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How to Build ML Experimentation Platforms You Can Trust?

Machine learning models don’t succeed in isolation — they rely on robust systems to validate, monitor, and explain their behavior. Top tech companies such as Netflix, Meta, and Airbnb have invested heavily in building scalable experimentation and ML platforms that…

Development of System Configuration Management: Introduction

Series Overview This article is part 1 of a multi-part series: “Development of system configuration management.” The complete series: This article has been indexed from DZone Security Zone Read the original article: Development of System Configuration Management: Introduction

Data Mesh Security: How to Protect Decentralized Data Architectures

The rise of data mesh architectures redefines how modern organizations have approached the concept of data security. Standard best practices dictate that data should be centralized, allowing it to be collected, stored, and governed within monolithic systems, such as data…

Set Up OpenID Connect With Keycloak: A Step-by-Step Guide

In this blog, you will learn how to set up the OpenID Connect Authorization Code Flow using Keycloak. You will execute the flow yourself in order to get a better understanding of OIDC. Enjoy! Introduction Adding security to your application…

The Developer’s Guide to Cloud Security Career Opportunities

Your organization’s entire infrastructure moved to the cloud last year, but your security team is still thinking like it’s 2015. They’re applying traditional network security controls to cloud environments, creating bottlenecks that slow down your deployments and leave massive security…

Federated Identity: The Modern Approach to Cloud Security and Automation

In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud automation and multi-cloud strategies, the secure handling of sensitive data, particularly credentials, has emerged as a paramount concern. Traditional methods of storing long-lived credentials, whether in configuration files, CI/CD pipelines, or dedicated secret…

Why Most IaC Strategies Still Fail (And How to Fix Them)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) was supposed to solve the chaos of cloud operations. It promised visibility, governance, and the ability to scale infrastructure with confidence. But for many teams, the reality is far from ideal.  Instead of clarity and control,…

Secure Microservices in Java: Cloud-Native Design With Zero Trust Architecture

Microservices enable modern application architecture in today’s fast-changing digital world. They break apps into smaller, deployable services, and this accelerates development, improves scalability, and increases flexibility.  Cloud computing’s capabilities for distributed systems and containerized settings make this step vital, contributing…

Why Data Privacy Without Context Will No Longer Work in 2026

The comfort zone of anonymization is breaking. For years, enterprises have limited their privacy goals to surface-level techniques of anonymization. Techniques such as Mask PII, which obfuscate identifiers and others, are often assumed to ensure compliance without thorough execution. And…

Building a Modern Data Platform That Delivers Real Business Value

Data modernization is a strategic endeavor that transforms the way organizations harness data for value creation. It involves adopting innovative approaches in terms of accessibility, governance, operations, and technology, typically centered around modern cloud architectures. This transformation is not limited…

Software Supply Chain Security Regulations From a DevSecOps Perspective

Editor’s Note: The following is an article written for and published in DZone’s 2025 Trend Report, Software Supply Chain Security: Enhancing Trust and Resilience Across the Software Development Lifecycle. High-profile software supply chain attacks like SolarWinds, Log4j, and MOVEit highlight the…

How to Expose IBM FS Cloud Container App to Public

Are you looking for a way to expose your containerized applications to the internet without breaking compliance with IBM Cloud for Financial Services? This guide walks through how to do just that. It shows how to securely expose your apps…

Practical Steps to Secure the Software Supply Chain End to End

Editor’s Note: The following is an article written for and published in DZone’s 2025 Trend Report, Software Supply Chain Security: Enhancing Trust and Resilience Across the Software Development Lifecycle. The software supply chain has rapidly evolved into a critical vulnerability point…

AI-Powered Ransomware and Malware Detection in Cloud Environments

Cloud platforms have become prime targets for ransomware and malware attacks, which can paralyze businesses by encrypting data or exfiltrating sensitive information. Traditional security tools such as signature-based antivirus and rule-based systems often struggle to detect advanced threats that mutate…

The Cybersecurity Blind Spot in DevOps Pipelines

Speed kills. In software development, that axiom has never been more literal. DevOps pipelines surge through modern enterprises like digital bloodstreams — pumping code, configurations, and deployments at breakneck velocity. Continuous integration and continuous delivery are the promises of rapid…

