Cybersecurity
Your Data Lake Is Only as Useful as Its Ability to Answer a Question
- David O'Neil
- Cybersecurity
- 09 Apr, 2026
You moved your security data out of the SIEM and into a data lake. Costs dropped. For the first time in years, you had budget to spare. Then an investigation hit — and your team spent two weeks findi
read moreThe SIEM Cost Trap — Why Your Data Lake + AI Agents Will Win
- David O'Neil
- Cybersecurity
- 01 Apr, 2026
If you've ever sat across from your CFO, your VP of Engineering, or your board and tried to explain why your SIEM costs what it costs — you already know how this conversation goes. The short version o
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The Math Problem AI Just Changed for Security Testing
- David O'Neil
- Cybersecurity
- 22 Mar, 2026
Published: 2026-03-22 | RSA 2026 Pre-Conference SeriesHere's the problem every security team lives with but rarely says out loud. Your environment changes every time a developer merges code,
read moreFour Generations of Broken Promises: Why AI SOC Agents Might Actually Be Different
- David O'Neil
- Cybersecurity
- 18 Mar, 2026
Series: The SIEM & AI Reckoning — Article 1 of 10Over twenty years and hundreds of vendor pitches, one line never changes: "This is going to change everything." 2005, SIEM. 2012, Next-Gen
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I Scanned 152 Files of My Own AI-Generated Code for Invisible Unicode Malware
- David O'Neil
- Cybersecurity
- 16 Mar, 2026
Two weeks ago, a supply chain attack called Glassworm compromised 150+ GitHub repositories and 72+ browser extensions by hiding malicious payloads in characters that are literally invisible in every
read moreClaude Code Has Two New CVEs — Here's What They Exploit and How to Harden Your Setup
- David O'Neil
- Cybersecurity
- 03 Mar, 2026
Your engineers cloned repositories today. Probably dozens. If any of those repos contained a malicious .claude/settings.json, they may have executed arbitrary shell code without a single confirmatio
read moreHow I Made Claude Code Safer (And You Can Too)
- David O'Neil
- Cybersecurity
- 10 Feb, 2026
I've been running Claude Code on real projects for months. It's great at writing code — but it doesn't always understand the consequences of what it writes. Claude Code validates which tools can run.
read moreI Ran 849 Tests on AI Context Files. Here's What Actually Works.
- David O'Neil
- Cybersecurity
- 05 Feb, 2026
After 849 controlled tests, $20 in API costs, and a week of experiments, I can tell you exactly how to organize your Claude Code reference files. The short version: Put everything in one flat fol
read morePre-Selection Beats Post-Selection: How I Made Claude Code 10-30x Faster
- David O'Neil
- Cybersecurity
- 03 Feb, 2026
Every code navigation costs time. When you multiply 300ms delays across hundreds of searches per day, you're losing hours p
read more4 Essentials for Executive & Business Buyin on your Incident Response Plan
- David O'Neil
- Cybersecurity
- 22 Dec, 2022
The impact and subsequent fallout from a business-impacting cyber security attack are stressful at the best of times. Experience time and again shows that organizations without the benefit of an Inci
read moreThe CyberSecurity & Evolving Threats
- David O'Neil
- Cybersecurity
- 22 Dec, 2022
Cybersecurity is a critical concern in today's world, as more and more of our daily lives are conducted online. The threat landscape is constantly evolving, and it can be challenging to keep up with t
read moreTop 5 things for a Successful Cyber Response 'IR' Plan
- David O'Neil
- Cybersecurity
- 11 Jan, 2022
Incident Response Planning & Strategy How important is an Incident Response Plan? Some studies show that just having a plan, can reduce the cost of a breach [example one](https://insights.integrity36
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