The Attack Surface is Calling: Bare Metal Cyber’s 2025 essays on breakouts, identity, and modern defense

By Jason Edwards

In 2025, the loudest cyber headlines all pointed to the same quiet truth: the "outside vs. inside" model doesn't match how compromises actually happen anymore. Attackers don't need a dramatic front-door breach when they can move through identities, vendors, remote access paths, SaaS platforms, and software supply chains. At the same time, defenders are expected to stay resilient through outages, respond faster than the news cycle, and govern automation and AI that can help-or hurt-at scale.

The Attack Surface Is Calling is a curated annual of Bare Metal Cyber's 2025 Headline essays, organized into a cohesive narrative across six parts. This is not a checklist, and it's not a raw archive. It's a shelf-ready collection designed to translate what happened into decisions you can defend-technically, operationally, and organizationally.

Here's what you'll get inside:

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GCLTMSY6
• ISBN13: 9798241270597
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 7.0"