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…
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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…