In today’s data-driven world, businesses face numerous challenges when it comes to storing, securing, and analyzing vast amounts of information. As a developer, engineer, or architect, finding the right storage solution that seamlessly integrates with your infrastructure while providing the…
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Modern Digital Authentication Protocols
Digital authentication is no longer a new term in today’s technology-driven society. It is a critical security mechanism that helps to protect our cyberspace from various types of fraud and identity theft. It is used to enable electronic transactions that…
Getting Started With NCache Java Edition (Using Docker)
NCache Java Edition with distributed cache technique is a powerful tool that helps Java applications run faster, handle more users, and be more reliable. In today’s world, where people expect apps to work quickly and without any problems, knowing how…
Securing Cloud Storage Access: Approach to Limiting Document Access Attempts
In today’s digital age, cloud-hosted applications frequently use storage solutions like AWS S3 or Azure Blob Storage for images, documents, and more. Public URLs allow direct access to publicly accessible resources. However, sensitive images require protection and are not readily…
Role-Based Multi-Factor Authentication
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a method of computer access control in which a user is granted access only after successfully presenting several separate pieces of evidence to an authentication mechanism — typically at least two of the following categories: knowledge…
The Role of Data Brokers in Software Development: Navigating Ethics and Privacy Concerns
Unveiling Data Brokers Data brokers are entities that gather personal information from various sources, then process and organize it to later license to other organizations or individuals for marketing, risk mitigation, identity verification, and other purposes. The information data brokers…
Exploring the Comprehensive World of Burp Suite
Nowadays, with the prevalence of digital risks, it is crucial to make sure online applications are secure. To detect vulnerabilities and provide a strong defense against future cyberattacks, security testing is essential. Burp Suite is one of the many tools…
Remote Work Security Tips for Developers
Remote working arrangements are popular perks for developers. Many appreciate that they can do their jobs without daily commutes. Hiring managers and other decision-makers also like how remote work removes the geographical limitations of physical offices, making it possible to…
Securing Cloud Infrastructure: Leveraging Key Management Technologies
In today’s digital landscape, securing sensitive data has become more critical than ever. With cyber threats on the rise, organizations need robust solutions to protect their valuable information. This is where Key Management Systems (KMS) and Hardware Security Modules (HSM)…
API Governance: Ensuring Control and Compliance in the Era of Digital Transformation
In the dynamic landscape of digital transformation, where Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) serve as the backbone of connectivity and innovation, maintaining control and compliance becomes paramount. API governance, the set of policies, processes, and procedures for managing APIs, plays a…
DevSecOps: Bridging the Gap Between Speed and Security
In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, where speed and security often seem to be at odds, DevSecOps emerges as a pivotal strategy. It’s a methodology that integrates security practices within the DevOps process. As a Chief Architect with extensive…
SOC 2 Audits as a Pillar of Data Accountability
In a digitally-driven world where organizations are entrusted with increasing volumes of sensitive data, establishing trust and credibility is non-negotiable. Regular auditing and accountability play pivotal roles in achieving these goals. An audit is like a comprehensive health check that…
Secure Your Heroku Apps With SSL
If you’re building an application that needs to go toward production, you’ll undoubtedly need to serve it up securely with SSL. What that entails varies from provider to provider, and you’ll encounter differing levels of complexity (and cost) in getting…
The Impact of Biometric Authentication on User Privacy and the Role of Blockchain in Preserving Secure Data
Blockchain technology is a novel solution to privacy concerns and risks associated with the storage and maintenance of biometric data. Blockchain is a form of distributed ledger technology that shares infrastructure across several cybersecurity applications. It underlies cryptocurrencies such as…
The Future of Incident Response: SOAR’s Impact on Cybersecurity Defense
In February 2024, a slew of notable entities fell victim to cybercrime, ranging from UnitedHealth and the personal accounts of Axie Infinity’s co-founder to Hewlett Packard Enterprise, AnyDesk, and various French healthcare payment service providers like Viamedis and Almerys. Even…
Design Principles-Building a Secure Cloud Architecture
To navigate the digital landscape safely, organizations must prioritize building robust cloud infrastructures, and sanctuaries for their valuable data. The foundation of a secure cloud architecture requires steadfast principles and guiding decisions like invisible forces that form a resilient structure.…
10 Commandments of API-First Development
In the realm of software development, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are akin to a magic glue that binds different systems together, allowing them to communicate and work in harmony. An API acts as the user interface for API consumers and…
