Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

A cloud-based application security assessment (or ASA) is a systematic evaluation to identify vulnerabilities and improve security in cloud applications. It aims to ensure the application’s structural, design, and operational integrity against all cyber threats. A staggering 82% of data breaches in 2023 involved data stored in the cloud.

At Jit, we have often spoken about different security frameworks and standards, and how they apply to practical security. One of the aspects we like to look at closely when exploring security frameworks, is the way in which engineering teams can take these good practices and apply them to their day-to-day engineering work. Essentially, how to codify or operationalize these practices.

Today at RSA Conference 2024, Mend.io and Sysdig unveiled a joint solution targeted at helping developers, DevOps, and security teams accelerate secure software delivery from development to deployment. The integration incorporates the exchange of runtime insights and application ownership context between Sysdig Secure and Mend Container to provide users with superior, end-to-end, and risk-based vulnerability prioritization and remediation across development and production environments.

The Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is a new cybersecurity regulation that aims to ensure the security of “products with digital elements” (PDEs) sold in the EU market.

Web applications serve as the backbone of business operations, and the rise in cyber threats has put a spotlight on vulnerabilities that can compromise the integrity and confidentiality of web applications. But where to start? Security frameworks can help security and development teams understand the top risks and how to harden their applications against them, while guiding technical professionals on how to protect their applications against attacks.

Containers are integral to modern application development portability, resource efficiency, and ease of deployment. But there is a flip side to these benefits. Unlike traditional applications, containers bundle everything needed to run, making them a scattered setup for hidden security issues. 54% of container images in Docker Hub were found to contain sensitive information that could lead to unauthorized access, data breaches, or identity theft.

A Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) inventories all of the open source components and other third-party libraries within a codebase. Much like IKEA instructions explain which parts are included in the package for your new furniture, an SBOM describes all of the third party components in your codebase. Most SBOMs contain the following information about the make-up of an application: Security vulnerabilities: a key use case for SBOM is understanding the security risks of third party components.