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Here you’ll find technical articles, research notes, and reflections on projects we've worked on. Topics include infrastructure, security, systems engineering, and emerging technologies.
The Trust Architecture: Safeguarding Institutional Digital Assets
The digital asset landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. Institutional capital is flowing in at an unprecedented rate, from sovereign wealth funds exploring Bitcoin allocations to traditional financial giants building bespoke crypto custody solutions. This seismic shift brings immense opportunity, but it also elevates the stakes. Safeguarding billions in digital assets requires a security paradigm far beyond legacy practices. Building enduring trust in institutional digital assets demands technically rigorous, resilient, and regulator-aware architectural patterns for security and assurance. This article explores the imperative for this advanced approach, detailing the core technologies and processes that define next-generation digital asset security.
Continuous Validation: Building Trust in Your Digital Chain
The stakes in cybersecurity have never been higher. As global ransomware and supply chain attacks intensify, organizations face a critical inflection point: rely on traditional defenses that are demonstrably failing, or embrace proactive, continuous validation. At Lucenor, we believe that proactive, continuous validation via Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) and stringent supply chain security are foundational to counter the persistent failure of conventional defenses against sophisticated cyberattacks. This is not merely an operational concern; it’s a strategic imperative for the C-suite, directly impacting resilience, reputation, and market standing.
Shadow IT in the Fast Lane: Lessons From Regulated Giants for AI, Healthcare & Crypto
Shadow IT—the apps, devices, and cloud services teams spin up outside official channels—has become a parallel empire inside most companies. Gartner pegs the spend at 30–40% of total IT budgets. Worse, nearly half of recent breach investigations trace the first foothold back to shadow IT.