The Power of AI: Building a Robust Data Ecosystem for Enterprise Success
As enterprises strive to produce results rapidly in a dependable and sustainable manner, the significance of the underlying data becomes paramount. A major challenge in managing this data is the diverse set of capabilities required within a data architecture. It’s…
Secure Your API With JWT: Kong OpenID Connect
Good Old History: Sessions Back in the old days, we used to secure web applications with sessions. The concept was straightforward: upon user authentication, the application would issue a session identifier, which the user would subsequently present in each subsequent…
Exploring Zero-Trust Architecture Implementation in Modern Cybersecurity
Cyber threats are growing more sophisticated, frequent, and damaging, with the average cost of a data breach now reaching $4.24 million, according to IBM’s 2021 report. Clearly, organizations need more robust cybersecurity protections in place, which is leading many to…
Rethinking DevOps in 2024: Adapting to a New Era of Technology
As we advance into 2024, the landscape of DevOps is undergoing a transformative shift. Emerging technologies, evolving methodologies, and changing business needs are redefining what it means to implement DevOps practices effectively. This article explores DevOps’s key trends and adaptations…
Initializing Services in Node.js Application
While working on a user model, I found myself navigating through best practices and diverse strategies for managing a token service, transitioning from straightforward functions to a fully-fledged, independent service equipped with handy methods. I delved into the nuances of…
Understanding the 2024 Cloud Security Landscape
With technology and data growing at an unprecedented pace, cloud computing has become a no-brainer answer for enterprises worldwide to foster growth and innovation. As we swiftly move towards the second quarter of 2024, predictions by cloud security reports highlight…
Building a Sustainable Data Ecosystem
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative technology with vast potential for innovation across various sectors. However, the widespread adoption of generative AI raises significant concerns regarding privacy, fairness, and accountability, particularly in data sharing. This article explores…
Four Common CI/CD Pipeline Vulnerabilities
The continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline represents the steps new software goes through before release. However, it can contain numerous vulnerabilities for hackers to exploit. 1. Vulnerabilities in the Code Many software releases get completed on such tight time frames…
Elevate Your Security Posture: Grafana for Real-Time Security Analytics and Alerts
In the digital age, where data breaches and cyber threats loom large, ensuring the security of your digital assets is paramount. Businesses are in dire need of robust tools that not only detect threats in real time but also provide…
Cohesity Simplifies Data Management and Security for Developers
As a developer, engineer, or architect, managing and securing growing volumes of data across multiple environments can be a complex and time-consuming task. Cohesity, a leading data management company, recently presented at the 54th IT Press Tour, highlighting how their…
7 Essential Practices for Secure API Development
In the interconnected realm of modern software architecture, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are the fundamental building blocks that allow disparate systems, applications, and services to communicate with each other. They facilitate the exchange of data and functionality, enabling a seamless…
Navigating the Shift: Mastering Pod Security in Kubernetes
In the rapidly evolving landscape of Kubernetes, security remains at the forefront of concerns for developers and architects alike. Kubernetes 1.25 brings significant changes, especially in how we approach pod security, an area critical to the secure deployment of applications.…
How Secure Cloud Development Replaces Virtual Desktop Infrastructures
Why Do Organizations Need Secure Development Environments? The need to secure corporate IT environments is common to all functions of organizations, and software application development is one of them. At its core, the need for securing IT environments in organizations…
OWASP Top 10 Explained: SQL Injection
Cyberattacks are a common and permanent threat. This paper is the first in a series about cybersecurity. The aim is to provide software engineers with an understanding of the main threats and how to address them. Most exploits are based…
When a Data Mesh Doesn’t Make Sense for Your Organization
Hype is a funny thing. Sometimes you find yourself in a Godfather Part 2 situation where the hype is totally justified. You hear about it. You try it. Life is changed. Hooray! Other times, you find yourself in more of…
Beyond the Call: AI and Machine Learning’s Role in Evolving Vishing Cyber Threats
Vishing, a fusion of “voice” and “phishing,” represents a sophisticated social engineering tactic that leverages telephonic communication to extract sensitive personal or administrative information. Though not a novel concept, historical instances underscore the enduring efficacy of vishing in breaching security…
Seamless Integration: Connecting AWS Lambda to RDS and Writing Data Effortlessly
Connecting AWS Lambda to an AWS RDS instance allows you to build serverless applications that can interact with relational databases, thereby enabling you to manage database operations without provisioning or managing servers. This comprehensive guide walks you through the process…
