Tag: DZone Security Zone

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…