LinuxGuard Blog
Insights on Linux security, identity visibility, least privilege, and DevSecOps best practices.
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Week 4: The Three Laws of Linux Privilege Security
In enterprise security, the conversation around privileged access often ends too early. We talk about vaulting passwords, rotating secrets, enforcing MFA — and then declare victory.
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Week 3: From Blind to Brilliant — Regaining Privilege Visibility Across Your Linux Estate
For years, enterprises have poured millions into identity platforms, SIEM systems, and compliance tools — all with the same goal: visibility.
And yet, when it comes to Linux, most organizations still can’t answer one of the simplest and most critical questions in security
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Week 2: Anatomy of an Escalation — How One Forgotten Sudo Rule Leads to Root
Every security breach starts with a single decision that seemed harmless at the time.
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Week 1: The Sudo Drift Catastrophe — When Privilege Sprawl Becomes Your Worst Nightmare
In many Linux environments, sudo access often ends up treated like a permanent hall pass: once someone gets it, they usually keep it. There’s rarely an automatic expiry, consistent auditing, or a central inventory showing who has elevated privileges and what they can do across the estate.
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IVIP: Beyond the Buzzword, Toward Identity Reality
Every few years, the identity industry gets a new acronym. Some fade quickly. Others reshape the way we think. The newest entry is IVIP — Identity Visibility & Intelligence Platforms.
Since Gartner added IVIP to their Hype Cycle, the debate has been lively. Analysts like Martin Kuppinger and Matthias Reinwarth have rightly asked:
* Is IVIP truly new, or just a repackaging of existing ideas?
* Is it a platform in its own right, or simply a capability?
* Does it overlap with ITDR (Identity