Ahmed Musaad

I am a senior security engineer, a programmer, and a hobbyist system administrator. I enjoy learning new things, solving challenging problems and writing about things I find interesting.

102 posts

Permanent Residency In Sweden

Ahmed Musaad

I recently became a permanent resident of the Kingdom of Sweden, so let me tell you a bit about the journey to becoming one.

5 min read May 11, 2022

Okta public

Avoid Unwanted Slack SSO Redirection Loop When Rolling Out Google & Third-Party IdP Integration

Ahmed Musaad

A tiny policy configuration can ruin your day and block your users from logging into Slack. Here is how to avoid this anxiety-inducing problem.

3 min read May 5, 2022

Okta public

Stream Okta Logs To Your Log Collector

Ahmed Musaad

Okta logs are only available for 90 days. Learn how to stream them to AWS EventBridge, CloudWatch, and Datadog.

6 min read May 4, 2022

Slack public

Monitor Interesting Slack Discussions Using "My keywords"

Ahmed Musaad

Monitor interesting Slack discussions using the "My Keywords" feature.

2 min read Apr 25, 2022

Okta public

Add Okta Authentication to any Website using Nginx and OAuth Proxy

Ahmed Musaad

Add an authetication layer to websites behind Nginx using Okta and OAuth Proxy.

4 min read Apr 20, 2022

Network public

Welcoming Synology To My Home Network

Ahmed Musaad

A week ago, I welcomed the Synology DS920+ to my home network.

2 min read Apr 11, 2022

Logs public

18 New Log Sources in Google Workspace Investigation Tool

Ahmed Musaad

18 new events log sources have been added to the Google Workspace investigation tool, making it an even more powerful and useful tool for IT and Security people.

2 min read Apr 4, 2022

HOWTOs public

Analyse Large Log Files Using ELK

Ahmed Musaad

The ELK stack is a powerful combination of tools that can make life simpler when analysing large log files.

4 min read Mar 23, 2022

SailPoint public

SailPoint's IdentityNow Advanced Implementations Training

Ahmed Musaad

IdentityNow Advanced Implementations is a three-days long course that delves into the advanced concepts and features of IdentityNow.

4 min read Mar 17, 2022

Poems public

Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori

Ahmed Musaad

"The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori."

1 min read Mar 13, 2022

IAM public

SCIM vs JIT

Ahmed Musaad

A short post on what these two are, how they differ, and when to use one or the other.

3 min read Mar 9, 2022

SailPoint public

Setting Up SailPoint Slack App

Ahmed Musaad

SailPoint's Slack app makes sending and processing access requests a breeze and eases the integration of said process in daily productivity flows. This post helps you set up things up.

3 min read Feb 27, 2022