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How do you read a vendor's penetration test summary?
A vendor's pen test summary tells you a lot if you know what to look for: dates, scope, tester independence, severity counts and retest status.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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How do you read a static analysis finding and decide if it is real?
Read the rule, the location, the data path and the severity, then try to break it. A five step method for deciding whether a SAST finding is real.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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How do you read a Red Hat severity rating compared with CVSS?
Red Hat rates flaws Critical, Important, Moderate or Low, using CVSS only as a guide. Learn what each label means and how to use it with your own context.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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How do you read a GitHub security advisory, field by field?
A field by field guide to a GitHub advisory: ID format, severity, affected and patched versions, CVSS and EPSS, and what to check before you act.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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How do I read a dependency vulnerability report?
A dependency report shows the package, your version, the advisory, the affected range and the fixed version. Read them in this order to decide what to do.
Oct 18, 20264 min read
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How do you read a CVSS vector string, step by step?
A CVSS 3.1 vector is eight short codes. Learn what each one means, decode a real example in plain words, and see why the number alone can mislead.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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How do you prove a compensating control works for an exception?
A compensating control only counts if you can show it blocks the attack path. Four steps to test it, record it and keep checking it.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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How do I protect my company's package names from squatters?
A practical checklist to protect your internal and public package names: claim scopes, reserve prefixes, pin registries and watch for lookalikes.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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How do you prioritize when three zero-days land in one week?
When several zero-days arrive together, score each on exposure, exploitation, asset value and fix effort, then work the list in order. A simple method.
Oct 18, 20263 min read
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