Modernize Your IAM Into Identity Fabric Powered by Connectors

It’s no secret that technology is evolving much faster than our traditional Identity and Access Management systems can handle. These legacy systems were designed for simpler times, when everything was hosted locally and security was perimeter-based. So, in an era…

Zero-Trace Paradigm: Emerging Technologies in Personal Data Anonymization

Emerging technologies like homomorphic encryption and zero-knowledge proofs can definitely help organizations approach zero-trace personal data anonymization. These and similar techniques can bring datasets to a near-zero-trace status, even achieving it in limited cases. There’s a major force that’s acting…

Self-Supervised Learning Techniques

Visual tracking systems are essential for applications ranging from surveillance to autonomous navigation. However, these systems have a significant Achilles’ heel: they rely heavily on large, labeled datasets for training. This reliance makes it challenging to deploy them in real-world…

Microservice Madness: Debunking Myths and Exposing Pitfalls

Microservice is the false belief that adding a message broker to your app will somehow magically make it faster and more scalable. Ignoring the fact that this is, in itself, an oxymoron—and that your app quite literally becomes two billion…

CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED: How to Fix This Windows Blue Screen Error

CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED is a notorious Windows error that triggers the dreaded Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), often leaving users frustrated and unsure of how to proceed. This error typically indicates that a critical system process has unexpectedly terminated, causing Windows to…

Blockchain in Healthcare: Enhancing Data Security and Interoperability

Abstract: Healthcare systems around the world are at a critical juncture, navigating the pressures of digital transformation, rising cybersecurity threats, and fragmented data landscapes. While the volume of healthcare data grows exponentially, the capacity to manage it securely and effectively…

Multi-Channel Notification Patterns for Security-Critical Events

As the degree of account takeovers and unauthorized access attempts continues to be more and more sophisticated, the time to notify users about security-critical situations has become a vital issue. The moment when a system becomes aware of irregular behavior…

Essential Steps to Building a Robust Cybersecurity Team

Cybersecurity doesn’t fail because someone forgot to patch a server. It fails because no one asked the right questions early enough, and because the wrong people were trusted to find the answers. Most companies start building a cybersecurity team only…

Automating E2E Tests With MFA: Streamline Your Testing Workflow

In software development, efficiency and security are key, especially for applications that require multi-factor authentication (MFA). MFA enhances security but complicates automated testing, particularly for key business processes like logins or transaction validations.  Altering testing environments to handle MFA differently…

Kubernetes Admission Controllers: Your First Line of Defense

Kubernetes Admission Controllers are a powerful but often overlooked security mechanism. Acting as gatekeepers, they intercept API server requests before objects are persisted in etcd, allowing you to enforce custom policies or inject configurations automatically. Whether it’s blocking privileged containers…

AI/ML Big Data-Driven Policy: Insights Into Governance and Social Welfare

Data-driven policy refers to the practice of using data, analytics, and empirical evidence to inform and guide government decision-making, moving beyond reliance on intuition or anecdotal information. Governments must be agile, transparent, and resilient in their decision-making. The convergence of…

Unveiling Supply Chain Transformation: IIoT and Digital Twins

Digital twins and IIoTs are evolving technologies that are transforming the digital landscape of supply chain transformation. The IIoT aims to connect to actual physical sensors and actuators. On the other hand, DTs are replica copies that virtually represent the…

Your Kubernetes Survival Kit: Master Observability, Security, and Automation

Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for orchestrating containerized applications. As organizations increasingly embrace cloud-native architectures, ensuring observability, security, policy enforcement, progressive delivery, and autoscaling is like ensuring your spaceship has enough fuel, oxygen, and a backup plan before…

Essential Cybersecurity Practices for Non-Profits

With an ever connected and globalized world, it is not surprising that cybersecurity attacks are on the rise. The repercussions of persistent cybersecurity attacks touch all types of organizations regardless of scale, from huge international companies to small local non-profits…

How to Master a DevSecOps Pipeline that Devs and AppSec Love

When you became a developer, you didn’t imagine you’d be spending a big chunk of your time parsing vulnerability reports, getting stuck in security review cycles, or rerunning CI jobs because the pipeline flagged a dozen “critical issues,” half of…

