Paranoia Is A Feature
Sept 2025
Every login attempt is suspicious. Every email can carry a payload. Every line of code in that open-source library could be a backdoor.
Call that paranoia if you want. It is prudence. Treat everything as a threat until proven otherwise. Attackers move faster, conceal themselves better, and improvise more than they ever have. Most organizations rest easy behind polished dashboards and "high confidence" alerts while the threat keeps evolving.
Here is the hard truth: your internal network is not safe. Your people are not invulnerable. Your supply chain will be probed and then targeted.
Assume compromise. Validate constantly. Verify again and again.
The moment something is labeled "probably safe" the advantage shifts away from you.
Stay sharp. Stay skeptical.