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.

103 posts

Go Hack Yourself Stockholm By Detectify

Ahmed Musaad

A short rundown of Detectify's latest Go Hack Yourself event in Stockholm. Good talks, cool people, and fun atmosphere.

4 min read May 20, 2022

Sweden public

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