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So You Want to Add AI: Three types of AI integration, only one of them is your problem
Most SaaS companies think they're just using an API. The moment customer data touches the model, you've crossed from consumer to integrator.
Guides
April 1, 2026
SOC 2 Timing for SaaS Startups
Don't get SOC 2 at the wrong time. Here's how to decide when it's the highest-ROI security investment and what to build first.
Field Notes
March 31, 2026
What Happens When AI Agents Go Off the Rails
The vast majority of AI agents are over-permissioned. When an agent exposes sensitive files, traditional permission models can't help you.
Field Notes
March 23, 2026
🔒 AI Security Questionnaire Answer Bank
Example answers for AI-specific sections of enterprise security questionnaires, organized by question category with early-stage and growth-stage maturity levels
Tools & Resources
March 19, 2026
AI Security Questionnaires: What Customers are Asking and How to Answer
Enterprise security questionnaires now have AI sections most SaaS companies can't answer. What buyers evaluate and how to respond credibly.
Guides
March 17, 2026
🔒 First Security Hire Playbook
Role scoping, reporting structure, hiring criteria, and first-90-days priorities for your company's first dedicated security hire.
Guides
March 14, 2026
What a vCISO Does for SaaS Startups (And When You Need Something Different)
Most vCISO engagements are a quarterly check-in and a template roadmap. Here's what the role should look like, and why what you actually need might be different
Guides
March 2, 2026
🔒 Enterprise Security Call Prep Guide
The 15 most common questions enterprise buyers ask on vendor security calls, with frameworks for credible answers and what not to say.
Guides
February 27, 2026
🔒 Security Questionnaire Answer Bank
Example answers to the hardest enterprise security questionnaire questions, organized by SIG domain category with early-stage and growth-stage maturity levels
Tools & Resources
February 25, 2026
🔒 Application Penetration Test Findings Tracking Template
A comprehensive template to triage issues and track remediation
Tools & Resources
February 25, 2026
That 30% of Security Questions AI can't answer for you
AI handles 70% of your security questionnaire. The hard 30% (CISO, SIEM, IR exercises, network diagrams) is where deals stall or close.
Guides
February 24, 2026
Pen Testing for Enterprise-Ready SaaS: What Really Matters
Enterprise buyers judge your pen test report in seconds. What they look for, what builds trust, and what quietly kills your deal in procurement.
Guides
February 24, 2026
🔒 Attestation Letter & Assessment Summary Guidance
What a credible pen test attestation letter and assessment summary look like — and what each section tells you.
Guides
February 23, 2026
🔒 Pen Test Report Credibility Checklist
Three-tier pass/fail checklist to evaluate whether your web app pen test report holds up when a buyer's security team actually reads it.
Tools & Resources
February 23, 2026
Good Security Lead / Bad Security Lead
A practical accountability document for the first security leader at a scaling SaaS company.
Field Notes
February 13, 2026
What Your SOC 2 Auditor Actually Wants From Your Pentest
SOC 2 auditors have three pentest questions. Methodology, report length, and OWASP coverage aren't among them.
Field Notes
February 9, 2026
Every Vendor Prepares for the Wrong Security Test
Your SOC 2 report gets skimmed in minutes. The real security evaluation is an hour long call — and most vendors aren't ready for it.
Field Notes
February 6, 2026
How Are Your SaaS Connections Secured and Monitored?
Most SaaS organizations don't know what's connected, who authorized it, or what data flows where. Here's how to audit and secure your SaaS ecosystem.
Field Notes
February 4, 2026
AI Vendor Data Security: Your Data Has a Life You Didn't Plan For
Your AI vendor contract is a sign, not a lock. A walkthrough of the real security decisions between proof of concept and production.
Field Notes
February 3, 2026
Implementing Cybersecurity Policies and Procedures
Policies that sit in a folder gathering dust help nobody. Here's how to build security documentation that people follow.
Field Notes
January 31, 2026
A Clean Pen Test Report Can Still Disqualify You
Enterprise buyers don't necessarily want a clean bill of health. They want proof you handle problems well.
Guides
January 30, 2026
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Practical Steps for TSA Cybersecurity Compliance at Airports
Helping calm the cyber seas for smoother sailing at airports... sorry, wrong analogy!
Field Notes
February 11, 2026
Reducing Loan Risks with Cybersecurity Assessments
Banks are beginning to incorporate cybersecurity assessments into SMB loan evaluations.
Field Notes
February 11, 2026
Is Your Wildix Phone System as Secure as it Could Be?
Don't give hackers access to your internal Wildix chats and voicemails
Field Notes
February 11, 2026
AT&T Hacked (Again?) What Now?
Add a fraud alert to your credit report
Field Notes
February 11, 2026
Is your MSP secure?
What security measures do you have in place to protect my systems and information?
Field Notes
February 11, 2026
Invisible Thieves: How Payment Diversion Scams Work
Follow along from email hack to payment theft
Field Notes
February 11, 2026
How to Ask Your Vendors to Verify Their Security Practices
Your vendors' security practices directly impact your own.
