Articles and notes on secure identity design, Entra ID, Conditional Access, and enterprise cloud governance.
What I am building in my hybrid-lab-iac project: an HR-file-driven identity pipeline through midPoint into a tiered Active Directory, synced to Entra ID with password writeback -- and why.
I earned two Microsoft Applied Skills credentials on June 14, 2026: Administer Active Directory Domain Services, and Prepare security and compliance to support Microsoft 365 Copilot.
A reflection on Challenge 12...
A walkthrough of the hackArcana Q2 2026 Kubernetes challenge — four steps from a vulnerable file parameter to full secret access inside a cluster, with defensive notes at each stage.
Implementing Zero Trust in environments where Active Directory still runs and Entra ID sits on top — where the friction lives and what actually moves the needle.