Dustin Mooney

Dustin Mooney

Dustin is an experienced and tested cybersecurity professional with a specialization in Incident Response. He has consulted for Booz Allen Hamilton as a cyber threat analyst, performed digital forensics and incident response at Coalfire, and protected the enterprise environment at Aramco within their Security Operations Center. As an entrepreneur, he developed practical products for SMBs to meet compliance requirements and mitigate cyber risks effectively.

In simple terms, a risk assessment is an exercise that determines what goals and objectives are most important to a business and what systems support the achievement of those goals and objectives.

Attack Surface and Vulnerability Management

Part II - Choosing Cyber Battles

May 13, 2025 5 min read

When an enterprise decides to comply with cybersecurity legislation and mandates, it is effectively saying, “We are going to use a guide to help choose and implement cybersecurity best practices that will reduce our cyber risk.

Attack Surface and Vulnerability Management

Part I - Enabling True Risk Ownership

Feb 03, 2025 4 min read

After exploitation, an attacker can perform nefarious actions that may lead to the compromise and takeover of a device or account. One of the key cycles of Harden is the vulnerability management phase.

Attack Surface and Vulnerability Management

Hard Truths About Vulnerability Management

Jul 08, 2024 2 min read

We don't have to rethink our approach to AI completely. We can apply foundational cybersecurity concepts to identify and manage risk in this new AI container.

Attack Surface and Vulnerability Management

Managing Risk for AI Systems and Applications

May 28, 2024 6 min read

Here are some recommendations for establishing better trust with generative AI systems.

Attack Surface and Vulnerability Management

Managing AI Expectations Through Cybersecurity Trust Modeling

May 14, 2024 4 min read

Narrowing focus is the concept of drilling down from wide datasets to key reference points used to pivot the direction of a forensic investigation.

Threat Hunting and Intelligence

Narrowing Focus in Forensic Investigation

Feb 12, 2024 4 min read

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Beyond contracting officers and primes, your SPRS score is on file with the federal government. If a cyber incident occurs and DoD investigators are examining your compliance history, your SPRS submission is part of the record.

Regulatory Compliance

What is SPRS? How Defense Contractors Are Scored on Cybersecurity

May 26, 2026 8 min read

Regulatory Compliance

What is DFARS 252.204-7012? A Guide for Defense Contractors

May 14, 2026 8 min read

Regulatory Compliance

CMMC Compliance Deadline 2026: Key Dates That Affect Your DoD Contract

Apr 13, 2026 6 min read

Threat Hunting and Intelligence

One Email, Five Layers: Anatomy of an AiTM Phishing Kill Chain

Jul 16, 2026 7 min read

PowerShell script used deliberate attempts to bypass CrowdStrike EDR using native BitLocker encryption and vssadmin shadow copy deletion.

Threat Hunting and Intelligence

Ransomware Gang or IT Admin?

Jun 24, 2026 3 min read

On May 18, 2026, RADICL observed an intrusion on a Windows endpoint originating from a trojanized ArcGIS Pro installer downloaded from a typosquatted domain.

Threat Hunting and Intelligence

Trojanized ArcGIS Installer Drops Dual-Channel RAT

May 28, 2026 8 min read

Signal & Noise is your weekly brief on the latest in cybersecurity. Here's Volume 2.

Industry Analysis

Signal & Noise, Volume 2

Jul 17, 2026 4 min read

DoW paused Phase II of CMMC, but the need for advanced cybersecurity is as vital as ever.

Industry Analysis

CMMC Phase II is Paused. The Cyber Threat Is Not.

Jul 14, 2026 4 min read

Signal & Noise is the cybersecurity industry's newsletter for all the latest news and updates from RADICL.

Industry Analysis

Signal & Noise, Volume 1

Jul 10, 2026 5 min read

Incident Response

What Are Incident Response Solutions?

Apr 13, 2026 7 min read

On the evening of 7/25/24, CrowdStrike pushed a content update which caused Windows systems to crash and/or enter a reboot loop, rendering the systems unusable.

Incident Response

A Day in the Life: Our vSOC Responds to the CrowdStrike Incident

Jul 24, 2024 2 min read

Ransoming an espionage victim carries several advantages that can make it an ideal move for nation-state threat actors.

Incident Response

I Spy a Ransomware Attack

Jul 16, 2024 2 min read

There was a joint advisory this week (AA26-097A) warning of active exploitation of internet-facing Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).

Attack Surface and Vulnerability Management

Iranian APT Actors Are Targeting Your PLCs — Here's What to Do

Apr 09, 2026 2 min read

Attack Surface and Vulnerability Management

CMMC Enclave: What It Is, When It Works, and How to Build the Right Compliance Boundary

Mar 26, 2026 11 min read

Attack Surface and Vulnerability Management

EP 9 - Palo Alto Networks' Daryan Dehghanpisheh on Vulnerability Management

Jan 23, 2026 1 min read

Security Operations & vSOC

SOC Cost in 2026: What It Costs to Build vs Outsource a 24/7 Security Operations Center

Jul 13, 2026 7 min read

Security Operations & vSOC

SOC Automation: AI-Driven Security Operations Centers Explained

Jul 09, 2026 7 min read

Managed Security Operations

SOC Alert Triage in Cybersecurity: Guide to Incident Response

Jul 07, 2026 6 min read

DIB Innovators

EP 57 - Cyber Resilience at the Crossroads

Apr 10, 2025 2 min read

Micro-Ant's Charles McCarrick on Innovation and Opportunity in the DIB

DIB Innovators

EP 1 - Micro-Ant's Charles McCarrick on Innovation and Opportunity in the DIB

Dec 08, 2023 2 min read

DIB Innovators

EP 111 — Vision Miner's Rob Lent On 9 Years Of Bootstrapping Accessible High-Temp 3D Printing

Jul 17, 2026 1 min read

DIB Innovators

EP 110 — AdlerAerospace’s Wilhelm Meya On The Broken Math Of Drone Defense

Jul 14, 2026 1 min read

DIB Innovators

EP 109— Skyways' Isaac Roberts On Mass-Producing Autonomous Cargo Drones For Contested Logistics

Jul 09, 2026 1 min read