Copying files between computers is a common task, and there are a lot of protocols designed to do just that. But not all protocols are created equally. Many people use the popular OpenSSH scp command to transfer files, but few understand the risks surrounding it. This blog post will attempt to explain what the SCP and SFTP protocols are, how they work, and why SFTP should be used wherever possible.
Application security is an essential part of the software development lifecycle, and getting it right should be a top priority in today’s ever-evolving and expanding digital ecosystem. Application security is the practice of protecting your applications from malicious attacks by detecting and fixing security weaknesses in your applications’ code.
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) is a simple, scalable and fully managed file storage service to support the storage and throughput needs of your Kubernetes applications. Amazon EFS is designed to be highly available and durable, however your EFS data can still be prone to data loss, data corruption, and have compliance issues. Amazon EFS Backup and Restore of data helps protect against data loss due to hardware failures, accidental deletion, ransomware attacks, or other types of disasters.
In any software development cycle, it is best practice to catch issues as early as possible since it both improves security and decreases the workload for both developers and security. In order to do this, CrowdStrike offers solutions for developers at build time that allow them to assess their Docker container images and review summarized report data integrated with their favorite CI/CD tools like Jenkins.
Software applications are the weakest link when it comes to the security of the enterprise stack. In The State of Application Security, 2022, Forrester reports that the majority of external attacks occur either by exploiting a software vulnerability (35 percent) or through a web application (32 percent). Source: Forrester: The State of Application Security 2022
