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The Preventative, Developer-Driven Approach to Software Security

Avatar photo by Charlene O’Hanlon on March 10, 2022
The focus on automation, tooling and reactive responses to cyber threats can no longer stand alone against an increasingly sophisticated threat landscape, where attackers are also employing advanced tools to successfully breach even the most protected networks and systems. What is needed is a human-led approach to software security, with security-skilled developers who are incentivized..
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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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Identity: The Real Key to Security

Avatar photo by Charlene O’Hanlon on March 23, 2021
Identity and access management (IAM) has long been touted as an effective way to ensure data security by providing access only to those who have the correct permissions. In today’s increasingly distributed IT environment, more organizations look for zero-trust computing architectures that rely on more sophisticated approaches to IAM based on multi-factor authentication. Download this..
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Cybersecurity Turns the COVID-19 Corner

Avatar photo by Charlene O’Hanlon on February 1, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a defining moment for cybersecurity. Security perimeters crumbled overnight as entire workforces started working from home, and most gave little thought to the security implications. From a cybersecurity perspective, change reigned. In 2021, many cybersecurity teams are still working to adjust to a new reality. In theory, once..
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Managing the AppSec Toolstack

Avatar photo by Charlene O’Hanlon on September 21, 2020
The best cybersecurity defense is always applied in layers—if one line of defense fails, the next should be able to thwart an attack, and so on. Now that DevOps teams are taking  more responsibility for application security by embracing DevSecOps processes, that same philosophy applies to security controls. The challenge many organizations are facing now..
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