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BITSnBYTESio articles explore secure software engineering, cybersecurity, malware analysis, cyber threat intelligence, DevSecOps, government modernization, state cyber readiness, academic cyber research, and THRaXe product insights.
Published Articles
Published articles by Scott A. Macri covering evidence-centered malware investigation, artificial intelligence, digital forensics, encrypted systems, volatile memory, and defensible cyber analysis.
A practical examination of where AI can help malware analysts, where it can mislead, and why evidence review, uncertainty, human judgment, and defensible reporting must remain central to the investigation.
Topics: Malware analysis, AI-assisted investigation, attribution risk, sensitive data handling, analyst review
An evidence-centered digital-forensics article explaining how encryption state changes the order of operations, why volatile memory matters on running encrypted systems, and how investigators can correlate memory, disk, application, endpoint, and network evidence without overstating what the artifacts prove.
Topics: Digital forensics, volatile memory, encrypted systems, evidence preservation, Volatility 3, CAPEv2, Ghidra, THRaXe
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Planned Article Topics
These planned article topics are arranged as a clean card grid so visitors can quickly understand the themes BITSnBYTESio intends to publish around cyber decision support, secure delivery, and public sector modernization.
Cyber decisions in high-trust environments must be supported by evidence, reasoning, and reviewable workflows. This article explains why defensibility matters and how structured cyber decision support helps.
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Automation can accelerate analysis, but cyber teams need outputs they can explain. This article compares deterministic workflows with opaque automation in regulated environments.
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Malware analysis requires more than conclusions. Teams need artifact preservation, provenance, notes, and traceable relationships that support review and reporting.
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Indicators need context, status, evidence, and lifecycle management. This article explains how teams can avoid disconnected indicators and improve intelligence value.
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ATT&CK alignment helps analysts connect behaviors, TTPs, actors, campaigns, and defensive planning in a shared framework.
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Secure iterative delivery requires automation, collaboration, testing, and vulnerability management embedded throughout the lifecycle.
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SBOMs help teams understand third-party component risk and support better vulnerability prioritization, documentation, and remediation.
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Academic cyber labs need repeatable workflows for malware analysis, CTI exercises, evidence preservation, and student review.
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State cyber modernization can begin with workflows, visibility, reporting, and integration rather than large-scale replacement efforts.
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Prime teams need small business partners who add technical depth, relevant proof points, staffing support, and credible proposal inputs.
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