Security
How To Prevent Corporate Data Leaks In The Cloud
Misconfigurations of cloud resources can lead to various security incidents and ultimately cost your organization dearly. Here’s what you can do to prevent cloud configuration conundrums. Forget shadowy attackers deploying bespoke zero-day exploits from afar. A risk that is far more real for organizations as they embark on ambitious digital transformation projects is human error. In fact, …
29 Must-Know Cybersecurity Statistics For 2020
The damage related to cybercrime is projected to hit $6 trillion annually by 2021, according to Cybersecurity Ventures. To give you a better view of the current state of overall security, we’ve collected 29 vital statistics about data breaches, hacking, industry-specific statistics, as well as spending and costs. The Big Five Worldwide spending on cybersecurity is going to …
October Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Why Being Cyber‑Smart Matters
The month of October is associated with a variety of themes, but it also ushers in the start of autumn and pumpkin-spiced lattes and culminates with one of the scariest days of the year – Halloween. However, beyond the uptick in Starbucks stock prices and the sale of costumes, October is marked as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in …
Why We Open Sourced Our Security Project
It’s not just coding that we do in the open. When Nathaniel McCallum and I embarked on the project that is now called Enarx, we made one decision right at the beginning: the code for Enarx would be open source, a stance fully supported by our employer, Red Hat (see the standard disclaimer on my blog). All of …
Improve Your Security Posture With New Overly Permissive Firewall Rule Insights
Are you a network security engineer managing large shared VPCs with many projects and applications deployed, and struggling to clean up hundreds of firewall rules accumulated overtime in the VPC firewall rule set? Are you a network admin setting up open firewall rules to accelerate cloud migration, but later struggling to close them down without …
Use Open Source Tools To Set Up A Private VPN
Use OpenWRT and Wireguard to create your own virtual private network on your router. Getting from one place to another over a computer network can be a tricky thing. Aside from knowing the right address and opening the right ports, there’s the question of security. For Linux, SSH is a popular default, and while there’s …
Software Testing Trends To Watch 2021
2020 showed us the world can change suddenly, affecting all areas: the QA industry is no exception. Let’s talk today about the testing trends for 2021! Security systems Security has become a key goal. We use the software a lot and become more vulnerable to cyberattacks, so careful security testing at every development stage is …
Establishing A Scalable Collaboration Between Security And DevOps
In a recent blog post, we’ve discussed the journey many IT organizations are on to digital transformation and the trajectory they have taken in recent years. Drawing from a recent webinar run with 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, we looked at the cloudy future of workload deployment locations and current DevOps adoption …
3 Email Rules To Live By In 2021
Email is not instant messaging. Prevent email from being a constant interruption by following these rules. In prior years, this annual series covered individual apps. This year, we are looking at all-in-one solutions in addition to strategies to help in 2021. Welcome to day 2 of 21 Days of Productivity in 2021. Like many of …
Recipe For Success: How Technology Is Making Food Safer
Whether it’s turkey and stuffing for U.S. Thanksgiving, jiao zi to celebrate the Chinese New Year, or mithai for Diwali – holidays typically mean food. The way your food gets from the farm to your fork is changing – and technology is playing a vital role. Robots are already taking orders in burger joints, social …