<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Brandon Eckert — Writing</title><description>Published notes on information security, research, and code by Brandon Eckert.</description><link>https://www.brandoneckert.com/</link><item><title>An API authorization test matrix for tenant isolation</title><link>https://www.brandoneckert.com/api-authorization-test-matrix/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brandoneckert.com/api-authorization-test-matrix/</guid><description>A reusable JSON matrix with 21 fictional cases covering tenant boundaries, roles, invoice operations, exports, and revoked membership.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Product Security</category><author>Brandon Eckert</author></item><item><title>Cyber Kill Chain Analysis: Evidence, Gaps, and Defensive Opportunities</title><link>https://www.brandoneckert.com/cyber-kill-chain-analysis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brandoneckert.com/cyber-kill-chain-analysis/</guid><description>Apply the seven Cyber Kill Chain stages to a fictional hybrid incident, with a 14-sheet Excel workbook and a complete defensive opportunity matrix.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Best Practices</category><author>Brandon Eckert</author></item><item><title>Intrusion Analysis: From Alert to Defensible Findings</title><link>https://www.brandoneckert.com/intrusion-analysis/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brandoneckert.com/intrusion-analysis/</guid><description>A practical investigation method, a 15-sheet Excel workbook, and a fictional hybrid incident with traceable identity, Windows, network, and cloud evidence.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Best Practices</category><author>Brandon Eckert</author></item><item><title>A threat-model worksheet for a design review</title><link>https://www.brandoneckert.com/threat-model-worksheet/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brandoneckert.com/threat-model-worksheet/</guid><description>A reusable worksheet and fictional SaaS example for recording trust boundaries, threats, decisions, owners, and verification work.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Product Security</category><author>Brandon Eckert</author></item><item><title>A vulnerability triage checklist that records the decision</title><link>https://www.brandoneckert.com/vulnerability-triage-checklist/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brandoneckert.com/vulnerability-triage-checklist/</guid><description>A reusable checklist and fictional finding for separating severity from priority, documenting evidence and uncertainty, and defining remediation and retest work.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Product Security</category><author>Brandon Eckert</author></item><item><title>Tool Release: OSINTive</title><link>https://www.brandoneckert.com/tool-release-osintive/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brandoneckert.com/tool-release-osintive/</guid><description>An introduction to OSINTive, my command-line OSINT project, its data sources, export options, and early web application.</description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Blog</category><author>Brandon Eckert</author></item><item><title>OSINT, aka know thy enemy.</title><link>https://www.brandoneckert.com/osint-aka-know-thy-enemy/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brandoneckert.com/osint-aka-know-thy-enemy/</guid><description>How publicly shared details can connect an online identity, with a walkthrough of open source intelligence and common research sources.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Blog</category><author>Brandon Eckert</author></item><item><title>Passwords, aka that thing people hate and try their hardest to mess up.</title><link>https://www.brandoneckert.com/passwords-how-not-to-mess-up/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brandoneckert.com/passwords-how-not-to-mess-up/</guid><description>Why predictable passwords and password reuse put accounts at risk, and how password managers and a second authentication factor can help.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Best Practices</category><category>Blog</category><author>Brandon Eckert</author></item></channel></rss>