Henry McArdle

@hmcardle

Cloud Security Engineer

Annapolis, MDJoined February 2022

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Passionate engineer with a decade of experience in the cybersecurity industry. Enjoy piecing together solutions involving many moving parts. Big fan of the 'It finally works!' your brain yells when a complex project comes together. Love all things cloud, security, and containerized.

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HMHenry McArdlehmcardle.comSep 3, 2025 · 8 min read

The Rise of AI Developer Tools & the Effects on the Cybersecurity Industry

As I type this, I’m scrolling the news and came across yet another vulnerability with an AI tool that removes the tools' safeguards, allowing malicious commands to be run. The rate that these vulnerabilities are occurring is a bit scary but unsurpris...

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HMHenry McArdlehmcardle.comJan 16, 2024 · 3 min read

GoLang Modules & Binaries: Go Get vs Go Install

Introduction Go uses modules as a way to package code and manage dependencies. It can be quite confusing when first starting the language to understand exactly how Go binaries and modules are installed and handled, and this short guide attempts to ex...

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HMHenry McArdlehmcardle.comNov 29, 2023 · 4 min read

Accessing Minikube ETCD Database in Kubernetes

What is etcd? ETCD is the distributed key/value database that works in tandem with Kubernetes deployments to hold vital information about the cluster. The security implications of allowing open access to it are vast and can leave your data exposed to...

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HMHenry McArdlehmcardle.comNov 16, 2023 · 3 min read

AWS: SecurityHub & Config Configuration Explained

The AWS Documentation is vague on this subject, so this guide will detail the relationship between SecurityHub and Config. It's assumed that knowledge of what SecurityHub and AWS Config are is present. What will follow is based on AWS best practices....

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HMHenry McArdlehmcardle.comNov 16, 2023 · 8 min read

KMS Demystified

AWS KMS is one of those services that works tirelessly in the background but doesn't get a lot of love. It's common to automatically encrypt every service as part of development and infrastructure-creation workflow, and this usually happens through K...

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The Rise of AI Developer Tools & the Effects on the Cybersecurity Industry

GoLang Modules & Binaries: Go Get vs Go Install

Accessing Minikube ETCD Database in Kubernetes

AWS: SecurityHub & Config Configuration Explained

KMS Demystified

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Henry McArdle's blogs

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The Rise of AI Developer Tools & the Effects on the Cybersecurity Industry

GoLang Modules & Binaries: Go Get vs Go Install

Accessing Minikube ETCD Database in Kubernetes

AWS: SecurityHub & Config Configuration Explained

KMS Demystified