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…
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Building Secure Transaction APIs for Modern Fintech Systems Using GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot is not just a new tool anymore. It’s becoming a code productivity accelerator tool. In regulated industries like fintech, where speed must match uncompromising security standards. AI-assisted coding can shift the developer workflow from reactive to proactive. In…
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,…
AI-Driven Threat Hunting: Catching Zero-Day Exploits Before They Strike
Picture this: you’re a cybersecurity pro up against an invisible enemy. Hidden in your network are zero-day exploits, which represent unknown vulnerabilities that await their moment to strike. The time you spend examining logs becomes pointless because the attack might…
Implementing Secure Multi-Tenancy in SaaS Applications: A Developer’s Checklist
Secure Multi-Tenancy Implementation Guide As a developer who has worked extensively with SaaS applications, I’ve learned that implementing secure multi-tenancy is one of the most critical aspects of building scalable software-as-a-service platforms. Through my experience, I’ve compiled this comprehensive checklist…
Unity Catalog + AI: How Databricks Is Making Data Governance AI-Native in 2025
The cross-section of artificial intelligence and data governance has come to a defining moment in 2025, but Databricks is taking the lead here. As AI technologies and enterprise data ecosystems evolve rapidly, and the ecosystems themselves become more complex, traditional…
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…
Implementing Least Privilege in AWS IAM: Principles, Practices, and Automation
The principle of least privilege is fundamental to securing cloud environments by ensuring that identities have only the permissions necessary to perform their tasks. In AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), sticking to the principle of least privilege is one…
Lock-Free Programming: From Primitives to Working Structures
Working with multiple threads is one of the most complex problems we may encounter in our daily work. When put against the wall of multithreading, most people right away reach out for blocking approaches. In Java, it takes the form…
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…
AI-Driven Threat Hunting: Catching Zero Day Exploits Before They Strike
Picture this: you’re a cybersecurity pro up against an invisible enemy. Hidden in your network are zero-day exploits, which represent unknown vulnerabilities that await their moment to strike. The time you spend examining logs becomes pointless because the attack might…
Burn that List: Smarter Use of Allowlists and Denylists in Multi-Tenant Systems
In multi-tenant systems—whether you’re managing an API gateway, identity platform, or SaaS product—access control is essential. Two of the most widely used tools for managing that access are allowlists and denylists. These mechanisms define who or what is permitted or rejected,…
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…
How Hackers Exploit Spring Core Vulnerability in 2025: Proactive Measures to Detect Emerging Cyber Threats
API management has emerged as a critical and strategic factor in staying ahead of the market leaders. However, digital transformation has significant disadvantages, such as opening the door to hackers. Hackers have been quick to take advantage of a serious…
11 Best Practices for Developing Secure Web Applications
Applications related to the web enable business, e-commerce, and user interactions to be the backbones of the e-world of a more and more digital world. In this growth, there is one thing that has gone up, and that is web…
AI-Powered Security for the Modern Software Supply Chain: Reinforcing Software Integrity in an Era of Autonomous Code and Expanding Risk
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. In today’s software landscape, the supply chain has grown from a controlled…
The Invisible Risk in Your Middleware: A Next.js Flaw You Shouldn’t Ignore
Web development in 2025 has evolved at an incredible pace. We’ve gone from clunky monoliths to sleek, scalable apps powered by frameworks like Next.js, which millions of developers now rely on for building modern, server-rendered React applications. But as our…
Compliance Automated Standard Solution (COMPASS), Part 8: Agentic AI Policy as Code for Compliance Automation With Prompt Declaration Language
(Note: A list of links for all articles in this series can be found at the conclusion of this article.) In the last two blog posts of this multi-part series on continuous compliance, we presented Compliance Policy Administration Centers (CPAC)…
Maximizing Return on Investment When Securing Our Supply Chains: Where to Focus Our Limited Time to Maximize Reward
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 goal of DevOps and DevSecOps — and whatever future contractions come…
Securing Software Delivery: Zero Trust CI/CD Patterns for Modern Pipelines
Modern CI/CD pipelines are essential for rapid and reliable software delivery. But as pipelines automate more stages of the development lifecycle—from code validation to production deployment—they have also become a major target for exploitation. Traditional pipelines often operate on broad…
Advanced SSL Certificate Troubleshooting for Windows: Chain of Trust, Debugging, and Best Practices
SSL/TLS certificates are foundational to secure communications on the internet. However, Windows environments present unique challenges that go beyond basic certificate installation and troubleshooting. If you’re already familiar with SSL fundamentals, you’ll want to know how to handle complex certificate…
The 7 Biggest Cloud Misconfigurations That Hackers Love (and How to Fix Them)
Look, I’ve been in cybersecurity for over a decade, and I’m tired of seeing the same preventable disasters over and over again. Cloud security breaches aren’t happening because of some sophisticated nation-state actor using a zero-day exploit. They’re happening because…
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…
The OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications: An Overview of AI Security Risks
The world of AI, especially with Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI, is changing the game. It’s like we’ve unlocked a superpower for creating content, automating tasks, and solving tricky problems. But, as with any new superpower, there are…
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…
A Keycloak Example: Building My First MCP Server Tools With Quarkus
Recently, I explored how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is gaining traction in the Java ecosystem, with frameworks like Spring AI, Quarkus, and LangChain4j starting to adopt it for integrating language models via standardized interfaces. It was also time to…
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…
Threat Modeling for Developers: Identifying Security Risks in Software Projects
Software projects can have disastrous breaches resulting from security flaws that expose private information and compromise user confidence. Preventive security measures become critical as applications get more sophisticated. One of the best ways to find and reduce possible hazards before…
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…
Zero-Trust AI: Applying Cybersecurity Best Practices to AI Model Development
Large language models are fast-developing and transforming the way we use technology. The rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini in 2022 has led to common business exploration and employee adoption, frequently including unapproved use of tools such…
The Untold Costs of Automation: Are We Sacrificing Security for Speed?
Are we getting too aggressive with speed and efficiency in automation, losing the battle to security? If security isn’t prioritized, automation can accelerate risks as quickly as it accelerates processes, leading to severe consequences. A study conducted on the IBM…
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…
Beyond the Checklist: A Security Architect’s Guide to Comprehensive Assessments
A security architect’s role extends far beyond designing secure systems. It demands a continuous, vigilant approach to assessing the effectiveness of implemented controls against evolving threats. With the proliferation of cloud-native architectures, microservices, and distributed environments, a mere checklist approach…
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…
Provider-Agnostic OIDC Auth Flow for Your Apps (PyJWT + FastAPI)
When building web applications, handling authentication securely and reliably is critical. That’s where OpenID Connect (OIDC) comes in. OIDC is a thin identity layer built on top of OAuth 2.0, and it gives your app the ability to verify who…
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…
Cybersecurity Innovations in Software Development: How Developers Are Tackling Security Threats
Cybersecurity is more critical than ever as technology becomes more integrated into our daily lives and business operations. Cyber threats change quickly, so software developers need to make sure that apps, data, and users are safe by putting strong security…
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…
Why 99% Accuracy Isn’t Good Enough: The Reality of ML Malware Detection
The threat of malware in enterprises is evolving each year. As enterprises expand their digital footprint through remote work and cloud adoption, their attack surface increases, making them more vulnerable to targeted malware campaigns. FBI’s 2023 Internet Crime Report showed…
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…
Evaluating Similariy Digests: A Study of TLSH, ssdeep, and sdhash Against Common File Modifications
The field of digital forensics often uses signatures to identify malicious executables. These signatures can take various forms: cryptographic hashes can be used to uniquely identify executables, whereas tools like YARA can help malware researchers identify and classify malware samples.…
Secure Your Oracle Database Passwords in AWS RDS With a Password Verification Function
Protecting database access through strong password policies is a cornerstone of security in any environment. When deploying Oracle databases on AWS RDS, enforcing password complexity is essential, but the approach differs slightly from on-premises Oracle environments. AWS provides two primary…
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,…
Serverless IAM: Implementing IAM in Serverless Architectures with Lessons from the Security Trenches
When I first began working with serverless architectures in 2018, I quickly discovered that my traditional security playbook wasn’t going to cut it. The ephemeral nature of functions, the distributed service architecture, and the multiplicity of entry points created a…
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…
Privacy-Preserving AI: How Multimodal Models Are Changing Data Security
Ever had that feeling that your phone is listening to you? You mention something random in conversation, and suddenly you’re bombarded with ads about it. Creepy, right? Privacy concerns surrounding AI have always been there. But something fascinating is happening…
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…
The Synergy of Security and Development: Integrating Threat Models With DevOps
In our digital-first world, security isn’t just important — it’s non-negotiable, especially within DevOps environments. Yes, DevOps brilliantly accelerates development by bridging the gap between development and operations teams. But here’s the catch: that impressive speed sometimes races past essential…
Securing DevOps Pipelines: A Practical Guide to Balancing Speed and Security
Security has been a major concern in today’s world. Security issues lead to data breaches with consequences such as data loss and financial losses. As a result, there is a need to focus on enhancing security. The OWASP top 10…
Enterprise Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Security Policies and Tuning
I’ve worked with a lot of enterprise customers over the years—big ones, too—and a common struggle I see is with their Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies. Even though they’ve had the product for years, they often face one of two…
