The primary inspiration for this article was my feeling that unfortunately, IT and Cyber too often work in silos — with security constraints often poorly addressed or insufficiently shared. It was also inspired by meetings with people working in Cyber,…
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AWS Cloud Security: Key Components, Common Vulnerabilities, and Best Practices
With organizations shifting at a rapid pace to the cloud, securing the infrastructure is of paramount importance in their list of priorities. Even though AWS provides a varied set of tools and services related to security and compliance. There are…
Understanding WebRTC Security Architecture and IoT
In the IoT world, security is one of the biggest challenges. When you’re connecting multiple devices together over a network, various doors are left ajar to security threats, along with an increase in the number of doors themselves that open…
Securely Sign and Manage Documents Digitally With DocuSign and Ballerina
This article was written using Ballerina Swan Lake Update 10.0 (2201.10.0) but is expected to remain compatible with newer versions. DocuSign is a leading digital transaction management platform that allows users to sign, send, and manage documents securely and efficiently.…
Enhancing Cloud Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure Protection
Cloud computing has become one of the core building blocks for modern software development. It underpins scalable web applications and forms a foundation for national infrastructure. In turn, as more enterprises and organizations adopt the cloud, the increased efficiency and…
On SBOMs, BitBucket, and OWASP Dependency Track
The museum of old and new architectures I am involved with forced me to look into safeguarding them. For instance, an old dependency can turn CVE or a solid open-source project can go commercial. This is where the concept of…
Data Governance Challenges in the Age of Generative AI
Data governance refers to the policies and processes that ensure the management, integrity, and security of organizational data. Traditional frameworks like DAMA-DMBOK and COBIT focus on structured data management and standardizing processes (Otto, 2011). These frameworks are foundational in managing…
Achieving Security and Trust in a Data Fabric: The Role of Zero Trust Architecture
Organizations face the growing challenge of managing, protecting, and governing data across diverse environments. As data flows through hybrid cloud systems, multi-cloud environments, and on-premises infrastructures, maintaining a cohesive, secure data ecosystem has become a complicated and daunting affair. A…
Emerging Mobile Threats and Defensive Strategies for Developers
Mobile applications have become indispensable across industries, from banking to healthcare. However, their rapid growth has led to an equally fast increase in security threats. The problem lies in the increasing sophistication of attacks on mobile platforms, the rising volume…
Optimizing GitHub Access Management for Enterprises: Enhancing Security, Scalability, and Continuity with Jenkins GitHub App Authentication and Load Balancing
As enterprises expand their software development practices and scale their DevOps pipelines, effective management of continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) processes becomes increasingly important. GitHub, as one of the most widely used source control platforms, plays a central…