed message usually hides a broken SMB, RemoteRegistry, or WMI hop, not a bad password. Here is the…
Disable SMBv1 and Enforce SMB Signing Without Breakage
Audit SMBv1 usage, remove it safely from clients and servers, and enforce SMB signing without breaking printers, backups, or legacy line-of-business apps.
CVSS Environmental Score: Tailoring Severity to Your Org
Learn how CVSS Environmental scoring, CR/IR/AR and Modified Base Metrics legitimately re-rate a Critical CVE for your actual network and asset criticality.
Vulnerability Backlog Burndown: Find Rate vs Fix Rate
Backlog size hides real progress. Calculate the discovery vs closure ratio, project a zero date, and present burndown data leadership will actually…
Prioritizing Cloud CVEs by Internet Exposure and Reachability
Cut cloud CVE backlogs down to what actually matters by scoring internet exposure, runtime reachability, and identity blast radius, not CVSS score…
Why Vulnerability Scanners Report So Many False Positives
Why vulnerability scanners over-report: banner matching, distro backports, blind checks and dead code. Concrete checks to confirm or dismiss each finding.