Let’s cut through the noise: modern cybersecurity is a compliance checkbox game, and it’s failing us.
Ethical hackers who can’t explain TCP/IP? Organizations spending millions for auditor points instead of real security? This is why attackers keep winning.
The Mirage
🚨 Reality Check: Compliance ≠ Security.
It’s the bare minimum.
- ISO27001 Myopia: Teams treat one cert as gospel while missing the rest of the 2700x series.
- NIST? Frameworks “adopted”, but critical controls skipped, risk reduced to PowerPoint slides.
- CIS Controls become a to-do list, not defense-in-depth.
The Death of Technical Depth
Security “experts” who can’t explain TLS at the transport layer, or NIDS, or even basic driver concepts.
Not gatekeeping—just pointing at existential risk. You can’t defend what you don’t understand.
The Anti-BS Hacker Guide
- Read RFCs: Don’t trust blogs. Example:
HTTPS? RFC 8446, TCP/IP? RFC9293. - Learn Tech History: There’s nothing new—just renamed. “Zero Trust”? Jericho Forum, 2004.
- Tools Don’t Fix Stupid: Attackers exploit EDR/XDR failures every week. Know your basics.
- Zero Trust ≠ Buzzword: Microsegment everything, use built-ins, defend by default.
- STIGs/CERTs: Read DoD guides and all CERT alerts globally.
- Humans are still weakest: Real phishing drills, not just clicking slides.
Wake up. Dig deeper.
