Many of our customers rely on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Well-Architected Framework as a guide to build safe, secure, and performant applications in the cloud. AWS offers the Well-Architected Review (WAR) Tool as a centralized way to track and trend adherence to Well-Architected best practices. It allows users to define workloads and answer a set of questions regarding operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization.

Breaches and cyberattacks are on the rise in the healthcare industry. The recent acceleration of digital technology and connectivity within Healthcare has led to significant patient care delivery improvements, more effective population health management, and better patient outcomes. With this increased technology and connectivity, however, comes increased exposure to cyberattacks that can impact patient care delivery, safety, and privacy.

For many businesses, global third-party vendors have become an important source of strategic advantage and business value. Yet outsourcing is not without its risks. As reliance on third-parties continues to grow, so does the number of headline stories of regulatory action and reputational damage that arise from third-party breaches or failure. Those driving organizations need to reconsider how they approach, identify and manage third-party risk.

Apache Tomcat is the leading Java application server by market share and the world's most widely used web application server overall. Currently at version 8, the popular web server has not been without its security flaws, perhaps most famously publicized in this incident of aircraft hacking by security researcher Chris Roberts earlier this year. However, hardening Tomcat's default configuration is just plain good security sense—even if you don't plan on using it on your plane's network.

When it comes to application security (AppSec), most experts recommend using Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) and Static Application Security Testing (SAST) as “complementary” approaches for robust AppSec. However, these experts rarely specify how to run them in a complementary fashion.