Security Boulevard
Security Boulevard is a premier cybersecurity media hub and community platform operated by Techstrong Group. It serves as a central destination for information, education, and discourse within the global security community. Launched in 2017, the platform is best known as the home of the Security Creators Network (formerly the Security Bloggers Network), a massive aggregation of over 400 independent blogs and podcasts dedicated to information security.
The platform is characterized by:
Community-Centric Content: It aggregates thousands of posts from leading independent security researchers, analysts, and practitioners.
DevSecOps Focus: It is a leading voice at the intersection of development, security, and operations, hosting major industry gatherings such as DevOps Connect.
Multimedia Education: The site features original journalism, video interviews via Techstrong TV, and deep-dive audio discussions through the Security Boulevard Podcast.
Practitioner Perspective: Content is curated specifically for those "in the trenches," including security engineers, CISOs, and IT managers.
Core Pillars of Security Boulevard’s Coverage
Security Boulevard structures its content to provide a 360-degree view of the modern threat landscape, focusing on both technical implementation and high-level strategy.
The Security Creators Network (SCN)
The SCN is the "heartbeat" of the site. It promotes and distributes content from hundreds of the industry’s most respected voices. This provides readers with a diverse range of opinions and technical insights that are often more granular and experimental than what is found in mainstream trade journals.
DevSecOps and Cloud Native Security
Reflecting its origins under the Techstrong umbrella (which also includes DevOps.com), Security Boulevard is a primary resource for securing modern software pipelines. It covers:
Shifting Left: Best practices for integrating security early in the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Container and Kubernetes Security: Protecting cloud-native environments and microservices.
Automated Remediation: Use cases for AI and automation in identifying and fixing vulnerabilities in real-time.
Industry Spotlight and Vendor Content
The "Industry Spotlight" section allows security vendors to contribute original, technical content to the community. While service providers author these, the platform enforces strict guidelines to ensure the content remains valuable and vendor-neutral in its educational approach.
Why Security Boulevard is Essential for Cybersecurity Professionals
Unlike news sites that focus solely on headlines, Security Boulevard provides the "connective tissue" between a new threat and a defensive strategy.
Diversity of Thought: By hosting hundreds of bloggers with diverse perspectives, it offers multiple perspectives on the same vulnerability, helping professionals find the remediation path that fits their specific tech stack.
Regulatory and Compliance Guidance: It offers practical advice on navigating frameworks such as NIST CSF 2.0, GDPR, and SEC cybersecurity disclosure requirements.
Forward-Looking Research: The site is a hub for emerging trends such as Agentic AI risk models, Post-Quantum Cryptography, and the evolution of exposure management.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who owns Security Boulevard?
Security Boulevard is owned and operated by Techstrong Group, Inc., a media company based in Boca Raton, Florida, that specializes in technology communities, including DevOps.com and Cloud Native Now.
What is the difference between the Security Creators Network and original content?
The Security Creators Network (SCN) consists of syndicated feeds from external blogs and podcasts that have requested to be part of the community. "Original content" refers to exclusive articles, interviews, and videos produced by Techstrong’s own staff of investigative journalists and analysts.
Can anyone contribute to Security Boulevard?
Security Boulevard welcomes contributions from practitioners and researchers. However, they maintain strict editorial standards: articles must be original, exclusive to Techstrong properties, and focused on providing practical value to a technical audience.
ThreatNG acts as a technical execution engine for the diverse, practitioner-led intelligence found on Security Boulevard. While Security Boulevard aggregates technical blogs and DevSecOps insights to highlight emerging risks, ThreatNG provides the External Attack Surface Management (EASM) and Digital Risk Protection (DRP) needed to identify where those risks specifically reside on your digital footprint. By ingesting feeds from the Security Creators Network alongside other elite news sources, ThreatNG identifies "indicators of exposure" and applies them directly to your organization’s external assets.
External Discovery: The Outside-In Digital Footprint
ThreatNG performs purely external, unauthenticated discovery to map an organization's digital presence exactly as a sophisticated attacker would. This "zero-input" approach mirrors the reconnaissance phase of a security researcher who uses Security Boulevard to find "shadow IT" and unmanaged cloud instances.
Mapping Hidden Infrastructure: ThreatNG identifies subdomains, cloud storage buckets, and unsanctioned SaaS applications that individual teams may have deployed without central IT oversight.
Technology Stack Profiling: The platform identifies specific software versions and hardware signatures. If a community blog on Security Boulevard reports a critical flaw in a particular JavaScript framework or API gateway, ThreatNG immediately highlights exactly where those technologies exist in your environment.
