How AI Is Changing the Threat Landscape

Reading Time: 2 minutesAI-driven tools can craft highly targeted, multilingual phishing emails by scraping OSINT, leaked credentials, and social media profiles. Deepfake voice generators mimic executives’ tone and emotional cues, making human detection far more difficult. Services like PhishGPT+ enable automated spear-phishing campaigns tailored by geolocation, language, and psychological triggers.

Microservice-based ERP Architecture Development with Integrated AI

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe shift to microservice-based ERP with integrated AI is crucial for modern enterprises seeking agility, scalability, and data-driven insights. This blueprint outlines the strategic path for designing, developing, and managing such a system.

Application Testing – AI-based Testing Automation Tools

Reading Time: 3 minutesStatus: Final Blueprint Author: Shahab Al Yamin Chawdhury  Organization: Principal Architect & Consultant Group Research Date: March 1, 2025 Version: 1.0 Part 1: The Strategic Imperative The shift from traditional, script-based automation to AI-driven quality engineering is a transformative evolution Read More …

Enterprise Product – Code Review Platform Comparison

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis document provides a condensed, two-page summary of the comprehensive research blueprint, focusing on strategic differentiators, comparative analysis, and key recommendations for selecting an enterprise-grade code review and DevSecOps platform

Micro-Monolith: The Best of Both Worlds

Reading Time: 3 minutesStatus: Final Blueprint Author: Shahab Al Yamin Chawdhury  Organization: Principal Architect & Consultant Group Research Date: January 21, 2025 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Version: 1.0 1. Core Concept: The “Goldilocks” Architecture The Micro-Monolith (or Modular Monolith) is a software architecture that Read More …

Using Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) in the Enterprise

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe modern enterprise faces a critical challenge: the increasing complexity of cloud-native technologies imposes a significant cognitive load on developers, hindering productivity and slowing innovation.

Playbook – The Applications Playbook in the Enterprise

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis playbook provides a comprehensive, structured framework for managing enterprise applications as strategic business enablers.

Service Management and IT Operations Strategy

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis document provides a condensed strategic framework for an integrated Service Management and IT Operations function, designed for a Big Four enterprise context.

Build a Service-Based Security Resourcing Plan

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis document provides a comprehensive blueprint for transitioning from a traditional, in-house security model to a strategic, agile, and value-aligned service-based paradigm.

ASPM – Application Security Posture Management in the Enterprise

Reading Time: 4 minutesStatus: Final Blueprint Author: Shahab Al Yamin Chawdhury Organization: Principal Architect & Consultant Group Research Date: June 3, 2024 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Version: 1.0 Executive Summary Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) represents a strategic shift from fragmented, reactive vulnerability management Read More …

Emerging Trends in IT Risks and the Evolution of Control Strategies

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe 2025 IT risk landscape is defined by the industrialization of cyber threats and the obsolescence of traditional, reactive security postures. Adversaries now leverage AI-driven attack platforms, operate sophisticated Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) ecosystems, and systematically exploit global supply chains.

DSPM – Data Security Posture Management

Reading Time: 4 minutesStatus: Final Blueprint (Summary) Author: Shahab Al Yamin Chawdhury Organization: Principal Architect & Consultant Group Research Date: 24 May 2024 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Version: 1.0 Executive Summary Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) has emerged as a critical strategic response to Read More …

KSPM – Kubernetes Security Posture Management

Reading Time: 3 minutesKubernetes is the engine of modern applications, but its complexity creates a vast and dynamic attack surface. The primary driver of breaches is not sophisticated exploits, but pervasive misconfigurations.

Wazuh, Beats, CheckMK, Open UBA, Open XDR, OpenCTI, Suricata, MISP, Snort, TheHive, Cortex, ELK, AlertAnalyst – and More Integration is Required…Does it Makes Sense?

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe decision to build a security platform from open-source components is conditional.

Application Modernization – Understanding Business Requirements, Rules & Their Roles

Reading Time: 4 minutesStatus: Final Blueprint Author: Shahab Al Yamin Chawdhury Organization: Principal Architect & Consultant Group Research Date: July 26, 2024 Version: 1.0 1. The Strategic Imperative for Modernization Application modernization is a critical business initiative to update legacy software, aligning it Read More …

Auditor Became CISSP – Never Performed in Projects & in IS Development, Would You Hire Him for Your Infrastructure Platform Management? Can or Should that Knowledge Gap be Admissible?

Reading Time: 6 minutesStatus: Final Blueprint (Summary) Author: Shahab Al Yamin Chawdhury Organization: Principal Architect & Consultant Group Research Date: June 1, 2024 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Version: 1.0 1. The Core Dilemma: Assessor vs. Builder Mindset We are observing worldwide adoption on CISSP Read More …

Critically Define the Role of a Cybersecurity Architect

Reading Time: 4 minutesStatus: Final Blueprint Summary Author: Shahab Al Yamin Chawdhury Organization: Principal Architect & Consultant Group Research Date: March 1, 2022 Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Version: 1.0 Part I: Foundational Blueprint Defining the Modern Architect: Beyond the Job Description The Cybersecurity Architect Read More …

VMware to ROSA (Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS) Migration and Modernization

Reading Time: 4 minutesStatus: Final Blueprint (Summary) Author: Shahab Al Yamin Chawdhury Organization: Principal Architect & Consultant Group Research Date: December 12, 2024 Version: 1.0 1. Executive Summary Strategic Imperative The acquisition of VMware by Broadcom has fundamentally altered licensing and product bundling, Read More …

Hunting Threats in Developer Environments

Reading Time: 4 minutesStatus: Final Blueprint Author: Shahab Al Yamin Chawdhury Organization: Principal Architect & Consultant Group Research Date: September 10, 2023 Version: 1.0 Executive Summary The modern software development environment has evolved into a distributed, cloud-native, and AI-augmented ecosystem, fundamentally changing the Read More …