LESIS Bulletin #2
— Research, tools and insights
Introduction
This month we highlight recent research from the LESIS team, share an open-source tool designed for security investigations, and look at a development shaping the industrial cybersecurity landscape.
Research & Articles
Considerations for writing security reports
In information security, technical findings alone are not enough. Their real value emerges when they are organized, contextualized, and communicated in a way that supports decision-making and risk reduction.
Read the full articleWhy we sponsor information security events
Innovation in cybersecurity does not happen in isolation. It emerges from communities, conversations, and shared experiences. Supporting events has become a way for LESIS to contribute directly to this dynamic, helping create spaces where knowledge circulates and new ideas take shape.
Read the full article →Tool Spotlight
Security Gate — Simple and pratical security gate for Github Security Alerts
Security Gate is a tool designed to enforce security policies in CI/CD pipelines by leveraging GitHub Security Alerts as a decision point. It aggregates alerts from sources such as Dependabot, code scanning, and secret scanning, and evaluates them against configurable thresholds defined by severity.
This allows teams to define acceptable limits for vulnerabilities and automatically block deployments when those limits are exceeded, ensuring that known risks are not promoted to production environments.
The project integrates directly with GitHub Actions and can be used either via Docker or locally, making it a simple and practical way to turn security alerts into enforceable controls within the development lifecycle.
The project is open source and available for use and contribution.
View on GitHub →Closing
LESIS is an applied security research entity focused on developing effective offensive technologies in support of critical operations. Its approach is grounded in a thorough attacker’s perspective and rigorous, research-driven thinking