Inside the Zeph Tech research desk

Who we are

Zeph Tech is run by a single operator with hands-on responsibility for security operations, infrastructure reliability, and developer enablement programs. The research lead has delivered controls programs for regulated industries, overseen global cloud and network deployments, and supported platform engineering transformations for high-growth software teams.

Every briefing documents the sourcing trail in this repository so stakeholders can reproduce the research. Technical reviews confirm that each post cites verifiable releases—framework updates, vendor advisories, regulatory deadlines, or infrastructure launch data—before it is published.

Professional background

The operator holds CISSP, GIAC GCIH, and AWS Certified Security – Specialty credentials, earned a B.S. in Computer Science, and has published peer-reviewed security operations research and cloud incident response playbooks. Their bylines include practitioner guides on supply chain risk, detection engineering, and zero trust adoption.

Mission

Zeph Tech exists to turn primary sources into evidence-backed actions. Nightly briefings prioritize verifiable guidance over speculation so operators can brief leadership with confidence.

Editorial & review process

Research runs through a single, accountable editorial workflow: source harvesting, synthesis, technical QA, and publication. Citations, control mappings, and revision history stay in Git so partners can audit every change.

Why trust Zeph Tech?

• Experience-led. Briefings reflect field work across incident response, infrastructure reliability, and developer productivity rather than second-hand commentary.
• Evidence-first. Every claim links to a primary source—regulator releases, standards updates, vendor advisories, or production telemetry.
• Accountable. A single operator signs off on sourcing, QA, and disclosures, keeping responsibility clear.
• Transparent. Git history, published policies, and structured data document how guidance is produced and updated.

How the research desk works

• Source harvesting. Automation jobs collect advisories, standards updates, conference releases, and telemetry from trusted feeds each day.
• Analyst synthesis. The operator extracts impact, controls, detection priorities, and enablement moves, linking each insight to primary documentation.
• Editorial QA. Voice, accessibility, disclosure requirements, and metadata are checked in a single editorial pass before publication.
• Change transparency. Git history captures every revision—whether a typo fix or a new regulatory citation—so stakeholders can audit the evolution of guidance.

Governance and disclosures

Zeph Tech maintains clear guardrails for advertising, premium subscriptions, paid courses, and enterprise intelligence services. Paid placements are labeled, subscription entitlements and billing cadences are disclosed before checkout, and enterprise scopes require validated environments so findings remain evidence based.

Monetization metrics are reported through anonymized dashboards that exclude personally identifiable information. Privacy, data retention, and incident response policies are published openly. Readers can review the privacy policy, terms of service, and public roadmap to see how trust commitments are enforced.

Editorial leadership and QA

The research desk is intentionally lean. The operator owns sourcing, analysis, and QA, cross-checking each post against primary sources before publication. Content updates stay tracked in Git so partners can audit the full revision history.

• Primary contact. Reach the research lead at research@zephtech.net for coverage questions, privacy requests, or sourcing clarification.

Platform reliability and verification

The public site is deployed on Netlify’s global edge network with automated builds triggered by repository commits. Nightly jobs run scripts/build.py and scripts/generate_sitemap.py to refresh pages and XML sitemaps, while a Netlify redirect keeps /ads.txt pointed at Ezoic’s managed file. Health checks confirm Googlebot, AdsBot, and Plausible endpoints can reach every route.

We monitor Google Search Console, AdSense crawl status, and uptime alerts so discrepancies are resolved before they affect advertisers or subscribers.