The lighter side of security leadership

Circuit Chuckles

Rusty and Glitch take cybersecurity language literally in a black-and-white weekday comic created by The Security.io Daily.

Showing 19–36 of 38 comics

In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Glitch asks whether leadership accepted a risk while Rusty stamps the file as received at the front desk and then leaves it waiting in the lobby.

Friday, 28 August 2026

Risk Acceptance

Rusty confuses risk acceptance with physically accepting the risk file at reception.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Glitch questions whether an old security exception is still temporary while Rusty dusts off the sign and argues that its age proves resilience.

Thursday, 27 August 2026

Temporary Exception

Rusty mistakes long-standing exception debt for evidence of durability and success.

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Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Tabletop Exercise

Rusty mistakes a tabletop incident exercise for physically exercising the conference table.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Glitch asks whether the encryption key was rotated while Rusty mounts an oversized key on a turntable and explains that production rotates clockwise and the old key rotates counterclockwise.

Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Key Rotation

Rusty interprets key rotation literally by physically turning a giant encryption key in different directions.

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Monday, 24 August 2026

Service Account

Rusty treats an orphaned service account like a longtime employee rather than an unmanaged machine identity.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Glitch warns that the alert count is still rising while Rusty turns down a volume knob and proudly reports that alert volume has been reduced.

Friday, 21 August 2026

Alert Reduction

Rusty solves alert fatigue by muting the alerts instead of resolving them.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Glitch confirms that the emergency backup is offline while Rusty proudly points to an unplugged tape drive and then treats the failure to restore from it as proof that it was tested.

Thursday, 20 August 2026

Offline Backup

Rusty interprets an untested offline backup as successful because it cannot restore while unplugged.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Glitch asks who is responsible for the cloud server while Rusty shares an umbrella with Glitch and leaves the server soaking in the rain.

Wednesday, 19 August 2026

Shared Responsibility

Rusty takes shared responsibility literally and protects only the two of them, not the server.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Glitch asks whether an incident was escalated while Rusty literally carries the INCIDENT folder up the stairs and announces that it is one level higher.

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

Incident Escalation

Rusty mistakes incident escalation for physically moving the incident report upstairs.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Glitch asks whether the account's privileges were reduced while Rusty proudly files down a physical ADMIN key and insists it is much less privilege even though it still opens everything.

Monday, 17 August 2026

Least Privilege

Rusty confuses least privilege with physically making the key smaller.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic at a help desk, Rusty closes a ticket while the security alert remains active, then declares the continuing alert a separate issue as Glitch objects.

Friday, 14 August 2026

Ticket Closed

Rusty treats closing a ticket as resolution even though the security alert is still active.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic in a records room, Rusty celebrates shelves full of compliance binders while Glitch holds up a lock and points out that the binder only says the control exists.

Thursday, 13 August 2026

Evidence of Security

Rusty mistakes complete compliance paperwork for proof that the underlying security controls work.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic outside a server room, Rusty displays a long list of people with admin access and posts the admin password on the wall while Glitch reacts in disbelief.

Wednesday, 12 August 2026

Shared Access

Rusty improves password discoverability by sharing privileged access far too widely.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic at a loading dock, Rusty accepts a crate marked NEW VENDOR TOOL without review, then adds a TRUSTED label while Glitch questions the documentation.

Tuesday, 11 August 2026

Trusted Vendor

Rusty treats a label as sufficient proof that a new vendor tool can be trusted.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Glitch asks whether an AI agent still needs human approval while Rusty rapidly stamps a growing stack of forms APPROVED and proudly calls himself the human in the loop.

Monday, 10 August 2026

Human in the Loop

Rusty turns human oversight of an AI agent into an extremely efficient rubber-stamp process.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Glitch asks Rusty about weekend plans, Rusty stretches and climbs into a hammock tied between filing cabinets, Glitch offers coffee, and Rusty agrees only if it is decaffeinated.

Friday, 7 August 2026

Weekend Mode

Rusty enters low-power weekend mode in an office hammock while Glitch tests the plan with coffee.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic set in a records room, Rusty carries a box of disks, opens a packed filing drawer of backup copies, points proudly after Glitch spills something into it, and claims the data survived its first disaster.

Thursday, 6 August 2026

Backup Plan

Rusty stores multiple backup copies in a filing drawer and mistakes surviving a spill for disaster recovery.

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In a four-panel black-and-white newspaper comic, Rusty arrives with fishing gear beside a CRT terminal, casts a line into the monitor, Glitch reels in a suspicious message promising a free password, and Rusty tells Glitch to throw it back.

Wednesday, 5 August 2026

Phishing Trip

Rusty and Glitch turn phishing awareness into a literal indoor fishing expedition.

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