runZero Perspective

Thought-provoking takes on cybersecurity trends and industry shifts.


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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: UPnP and you
PnP
October 29, 2025
UPnP lets devices auto-configure your router, opening ports like ghosts slipping through the firewall. It's powerful, convenient, and a little...
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NCSAM: Tales from the crypt
ographically secure authentication system, passkey
October 21, 2025
It's time to peer into the crypt, dust off the cobwebs, and explore the weirdness (and spookiness) of passkeys, and why they make me uncomfortable.

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Exorcising the ghosts of forgotten devices
October 8, 2025
Forgotten logins. Unpatched firmware. Devices that haven’t phoned home in years. It’s time to exorcise some daemons with runZero!
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Rethinking vulnerability management in energy
September 4, 2025
Rethinking vulnerability management in energy means accepting that patch speed isn’t the measure of success. Learn what matters most in our latest...
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Operational technology (OT): just like all the other horses
August 21, 2025
We need to make OT subnets just like all the other horses. Normal, stable, and just like all the others — not a fragile glass unicorn of technology.
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runZero has six, count ‘em, six, talks at Vegas!
July 30, 2025
Hacker Summer Camp is upon us, and we’ve got six talks happening across BSidesLV, The Diana Initiative, Black Hat, and DEF CON. Holy frijoles.
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NSA proposes common-sense fixes to OT security standards
June 17, 2025
NSA has recommended six common-sense security controls for OT/ICS smart controllers in NSS. Learn what they are, why they matter and how runZero...
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The Role of total attack surface visibility in M&A
June 3, 2025
With M&A, security teams must rapidly uncover risks. See why legacy tools fall short and how runZero ensures a secure transition.
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Not just the score: why EPSS volatility might be the signal you’re missing
May 27, 2025
We fixate on the number, but the change — the volatility — often reveals more than the number itself. That's where the real signal may lie.
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Ports Behaving Badly: Uncovering Risky Protocols in Unexpected Places
May 12, 2025
We’re shining a light on the strange, surprising, and straight-up dangerous services hiding across your environment — and how you can use runZero...
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One Asset, Many Risks: Prioritizing the Stack Instead of the CVEs
April 29, 2025
runZero surfaces stacked, asset-level risks—like misconfigurations, EOL software, and weak segmentation—that traditional vulnerability scanners...
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Only Four Shopping Days Left Until RSAC!
April 24, 2025
In which Tod assures his fellow nerds that RSA Conference isn’t just for marketing hypesters.