The Guardian’s Handbook
Custodes Vade Mecum
2 min readDec 28, 2021
`Custodes Vade Mecum` (The Guardian’s Handbook)
An handbook on securing systems.
Part 1: Security Insights
Segment 01: Secrets Life Cycle
Segment 02: Tooling With Engineering Clarity
Segment 03: Cryptographic Defenses
Segment 04: Cryptographic Flaws Exploited
Segment 05: The Problem With Secrets
Segment 06: Passcodes: Keys, Passphases, PIN and Passwords
Segment 07: The Matter Of Privacy
Segment 08: Basis of Trust
Segment 09: Side-Channel
Segment 10: Secure ChannelSegment 11: Secure Enclave
Segment 12: Trusted Audit
Segment 13: Zero Trust Platform Foundation
Segment 14: Know Thy Adversity, Know Thy Adversary
Segment 15: The Distance Between You And The Attacker
Segment 16: The Decision To Trust And Entrust
Segment 17: Dilemma Of The Byzantine Generals’ Problem
Segment 18: Coding Security Heuristics Primer
Segment 19: Unified Security Platform
Segment 20: Assembling The Fragments Of PrivacySegment 21: Privacy-Preserving Computation
Segment 22: Scalable Security Budget FrameworkPart 2: The Devil’s Handbook Of System Take-Down And Take-Over
Segment 00: The Lore Of Hijacking Systems
Segment 01: Attacking System: Machine And Method
Segment 02: Attacking Operation: (Hu)Man
Segment 03: The Attack Framework
Segment 04: Attacker’s Toolkit FrameworkPart 3: Besieging The Human Sociological Ecosystem
Segment 01: Economic Attacks[Appendices]
Appendix 00: Acronyms And Terminologies Used
Appendix 01: OpenSSL At 1st Sight
Appendix 03: Notes On zkSNARKs
Appendix 04: ECDSA versus EdDSA
Appendix 05: Blockchain Attack By 7 StrataAppendix 06: Memoirs Of A Bug Hunter
Appendix 07: Brute Forcing
Appendix 08: Secure Coding Guidelines
Appendix 09: Commit Zero-Trust Integrity And Authenticity
Appendix 10: Securing Distributed ComputingAppendix 11: Securing APIs
Appendix 12: Securing IoT Ecosystems
Appendix 13: Measuring Security
Appendix 14: Malware Classification
Appendix 15: Contemplating On The Heat Death Of Secure Nonce
Security work as far as until the point you lose control. — 2017–06.30