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ARTICLE SHOWCASE / 07

Research,
published in public.

KNOWLEDGE://FIELD_NOTES

Technical writing that turns emerging attack surfaces into clear security models, practical defensive controls and responsible validation strategies.

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2026FIELD NOTES
ACTIVERESEARCH PIPELINE
LATEST PUBLICATIONPUBLISHED ON LINKEDIN
Cover — When the Analyst Becomes an Agent: Cybersecurity in the Next Five YearsFIELD_NOTE // 003
PUBLISHED ON LINKEDIN03 / 03

When the Analyst Becomes an Agent: Cybersecurity in the Next Five Years

AI agents are moving cybersecurity beyond assistance toward autonomous investigation and controlled action. This article examines the agentic SOC, bounded autonomy, attacker use of agents, and the identity, privilege and Zero Trust controls required when defenders themselves become part of the attack surface.

PUBLISHED
AUGUST 27, 2026
RESEARCH SCOPE
AGENTIC SECURITY
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ARTICLE SIGNALS

What this research examines.

01

From copilot to investigator

Agents can correlate identity, endpoint, email and cloud signals before a human opens the incident, presenting a reconstructed investigation instead of isolated alerts.

02

Bounded autonomy

Low-risk, reversible actions can happen at machine speed while containment and other high-impact decisions remain subject to human judgment and approval.

03

Agents become privileged identities

Every agent needs its own narrowly scoped identity, limited permissions, auditable actions and revocable access across its tools, data and execution environment.

PUBLICATION ARCHIVE

Earlier field notes.

Cover — A Data Center on Wheels: How Software Is Rebuilding the Modern EVFIELD_NOTE // 002
LinkedIn02 / 03

A Data Center on Wheels: How Software Is Rebuilding the Modern EV

Modern EVs are evolving from collections of isolated electronic control units into centralized, software-defined computing platforms. This article examines zonal architectures, high-performance vehicle computers, OTA updates and the layered security required to protect a connected system that also controls physical movement.

AUGUST 17, 2026SOFTWARE-DEFINED VEHICLES
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Cover — When the Car Becomes a Target: Hacking and Defense in Electric MobilityFIELD_NOTE // 001
LinkedIn01 / 03

When the Car Becomes a Target: Hacking and Defense in Electric Mobility

A field note on the expanded attack surface created by mobile applications, APIs, cloud services, digital keys and over-the-air updates—and the defensive controls needed to protect modern electric mobility.

JULY 17, 2026AUTOMOTIVE CYBERSECURITY
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RESEARCH PIPELINE

More field notes are in development.

Future writing will extend this showcase across detection engineering, Active Directory, web application security, cloud-native attack paths and defensive investigation.

IN PROGRESS