Field Notes
February 11, 2026
Don’t Let This Simple Mistake Drain Your Bank Account
Are You Making It Easy for Cybercriminals to Steal Your Cash App Balance and Account Access?
Field Notes
February 11, 2026
The 3 Cybersecurity Awareness Tips Most Likely to Make a Difference
There's so much noise. What should a normal person actually be concerned about?
Field Notes
February 11, 2026
Strengthening Cybersecurity in Biotech: Insights from the NSCEB and the Latest Findings
This article explores the cybersecurity challenges in the biotech industry.
Field Notes
February 11, 2026
Software Security for Startups
Your startup should care about cybersecurity, but only sort of.
Field Notes
February 11, 2026
Simplify Your Life with a Password Manager
A little learning curve puts you ahead of so many and makes life easier
Field Notes
February 11, 2026
Pragmatic Steps to Get CMMC Level 1 Compliant
Get started securing your business as a federal subcontractor with meme driven guidance.
Field Notes
February 11, 2026
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🔒 AI Security Questionnaire Answer Bank
Example answers for AI-specific sections of enterprise security questionnaires, organized by question category with early-stage and growth-stage maturity levels
Tools & Resources
March 16, 2026
🔒 Security Questionnaire Answer Bank
Example answers to the hardest enterprise security questionnaire questions, organized by SIG domain category with early-stage and growth-stage maturity levels
Tools & Resources
March 7, 2026
🔒 Application Penetration Test Findings Tracking Template
A comprehensive template to triage issues and track remediation
Tools & Resources
February 27, 2026
🔒 Pen Test Report Credibility Checklist
Three-tier pass/fail checklist to evaluate whether your web app pen test report holds up when a buyer's security team actually reads it.
Tools & Resources
February 27, 2026
AIUC-1 Compliance Navigator
A free reference tool for navigating the AIUC-1 AI Risk Management Framework
Tools & Resources
February 11, 2026
An RSC Parser Because React Thought Wire Protocols Were Fun
A Burp extension for when your response tab looks like spaghetti (React's Flight protocol)
Tools & Resources
February 11, 2026
Add Email Spoofing Checks to Your Nuclei Scans
New Nuclei template integrates email spoofing checks into reconnaissance workflows.
Tools & Resources
February 11, 2026
The MCP Security Tool You Probably Need - MCP Snitch
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has rapidly emerged as the standard for connecting AI agents to external tools and services.
Tools & Resources
February 11, 2026
Blind Enumeration of gRPC Services
When you're handed an SDK with no documentation and told "the backend is secure because it's proprietary," grpc-scan helps prove otherwise
Tools & Resources
February 11, 2026
Pentesting Next.js Server Actions
Adversis releases a Burp Extension for NextJS Hash-to-Function Mapping
Tools & Resources
February 11, 2026
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Tailscale Security - A Threat-Based Hardening Guide for Growing Companies
A threat analysis and compliance mapping guide for Tailscale deployments. Check out tailsnitch to audit your setup
Research
January 16, 2026
Meeting NIST 800-63B Password Requirements with ASP.NET Core Identity
Get compliant with NIST Identity guidelines to protect your end users and meet your client's demands
Research
February 11, 2026
Strategic CISO: Timing Your Security Assessment for Executive Impact
Whether you’re presenting to your board, executive leadership team, or quarterly business review, transform your penetration testing from a compliance checkbox to your strategic advantage.
Research
January 16, 2026
Strategic CISO: Before the Test — When Your Startup is Really Ready for Penetration Testing
Whether you actually need a security assessment and when you should get one isn't so clear cut.
Research
January 16, 2026
Your VPN Without MFA is Rhysida's Front Door
Strategies that Work to Defend Aviation and Healthcare Against Rhysida Ransomware
Research
February 11, 2026
Your MFA Isn't Protecting You: Inside the EvilProxy Campaigns Draining Bank Accounts
How financially-motivated cybercriminals are using EvilProxy to bypass your two-factor authentication, hijack CFO accounts.
Research
February 11, 2026
Unpatched Edge Devices are Volt Typhoon's Persistence Point
Strategies to Defend Utilities and Critical Infrastructure Against Volt Typhoon
Research
February 11, 2026
An In Depth (and Actionable) Guide to Cybersecurity Table Tops
Incident response tabletop exercises are crucial for preparing your organization to handle cyber incidents.
Research
February 11, 2026
The Compliance Trap
Does that SOC 2 report actually mean anything? Go beyond compliance with systems thinking.
Research
January 16, 2026
How to Write a Hashcat Module
Cracking 389 Directory Server password hashes automatically with the password cracker Hashchat
Research
February 11, 2026
Security Advisory: Chamber of Commerce Software API Vulnerabilities
Major Chamber of Commerce software platforms have API security gaps exposing member data.
Research
February 11, 2026
Rental Car Vendor's Security Flaw Exposed Damage Claims Reports
Legitimate emails with bad practices and an insecure website add insult to injury.
