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Field notes from the team that builds and runs ZEUS Security360 and our clients’ infrastructure: cloud cost, security operations, networking, identity and Kubernetes, written by the engineers doing the work.

Common CI/CD Attack Paths
August 4, 2026 · 13 min read

Common CI/CD Attack Paths

A practical, engineering-first map of how attackers move through modern build and deploy pipelines, the OWASP CI/CD Top 10 as it shows up in real incidents, and the controls that break each path.

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Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC): Modern Best Practices
July 31, 2026 · 10 min read

Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC): Modern Best Practices

A phase-by-phase guide to the Secure SDLC: security requirements, secure design, SAST and SBOMs, DAST and pentesting, hardened deployment, and cutting-edge approaches like TMaC and Zero Standing Privileges.

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The Four DORA Metrics and the Naming Clash
July 13, 2026 · 7 min read

The Four DORA Metrics and the Naming Clash

A field guide for engineering and compliance teams who keep hearing the same four letters mean two very different things.

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NIS2 Compliance for the Polish Market: A Practical Engineering Guide
June 9, 2026 · 11 min read

NIS2 Compliance for the Polish Market: A Practical Engineering Guide

A pragmatic NIS2 and KSC guide for the Polish and EU mid-market: scope, Article 21 measures, 24/72-hour reporting, board liability, penalties, and a roadmap.

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Shift-Left Security: Building DevSecOps Gates Into Your CI/CD Pipeline
June 2, 2026 · 14 min read

Shift-Left Security: Building DevSecOps Gates Into Your CI/CD Pipeline

A practical, engineering-first guide to SAST, SCA, secret scanning, IaC and container checks, DAST, and policy-as-code gates, and which ones should block a build.

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DORA: Digital Operational Resilience for Financial Entities
May 26, 2026 · 10 min read

DORA: Digital Operational Resilience for Financial Entities

A practical, engineering-first guide to Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (DORA): scope, the five pillars, the oversight framework for critical providers, and a realistic compliance roadmap.

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Azure Landing Zones: A Foundation That Scales
May 12, 2026 · 11 min read

Azure Landing Zones: A Foundation That Scales

A practical engineering guide to Azure landing zones: the CAF design areas, management-group hierarchy, subscription vending, network topology, policy-as-code, and IaC.

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FinOps on Microsoft Azure for the Polish Market
April 13, 2026 · 7 min read

FinOps on Microsoft Azure for the Polish Market

Azure FinOps for Polish mid-market: Achieve 20-30% cost reduction through governance, Reserved Instances, and pragmatism.

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Managed SOC for the Polish Market
April 13, 2026 · 12 min read

Managed SOC for the Polish Market

Ensure NIS2 & DORA compliance with Professnet’s Managed SOC in Poland. 24/7 monitoring, 15-min response time, and full GDPR data sovereignty.

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Advanced Terraform State Management in Azure
March 31, 2026 · 13 min read

Advanced Terraform State Management in Azure

Master Terraform state in Azure. Learn to configure backends, use moved/removed blocks, detect drift, and split state files at enterprise scale.

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Asymmetric Routing in Hybrid Hub-and-Spoke Topologies
March 24, 2026 · 15 min read

Asymmetric Routing in Hybrid Hub-and-Spoke Topologies

Solve Azure asymmetric routing. Fix GatewaySubnet UDRs, Private Endpoint overrides, and NVA ECMP issues with this diagnostic toolkit and strategy guide.

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Microsoft Entra PIM for Just-In-Time Access
March 13, 2026 · 16 min read

Microsoft Entra PIM for Just-In-Time Access

A complete guide to implementing Microsoft Entra PIM across multi-tenant environments using GDAP, Azure Lighthouse, and cross-tenant synchronization.

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eBPF and Azure CNI Powered by Cilium: A Deep Dive into AKS Network Performance
March 9, 2026 · 12 min read

eBPF and Azure CNI Powered by Cilium: A Deep Dive into AKS Network Performance

Learn how eBPF enhances networking performance and observability in Azure CNI. A technical guide for AKS architects.

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