Human‑directed, AI‑accelerated intelligence — concise daily briefs focused on what you must act on today.
What is the Playbook?
The MikeGPT CyberSecurity Newsletter is more than just a daily brief; it's your Playbook for the Secure Enterprise. We provide a strategic guide to help you navigate the complex cybersecurity landscape, prioritize your actions, and build a more resilient organization. Each day, we deliver a curated set of "plays" that are tailored to your specific needs, from the SOC to the boardroom.
What We Cover
Critical Vulnerabilities
Zero‑day exploits, critical CVEs, and high‑impact flaws that require immediate attention.
Threat Intelligence
Emerging attack vectors, threat actor activity, and strategic security developments.
Executive Insights
Strategic analysis, industry trends, and decision frameworks for security leaders.
Vendor Spotlight
Security platforms and research aligned to the day's most relevant threats — with rationale.
The Plays: From Strategic Prioritization to Tactical Action
Strategic Prioritization with Compliance Realm
In today's regulatory environment, not all threats are created equal. Our Compliance Realm feature helps you understand the business impact of every security issue by mapping it to specific regulatory frameworks like SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, and more. This allows you to prioritize your resources effectively, communicate risk in business terms, and make informed decisions that protect the bottom line.
Tactical Action with STIX Bundles and Detection Kits
We don't just tell you what's happening; we tell you what to do about it. Our newsletter includes STIX bundles and a Detection & Response Kit with actionable guidance, including YARA rules and vendor platform configurations. This allows your security teams to move quickly from threat identification to remediation, reducing your time to respond and minimizing your exposure.
How We Work
Mike's Role: Strategic Director
Sets direction, asks the right questions, and applies editorial judgment so the output is useful for real teams.
AI's Role: Research Accelerator
Reads broadly, correlates signals, normalizes content, and drafts code artifacts — all under human direction.
Transparency Studio
Sexy, sexy logging We read these so you don't have to.
Intake & Recovery We scan tens of thousands of signals daily and auto‑recover malformed feeds.Dedup & Curation Pipeline ~95%+ of items are pruned through normalization, clustering de‑dup, and relevance gates.Detection & Code Code blocks are cleaned, minimally commented, and highlighted for clarity.Web ↔ Email Fidelity Clip‑free rendering in Gmail; links and formatting preserved.
Images are static snapshots for illustration; no PII or subscriber data is displayed.
Editorial Standards
Source Transparency
We link to original reporting and vendor research whenever possible.
Freshness
Executive Insights favor items ≤7 days old unless context requires otherwise.
Verification
We normalize, cluster, and cross‑reference signals before inclusion.
Corrections
If we miss, we fix it in the next issue and annotate the archive.
Who It's For: Your Role in the Playbook
CISOs
The Playbook provides the strategic context you need to lead your security program effectively. It helps you prioritize your investments, communicate risk to the board, and demonstrate the business value of your security initiatives.
SOC / IR
The Playbook is your daily briefing and action plan. It provides the high-fidelity intelligence and actionable guidance you need to hunt for threats, write detection rules, and protect your organization from the latest attacks.
SecOps
High‑signal updates on patches, exposure, and hardening moves with clear compliance mapping to help you prioritize remediation efforts based on business risk.
Tech Executives
The Playbook translates complex security issues into the language of business risk. It gives you the clarity you need to make informed decisions about resource allocation and risk management.