Research
February 11, 2026
Lessons Learned From a Year of SMB Cybersecurity Assessments
Gaps, assumptions, and missing cyber controls continue to plague SMBs
Research
February 11, 2026
A Fast Track Guide to Losing Money and Data in Business
How Businesses Get Hacked: A mordant 3-step guide on how to lose money and information.
Research
February 11, 2026
Awareness Alone Is Dumb: How to Make Cybersecurity Habits Stick
How to Make Cybersecurity Habits Stick When Awareness Isn’t Enough. Mantras don't count.
Research
February 11, 2026
A Safe and Sound Shopify Shop
So you've opened a Shopify store. That's great news! Chances are, you're making something really special and we're excited to help make you and your customers experience secure.
Research
January 19, 2026
Your SSN Isn't a Secret
Your Social Security Number is not supposed to be sensitive. Unfortunately platforms and online systems use it to verify your identity.
Research
February 11, 2026
The (Un)Surprising Wi-Fi Password Mistake Thousands are Making
Adversis estimates that 10% of networks in the region are using a password with a 406 area code and phone number. Is your Wi-Fi password your phone number?
Research
February 11, 2026
Your Documents, ShareFile'd
Adversis did some brief public research on Citrix ShareFile websites and found over 9,000 customer subdomains, over half of which have links accessible to anyone who can identify them. It’s possible your company is among them.
Research
January 19, 2026
ForeScout Secure Connector Local Privilege Escalation
A local privilege escalation in a security tool, who would have imagined..
Research
February 11, 2026
A BigCommerce Security Primer
BigCommerce is an eCommerce platform that quite a few large brands use. Let's take a look at how to make sure our BigCommerce store is configured securely.
Research
February 11, 2026
Unraveling the Secrets of Montana's Internet
Montana. Known for its ruggedness. But how secure are we?
Research
February 11, 2026
Pandora's Box: Another New Way to Leak All Your Sensitive Data
Yes, the cloud is still leaking data. This time, we can't blame the SRE team though, everyone has been sharing files publicly, yes, even you probably.
Research
February 11, 2026
So You Want to Add AI: Three types of AI integration, only one of them is your problem
Most SaaS companies think they're just using an API. The moment customer data touches the model, you've crossed from consumer to integrator.
Guides
April 2, 2026
AI Security Questionnaires: What Customers are Asking and How to Answer
Enterprise security questionnaires now have AI sections most SaaS companies can't answer. What buyers evaluate and how to respond credibly.
Guides
March 16, 2026
🔒 First Security Hire Playbook
Role scoping, reporting structure, hiring criteria, and first-90-days priorities for your company's first dedicated security hire.
Guides
March 14, 2026
What a vCISO Does for SaaS Startups (And When You Need Something Different)
Most vCISO engagements are a quarterly check-in and a template roadmap. Here's what the role should look like, and why what you actually need might be different
Guides
March 14, 2026
🔒 Enterprise Security Call Prep Guide
The 15 most common questions enterprise buyers ask on vendor security calls, with frameworks for credible answers and what not to say.
Guides
March 6, 2026
That 30% of Security Questions AI can't answer for you
AI handles 70% of your security questionnaire. The hard 30% (CISO, SIEM, IR exercises, network diagrams) is where deals stall or close.
Guides
February 25, 2026
Pen Testing for Enterprise-Ready SaaS: What Really Matters
Enterprise buyers judge your pen test report in seconds. What they look for, what builds trust, and what quietly kills your deal in procurement.
Guides
February 26, 2026
🔒 Attestation Letter & Assessment Summary Guidance
What a credible pen test attestation letter and assessment summary look like — and what each section tells you.
Guides
March 7, 2026
A Clean Pen Test Report Can Still Disqualify You
Enterprise buyers don't necessarily want a clean bill of health. They want proof you handle problems well.
Guides
February 11, 2026
Manufacturing Visible Victories When Your Job Is Preventing Invisible Disasters
Create a quarterly cadence of security victories that make you, your team, and your program visible to the business.
Guides
February 11, 2026
From Checkbox to Competitive Advantage: Positioning Your Security Posture Externally
Position your security mandates to give you competitive advantage. It's work you have to do anyways - make it count.
Guides
February 11, 2026
Pre-Mortem Pen Tests: Use Security Assessments to Accelerate
Strategic leaders get penetration tests to win. It enables fundraising. It de-risks acquisitions. It validates launches. It closes deals.
Guides
February 11, 2026
How to Say ‘We Need More Security Budget’ Without Saying ‘We’re Currently Insecure’
Use a three-bucket framework to frame requests to get what you need and satisfy leadership
Guides
March 20, 2026
A Password Manager Guide for Work
Simple guidance for your co-workers on how to actually use a password manager, and why.
Guides
February 11, 2026
Strategic CISO: Timing Your Security Assessment for Executive Impact
Transform your penetration testing from a compliance checkbox to your strategic advantage.
Guides
February 11, 2026
Strategic CISO: Before the Test — When Your Startup is Really Ready for Penetration Testing
Whether you actually need a security assessment and when you should get one isn't so clear cut.
Guides
February 11, 2026
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