Ecosystem and Subsidiary Visibility: Discovery extends beyond the primary domain to include subsidiaries and third-party partners, addressing the "interconnected risk" frequently discussed in DevSecOps circles.
External Assessment: Deep-Dive Risk Validation
Once assets are identified, ThreatNG conducts detailed external assessments to determine their susceptibility to the attack vectors trending in the community.
Web Application Hijack Susceptibility
ThreatNG assesses web portals and login pages for entry points that could lead to account takeovers.
Example: If a Security Boulevard contributor discusses a new "session fixation" technique, ThreatNG analyzes your public-facing applications for the absence of secure cookie flags or inadequate session regeneration protocols, providing a susceptibility score from A to F.
Subdomain Takeover Susceptibility
The platform evaluates DNS records to find "dangling" entries—subdomains pointing to decommissioned or inactive cloud services.
Example: ThreatNG might identify a subdomain pointing to an expired Azure or AWS instance. An attacker could claim that address to host a fraudulent site on your own domain, a sophisticated tactic often used to bypass traditional perimeter security.
BEC and Phishing Susceptibility
ThreatNG analyzes domain permutations and email security headers (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) to predict the likelihood of targeted phishing.
Example: By detecting "typosquatted" domains that impersonate your corporate brand, ThreatNG provides the early warning needed to block these sites at the perimeter before a phishing campaign reaches your employees.
Continuous Monitoring and Intelligence Repositories
ThreatNG ensures your security posture is always measured against the latest threat landscape, providing an uninterrupted watch over your attack surface.
Intelligence Repositories: ThreatNG leverages deep repositories containing data on dark web marketplaces, compromised credentials, and ransomware group activities.
Live Feed Correlation: When a story on Security Boulevard breaks regarding a new ransomware group's infrastructure, ThreatNG automatically cross-references that infrastructure with your environment to see if any of your assets are communicating with known malicious IPs.
Real-Time Alerts: The platform alerts you the moment a new vulnerability is disclosed or a search engine indexes a previously hidden asset.
Investigation Modules: Deep Forensic and Proactive Analysis
The Investigation Modules allow security teams to pivot from a high-level community alert to a granular, evidence-based investigation of their own company’s exposure.
Sensitive Code Exposure
This module scans public code repositories, such as GitHub, for leaked secrets and configuration files.
Example: ThreatNG might discover a hardcoded API key or a database connection string in a developer’s public repository. This allows the team to revoke the secret before a botnet uses it to gain unauthorized access.
Dark Web Presence
This module monitors underground forums for mentions of your organization or your executives.
Example: If an investigative report mentions a new "credential harvesting" kit being sold, ThreatNG uses its dark web module to see if your company's proprietary data or employee logins have appeared in these illicit marketplaces.
Search Engine Exploitation
This module assesses how much sensitive information is inadvertently indexed by search engines.
Example: ThreatNG might discover that a sensitive "admin" directory or a backup database file is visible via advanced search queries. This allows attackers to find privileged folders without even scanning your network.
Cooperation with Complementary Solutions
ThreatNG provides the external intelligence that fuels and directs internal security tools. By working in cooperation with these complementary solutions, organizations can close the gap between external discovery and internal remediation.
Cooperation with SIEM and XDR: ThreatNG feeds external risk data—like a newly discovered malicious lookalike domain—into a SIEM. This enables the SIEM to immediately alert analysts if any internal user attempts to connect to that domain, stopping a phishing attack at the perimeter.
Cooperation with Vulnerability Management: While internal scanners test known servers, ThreatNG finds the "unknown" or "shadow" assets. Once found, these are passed to the internal scanner for a deeper, credentialed scan to find specific software bugs.
Cooperation with SOAR Platforms: SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) tools use ThreatNG's alerts to automate defenses. For instance, if ThreatNG detects an exposed administrative port on a cloud resource, the SOAR platform can automatically update firewall rules to close that port until it is appropriately secured.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does ThreatNG use Security Boulevard feeds?
ThreatNG monitors the technical research and community news provided by Security Boulevard to understand how new vulnerabilities and threat actor tactics are evolving. It then automatically scans your organization’s specific digital footprint to see where you may be falling short of these industry standards.
What is the benefit of the "unauthenticated" approach?
ThreatNG performs its discovery and assessment without requiring any internal software agents or credentials. This allows it to see your organization exactly as an outside attacker would, uncovering blind spots that traditional internal tools cannot reach.
Can ThreatNG help with regulatory compliance?
Yes. ThreatNG provides specialized reporting for U.S. SEC filings and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) exposure, helping companies meet their legal requirements for disclosing material cybersecurity risks and oversight.
