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Cybersecurity is a trending topic among boards and executives. Yet, many organizations need more technical capabilities to prepare and respond effectively to cyber incidents and regulatory requirements. Let’s explore what cybersecurity professional services really are and how they can help take an organization’s security to the next level.

“This is the golden era of application security,” says Founder of Manicode Security and secure coding trainer Jim Manico on episode 26 of The Secure Developer podcast. Ten years ago, Manico says, security training was “a quirky thing to do — something to do on the side.” Now, assessment tools are mature, good literature on assessment makes knowledge more accessible, and a wide range of intelligent people are building secure applications.

Every security framework recommends that an organization has a cybersecurity training program for all employees, but few give much guidance about what the program should contain. What do you train them on? What actually works? Other than checking a box on the compliance forms, are these programs useful?

For many OPA users, they find it best to learn by example. That’s why we’re introducing a new Styra Academy Course, “OPA by Example!” For users that want to deepen their policy and Rego knowledge or better operationalize Open Policy Agent (OPA), this free course provides real-world examples to help you on your way.

APIs are the foundation to digital transformation, forging connections between applications, platforms, and services. And whether they realize it or not, all of today’s modern businesses are managing thousands of APIs in their cloud and on-premises environments. However, this innovation comes with caution as APIs also present a rapidly expanding attack surface for security teams to monitor and protect.

Noname Security is excited to announce that our API Security Workshop will allow you to earn Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits. That’s right! Noname has partnered with (ISC)2, the world's leading association for empowering cybersecurity professionals and is now an approved (ISC)2 CPE Submitter Partner. By attending our 4-hour API Security Workshop, you will receive 4 CPE credits.