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# nsecsoft nsecsoft

@nicoliy · Joined October 2026

A person who loves learning about cryptography.

### [Shadow IT Keeps Growing Because Buying a Cloud Drive Takes Two Minutes](https://cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev/shadow-it-keeps-growing-because-buying-a-cloud-drive-takes-two-minutes?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

I was reviewing egress logs last month and noticed a file sharing domain I did not recognise getting a steady trickle of traffic from one department. Not a flood. A trickle, which is worse, because a

5 min read · [cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev](https://cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev/shadow-it-keeps-growing-because-buying-a-cloud-drive-takes-two-minutes?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Nov 4](https://hashnode.com/posts/shadow-it-keeps-growing-because-buying-a-cloud-drive-takes-two-minutes/6aea8055e33db6958f5979dd)

### [What Digital Watermarking Does, Explained With the Anti-Counterfeit Marks Hidden in Banknotes](https://cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev/what-digital-watermarking-does-explained-with-the-anti-counterfeit-marks-hidden-in-banknotes?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A banknote carries several small features that are easy to miss until you look for them. There is a thread in the paper, a faint image that appears when you hold it to the light, and ink that changes

5 min read · [cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev](https://cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev/what-digital-watermarking-does-explained-with-the-anti-counterfeit-marks-hidden-in-banknotes?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Nov 3](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-digital-watermarking-does-explained-with-the-anti-counterfeit-marks-hidden-in-banknotes/6ae93430068a86b72e640ed3)

### [What Audit Logs Are For, Explained With the Security Cameras in an Office Building](https://cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev/what-audit-logs-are-for-explained-with-the-security-cameras-in-an-office-building?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Almost every office building has cameras in the lobby, the lift lobby and the back corridor. Nobody watches them all day. They exist so that when something goes wrong, someone can go back and see what

5 min read · [cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev](https://cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev/what-audit-logs-are-for-explained-with-the-security-cameras-in-an-office-building?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Nov 2](https://hashnode.com/posts/what-audit-logs-are-for-explained-with-the-security-cameras-in-an-office-building/6ae7e2974d9be1b2d68dff3e)

### [Talking to Business Teams About Controls Without Getting the Usual Eye Roll](https://cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev/talking-to-business-teams-about-controls-without-getting-the-usual-eye-roll?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

The meeting invite said "security alignment session." I have learned that when the title sounds like that, the first ten minutes are going to be people explaining why the last control broke their work

5 min read · [cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev](https://cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev/talking-to-business-teams-about-controls-without-getting-the-usual-eye-roll?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Nov 1](https://hashnode.com/posts/talking-to-business-teams-about-controls-without-getting-the-usual-eye-roll/6ae691993dbeda71e8407d2a)

### [Clinical Trial Documents Travel Far: A Quiet Struggle to Keep Collaborative Data Contained](https://cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev/clinical-trial-documents-travel-far-a-quiet-struggle-to-keep-collaborative-data-contained?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

A Protocol Document With Nine Addresses A clinical-stage pharmaceutical company once prepared a regulatory submission and discovered that its flagship trial protocol existed in at least nine materiall

5 min read · [cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev](https://cross-networkfileexchange.hashnode.dev/clinical-trial-documents-travel-far-a-quiet-struggle-to-keep-collaborative-data-contained?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Oct 31](https://hashnode.com/posts/clinical-trial-documents-travel-far-a-quiet-struggle-to-keep-collaborative-data-contained/6ae5400f818a886614d816e9)