Hello, I'm Tolu.
Security Engineer. I think like an attacker to build better defenses. Automating security into pipelines, break things before production does, and share what I learn for others facing the same challenges.

Recent Post
Always building defenses in my head. Documenting them? That's my weakness.
Article
Are You Dyslexic? A Security Engineer's Late Discovery
I spent years thinking I was just 'not a good reader' until a casual conversation led to a diagnosis that explained everything. Here's how dyslexia shapes my approach to learning and career in tech.
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Article
Secrets Management in Go Applications From Environment Variables to Vault
The irony is that Go makes building secure applications relatively straightforward, but its simplicity can be deceptive when it comes to secrets management.
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Building an IaC Security Scanner in Go
As a security engineer who's implemented security controls across cloud environments, I've always been curious about how policy engines actually work under the hood
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Side Projects & Tooling
Some of my recent builds and contributions ~ worth sharing

Microservice Project
Three-tier Docker microservices template with monitoring and observability stack. For learning and real-world adoption.

PolicyGuard
Infrastructure as Code security scanner for Terraform

CredScan
Credential and secret detection tool designed to identify sensitive information in your codebase.
My code lives on GitHub
I build. I experiment. I sometimes even document it. Check out my GitHub to see what I'm up to.