Cryptography
Cryptographic salt vs pepper
What is a cryptographic salt, and how does it differ from pepper in password hashing? A technical breakdown of salted hashes, bcrypt salt rounds, and best practices.
Feb 26, 20267 min read
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What is Executive Order 14028
EO 14028 forced federal software vendors to prove what's in their code. Here's what it requires, who it binds, and what's changed since 2021.
Feb 26, 20266 min read
Compliance
What is the EU Cyber Resilience Act
The EU Cyber Resilience Act sets binding cybersecurity rules for digital products, with reporting due by Sept 2026 and full compliance by Dec 2027.
Feb 26, 20266 min read
Industry Analysis
Lateral movement
A precise breakdown of what lateral movement is, the MITRE ATT&CK techniques and pivoting methods attackers use, and how to detect them before they spread.
Feb 26, 20268 min read
Comparisons
Zero-CVE Images vs Hardening Your Own: Cost and Risk Compared
Buy zero-CVE base images or build hardened ones yourself? A cost-and-risk comparison with real numbers: engineering hours, subscription pricing, and CVE half-life.
Feb 25, 20266 min read
Cloud Security
GCP Binary Authorization Attestation Verifier: Production Patterns
Binary Authorization in 2026 moved from breakglass-heavy gatekeeping to attestation-driven trust. We unpack how to design verifiers that scale across teams and clusters.
Feb 25, 20267 min read
AI Security
Griffin AI vs GPT-5: Enterprise Controls
Frontier models offer impressive enterprise features. Security programs need deeper controls than chat can provide—controls that live in the engine around the model.
Feb 25, 20267 min read
AI Security
Why Engine-Plus-LLM Beats Pure-LLM: Griffin vs Mythos
The structural case for engine-plus-LLM security reasoning — and why pure-LLM products in the Mythos class hit a ceiling that no parameter count can raise.
Feb 25, 20266 min read
AI Security
Task-Routed LLM Architectures For Security
One model for every task wastes budget on trivial work. Task-routed architectures match model capability to task requirements — the right lever for security at scale.
Feb 25, 20262 min read
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