Solix Empowers the Data-Driven Enterprise With Comprehensive Data Management and Integration Solutions
Solix, a leading provider of data management and integration solutions, recently presented to the 54th IT Press Tour, sharing insights into how their solutions can help developers, engineers, and architects organize enterprise data and optimize infrastructure. With a mission “to…
Introduction to Modern Data Stack
The modern data stack represents the evolution of data management, shifting from traditional, monolithic systems to agile, cloud-based architectures. It’s designed to handle large amounts of data, providing scalability, flexibility, and real-time processing capabilities. This stack is modular, allowing organizations…
Setup With Pritunl
Overview This documentation provides a comprehensive guide to setting up a Virtual Private Network (VPN) server using Pritunl, a popular open-source VPN server management platform. By following these steps, users can establish a secure and private network infrastructure suitable for…
Mitigating Adversarial Attacks: Strategies for Safeguarding AI Systems
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers transformative potential across industries, yet its vulnerability to adversarial attacks poses significant risks. Adversarial attacks, in which meticulously crafted inputs deceive AI models, can undermine system reliability, safety, and security. This article explores key strategies for…
Incident Management: Checklist, Tools, and Prevention
What Is Incident Management? Incident management is the process of identifying, responding, resolving, and learning from incidents that disrupt the normal operation of a service or system. An incident can be anything from a server outage, a security breach, a…
Decrypting the Future: Unveiling Questions on AI’s Role in Cybersecurity
According to a report by MarketsandMarkets, the global AI in cybersecurity market is projected to skyrocket from $8.8 billion in 2020 to an estimated $38.2 billion by 2026, marking a staggering 23.3% compound annual growth rate during the forecast period.…
iOS Application Security for Beginners
This article provides a brief overview of techniques that can be used in your mobile iOS application to keep it secure enough for the vast majority of cases. If you are a junior or middle iOS developer and have not…
Cybersecurity in the Cloud: Integrating Continuous Security Testing Within DevSecOps
Cloud computing has revolutionized software organizations’ operations, offering unprecedented scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency in managing digital resources. This transformative technology enables businesses to rapidly deploy and scale services, adapt to changing market demands, and reduce operational costs. However, the transition…
Ensuring Security and Compliance: A Detailed Guide to Testing the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Flow in Python Web Applications
Creating an OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server from scratch involves understanding the OAuth 2.0 framework and implementing its various components, such as the authorization endpoint, token endpoint, and client registration. In this detailed guide, we’ll walk through building a simple OAuth…
Unpacking Our Findings From Assessing Numerous Infrastructures (Part 2)
When superior performance comes at a higher price tag, innovation makes it accessible. This is quite evident from the way AWS has been evolving its services: gp3, the successor of gp2 volumes: Offers the same durability, supported volume size, max IOPS…
Secure Your API With These 16 Practices With Apache APISIX (Part 2)
Last week, we listed 16 practices to help secure one’s APIs and described how to implement them with Apache APISIX. Authentication: Verifies the identity of users accessing APIs. Authorization: Determines permissions of authenticated users. Data Redaction: Obscures sensitive data for…
Guarding the Gates of GenAI: Security Challenges in AI Evolution
Generative AI (GenAI) represents a significant leap in artificial intelligence, enabling the creation of novel and realistic data, from text and audio to images and code. While this innovation holds immense potential, it also raises critical concerns regarding data security…
Integrating Software Supply Chains and DevOps: Tips for Effectively Reconciling Supply Chain Management and DevOps
Editor’s Note: The following is an article written for and published in DZone’s 2024 Trend Report, The Modern DevOps Lifecycle: Shifting CI/CD and Application Architectures. Software supply chains (SSCs) have become a prevalent topic in the software development world, and for…
Maximizing Feedback for Developers With Continuous Testing
Developers need feedback on their work so that they know whether their code is helping the business. They should have “multiple feedback loops to ensure that high-quality software gets delivered to users”[1]. Development teams also need to review their feedback…
Securing and Monitoring Your Data Pipeline: Best Practices for Kafka, AWS RDS, Lambda, and API Gateway Integration
There are several steps involved in implementing a data pipeline that integrates Apache Kafka with AWS RDS and uses AWS Lambda and API Gateway to feed data into a web application. Here is a high-level overview of how to architect this…
The Role of Penetration Testing in Strengthening Cyber Defenses
Digital security has become a significant worry for organizations of different sizes in today’s fast-paced world. With the rate at which digital threats continue to develop, enhancing security measures is very important to protect vulnerable data and infrastructure. This defense…
Top 5 Common Cybersecurity Attacks MSPs Should Know in 2024
