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VITI Security Team
Managed IT and cybersecurity practitioners at VITI Security, working across India and the United States. We write about where automation helps, where human judgment is non-negotiable, and how to run a secure, well-managed stack.
24 articles
When Your Trusted Partner Becomes the Threat: Hard Lessons from Recent Arrests
Recent arrests involving a ransomware negotiation firm highlight the critical need for extreme due diligence on third-party vendors and robust internal defenses, even against sophisticated insider threats.
What ISO 27001 Certification Actually Costs and Takes for Small Teams
A realistic breakdown of ISO 27001 implementation costs, audit fees, and timelines for SaaS and services companies with fewer than fifty employees.
When Your Ransomware Negotiator Is Just Buying Decryptors Silently
Recent indictments against ransomware recovery vendor CEOs expose a dangerous industry dark pattern: paying threat actors quietly while billing clients for proprietary decryption magic.
FTC Safeguards Rule for Tax Preparers: What Publication 4557 Actually Demands
A practical breakdown of the FTC Safeguards Rule and IRS Publication 4557 for CPA firm partners, detailing mandatory technical controls.
OpenAI Watermarking: What SMB Security Teams Must Know
OpenAI is rolling out invisible watermarks for ChatGPT and Codex in the EU. Here is what this means for SMB security operations and data governance.
IRS WISP Checklist: Secure Your Tax Firm Before PTIN Renewal
Every tax preparer needs a robust Written Information Security Plan (WISP) to meet IRS requirements and ensure PTIN renewal. This checklist guides you through the essential controls and best practices.
Autonomous AI Agents and Endpoint Security: A New Frontier
The potential for AI agents like Google Gemini to gain deep macOS access fundamentally shifts endpoint security paradigms. We need to reassess traditional controls and implement robust strategies for monitoring and containing these powerful tools.
Why Enterprise Security Questionnaires Keep Blocking Your SaaS Deal
Enterprise security questionnaires often block SaaS deals not because of bad luck, but because they reveal an immature security program. The fix requires proactive strategy, a solid compliance foundation like SOC 2, and robust control implementation.
FortiMail Zero-Day: Beyond the Patch - Hardening Your Email Perimeter
A critical FortiMail vulnerability (CVE-2026-104286) exploited in zero-day attacks underscores the urgent need for robust email gateway security practices beyond just patching. Practitioners must focus on defense-in-depth, network segmentation, and proactive incident readiness.
Your SOC 2 Type II Readiness Checklist: A Startup's Guide
For SaaS teams of 10-30 people, SOC 2 Type II readiness means establishing and consistently operating core security controls for at least six months. This guide breaks down the essential steps to prepare for your first audit.
Securing WSL Containers in SMB Environments: A Practitioner Guide
Microsoft has made WSL containers generally available, bringing native Linux container orchestration directly to Windows endpoints. Here is how to secure this new attack surface.
SOC 1 vs SOC 2: Picking the Right Report for Your SaaS Platform
When a customer's finance team asks for a SOC report, for most SaaS platforms, they need a SOC 2 report, not a SOC 1, to assess security and availability controls. Understanding the distinction is key to providing the correct assurance.
Stopping Shadow AI: Practical Steps for Securing Autonomous Agents
AI agents are proliferating, acting with significant access, often undetected. This article explains how to identify, govern, and secure these autonomous systems before they become major liabilities.
SOC 2 Type I vs. Type II: What Your First Enterprise Deal Actually Needs
As a SaaS founder or engineering lead, securing your first enterprise deal hinges on trust. Learn whether a SOC 2 Type I or Type II report is the right move for your initial client requirements.
When Legitimate Drivers Go Rogue: Defending Against EDR Evasion
The recent Lunex Stealer campaign, leveraging legitimate AMD drivers to disable EDR, highlights a critical shift in attacker tactics. We need to evolve our defenses beyond signature-based detection and focus on deeper system integrity.
AI Agents and the Silent Data Stream: Why Your AI Tools Might Be Leaking Data
A recent incident involving a major AI developer highlights how automated AI agents can unintentionally exfiltrate sensitive data, underscoring critical security gaps.
When a Zero-Day Forces Your Hand: Lessons from the Kiteworks Shutdown
A recent urgent server shutdown request by Kiteworks highlights the critical need for proactive threat intelligence and robust incident response planning for every organization. This isn't just about large enterprises; it's about preparing your SMB for the unexpected zero-day.
Why Vexta's Findings Never Leave Your Machine
Vexta stores every scan, finding and asset in a local database on the machine it runs on, with no findings sent to a cloud backend, so client data stays where it was collected.
Deploying Vexta on an Air-Gapped or Offline Network
Vexta runs as a single self-hosted binary with modest hardware needs, and its core scanning features do not depend on internet access, making it practical to run on an air-gapped or segmented network.
Automating Vexta with Its REST API: Jobs, Scans and Assets
Vexta exposes a REST API under /api/v1/ to create scans, poll job status, pull scan data and assets, and trigger AI insight or takeover verification, so scanning can be driven from your own tooling.
How Vexta Keeps an Authorized Scan Polite and In Scope
Vexta routes every request through a centralized HTTP client with adaptive rate limiting, jitter and scope enforcement, so scans stay gentle on the target and every request is logged.
Vexta's Audit Log and Active Session Management
Vexta logs every login, logout and password change, and lets an owner or admin see every active session on the instance and revoke any of them on the spot.
Vexta's Per-Host Recon Depth on Every Asset Row
Every row on Vexta's Assets tab carries identity, ports, banners, an OS guess with its evidence, a TLS summary and a screenshot, so a hunter isn't reopening five tabs to piece a host together.
Vexta's Cloud Configuration Auditing for AWS, Azure and GCP
Vexta enumerates AWS, Azure and GCP resources, tests S3 bucket permissions directly, and adds every cloud resource it finds as a node in its attack graph.