PERSPECTIVES & PRACTICE

Security thinking.
Shared openly.

My book and selected LinkedIn posts: practical perspectives on cybersecurity, resilience and the decisions that protect organizations.

Cybersecurity Made Simple — book cover by Alaa Sakbani
THE BOOK · BY ALAA SAKBANI

Cybersecurity Made Simple

From Zero Knowledge to Security Thinking

A practical introduction for beginners, students and professionals without an IT background. Explore everyday threats, layered protection, identity, access control, cryptography and risk through clear explanations and real-world examples.

English edition · 147 pages · PDF · 14.2 MB

NETWORK SECURITY

Is Nmap still enough for network security?

Nmap helps discover hosts, services and exposed ports. This post explains why scanning needs to be complemented by vulnerability management, endpoint detection and threat intelligence.

Alaa Sakbani · Originally published on LinkedIn

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INCIDENT RESPONSE

Incident response: from preparation to recovery

A practical overview of preparation, detection, containment, eradication, recovery and lessons learned, including the roles and tools that support a coordinated response.

Alaa Sakbani · Originally published on LinkedIn

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CLOUD RESILIENCE

AWS & Coursera: lessons from a cloud outage

An analysis of service dependencies, cascading failures and recovery, with lessons for organizations that rely on cloud infrastructure.

Alaa Sakbani · Originally published on LinkedIn

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IDENTITY & ACCESS

Access controls: identity, permissions and accountability

An introduction to identification, authentication, authorization and auditing, alongside least privilege, MFA and practical enterprise controls.

Alaa Sakbani · Originally published on LinkedIn

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DETECTION & RESPONSE

Endpoint protection, EDR and XDR explained

How endpoint prevention, behavioral detection and signals across email, cloud and networks contribute to a coordinated security response.

Alaa Sakbani · Originally published on LinkedIn

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GOVERNANCE & TRUST

Security frameworks: building trust and resilience

Choosing frameworks that fit an organization’s sector and risks, turning policies into operational controls and measuring progress.

Alaa Sakbani · Originally published on LinkedIn

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RED-TEAM PERSPECTIVES

The day I met Pupy

Reflections on an authorized red-team engagement and the lessons it offered for validating detection capabilities and preparing defenders.

Alaa Sakbani · Originally published on LinkedIn

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