Fundamentals of Cloud Security Practices
Cloud security shared responsibility: provider secures infrastructure of the cloud, you secure your data and applications in the cloud.
January 2026
December 2025
Threat Models Explained: Identifying Security Risks
Threat modeling process: identify assets to protect like data and systems, identify threat actors like hackers or insiders, and analyze attack...
Recognizing Common Security Breaches
Common breach causes: weak credentials like default passwords, unpatched vulnerabilities with known fixes, misconfigured cloud storage.
Security Risk Management: Assessing and Mitigating Risks
Security risk management: identify threats and assets, assess likelihood and impact of each risk, then mitigate through controls and monitoring.
What Is Cybersecurity: How Attacks Work and How to Stay Safe
Cybersecurity explained: the threat landscape, how phishing and attacks work, NIST 2024 password guidance, MFA types compared, zero trust model, and what individuals vs organizations should do.
Mobile Security Basics: Protecting Apps and User Data
Mobile security threats: data leakage from insecure storage, weak authentication enabling hijacking, malicious apps, and network interception attacks.
May 2025
Understanding Encryption: Keeping Data Private
Encryption converts readable data into an unreadable format that only authorized parties can decode, protecting information from interception and...
October 2024
Protecting Your Online Privacy: Effective Methods
Protect your privacy online with practical, research-backed steps. Browser choices, password security, email privacy, and mobile settings that...
September 2024
The Dark Web: Myths vs. Reality Explained
The dark web explained: difference between surface, deep, and dark web; how Tor works; who built it; Silk Road, law enforcement limits, and...
October 2023
Best Password Managers Compared in 2026
Compare the best password managers in 2026: 1Password, Bitwarden, Dashlane, LastPass (post-breach), Keeper, NordPass, and Proton Pass.
August 2023
Data Privacy Essentials and Protection Tips
Data privacy explained: what GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA require, what companies collect, how data brokers work, and practical privacy hygiene that...
July 2023
Zero Trust Security: A Guide to Enhanced Protection
Zero trust security rejects the old perimeter model. Learn how the 'never trust, always verify' framework works, where it came from, and how...
Phishing Attacks: Understanding Techniques and Defenses
Learn how phishing attacks work — from spear phishing and whaling to smishing and vishing — including the psychological techniques attackers use...
Understanding Password Hacking: Methods and Prevention
Understand how passwords get hacked through brute force, dictionary attacks, credential stuffing, and rainbow tables — and why length beats...
June 2023
Cybersecurity Analyst: Role and Career Insights
Cybersecurity analyst role explained: SOC analyst day-in-the-life, certifications like CompTIA and CISSP, salary ranges, career ladder from...
April 2023
Getting Into Cybersecurity: A Step-by-Step Guide
Realistic 18-month roadmap into cybersecurity from zero: cert sequence (A+, Network+, Security+), free home lab setup, bug bounty beginner guide,...
February 2023
API Security: Safeguarding Your Software Interfaces
API security protects the interfaces that connect software systems. Learn the OWASP API Security Top 10, authentication best practices, rate...
July 2022
Understanding Measurement Bias: Its Impact on Data Results
Ethical hacking involves testing systems with permission to find vulnerabilities before attackers do.
June 2022
Understanding Cybersecurity: Key Concepts and Challenges
A comprehensive guide to cybersecurity: the CIA triad, malware taxonomy, cryptography, major attacks from Morris worm to SolarWinds,...