As Managed Service Providers (MSPs) continue to play a crucial role in managing IT services for businesses, understanding the landscape of cybersecurity threats becomes paramount. The year 2024 is no exception, with cybercriminals employing more sophisticated methods to breach defenses.…
Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Age of Cyber Threats
Critical Infrastructure Protection is the need to safeguard a nation/region’s important infrastructures, such as food, agriculture, or transportation. Critical infrastructures include transportation systems, power grids, and communication systems. Critical infrastructure protection is important to communities because any damage to these…
An Approach To Synthetic Transactions With Spring Microservices: Validating Features and Upgrades
In fintech application mobile apps or the web, deploying new features in areas like loan applications requires careful validation. Traditional testing with real user data, especially personally identifiable information (PII), presents significant challenges. Synthetic transactions offer a solution, enabling the…
Explore Salesforce OAuth Authorization Flows and Its Use Cases
Have you authorized an application to access Salesforce without giving your credentials to that application? Then, you must have used a Salesforce OAuth authorization flow. OAuth is a standard for authorization. Salesforce uses several OAuth flows, and all these flows…
AI Against AI: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence To Detect Deepfakes and Vishing
In today’s digital age, the proliferation of Deepfake technology and voice phishing (vishing) tactics presents a significant challenge to the authenticity and security of digital communications. Deepfakes manipulate audio and video to create convincing counterfeit content, while vishing exploits voice…
Unveiling the Power of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Concerns about internet privacy and security are more common than ever in the quickly changing digital environment. As individuals and organizations participate in a variety of online activities, the necessity to protect sensitive information has resulted in the widespread use…
Fortifying Web Applications: A Guide To Preventing SQL Injection in AWS RDS SQL Server
SQL injection remains one of the most pernicious forms of security vulnerabilities facing databases today. This attack method exploits security weaknesses in an application’s software by injecting malicious SQL statements into an execution field. For databases hosted on Amazon RDS…
Automating Policy Enforcement in Kubernetes Using OPA: A Step-By-Step Tutorial
In the rapidly evolving world of cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes has emerged as the de facto orchestration tool, enabling businesses to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications with unparalleled efficiency. However, as the complexity of deployments grows, ensuring compliance and governance…
Best Practices To Secure Stateless REST Applications
Statelessness in RESTful applications poses challenges and opportunities, influencing how we manage fundamental security aspects such as authentication and authorization. This blog aims to delve into this topic, explore its impact, and offer insights into the best practices for handling…
Build a Flow Collectibles Portal Using Cadence (Part 2)
Welcome to the final step in creating your Collectibles portal! (for part 1, see here). In this part, we’ll focus on building the front end — the last piece of the puzzle. Here’s what we’ll achieve: This article has been…
Security Best Practices for Docker Images
Docker images play a pivotal role in containerized application deployment. They encapsulate your application and its dependencies, ensuring consistent and efficient deployment across various environments. However, security is a paramount concern when working with Docker images. In this guide, we…
Web Application Security: The Ultimate Guide to Coding Best Practices
Web applications have become deeply integrated into business operations and everyday life. However, this reliance also introduces major security risks if applications are not properly coded and configured. Implementing secure coding practices is, therefore, essential for any web application. Not…
The Art of Ethical Hacking: Securing Systems in the Digital Age
In today’s world, where everything is connected to the internet, cybersecurity is more significant than ever. Cyberattacks can cause serious damage to individuals, businesses, and governments by stealing data, disrupting services, or compromising systems. To prevent these attacks, we must…
Secure Your API With These 16 Practices With Apache APISIX (Part 1)
A couple of months ago, I stumbled upon this list of 16 practices to secure your API: Authentication: Verifies the identity of users accessing APIs. Authorization: Determines permissions of authenticated users. Data redaction: Obscures sensitive data for protection. Encryption: Encodes data…
Enabling Compliance and Security in AI-Driven, Low-Code/No-Code Development
AI is rapidly changing the way that people develop and build their own apps, automation, and copilots, helping enterprises improve efficiency and outputs without further straining IT and the help desk. While this is leveling the playing field for software…
Tips To Help GitHub Admins Prepare A Company For SOC 2 And ISO 27001 Audits
Who doesn’t want to be treated as a safe, trustworthy, and reliable business? It’s hard to find anybody in the IT or cybersecurity area who would say that they don’t. That is the reason why everybody who works with data…
The Use of Machine Learning in Cybersecurity: Threat Detection and Prevention
