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Module 7 · Cloud-Native Security Architecture — Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Serverless

Why this module exists. Cloud-native architecture moves so much of the trust boundary into automation that the security architecture must shift correspondingly.…

May 14, 2026 · 4 min read
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Module 6 · Threat Modelling at the Architecture Stage

Why this module exists. Threat modelling is referenced in every security architecture guide and practised by few engineering teams. The reason: it…

May 14, 2026 · 3 min read
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Module 4 · Service Mesh Security — Istio, Linkerd, mTLS-Everywhere

Why this module exists. Microservices security cannot be solved at the firewall — there are too many internal calls, the topology changes…

May 14, 2026 · 4 min read
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Module 5 · Reference Architecture for Indian Regulated Workloads

Why this module exists. Architects designing for Indian regulated workloads navigate four to six overlapping regulator expectations. The cost of architecting for…

May 14, 2026 · 3 min read
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Module 3 · Zero Trust Architecture — From Principle to Production

Why this module exists. “We’re doing Zero Trust” is said by Indian enterprises that have simply renamed their VPN. This module covers…

May 14, 2026 · 3 min read
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Module 5 · Unpacking Packed Malware — UPX, ASPack, Custom Packers

Why this module exists. Roughly 70% of malware samples in the wild are packed in some form. Without unpacking, your analysis stops…

May 14, 2026 · 4 min read
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Module 6 · Anti-Analysis Techniques and How to Defeat Them

Why this module exists. A sandbox report that shows “did nothing” or a debugger that crashes when you single-step are not bugs…

May 14, 2026 · 4 min read
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Module 4 · Reverse Engineering Windows Malware with Ghidra

Why this module exists. When static and dynamic analysis are not enough — the sample is too novel, the obfuscation is too…

May 14, 2026 · 4 min read
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Module 3 · Dynamic Malware Analysis & Sandboxing

Why this module exists. Sandboxes are not magic — sophisticated malware checks for them and either does nothing or does something different.…

May 14, 2026 · 4 min read
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Module 2 · Static Malware Analysis — Strings, Imports, YARA

Why this module exists. Running unknown malware on your laptop is how new IR responders become old IR responders. Static analysis is…

May 14, 2026 · 3 min read