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This release transforms PING into a sophisticated newspaper-style digital publication with enhanced readability and professional presentation. Major Features: - New FeaturedPostHero component with full-width newspaper design - Completely redesigned homepage with responsive newspaper grid layout - Enhanced PostCard component with refined typography and spacing - Improved mobile-first responsive design (mobile → tablet → desktop → 2XL) - Archive section with multi-column layout for deeper content discovery Technical Improvements: - Enhanced blog post validation and error handling in lib/blog.ts - Better date handling and normalization for scheduled posts - Improved Dockerfile with correct content volume mount paths - Fixed port configuration (3025 throughout stack) - Updated Tailwind config with refined typography and newspaper aesthetics - Added getFeaturedPost() function for hero selection UI/UX Enhancements: - Professional newspaper-style borders and dividers - Improved dark mode styling throughout - Better content hierarchy and visual flow - Enhanced author bylines and metadata presentation - Refined color palette with newspaper sophistication Documentation: - Added DESIGN_BRIEF_NEWSPAPER_LAYOUT.md detailing design principles - Added TESTING_RESULTS_25_POSTS.md with test scenarios This release establishes PING as a premium publication platform for AI orchestration and contextual intelligence thought leadership. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Lessons from the AT&T Data Breach: Why Role-Aware Encryption Matters
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When AT&T recently disclosed that a data breach exposed personal records
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of over 70 million customers, it reignited a conversation about how
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organizations safeguard sensitive information. The breach wasn't just
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about lost passwords or emails---it included Social Security numbers,
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driver's licenses, and other deeply personal identifiers that can't be
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reset with a click.
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The scale of the exposure highlights a fundamental flaw in many
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enterprise systems: data is often stored and accessed far more broadly
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than necessary. Even when encryption is in place, once data is decrypted
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for use, it typically becomes accessible to entire systems or
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teams---far beyond the minimum scope required.
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## The Problem with Overexposed Data
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Most organizations operate on a "once you're in, you're in" model. A
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compromised credential, an insider threat, or an overly broad permission
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set can expose massive datasets at once. Traditional encryption, while
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useful at rest and in transit, does little to enforce *granular,
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role-aware access* when the data is in use.
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In other words: encryption today protects against outside attackers but
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does very little to mitigate insider risks or systemic overexposure.
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## Need-to-Know as a Security Principle
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The military has long operated on the principle of "need-to-know."
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Access is not just about who you are, but whether you need the
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information to perform your role. This principle has been slow to
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translate into enterprise IT, but breaches like AT&T's demonstrate why
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it's urgently needed.
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Imagine if even within a breached environment, attackers could only
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access *fragments* of data relevant to a specific role or function.
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Instead of entire identity records being leaked, attackers would only
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encounter encrypted shards that had no value without the proper
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contextual keys.
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## Role-Aware Encryption as a Path Forward
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A project CHORUS is developing takes this idea further by designing
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encrypted systems that integrate "need-to-know" logic directly into the
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key architecture. Instead of global decryption, data access is segmented
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based on role, context, and task. This approach means:
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- A compromised credential doesn't unlock the entire vault, only the
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slice relevant to that role.\
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- Insider threats are constrained by cryptographic boundaries, not
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just policy.\
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- Breach impact is inherently minimized because attackers can't pivot
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across roles to harvest complete records.
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## From Damage Control to Damage Prevention
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Most breach response strategies today focus on containment after the
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fact: resetting passwords, notifying customers, monitoring for fraud.
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But the real challenge is prevention---structuring systems so that even
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when attackers get in, they can't get much.
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The AT&T breach shows what happens when sensitive data is exposed
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without these safeguards. Role-aware encryption flips the model,
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limiting what any one actor---or attacker---can see.
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As data breaches grow in frequency and scale, moving from static
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encryption to role- and context-aware encryption will become not just a
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best practice but a necessity.
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