Security Insights
Deep dives, expert analysis, and practical guidance on exposure management, adversarial validation, and the future of AI-driven exposure management.
How to Write an Effective AI Agent Skill: The Four-Layer Architecture
Most teams building AI agents get the ratio wrong: 90% code, 10% methodology. Here is the four-layer architecture Strobes uses to build skills that run complete security assessments autonomously.
Threat Modeling Explained: STRIDE and Methodology
Threat modeling finds design flaws on a whiteboard, before code exists. A worked STRIDE pass on a login system, attack trees, and why DREAD lost favor.
The Five Stages of Red Team Methodology
Red team methodology runs in five stages, recon, initial access, foothold and C2, lateral movement and privilege escalation, then actions on objective. Here is each stage with the ATT&CK techniques and the detections that should fire.
Penetration Testing Methodology: Step-by-Step Breakdown for 2025
Cyber threats are sharper and more widespread than ever before, consistently finding new entry points across our intricate digital world, from sprawling cloud environments and complex APIs to the mobile apps we rely on and even dynamic containerized workloads. Relying solely on reactive security mea
AWS Penetration Testing: Rules, Scope, and Methodology
AWS penetration testing from first principles: the eight permitted services, the IMDSv2 SSRF pivot with real output, S3 and IAM privilege escalation, a sample findings table, and the config that actually closes the gaps.
Mobile SDK Security Testing Methodology
A third-party SDK runs inside your process with your permissions and your identity. This methodology shows how to isolate it, hook its exact classes with Frida, and prove what data actually leaves the device.
OWASP WSTG: The Web Security Testing Guide Explained
The OWASP WSTG is the methodology behind most web pentest reports. Here is how its 12 categories, stable test IDs, and Top 10 mapping work in a real engagement.
API Penetration Testing Methodology and the OWASP API Top 10
A repeatable API pentest methodology on the OWASP API Top 10 (2023): five phases, a test per risk, a real BFLA-to-BOLA chain, a findings table, and config-level fixes.
6 Must-Ask Questions Before Choosing a Penetration Testing Vendor
Choosing the right penetration testing vendor is critical to safeguarding your business. Before committing, CISOs and decision-makers must ask the right questions about expertise, certifications, testing methodology, reporting, compliance, and cost transparency. This guide outlines six must-ask ques
3 Reasons Why Penetration Testing Is Needed and Why Traditional Pentesting Isn’t Working for You
Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) addresses the need for cloud penetration testing with agile security methodology, ensuring continuous scanning by manual pentesters and automated vulnerability scanners. This helps organizations stay informed and protected from newly discovered vulnerabilitie