Archive - Srajan’s Substack

Security Is Just Engineering Tech Debt (And That's a Good Thing)

Breaking the Illusion That Security Is Anything But Software Quality

May 15 •

April 2025

Threat Modeling GitHub - How vulnerable-by-design Github is?

Understanding the Security Debt Baked Into GitHub’s Design

Apr 9 •

February 2025

Why is everyone selling Compliance?

Dissecting Security Sales Call

Feb 26 •

January 2025

Security Anti-Patterns in the AI Era

Systemic mistakes masquerading as “practical solutions"

Jan 2 •

November 2024

Paved Roads? Secure-by-Design?? More Buzzwords???

Is This the Key to Scaling Security?

Nov 11, 2024 •

September 2024

Non-Human Identities: An Overhyped Old Concept

Lately, there's been a lot of chatter in the security community about non-human identities—API tokens, service accounts, bots, certificates, you name…

Sep 15, 2024 •

July 2024

The Ostrich Algorithm: A Risky Alternative to Threat Modeling

Ignoring it won't make it go away

Jul 21, 2024 •

April 2024

Building an AI AppSec Team

The New Cybersecurity Heroes

Apr 28, 2024 •

March 2024

Are we too focussed on shift-left? What about the right?

Comprehensive Approach in the Shift-Left Era

Mar 3, 2024 •

February 2024

AI in Security: Hype vs Reality

Understanding usefulness and the challenges

Feb 25, 2024 •

December 2023

Debunking Common Misconceptions of Secure by Design

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, one term that's been echoing through the corridors of tech is "Secure by Design." It's a concept that…

Dec 8, 2023 •

November 2023

Passkeys Unlocked: A Security Deep Dive

Changing threat landscape in authentication

Nov 21, 2023 •

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