With a rapidly increasing reliance on online networks, cloud computing, and online data storage, companies must strengthen their cybersecurity procedures. As the cyber terrain grows, so does the onslaught of cyber threats that put companies at risk of data breaches,…
Exploring the Nexus Between DevSecOps and Cybersecurity
DevSecOps, short for Development, Security, and Operations, is an approach to software development that integrates security practices into the DevOps (Development and Operations) process. The main goal of DevSecOps is to ensure that security is an integral part of the…
Hiding Data in DB2
In this article, we’ll talk about fine-grained access control in DB2 – hiding data that is, in fact, present in the database, but should not be accessible to certain users. Fine-grained access control is usually done in the database itself…
Common Cybersecurity Threats and How To Protect Yourself
Cybersecurity threats are acts performed by people with hurtful expectations, whose objective is to take information, do harm or disrupt computing systems. Normal classes of cyber threats include malware, social engineering, man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, denial of service (DoS), and injection…
Securing the Digital Frontline: Cybersecurity Trends and Best Practices in Networking
< div> In the fast-paced digital landscape, where connectivity is paramount, the need for robust cybersecurity measures in networking has never been more critical. This article delves into the latest trends and best practices in cybersecurity, aiming to provide insights…
Safe Clones With Ansible
I started research for an article on how to add a honeytrap to a GitHub repo. The idea behind a honeypot weakness is that a hacker will follow through on it and make his/her presence known in the process. My…
Cybersecurity: A Trojan Horse in Our Digital Walls?
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity has been widely celebrated as a technological triumph. However, it’s time to confront a less discussed but critical aspect: Is AI becoming more of a liability than an asset in our…
Launch Your Ethereum Donation dApp Today: Easy Steps With MetaMask, Alchemy, and GitHub Codespaces
In the rapidly evolving world of blockchain technology, building decentralized applications (dApps) presents a unique opportunity for developers to explore the potential of Ethereum and smart contracts. This article aims to guide you through the process of creating a simple…
NIST AI Risk Management Framework: Developer’s Handbook
The NIST AI RMF (National Institute of Standards and Technology Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework) provides a structured framework for identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with artificial intelligence technologies, addressing complex challenges such as algorithmic bias, data privacy, and…
Safeguarding Web Applications With Cloud Service Providers: Anti-CSRF Tokenization Best Practices
Cloud services have transformed organizational approaches to security, presenting a range of tools and features to strengthen defenses against evolving threats. This study examines the multifaceted involvement of cloud service providers in enhancing security through Anti-CSRF tokenization and the establishment…
Don’t Just Let It iPaaS: How To Get More Out of Your Digital Transformation
Have you ever wondered what gives the cloud an edge over legacy technologies? When answering that question, the obvious but often overlooked aspect is the seamless integration of disparate systems, applications, and data sources. That’s where Integration Platform as a…
The Noticeable Shift in SIEM Data Sources
SIEM solutions didn’t work perfectly well when they were first introduced in the early 2000s, partly because of their architecture and functionality at the time but also due to the faults in the data and data sources that were fed…
K8s Network Policy Automation in Falco Talon
Setting up robust network security in Kubernetes is a challenge that demands both precision and adaptability. NetworkPolicy offers the potential for highly specific network configurations, enabling or blocking traffic based on a comprehensive set of criteria. However, the dynamic nature…
Securing Applications Throughout the Software Development Lifecycle
In the last few years, many organizations from various industries, including retail, media, healthcare, automotive, finance, aviation, real estate, etc., have been affected by security incidents or data breaches. Q2 2023 saw 2.6 times more data breaches than Q1 2023.…
Integration Security and Safety When Connecting With External Systems
Any organization with interconnected systems must prioritize integration security in order to safeguard sensitive business and customer information. But with so many options for securing integrations, picking the right combination of features and protocols could make or break your security.…
Hybrid Cloud Backup: A Comprehensive Guide To Securing Your Data
The era of digital transformation has ushered in a new dimension of data management challenges, with businesses of all sizes grappling with how to safeguard their critical data assets. Amid this backdrop, hybrid cloud backup has emerged as a pivotal…
Designing for Security
Security is an important aspect of any software application. Often, it is the least priority and is overlooked while designing a system. The main focus is emphasized on functional and non-functional requirements to design our system for end users. However,…
How to Onboard and Protect Remote Teams With Secure Cloud Environments
