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What's New in Teleport 10

This post introduces all the features released in Teleport 10. Teleport 10 includes version 10.0, 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3. You can always find an up-to-date status of Teleport releases in our docs. Teleport 10 is the biggest release so far in the history of Teleport in terms of feature sets. Before we dive into all the Teleport 10 features, let me first introduce you to...

How to Access Infrastructure Without Usernames and Passwords

A password is a secret, and a secret can be lost, stolen or traded on dark web marketplaces. Most engineers know this, that’s why every SSH tutorial begins with the instructions for disabling passwords and enabling private/public key pairs. But a private key is just another form of a secret. In this article, I will try to explain why all forms of secrets are bad for you.

The Developer's Guide to IaC Scanning

IaC (infrastructure as code) is the latest tool to transform the face of IT infrastructure – in a nutshell, it means managing and provisioning infrastructure through code instead of manual processes. IaC provides developers with a blueprint that allows them to create tools and provision infrastructure on-demand while staying in control, increasing efficiency, and maintaining consistency when deploying updates and changes.

A Deep Dive into Custom Spark Transformers for Machine Learning Pipelines

CrowdStrike data scientists often explore novel approaches for creating machine learning pipelines especially when processing a large volume of data. The CrowdStrike Security Cloud stores more than 15 petabytes of data in the cloud and gathers data from trillions of security events per day, using it to secure millions of endpoints, cloud workloads and containers around the globe with the power of machine learning and indicators of attack.

Buffer overflow attacks in C++: A hands-on guide

A buffer overflow is a type of runtime error that allows a program to write past the end of a buffer or array — hence the name overflow — and corrupt adjacent memory. Like most bugs, a buffer overflow doesn’t manifest at every program execution. Instead, the vulnerability is triggered under certain circumstances, such as unexpected user input.

How to Develop a Risk Culture at Your Organization

Risk is inseparable from the modern business landscape – and therefore, every company needs an effective risk management program to identify, assess, manage, and mitigate risk. Robust processes, solid internal controls, and an enterprise risk management framework can help an organization identify best practices, share knowledge, and track metrics to meet these strategic objectives. But another critical element to risk management binds all those other components together: risk culture.

How COVID-19 Affected and Caused Cyberattacks on Hospital Systems

Healthcare organizations such as hospitals and clinics are vulnerable to all manner of cyberattacks, particularly phishing and business email compromise (BEC) scams, man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, and data breaches. Third-party risks and ransomware risks are also serious security problems in healthcare, especially in the post-COVID era. The medical world had already noted such cyberattacks years ago. The COVID-19 pandemic only underlined those worries about cyber attacks.

Meeting the Third-Party Risk Requirements of the CCPA in 2022

Often regarded as the Californian version of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) aim’s to increase consumer rights by giving California residents greater control over the use of their personal data. The CCPA heavily regulates the use of any data that could potentially link to the identity of a consumer or household, either directly or indirectly.