Maya Douglas

Maya Douglas

Maya is a SOC Analyst 2 at RADICL Defense. Her security career began during her undergraduate CS program at CU Boulder and has spanned such roles as contracting at Microsoft and being cybersecurity lead for MSPs. She spent four years writing for Her Campus, which means she came into security already knowing how to tell a story. A Girl Security alum, WiCyS member, and CTF designer, she believes the best defenders come from everywhere. RADICL's focus on underserved Defense Industrial Base clientele is a natural fit for Maya's passion for SMB security: the segment that gets overlooked, underprotected, and increasingly targeted by nation-state actors.

Posts by Maya Douglas
Would You Still Love Me If I Were a Worm? A Conficker Story
USB thumb drives can cause cybersecurity problems; RADICL recommends not plugging in suspect drives.

Would You Still Love Me If I Were a Worm? A Conficker Story

Aug 26, 2026 4 min read
Field Guide: What Is Phishing, Really?
Signal & Noise is RADICL's weekly vSOC newsletter containing the latest threat hunts and cybersecurity tips.

Field Guide: What Is Phishing, Really?

Aug 14, 2026 4 min read
Time-Traveling Worm Found Out of Its Natural Habitat
Signal & Noise is your weekly brief on the latest in cybersecurity. Here's Volume 4.

Time-Traveling Worm Found Out of Its Natural Habitat

Jul 31, 2026 4 min read
One Rust Loader, Five Platforms, a Hidden Sliver Implant
Signal & Noise is your weekly brief on the latest in cybersecurity. Here's Volume 3.

One Rust Loader, Five Platforms, a Hidden Sliver Implant

Jul 24, 2026 4 min read
Five Days In, One Analyst Beats the Clock on Live Fraud
Signal & Noise is your weekly brief on the latest in cybersecurity. Here's Volume 2.

Five Days In, One Analyst Beats the Clock on Live Fraud

Jul 17, 2026 4 min read
One Email, Five Layers: Anatomy of an AiTM Phishing Kill Chain

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

Jul 16, 2026 7 min read

THE DIB CYBERSECURITY MATURITY REPORT 2025 EDITION

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Regulatory Compliance

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

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

Oct 01, 2026 9 min read
What Is FedRAMP? Cloud Authorization for Government Contractors

What Is FedRAMP? Cloud Authorization for Government Contractors

Sep 23, 2026 5 min read
How a 2-Person IT Team Passed CMMC and Won Their Biggest Contract Ever
JohnE Mullin is the Director of IT at Trenton Systems, who passed their CMMC assessment after working with RADICL.

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

Sep 10, 2026 16 min read

Threat Hunting & Intelligence

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That Voter Registration Website Might Want More Than Your Vote

That Voter Registration Website Might Want More Than Your Vote

Sep 29, 2026 5 min read
What is Spear Phishing? Targeted Attacks on Defense Contractors

What is Spear Phishing? Targeted Attacks on Defense Contractors

Sep 23, 2026 5 min read
Cyberthreats Credit Unions Need to Watch For

Cyberthreats Credit Unions Need to Watch For

Sep 14, 2026 5 min read

Industry Analysis

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Internal Tool Gets Body Double

Internal Tool Gets Body Double

Oct 02, 2026 3 min read
Nigerian Princes, Free iPads, and the Evolution of Social Engineering 

Nigerian Princes, Free iPads, and the Evolution of Social Engineering 

Sep 29, 2026 4 min read
Token Taken, Trust Shaken

Token Taken, Trust Shaken

Sep 18, 2026 4 min read

Incident Response

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What Are Incident Response Solutions?

What Are Incident Response Solutions?

Apr 13, 2026 7 min read
A Day in the Life: Our vSOC Responds to the CrowdStrike Incident
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.

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

Jul 24, 2024 2 min read
I Spy a Ransomware Attack
Ransoming an espionage victim carries several advantages that can make it an ideal move for nation-state threat actors.

I Spy a Ransomware Attack

Jul 16, 2024 2 min read

Attack Surface & Vulnerability Management

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Iranian APT Actors Are Targeting Your PLCs — Here's What to Do
There was a joint advisory this week (AA26-097A) warning of active exploitation of internet-facing Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).

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

Apr 09, 2026 2 min read
CMMC Enclave: What It Is, When It Works, and How to Build the Right Compliance Boundary

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

Mar 26, 2026 11 min read
EP 9 - Palo Alto Networks' Daryan Dehghanpisheh on Vulnerability Management

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

Jan 23, 2026 1 min read

Security Operations & vSOC

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Cloaking Gate Fronts a Certutil Stager Deploying ScreenConnect

Cloaking Gate Fronts a Certutil Stager Deploying ScreenConnect

Sep 30, 2026 10 min read
MDR vs. MSSP vs. vSOC: What's the Difference?

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

Sep 09, 2026 4 min read
SOC Cost in 2026: What It Costs to Build vs Outsource a 24/7 Security Operations Center

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

Jul 13, 2026 7 min read

Operational Resilience

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EP 57 - Cyber Resilience at the Crossroads

EP 57 - Cyber Resilience at the Crossroads

Apr 10, 2025 2 min read
EP 1 - Micro-Ant's Charles McCarrick on Innovation and Opportunity in the DIB
Micro-Ant's Charles McCarrick on Innovation and Opportunity in the DIB

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

Dec 08, 2023 2 min read

The DIB Innovators

Celebrating the brilliant minds driving innovation in the Defense Industrial Base. Join host David Graff as he speaks with DIB leaders championing our nation’s security and shaping the future of defense technology.

EP 123 — Overmatch Ventures' Morgan Hitzig On The Founder Offset And Why America Wins By Playing Its Own Game

EP 123 — Overmatch Ventures' Morgan Hitzig On The Founder Offset And Why America Wins By Playing Its Own Game

Oct 01, 2026 1 min read
EP 122 — AEVEX's Manan Patel On The Modular Drone Strategy That Won Army Launched Effects-Short Range (LE-SR)

EP 122 — AEVEX's Manan Patel On The Modular Drone Strategy That Won Army Launched Effects-Short Range (LE-SR)

Sep 24, 2026 1 min read
EP 121 — Tidal Flight's Jude Augustine On Building The First Clean Sheet Seaplane In Decades

EP 121 — Tidal Flight's Jude Augustine On Building The First Clean Sheet Seaplane In Decades

Sep 17, 2026 1 min read