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Nikoloz Kokhreidze

Nikoloz Kokhreidze

Helping cybersecurity professionals transition from technical experts to strategic leaders through curated insights, proven frameworks, and actionable strategies.

145 Security Leadership Articles

Security Insights from Nikoloz Kokhreidze

Mandos cybersecurity leadership article on The Builder Strikes Back: How Security Teams Must Reclaim Their Engineering Edge

The Builder Strikes Back: How Security Teams Must Reclaim Their Engineering Edge

The vendor dependency trap is crippling security teams. AI is democratizing building capabilities that were once vendor-exclusive. Develop these five critical skills now before your competitors do.

Mar 25 7 min read
cybersecurity leadership newsletter mandos, week 12 of 2025

Brief #96: Apache Tomcat RCE Exploit, Google's $32B Wiz Acquisition, Copilot and Cursor Coding Backdoors

From a software engineer to landing a security role at Microsoft. Machine identities pose 7.5x higher risk than human users. AWS enhances VPC endpoint visibility.

Mar 23 9 min read
mandos brief cybersecurity newsletter by nikoloz kokhreidze

Brief #95: GitHub Action Backdoor, Microsoft Zero-Days, GitGuardian's Secrets Report

A major GitHub Action used by 23,000+ repos was compromised, leaking CI/CD secrets. Google's Red Team simulates real-world attacks. New AI security agents learn organizational context for better threat detection.

Mar 16 9 min read
mandos cybersecurity leadership newsletter issue for week 10 of 2025

Brief #94: ESXi Server Attacks, Webcam-Based Ransomware, Google's AI Red Team Path

80% of organizations struggle to identify high-risk data in hybrid clouds. State actors bypass MFA via LinkedIn/WhatsApp social engineering. Anthropic's Claude outperforms GPT-4o in security testing.

Mar 9 9 min read
mandos brief newsletter week 9 of 2025 cybersecurity leadership

Brief #93: Trump Drops Russia Threats, Microsoft Copilot Leaks Private Data, NVIDIA's AI Red Teams

Two critical Microsoft Copilot vulnerabilities exposing private repos and corporate data. Orange Group confirms 12,000 files stolen by HellCat ransomware affiliate. jQuery dominates high-risk OSS flaws.

Mar 2 9 min read
5 AI Agent Types Modern Security Teams Must Know About

5 AI Agent Types Modern Security Teams Must Know About

I've decoded the AI agent types that are revolutionizing enterprise cybersecurity programs. Are you leveraging all five? Discover which ones your security team is missing and how you can use them for your advantage.

Feb 27 8 min read
mandos brief cybersecurity leadership newsletter week 8 of 2025

Brief #92: Russian APTs Target Signal, GitHub Security Issues, Importance of Career Growth

Security architects face limited career growth, GoLang backdoor using telegram as C2 channel, 86% of orgs have exposed secrets in private GitHub repos

Feb 23 9 min read
mandos brief cybersecurity leadership newsletter week 7 of 2025

Brief #91: AWS AMI Attack, NVIDIA Container Escape, InfoSec Salaries

Malicious AI models found on Hugging Face. Multiple PE firms compete for Trend Micro. Security leadership salaries reach $261.5K median

Feb 16 9 min read
mandos brief cybersecurity newsletter week 6 of 2025

Brief #90: Microsoft Outlook RCE, Cloud Security Certs, OpenAI EU Data Centers

Major ASP.NET security breach affects thousands. AI platforms face new security challenges as malicious code discovered in ML models

Feb 9 9 min read

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