More organizations than ever run on Infrastructure-as-Code cloud environments. While migration brings unparalleled scale and flexibility advantages, there are also unique security and ops issues many don’t foresee. So what are the major IaC ops and security vulnerabilities? Configuration drift. Cloud config drift isn’t a niche concern. Both global blue-chips and local SMEs have harnessed Coded Infrastructure.

Password security is crucial to preventing cyberattacks. It is important to find a password manager that enables the zero-trust security model to mitigate the risks of data breaches from compromised user accounts. The U.S. government released a memorandum earlier this year, detailing the requirement for federal agencies to achieve zero trust by the end of Fiscal Year 2024 in an effort to strengthen their cyberdefenses.

Achieving CMMC compliance is no easy feat. CMMC requirements are stricter than most, and focus heavily on documentation. This certification is also still relatively new, so it’s constantly undergoing changes.

Authorities that lay down compliance regulations often update them in order to keep them relevant. However, for organizations that fall under the purview of these regulations, it can be a challenge to keep up with the updates and ensure that they stay compliant.

In the Godfather Part II, Michael Corleone says, “There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” This lesson Vito Corleone taught his son Michael is just as applicable to IT security configuration management (SCM).

When configuring an email client application or an email server to send to relay emails, many questions come to one’s mind, such as which SMTPs should be used, what is the purpose of each of these ports, which are standard ports, which ports allow secure communication and many more.