How Secure Cloud Development Addresses the Challenge of Working Securely With Remote Teams The landscape of software development is constantly changing, and secure Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) have brought about a remarkable transformation in secure project management and execution when…
Security Considerations in Kubernetes
Kubernetes is a robust container orchestration technology that is extensively used for containerized application deployment, scaling, and management. While Kubernetes provides a number of capabilities for protecting containerized workloads, it is critical to understand and handle numerous security aspects in…
Securing Your AWS RDS Instances: Best Practices and Examples
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Relational Database Service (RDS) simplifies the setup, operation, and scaling of a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while automating time-consuming administration tasks such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and…
Managing IoT Edge Devices at Scale: Device Lifecycle and Configuration Management
IoT has ushered in an era of unprecedented connectivity and data collection. IoT edge devices, ranging from sensors to industrial machines, have become integral to various industries, offering insights, automation, and efficiency. However, managing a large number of these edge…
Build a Digital Collectibles Portal Using Flow and Cadence (Part 1)
In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to build a website for collecting digital collectibles (or NFTs) on the blockchain Flow. We’ll use the smart contract language Cadence along with React to make it all happen. We’ll also learn about Flow,…
VPN Log vs. Zero-Log Policy: A Comprehensive Analysis
Data, often referred to as the lifeblood of modern businesses, enables organizations to embrace innovations that further enhance productivity. However, harnessing this power comes with great risks. Increasing reliance on data being collected comes with the challenges of safeguarding this…
The Impact of Open-Source Software on Public Finance Management
Many government bodies have historically been averse to open-source software (OSS). Now that OSS has gained popularity and shown what it can do in the private sector, that’s changing. The open-source movement holds significant potential for public agencies, too, especially…
Combating Malware Threats
In the digital age, the security landscape is continually evolving, with malicious actors developing and deploying a variety of sophisticated malware to exploit systems, steal data, and disrupt operations. Understanding the diverse array of malware types is crucial for individuals,…
Evolution of Privacy-Preserving AI: From Protocols to Practical Implementations
Year by year, artificial intelligence evolves and becomes more efficient for solving everyday human tasks. But at the same time, it increases the possibility of personal information misuse, reaching unprecedented levels of power and speed in analyzing and spreading individuals’…
Securing the Keys to the Kingdom: Exploring the Depths of Privileged Access Management (PAM)
In the paradigm of zero trust architecture, Privileged Access Management (PAM) is emerging as a key component in a cybersecurity strategy, designed to control and monitor privileged access within an organization. This article delves into the pivotal role of PAM…
Hardening Apache APISIX With the OWASP’s Coraza and Core Ruleset
The Open Worldwide Application Security Project is an online community that produces freely available articles, methodologies, documentation, tools, and technologies in the fields of IoT, system software and web application security. The OWASP provides free and open resources. It is…
Good Application Security Posture Requires Good Data
The term ‘security posture” is used to describe the state of an organization’s overall security and response readiness. Multiple solutions are emerging that aggregate findings to provide a holistic view of enterprise security risks. Security posture can also be seen…
Best Practices To Create Highly Secure Applications in Mule 4
In this blog, I would like to share a few best practices for creating highly secure applications in Mule 4 (security at various levels/layers — application, data, etc.) for all deployment options. Most of the configuration details (relevant to security)…
Unleashing the Power of WebAssembly to Herald a New Era in Web Development
The continuous upgrades in the landscape of web development are empowering software developers every day with all the leverage they need to enhance performance, improve efficiency, and create richer user experiences across various domains. Enter WebAssembly (Wasm), a game-changing technology…
A Comprehensive Guide To Achieving SOC 2 Compliance
Data security and privacy are one of the top priorities for organizations and their clients in the current digital era. Industry standards and regulatory frameworks have been developed to make sure that businesses manage sensitive data appropriately. The SOC (System…
Developing Software Applications Under the Guidance of Data-Driven Decision-Making Principles
This article underscores the vital role of data in the creation of applications that deliver precise outputs aligned with business requirements. To architect and cultivate an application that yields precise outputs in alignment with business requirements, paramount emphasis must be…
Composability in Flow: Unlocking Technical and Business Opportunities
Composability in blockchains refers to a framework that permits the interaction and interconnection of discrete elements, especially smart contracts. This kind of modular ecosystem is important as it helps programmers utilize existing components to build advanced systems very quickly. In…