Senior Security Engineer with 12+ years designing secure authentication systems used by millions. Kaden has led identity engineering at venture-backed SaaS companies and contributed to open-source cryptography projects.
The NYC Health + Hospitals breach exposed 1.8 million people's records — including their fingerprints and palm prints. You can reset a password. You can't reset a hand. Why healthcare's biometric data is the worst thing to lose.
Zero-day vulnerabilities remove every defender's most critical advantage — time. With no patch and no signatures to match, even fully updated organizations can be compromised. This breakdown covers why zero-days are now an expected threat and what resilient IT teams do differently.
Fear-based vs. reality-based security explained — how cybersecurity narratives drive board decisions, budgets, regulation, and organizational strategy.
BEC, executive spoofing, gift card fraud, and invoice scams — why year-end financial workflows create high-risk conditions for targeted cybersecurity attacks.
SIM swapping hijacks phone numbers to bypass SMS MFA, intercept codes, and drain accounts — how it works and why SMS-based 2FA is now an attack surface.
