Red vs Blue. Not Red vs You.

An introduction to the series about taking cybersecurity work seriously, but never taking it personally.

Nov 5 • Alexander DeMine

October 2026

September 2026

The Longest Op of My Life, Part 2: The Long Way In

During the op we spent long hours in a small room with cold coffee, canned beans, and sleeping on the floor. The training never stops.

Sep 24 • Alexander DeMine

Intent is a Model Problem. Blast Radius is an Architecture Problem.

Model behavior explains why AI agents attempt things they should not. Network architecture explains how far they actually get. The industry obsesses…

Sep 16 • Pete McKernan and Adversarial Intelligence

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The Longest Op of My Life, Part 1: Welcome to MWX

This is the first post in a four-part series about a single operation. It was a week long but was easily the longest feeling op of my life.

Sep 10 • Alexander DeMine

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August 2026

Memoirs of a DoD Red Teamer, Vol 4: Ops, Inspections, and the People Who Did Not Want Us There

Working on a DoD red team was a fullfilling experience but had many difficulties to work through and lessons to learn along the way.

Aug 27 • Alexander DeMine

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Professional Authenticity is Dead

We’ve all seen it: every time you open and doomscroll LinkedIn, there’s inevitably a post that’s AI-generated and likely prompted by something along the…

Aug 19 • Max Andreacchi

Memoirs of a DoD Red Teamer, Vol 3: The Friends in the Foxhole

Red teaming assessments can be long and arduious. It's the friends that make it bearable and successful.

Aug 13 • Alexander DeMine

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July 2026

Memoirs of a DoD Red Teamer, Vol 2: The Smallest Team in DoD

This post covers the trials and tribulations of working on the Marine Corps Red Team and working through them.

Jul 30 • Alexander DeMine

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Memoirs of a DoD Red Teamer, Vol 1: Welcome to the Team

This is the first post in a series about red teaming experiences and lessons learned while working on the Marine Corps Red Team.

Jul 23 • Alexander DeMine

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Standards Over Speed: Grade Is Not Quality

If you have read any of my other posts, you probably already know that I am particular about words.

Jul 2 • Alexander DeMine