Alex Volkov
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Alex Volkov

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Cybersecurity analyst and ethical hacker. CISSP certified. Writing about digital threats, privacy tools, and how to stay safe in an increasingly connected world.

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Alex Volkov posted a new writeup in Cybersecurity Jul 22, 2026
Advanced Strategies for Choosing the Best Password Managers
Cybersecurity Advanced Strategies for Choosing the Best Password Managers

A password manager used to be a convenience tool, a neat way to stop reusing the same weak login across ten websites. That period is over. In 2026, a password manager is closer to a personal identity vault, a cryptographic broker between your devices

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Alex Volkov posted a new writeup in Cybersecurity Jul 16, 2026
Zero Trust Security Model Explained for Modern Enterprises
Cybersecurity Zero Trust Security Model Explained for Modern Enterprises

A perimeter used to be a place, a line on a network diagram, a firewall cluster in a data center basement. That picture is now obsolete. Employees log in from homes, airports, contractor laptops, unmanaged phones, and cloud workloads that exist for m

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Alex Volkov posted a new writeup in Cybersecurity Jul 12, 2026
VPN Services Review for Online Privacy: What Matters Most
Cybersecurity VPN Services Review for Online Privacy: What Matters Most

A VPN market page can look almost absurd now: one provider promises military-grade encryption, another claims total anonymity, a third says you can stream, bank, torrent, game, and work remotely with zero trade-offs. For a privacy professional, this

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Alex Volkov posted a new writeup in Cybersecurity Jul 6, 2026
Why the Best Password Managers Deserve a Hard Comparison
Cybersecurity Why the Best Password Managers Deserve a Hard Comparison

A password manager is one of those tools people install after a breach, after a phishing scare, or after the ugly moment when a work login and a banking password turn out to be the same string with one extra symbol. I have seen this pattern for years

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Jul 4, 2026
How to Use Statcast Data to Improve Your Fantasy Baseball Team
Sports How to Use Statcast Data to Improve Your Fantasy Baseball Team

For pitchers, you get spin rate, movement profiles, extension, and induced vertical break. All of this data is available to anyone willing to look for it, and tools like LiveHomeRuns.com provide real-time Statcast data during live games, giving fantasy managers an edge that was unimaginable just a few years ago.

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Alex Volkov posted a new writeup in Cybersecurity Jul 2, 2026
Common Ransomware Protection Mistakes Businesses Still Make
Cybersecurity Common Ransomware Protection Mistakes Businesses Still Make

The expensive illusion of being preparedA ransomware incident rarely begins with a dramatic screen full of red text. More often, it starts quietly, with a stolen VPN credential, an unpatched edge appliance, a malicious attachment opened on a tired Fr

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Jun 30, 2026
Data Remediation: Turning Bad Data into Business-Ready Insights
Science / Technology Data Remediation: Turning Bad Data into Business-Ready Insights

In today’s data-driven world, businesses rely heavily on analytics, AI models, and reporting systems to make critical decisions. But there’s one problem that...

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Alex Volkov posted a new writeup in Cybersecurity Jun 30, 2026
How to Start Reviewing VPN Services for Online Privacy
Cybersecurity How to Start Reviewing VPN Services for Online Privacy

A VPN review can look simple from distance, almost trivial, a table of prices, a speed chart, a promise about privacy. Then you inspect the app permissions, the company structure, the audit language, the DNS behavior, the mobile kill switch, and sudd

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Jun 28, 2026
Why Do Sellers Often Choose the First Agent They Meet?
Business Why Do Sellers Often Choose the First Agent They Meet?

Cold leads have gotten more expensive without getting any easier to close. That gap is the real reason agencies are shifting attention toward referrals this ...

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