Articles by 'Pablo Vidal'

By Pablo Vidal, Posted in Security

In my last post I wrote about how AI has changed day-to-day perimeter work: policy cleanup, onboarding new services, all the documentation around a change. This time I want to talk about the part of the job where speed matters most: the moment something looks wrong and you need to know, right now, whether it's real, how far it went, and what to block. If you read Ken Phelan's recent post, Twenty-Three Hours, you already know the story. We patched our remote-access gateways on a Saturday, and about 23 hours... read more.

• October 08, 2026

By Pablo Vidal, Posted in Security

I've been working in perimeter security for a while now, and if there's one thing that's always been true, it's that the work never really slows down. Between managing firewall policies, chasing down alerts, onboarding new services, and staying ahead of the threat landscape, there's always something on the list. And on platforms like Check Point, Fortinet, and Palo Alto Networks, the margin for error is about zero. What's changed lately, and I mean noticeably changed, is how AI has started fitting into tha... read more.

• June 30, 2026