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Asha Venkataswamy

Asha Venkataswamy reads past the announcement to the policy and technical detail underneath it. She covers defense systems, security budgets and public-sector delivery — from procurement records and naval force levels to the portals and caseload data of civilian government.

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Independent editorial contributor covering defense, security policy, public programs and civic technology.

Articles by Asha Venkataswamy

How to set up a passkey and stop relying on passwords

How to set up a passkey and stop relying on passwords

Asha Venkataswamy

Empty school computer lab with rows of dark monitors

Why schools are ransomware's favorite target

Asha Venkataswamy

How the SEC's four-business-day cyber incident rule actually works

How the SEC's four-business-day cyber incident rule actually works

Asha Venkataswamy

Multiple locked doors between users and each application

Zero trust explained: never trust, always verify — and what it means in practice

Asha Venkataswamy

Small security team collaborating in an understaffed operations center

The cybersecurity skills shortage: how many jobs, and does it even exist?

Asha Venkataswamy

Phone screen with two nearly identical app icons side by side

How to spot fake apps before they take over your phone

Asha Venkataswamy

Volunteer maintainer's desk with old laptop and donation page

Who pays for the open source everything runs on?

Asha Venkataswamy

Flowchart of a web request checked against blocklists

What is DNS filtering, and should you set it up at home?

Asha Venkataswamy

Phone screen showing an incoming call flagged as potential spam

AI robocalls: the rules that exist, the ones coming, and what actually works

Asha Venkataswamy

Man urgently working to secure accounts on a clean laptop

What to do if your email account was breached, in the right order

Asha Venkataswamy

Quilt map of US states with varying privacy coverage

The U.S. state privacy law patchwork, mapped for normal people

Asha Venkataswamy

Smart speakers and cameras arranged on a shelf beside a router

How to put smart-home devices on a guest network in 20 minutes

Asha Venkataswamy

Security researcher testing web applications at a home workstation

Bug bounty programs explained: who pays for vulnerabilities, and how much

Asha Venkataswamy

Home router glowing quietly on a shelf with connected devices

What a firewall does, and why you mostly don't need to think about yours

Asha Venkataswamy

Insurance broker reviewing a cyber policy with a small business owner

Cyber insurance explained: what policies cover, what they demand, and what they exclude

Asha Venkataswamy

Family laptop showing a completed software update screen at breakfast

Patch management basics: keep every device updated without thinking about it

Asha Venkataswamy

Abstract lattice structure representing new post-quantum cryptography

Post-quantum encryption migration, explained without the physics

Asha Venkataswamy

Close-up of a hardware security key plugged into a laptop

How to use hardware security keys: the strongest two-factor method you can buy

Asha Venkataswamy

Young person checking a dating app on a phone with a worried look

Match Group confirms cybersecurity incident after ShinyHunters claim 10 million records

Asha Venkataswamy

Two phones exchanging a locked message across a server

What end-to-end encryption means, and when you are not getting it

Asha Venkataswamy

Compliance team reviewing security policy documents in a meeting room

What NIS2 actually requires, in plain terms

Asha Venkataswamy

Student closing an encrypted laptop in a busy cafe

How to encrypt your laptop so a thief gets hardware, not your files

Asha Venkataswamy