When Airflow Tasks Get Stuck in Queued: A Real-World Debugging Story
Recently, my team encountered a critical production issue in which Apache Airflow tasks were getting stuck in the “queued” state indefinitely. As someone who has worked extensively with Scheduler, I’ve handled my share of DAG failures, retries, and scheduler quirks,…
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…
Proactive Security in Distributed Systems: A Developer’s Approach
Once the product becomes famous and the customer base increases, it is no longer viable to serve the customers using simple systems without too many bottlenecks. Distributed software systems are inevitable, and it is directly related to the growth of…
The Role of AI in Identity and Access Management for Organizations
Introduction Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a key pillar of any organization. It plays a vital role in enterprise security—securing the resources and the data of an organization by making sure only authorized users have access. As the IT infrastructure…
Analyzing Techniques to Provision Access via IDAM Models During Emergency and Disaster Response
Introduction A natural or human-made disaster is a significant concern for populations across the world. It is important that the response to such cases be prompt and effective so that human and financial losses are minimized. In addition, while the…
IoT and Cybersecurity: Addressing Data Privacy and Security Challenges
The Internet of Things has shaken up our lives, connecting everything from smart homes to massive industrial systems in a pretty smooth way. Sure, these tech upgrades make our day-to-day so much easier, but they have also brought some real…
Securing the Future: Best Practices for Privacy and Data Governance in LLMOps
Over the last few years, they have rapidly developed in the field of large language models (LLMs) since these models can now underpin anything, from a customer service chatbot to an enterprise-grade solution. Now that such models are more woven…
Prioritizing Cloud Security Risks: A Developer’s Guide to Tackling Security Debt
In this era of ever-growing digital footprint, decreasing security debt has become so critical for organizations operating in the cloud. The myriads of unresolved security findings expose services vulnerable to emerging threats as well as pose risk to compliance and…
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…
Building Resilient Identity Systems: Lessons from Securing Billions of Authentication Requests
As workforce becomes more digital, identity security has become the center of enterprise cyber security. This is particularly challenging given that more than 40 billion authentication requests are processed each day, across platforms and devices, and more solutions than ever are…
Endpoint Security Controls: Designing a Secure Endpoint Architecture, Part 2
As we understood the foundational principles for designing and reviewing endpoint security controls in Part 1, we also covered key topics such as standardizing and enrolling approved devices and operating systems, enforcing strong authentication and centralized identity management, and validating…
Secure by Design: Modernizing Authentication With Centralized Access and Adaptive Signals
Introduction Managing identity and access management (IAM) for large-scale enterprises is a complex challenge, particularly when dealing with legacy systems that cannot be transitioned from overnight to modern authentication. Traditional migration often spans years, leaving enterprises burdened with technical debts…
Endpoint Security Controls: Designing a Secure Endpoint Architecture, Part 1
As organizations embrace digital transformation and hybrid work, the endpoint becomes both a critical productivity enabler and a significant security liability. Laptops, desktops, smartphones, and even IoT devices form the frontline in the battle for data integrity and organizational resilience.…
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,…
Developers Beware: Slopsquatting and Vibe Coding Can Increase Risk of AI-Powered Attacks
Security researchers and developers are raising alarms over “slopsquatting,” a new form of supply chain attack that leverages AI-generated misinformation commonly known as hallucinations. As developers increasingly rely on coding tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and DeepSeek, attackers are exploiting…
FIPS 140-3: The Security Standard That Protects Our Federal Data
FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) [1] defines a set of public security standards developed by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) [2] that govern the security requirements for cryptographic modules used in government systems. FIPS 140-3 is the latest…
Understanding IEEE 802.11(Wi-Fi) Encryption and Authentication: Write Your Own Custom Packet Sniffer
Introduction As of 2023, it’s estimated that 42 billion cumulative Wi-Fi enabled devices have been shipped (Wi-Fi® by the Numbers: Technology Momentum in 2023, n.d.). Every new device adds to the increasing wireless attack surface, and it’s important for anyone…
Agentic AI for Automated Application Security and Vulnerability Management
It was not so long ago that I was having a much closer look at how AI is becoming embedded in our everyday developer work. I have watched more intelligent code suggestions, automated testing routines, and those ubiquitous chatbots become…
5 Subtle Indicators Your Development Environment Is Under Siege
Think your organization is too small to be a target for threat actors? Think again. In 2025, attackers no longer distinguish between size or sector. Whether you’re a flashy tech giant, a mid-sized auto dealership software provider, or a small…
AI-Based Threat Detection in Cloud Security
Abstract This article explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is enhancing threat detection in cloud certificate environments. It explicates how dissimilar AI modeling, such as supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning, is used to describe and respond to security measures and threats…
How Trustworthy Is Big Data?
