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Circuit Chuckles

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

Circuit Chuckles © 2026 Security.io. All rights reserved.

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Rusty stands beside an open office window and server rack while Glitch points out that Rusty has interpreted a maintenance window as an actual window.
Monday, 12 October 2026

Maintenance Window

Rusty opens a literal window during a maintenance window and calls the resulting airflow scheduled maintenance.

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Rusty pays a reward to cartoon insects in a literal bug bounty program while Glitch watches in disbelief.
Friday, 9 October 2026

Bug Bounty

Rusty runs a literal bug bounty by paying insects rewards, then celebrates when one bug reports two vulnerabilities.

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Rusty spins a stand full of game tokens in a server room and calls it token rotation while Glitch points out that the tokens are unusable.
Thursday, 8 October 2026

Token Rotation

Rusty demonstrates “token rotation” using a spinning carousel of game tokens, and Glitch notes that while no application can use them, neither can attackers.

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In a dim office, Rusty shines a flashlight at his own shadow while Glitch dryly explains that the so-called shadow IT is just Rusty blocking the light.
Tuesday, 6 October 2026

Shadow IT

Rusty launches a flashlight investigation into “shadow IT,” only for Glitch to point out that the mysterious unauthorized deployment is literally Rusty’s own shadow.

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Rusty hangs an AUTHORIZED sign on a door while calling it single sign-on, and Glitch points out that it does not authenticate anyone.
Monday, 5 October 2026

Single Sign-On

Rusty proudly deploys “single sign-on” by mounting one authorized sign on an office door, while Glitch points out that the system authenticates nobody.

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In a retro server room, a wheeled rack rolls across the floor until Rusty lassos it to a wall anchor while Glitch points out that the settings still drifted.
Friday, 2 October 2026

Configuration Drift

A wheeled server rack literally drifts across the room, and Rusty contains it with rope even though the settings continue to change.

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In a Circuit Chuckles comic, Rusty launches an AI agent with keys to every department and calls the excessive access cross-team enablement.
Thursday, 1 October 2026

AI Agent Access

Rusty launches an AI agent with keys to every department and calls it cross-team enablement.

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In a black-and-white archive room comic, Rusty opens a safe full of labeled envelopes while Glitch realizes Rusty has confused managed secrets with office gossip.
Wednesday, 30 September 2026

Secrets Management

Glitch reports that the administrator secret changed, but Rusty reveals his “managed” vault is full of labeled envelopes containing office rumors and gossip.

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In a retro records room, Rusty holds an inspection clipboard beside a chained cabinet while Glitch points out that the so-called penetration test was just poking it with a bent pen.
Tuesday, 29 September 2026

Penetration Test

Rusty declares a penetration test complete after attacking a locked cabinet with a pen, then reports the bent pen as a valuable finding.

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Rusty polishes a shiny server cabinet with wax while Glitch watches, and then demonstrates his literal interpretation of reducing the attack surface with a slipping suction cup.
Monday, 28 September 2026

Attack Surface

Rusty proudly “reduces the attack surface” by polishing a server cabinet until it is too slick for a suction cup to stick.

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In a nighttime office scene, Rusty runs on a treadmill with a briefcase while Glitch shines a flashlight and questions this very literal approach to business continuity.
Friday, 25 September 2026

Business Continuity

Asked to improve business continuity, Rusty starts jogging on a treadmill with his briefcase, convinced continuity is all about momentum.

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Rusty proudly chains a stack of spreadsheets to a desk under a DLP status board while Glitch wonders why the paperwork is padlocked in place.
Thursday, 24 September 2026

Data Loss Prevention

Rusty deploys data loss prevention by locking a stack of spreadsheets to the desk with heavy chains, guaranteeing nobody can remove them without tools.

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Rusty kneels beside a potted plant with a trowel and magnifying glass, insisting he is investigating the root cause of a system outage while Glitch protests.
Wednesday, 23 September 2026

Root Cause

During an outage, Rusty announces he is already on the root cause and begins digging up the roots of a potted plant.

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Glitch holds a paper certificate while Rusty gleefully renews it with a giant office stamp in a black-and-white retro security comic.
Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Certificate Renewal

Glitch warns that the certificate expires today, and Rusty renews it the only way he can imagine: with a physical rubber stamp.

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In a retro network room, Rusty stands over freshly cut cables and presents them as successful network segmentation while Glitch watches the smoking computer.
Monday, 21 September 2026

Network Segmentation

Rusty claims the network is fully segmented after cutting one cable into four pieces, achieving immediate containment for all the wrong reasons.

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Glitch points to a noisy alerts dashboard while Rusty responds by pinning a big plus sign on a morale board, mistaking false positives for encouragement.
Friday, 18 September 2026

False Positive

An alert dashboard finds another positive result, and Rusty decides the silver lining is morale, not accuracy.

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Rusty cinches a strap around a file box in a records room while Glitch asks why the data storage box is buckled to the table.
Thursday, 17 September 2026

Data Retention

Rusty improves data retention by physically strapping a file box to the table, turning a records-control concept into a luggage problem.

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In a four-panel vintage office comic, Rusty stretches hazard tape across the room to divide work areas while Glitch points out the stapler is stranded on the wrong side.
Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Segregation of Duties

Rusty literally splits the office in two with hazard tape to enforce segregation of duties, only for Glitch to realize nobody can reach the stapler.

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