(Modified:
2026-08-28)
— Written by
SimeonOnSecurity— 10 min read
A practical guide to building rapidly deployable, compact edge-compute mini data centers. Covers chassis and enclosure selection, mini-PC and thin-client compute, rack versus sled layouts, cabling, cooling, storage, out-of-band management, and international power compatibility for boxed-up field IT.
(Modified:
2026-08-28)
— Written by
SimeonOnSecurity— 9 min read
How to power and protect a compact edge-compute deployment in the field. Covers UPS runtime sizing and monitoring, DC and solar power, generators, battery chemistry, USB-C power delivery, offline time synchronization, IP and NEMA environmental ratings, and grounding and surge protection for rapidly deployable IT.
(Modified:
2026-09-21)
— Written by
SimeonOnSecurity— 18 min read
An independent analysis of Flock Safety ALPR cameras: how they work, what data they collect beyond license plates, how data sharing creates a shadow national database, and why the warrant question is the real issue.
(Modified:
2026-08-01)
— Written by
SimeonOnSecurity— 10 min read
ATS Resume Improver is a free, open-source, client-side resume optimizer supporting OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, and local Ollama models. Parse, score, keyword-match, optimize, and export your resume — all without your data leaving the browser.
(Modified:
2026-09-21)
— Written by
SimeonOnSecurity— 9 min read
Flock Finder is an open-source tool that maps 40,000+ Flock Safety ALPR cameras worldwide using WiGLE WiFi data and OUI fingerprinting. Learn how it works, its limitations, and the hardware tools for real-time detection.
(Modified:
2026-08-02)
— Written by
SimeonOnSecurity— 11 min read
Complete guide to upgrading Proxmox VE 8 (Debian Bookworm) to Proxmox VE 9 (Debian Trixie). Covers prerequisites, step-by-step manual upgrade, the pve8to9-upgrade.sh automation script, breaking changes, and known issues.
(Modified:
2026-09-02)
— Written by
SimeonOnSecurity— 15 min read
A professional opinion on the gap between AI governance certifications and actual AI security practice. We passed several of them and came away disappointed. The frameworks are early and governance-focused. The attack surface grew faster.
(Modified:
2026-08-01)
— Written by
SimeonOnSecurity— 16 min read
A professional assessment of where AI cybersecurity actually stands in 2026. Organizations adopted AI at a pace that guidance, tooling, and operational practices did not match. The gap is real, documented, and growing.
(Modified:
2026-09-02)
— Written by
SimeonOnSecurity— 13 min read
A direct comparison of MeshCore and Meshtastic for off-grid LoRa mesh networking. Learn which protocol wins for your use case, when each falls apart, and what the real tradeoffs are in 2026.
(Modified:
2026-08-01)
— Written by
SimeonOnSecurity— 11 min read
A professional opinion on why OT, ICS, and PLC cybersecurity guidance cannot keep pace with the actual problem. The systems were never designed to be secured. Compliance with written standards is not the same as being secure.