Businesses and individual users now employ big data analysis to support decision-making, engineering innovation, and productivity levels. However, the surge in the reliance on big data leads to growing concerns regarding its accuracy and trustworthiness. Although big data provides unprecedented…
Immutable Secrets Management: A Zero-Trust Approach to Sensitive Data in Containers
Abstract This paper presents a comprehensive approach to securing sensitive data in containerized environments using the principle of immutable secrets management, grounded in a Zero-Trust security model. We detail the inherent risks of traditional secrets management, demonstrate how immutability and…
Building Enterprise-Ready Landing Zones: Beyond the Initial Setup
Introduction Cloud providers offer baseline landing zone frameworks, but successful implementation requires strategic customization tailored to an organization’s specific security, compliance, operations, and cost-management needs. Treating a landing zone as a turnkey solution can lead to security gaps and operational…
Cookies Revisited: A Networking Solution for Third-Party Cookies
Cookies are fundamental aspects of a web application that end users and developers frequently deal with. A cookie is a small piece of data that is stored in a user’s browser. The data element is used as a medium to…
It’s Not About Control — It’s About Collaboration Between Architecture and Security
In the day-to-day operations of companies, solution architecture and information security are two areas that inevitably intersect. Both play a key role in building robust, scalable, and reliable technology environments. However, one question lingers — though rarely openly discussed: what…
Unlocking the Potential of Apache Iceberg: A Comprehensive Analysis
Apache Iceberg has emerged as a pioneering open table format, revolutionising data management by addressing big challenges. In this article, we’ll delve into Iceberg’s capabilities, discuss its limitations, and explore the implications for data architects. A Brief History Lesson: Hadoop’s…
Hybrid Cloud vs Multi-Cloud: Choosing the Right Strategy for AI Scalability and Security
As enterprises accelerate AI adoption, their cloud strategy determines whether they can efficiently train models, scale workloads, and ensure compliance. Given the computational intensity and data sensitivity of AI, businesses must choose between hybrid cloud and multi-cloud architectures. While both…
Issue and Present Verifiable Credentials With Spring Boot and Android
As digital identity ecosystems evolve, the ability to issue and verify digital credentials in a secure, privacy-preserving, and interoperable manner has become increasingly important. Verifiable Credentials (VCs) offer a W3C-standardized way to present claims about a subject, such as identity…
Unlocking the Benefits of a Private API in AWS API Gateway
AWS API Gateway is a managed service to create, publish, and manage APIs. It serves as a bridge between your applications and backend services. When creating APIs for our backend services, we tend to open it up using public IPs.…
While Performing Dependency Selection, I Avoid the Loss Of Sleep From Node.js Libraries’ Dangers
Running “npm install” requires trusting unknown parties online. Staring at node_modules for too long leads someone to become a node_modules expert. We Should Have Solved This Issue By 2025 The registry expands relentlessly at the rate of one new library…
Optimize Deployment Pipelines for Speed, Security and Seamless Automation
A developer’s work doesn’t stop once the code is written. The real action begins when it’s deployment day. The process—managing multiple environments, testing new features, or ensuring seamless uptime during releases—must be fast, secure, and efficient. Can you imagine a…