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Code Signing Infrastructure Breach Response
A compromised signing key is the quietest crisis in security. A concrete playbook for responding when your code signing infrastructure is implicated.
Nov 10, 20246 min read
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AWS IAM Roles Anywhere and the Supply Chain
IAM Roles Anywhere lets workloads outside AWS assume IAM roles using X.509 certificates. It is also becoming the authentication layer for supply chain tools. Here is what the threat model looks like.
Nov 5, 20248 min read
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Forking Strategy for Enterprise OSS
Forking was once a last resort. In 2024 it became a standard response to license changes, governance failures, and stalled projects. A good forking strategy is now an enterprise competency.
Nov 2, 20246 min read
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Scoping a Vulnerability Bounty Program for Supply Chain
How to scope a bug bounty program that addresses supply chain risks: in-scope assets, payout tiers, triage workflow, and avoiding the trap of dependency CVE bounties.
Oct 30, 20246 min read
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EHR System Dependency Governance
Electronic Health Record platforms carry decades of transitive dependencies. A practical governance model for hospitals, vendors, and compliance officers.
Oct 28, 20246 min read
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On-Prem to Cloud Supply Chain Continuity
A year inside a financial services cloud migration, and how to keep your software supply chain intact when everything else about the environment changes.
Oct 22, 20247 min read
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React Native Supply Chain Risks in 2024
React Native bundles native modules, JavaScript dependencies, and CodePush-style OTA updates into one app. The supply chain is vast and the remediation path is slower than web apps. Here is where it actually goes wrong.
Oct 22, 20247 min read
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AWS SSM Parameter Store Security
Parameter Store is everywhere in AWS workloads, which means it accumulates secrets, configuration, and bad IAM over time. Here is the security review I run on every Parameter Store deployment.
Oct 18, 20247 min read
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Package Registry Forensic Log Analysis
Extracting investigative signal from package registry logs — publish events, download patterns, and account activity — during a supply chain incident.
Oct 18, 20246 min read
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