Why we started writing Insights.
Why we started Insights. We publish when something real breaks, when an advisory matters, or when a finding is worth telling you. Nothing else.
There is no shortage of security content on the internet. There is a serious shortage of timely, specific, un-sponsored security content written by people who are actively doing the work. This is an attempt at the second thing.
What you will read here
Short posts, usually under 800 words. A post ships when one of four things is true:
- Something public broke. A vendor advisory, a mass exploitation event, a leak. We write within hours, with a concrete fix-by-end-of-day numbered checklist.
- Something we found matters. A pattern across engagements, a class of misconfiguration we keep seeing, a quiet gotcha that nobody documents. No client names, no specifics that identify a target.
- A framework shifted. NIS2 guidance updates, ISO control changes, CVSS scoring mechanics, new OWASP lists. We translate the change into actions.
- Tooling changed. A new scanner, a new defensive primitive, a deprecation. How it affects real engagements.
What you will not read here
- Sponsored content. Ever.
- Listicles with no point of view.
- Filler. Every post is edited to answer one question a real reader has, and cut until it does only that.
- Fear posts. If we say something is bad, we say exactly how bad and give you the fix in the same post.
- Client case studies. We operate under NDA by default and will not trade your story for our marketing.
How to subscribe
The fastest path: the RSS feed. Add it to any reader and you will see new posts seconds after they ship. Second path: use the subscribe form below, and you will get a plain-text digest when posts land. No marketing platform, no tracking pixels, no lists sold to anyone ever.
How to contribute
We do not accept guest posts. We accept tip-offs. If you see something breaking, see a vendor refusing to patch, or spot a pattern nobody is talking about, email us. If we write about it, we credit you by handle or anonymously, your choice.
Quiet by default. Loud when it matters.
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2026-04-15Initial publication.
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