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Miguel's Blog · Serverless · Security

Miguel A. Calles MBA

Miguel A. Calles is the author of the Serverless Security book, and a Cybersecurity engineer who works on serverless and cloud computing projects.

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Can Infosec Professionals Be Vulnerable To Phishing?

Jul 25, 2021 2 min read

Multitasking can be a dangerous thing. Our minds are trying to get a lot done, and we might be less focused than we should. Malicious actors are hoping we are careless so that we make mistakes. Given that, I believe a security engineer is just as lik...

Can Infosec Professionals Be Vulnerable To Phishing?

Hacked via your calendar?

Jul 10, 2021 2 min read

Someone asked me, "I think I have a virus on my iPhone. Could you take a look?" I was surprised. I did not think viruses were technically possible on iOS devices. I agreed to help. I asked, "What did you notice that makes you think you have a virus?"...

Hacked via your calendar?

Create a serverless website on AWS with Serverless plugins

Jun 27, 2021 5 min read

The Serverless Framework allows us to create serverless websites. These websites use the S3, CloudFront, Route 53, and Certificate Manager AWS services. We can set up all four on AWS using Serverless plugins. What is a serverless website? A serverles...

Create a serverless website on AWS with Serverless plugins

Build a new Internet and make passive income for you or others

Jun 27, 2021 4 min read

The Internet was born in the last century, and most of the world was unable to contribute to building it. There is a new revolution where anyone willing to make a stimulus-sized investment can participate. Introducing Helium and the People’s Network ...

Build a new Internet and make passive income for you or others

What is Cybersecurity? (An anecdote about a JSON Web Token.)

May 25, 2021 2 min read

"Is a web app secure just because I use a JWT?" That is a question I had when I first learned about them. Learning is important. I was impressed with how well designed were JWT, OIDC, SAML, and modern Identity Provider (IdP) solutions. The quality of...

What is Cybersecurity? (An anecdote about a JSON Web Token.)

What is Cybersecurity? (An anecdote about a doorknob)

Apr 21, 2021 2 min read

Cybersecurity, in its essence, is pretty simple: identify risks and mitigate them. Identifying risks is finding weaknesses that leave you vulnerable. This anecdote will explain what I mean. Replacing a doorknob. I needed to replace a doorknob. We had...

What is Cybersecurity? (An anecdote about a doorknob)