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Application Security: The Best/Worst Is Yet to Come

Avatar photo by Charlene O’Hanlon on April 23, 2021
In the wake of recent high-profile breaches, all eyes are on application security. Yet, application security hasn’t always received the attention during the application development process it deserves. Many organizations deploy applications with known vulnerabilities to meet their deadlines, with the idea that they’ll be addressed in the next update. That’s a dangerous gamble. DevSecOps..
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Adopting a Strategic Mindset for Cloud-Native Application Protection

Avatar photo by Charlene O’Hanlon on April 14, 2021
With more applications being developed in a cloud-native fashion, using containers and serverless architecture, organizations should think about smarter, more efficient and more reliable ways to protect their applications. Cyberattackers are more innovative and are achieving more success in compromising cloud-native applications, so vigilance is a must for developers, security professionals and IT organizations. Download..
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Heading Off a Cloud Security Crisis

Avatar photo by Charlene O’Hanlon on December 14, 2020
Application workloads deployed in the cloud, in theory at least, should be more secure than those deployed on-premises, because a cloud service provider has all the expertise required to secure those platforms. Organizations run into trouble, however, when responsibility for cloud security is shared between the cloud service provider and the IT personnel that deploy..
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The State of Cloud Native Security 2020

Avatar photo by Charlene O’Hanlon on July 8, 2020
The first annual State of Cloud Native Security report examines the practices, tools and technologies innovative companies are using to manage cloud environments and drive cloud native development. Based on a survey of 3,000 cloud architecture, InfoSec and DevOps professionals across five countries, the report surfaces insights from a proprietary set of well-analyzed data.  
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The Business Case for Cloud Threat Defense

Avatar photo by Charlene O’Hanlon on June 14, 2020
When evaluating solutions for cloud compliance and security, the most common options include repurposing legacy data center solutions, building from scratch, or buying a cloud native security product. This report provides an overview of the practical benefits of Prisma Cloud, one such cloud native security product, along with a prepared cost/benefit analysis.  
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