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A Security Baseline for AI Agent Tool Use in 2026
Tool-using agents are now in production at most large organizations. The security baseline that should be table stakes, and what teams are still missing.
Apr 8, 20266 min read
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Metrics Program For Supply Chain SecOps
Most supply chain SecOps metrics measure activity instead of outcomes. Here is how to design a metrics program that survives leadership scrutiny and changes behavior.
Apr 7, 20266 min read
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Kubernetes Admission Policy For Supply Chain
Admission control is the last cheap chance to refuse a non-compliant workload. The right policies turn supply chain attestations into deploy-time decisions.
Apr 5, 20267 min read
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Vendor Incident Coordination In The 72-Hour Window
Most vendor incidents go badly because the first 72 hours are spent figuring out who to call. A pre-built coordination playbook turns chaos into a rehearsed response.
Apr 4, 20267 min read
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Prioritising CVE Patches With Reachability, Not CVSS Alone
CVSS by itself produces a queue ordered by hypothetical severity. Reachability orders by actual exposure. Mixing the two correctly is where mature programs land.
Apr 4, 20263 min read
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Inventory Of MCP Servers: Enterprise Program
MCP servers proliferate faster than governance can track them. Build an inventory program that captures every server, tool, and consumer agent.
Apr 4, 20267 min read
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Buyer Guide: Software Supply Chain Security 2026
A senior-engineer buyer guide for software supply chain security in 2026: what the categories mean, what to test, and what to ignore in vendor pitches.
Apr 4, 20269 min read
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Oncall Rotation Design For Modern SecOps
Oncall rotations break for SecOps because the work is asynchronous and the alerts are noisy. Here is a rotation design that respects both, with the tooling to back it up.
Apr 3, 20266 min read
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Break-Glass Workflow Design: Audited Bypass That Works
Every policy needs a bypass path or it will be routed around. The trick is making the bypass auditable, time-bound, and rare enough to remain meaningful.
Mar 31, 20267 min read
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