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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Regulatory Compliance

The Complete Guide to NIST CSF: What It Is, the Six Functions Explained, and How to Implement It

Oct 01, 2026 9 min read

Regulatory Compliance

What Is FedRAMP? Cloud Authorization for Government Contractors

Sep 23, 2026 5 min read

JohnE Mullin is the Director of IT at Trenton Systems, who passed their CMMC assessment after working with RADICL.

Regulatory Compliance

How a 2-Person IT Team Passed CMMC and Won Their Biggest Contract Ever

Sep 10, 2026 16 min read

Threat Hunting and Intelligence

Black October: Signal & Noise Special Edition

Oct 30, 2026 4 min read

Threat Hunting and Intelligence

Free App, Rented Connection

Oct 23, 2026 3 min read

Threat Hunting and Intelligence

Security Software or Security Risk?

Oct 16, 2026 3 min read

Threat Hunting and Intelligence

Black October: Signal & Noise Special Edition

Oct 30, 2026 4 min read

Threat Hunting and Intelligence

Free App, Rented Connection

Oct 23, 2026 3 min read

Threat Hunting and Intelligence

Security Software or Security Risk?

Oct 16, 2026 3 min read

Threat Hunting and Intelligence

Black October: Signal & Noise Special Edition

Oct 30, 2026 4 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

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

Cloaking Gate Fronts a Certutil Stager Deploying ScreenConnect

Sep 30, 2026 10 min read

Security Operations & vSOC

MDR vs. MSSP vs. vSOC: What's the Difference?

Sep 09, 2026 4 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

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 127 — Fortastra's Sahil Desai On Why Orbital Warfare Becomes A Quantity Problem And How To Build Space Defense For Scale

Oct 29, 2026 1 min read

DIB Innovators

EP 126 — Catalyx Space's Rifath Shaarook On Why Compliance And Picking The Right Licenses Are The Hardest Part Of Space And Defense

Oct 22, 2026 1 min read

DIB Innovators

EP 125 — GaardTech's Steen Bisgaard On The Robotic Fighting Echelon Reshaping Land Warfare

Oct 15, 2026 1 min read