Secure DevOps in Serverless Architecture

Serverless computing, app development, and deployment have been completely revolutionized by its unparalleled scalability and cost efficiency. Infrastructure management abstraction, which is provided by serverless platforms like AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Azure Functions, allows developers to concentrate on…

How to Achieve SOC 2 Compliance in AWS Cloud Environments

Did you know cloud security was one of the most evident challenges of using cloud solutions in 2023? As businesses increasingly depend on Cloud services like Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host their applications, securing sensitive data in the Cloud…

Mastering Kubernetes Observability: Boost Performance, Security, and Stability With Tracestore, OPA, Flagger, and Custom Metrics

In modern microservices architectures, achieving comprehensive observability is not just an option—it’s a necessity. As applications scale dynamically within Kubernetes environments, tracking performance issues, enforcing security policies, and ensuring smooth deployments become complex challenges. Traditional monitoring solutions alone cannot fully…

Understanding the Fundamentals of Cryptography

Cybersecurity encompasses multiple different domains, including network isolation, platform security and infrastructure security. However, one thing that we less frequently discuss, but use more than often is cryptography. Whether it’s HTTPS, data encryption in databases, disk encryption, or technologies like…

How Security Engineers Can Help Build a Strong Security Culture

In today’s fast-paced world, organizations face increasing cyber threats that can compromise their operational integrity, erode customer trust, and jeopardize financial stability. While it’s crucial to have advanced security technologies in place, many organizations overlook the importance of cultivating a…

Online Developer Tools a Backdoor to Security Threat

< div tabindex=”0″> Free Online Utilities May Not Be Safe Using online developer utilities, such as a JSON Viewer, can be incredibly convenient for parsing and visualizing JSON data, but they also come with significant risks. The tool, for instance,…

Secure IaC With a Shift-Left Approach

Imagine you’re building a skyscraper—not just quickly, but with precision. You rely on blueprints to make sure every beam and every bolt is exactly where it should be. That’s what Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is for today’s cloud-native organizations—a blueprint…

The Rise of Vibe Coding: Innovation at the Cost of Security

Software development teams and professionals are increasingly adopting vibe coding as their preferred approach. Vibe coding involves creating software through instinctual coding methods and minimal planning to achieve quick prototyping or making solutions work immediately. While vibe coding can spark…

Enhancing SQL Server Security With AI-Driven Anomaly Detection

As SQL Server databases become increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, it’s crucial to adopt proactive security measures. Traditional database security mechanisms, such as access controls, role-based permissions, and firewalls, are important but may not be sufficient to detect advanced threats or…

Security by Design: Building Full-Stack Applications With DevSecOps

Building a full-stack application with Angular (frontend) and Node.js (backend) demands a holistic security approach. Security by design means baking in security from the architecture stage and throughout development, rather than as an afterthought. DevSecOps extends DevOps by integrating security…

How GitHub Copilot Helps You Write More Secure Code

Early-career developers often struggle with secure coding practices. GitHub Copilot, an AI pair programmer, can assist in writing safer code when used wisely. However, guidance is key; a 2021 study found that approximately 40% of Copilot’s generated code had security…

A Guide to Auto-Tagging and Lineage Tracking With OpenMetadata

Tagging metadata and tracking SQL lineage manually is often tedious and prone to mistakes in data engineering. Although essential for compliance and data governance, these tasks usually involve lengthy manual checks of datasets, table structures, and SQL code.  Thankfully, advancements…

Cloud Security and Privacy: Best Practices to Mitigate the Risks

Cloud security refers to technologies, best practices, and safety guidelines that help to protect your data from human errors, insider and security threats. Therefore, it naturally covers a wide range of procedures, which are aimed at securing systems from data…

Detection and Mitigation of Lateral Movement in Cloud Networks

How Hackers Bypass Lateral Movement Detection (And How to Stop Them) Detecting lateral movement has emerged as a crucial cybersecurity challenge today. Attackers who breach network perimeters follow a five-step process. They start with reconnaissance, move to their original compromise,…