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Jerrad Dahlager
Jerrad Dahlager, CISSP, CCSP Cloud Security Architect · Adjunct Instructor
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New Pods, Same Finding: Testing Defender’s Kubernetes Controller Scope

On October 5, 2026, Microsoft announced a welcome change to how Microsoft Defender for Cloud reports Kubernetes misconfigurations. Affected Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM) recommendations are moving from individual running container …

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Cloud Security

Copy Fail in the Cloud: A Defender, Sentinel, and AKS Response Guide for CVE-2026-31431

Review update (September 25, 2026): The retained Sentinel/AKS evidence was captured May 2, 2026, without executing Copy Fail exploit code. The May 3 CVE/KEV snapshot remains historical; its May 15 due date has passed. Recheck the live NVD record and …

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Cloud Security

AKS Runtime Security: Binary Drift, Anti-Malware & Gated Deployment with Defender for Cloud

Review update (September 25, 2026): The merged September 25 source resolves and records an exact regional GA Kubernetes patch on first deployment and refuses implicit version changes on owned reruns. Pricing restoration is bound to the captured …

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