The Rietta Blog
Cybersecurity, software, and the law between them.
Since 2005, this blog has covered cybersecurity, software development, and cloud migration, a resource for anyone staying informed about these areas.
10/06/2026
What Is Title II of the ADA?
by Frank Rietta
Title II of the ADA applies to state and local governments. A 2024 rule sets technical standards for their websites, apps, and documents.
09/28/2026
When to Involve Legal Counsel in an ADA/WCAG Audit
by Frank Rietta
ADA/WCAG audit findings on a government's documents can become discoverable. Why state and local agencies should consider looping in legal counsel first.
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09/20/2026
Document Provenance: Finding the Common Ancestor of Inaccessible Documents
by Frank Rietta
How we trace inaccessible government documents back to a common ancestor, that is the shared template, tool, or workflow behind their ADA/WCAG defects.
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09/16/2026
Non-Repudiation in Cybersecurity
by Frank Rietta
Non-repudiation is a foundational security property among the five pillars of Information Assurance. It is at natural odds with Privacy and must be balanced.
09/15/2026
On Flock Cameras and "What Do You Have to Hide"
by Frank Rietta
A cybersecurity take on Flock cameras, ATF's 4473 database, and why weaker retention policies are not real safeguards against bulk surveillance.
09/14/2026
RubyGems Open Source Supply Chain Security and OpenAI
by Frank Rietta
OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems in May 2026. Why automated attackers have collapsed the window to patch a critical CVE from weeks to hours.
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09/04/2026
Government Rails Site Hit Hours After CVE Patch
by Frank Rietta
Rietta patched a government client's Ruby on Rails site within hours of a 9.5 CVSS ActiveStorage CVE. Exploit attempts began before business hours resumed.
08/18/2026
Generate OpenSSL Elliptic Curve Key Pair from the Command Line
by Frank Rietta
How to generate an OpenSSL elliptic curve (P-256) key pair from the command line, and why NIST-backed ECC beats scaling RSA past 3072-bit.
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08/15/2026
22 Years on Firefox, and Today I'm Finally All In
by Frank Rietta
Going all in with Mozilla Firefox as a cybersecurity professional in 2026 and keeping my workstation and iOS devices in sync.
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08/05/2026
Meet Titan, the Rietta AI Research Lab Server
by Frank Rietta
Meet Titan: our dual-GPU AMD research and development server behind Metadata Minder's ADA Title II and WCAG 2.1 scanning and two-key LUKS2/TPM security design.