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Modern applications are made up of more than first-party code and third-party dependencies. Even a single application links back to a vast ecosystem of cloud environments, containers, third-party base images, and automated container orchestration. Along with the ability to build applications faster, developers also need to secure code and associated dependencies, deployment configuration, and containers running in production.

This blog post series offers a gentle introduction to Rego, the policy language from the creators of the Open Policy Agent (OPA) engine. If you’re a beginner and want to get started with writing Rego policy as code, you’re in the right place. In this three-part series, we’ll go over the following: As a reminder, Rego is a declarative query language from the makers of the Open Policy Agent (OPA) framework.

On July 14, CISA published an industrial control system (ICS) advisory about two new critical vulnerabilities affecting Rockwell Automation ControlLogix communication modules: CVE-2023-3595 and CVE-2023-3596. CISA and Rockwell Automation recommended that asset owners patch vulnerable devices and add controls such as segmenting networks and using network intrusion detection.

A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news. Quite a strange and serious concern if funds are just leaking don’t you think?

In the world of digital transactions, businesses handling payment cards must demonstrate their data security measures through the Payment Card Industry Self-Assessment Questionnaire (PCI SAQ). Completing the SAQ is a key step in the PCI DSS assessment process, followed by an Attestation of Compliance (AoC) to confirm accuracy. Level 1 merchants and service providers, mandated by PCI SSC or customers, must complete a Report on Compliance (RoC), while others use an SAQ.

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GitOps can be a powerful means of achieving continuous compliance in Kubernetes deployments. It provides transparency for any changes made to your infrastructure, along with the ability to trace and audit these changes. In this article, we will discuss how GitOps can enhance security and ensure compliance in Kubernetes deployments. We will also discuss potential security threats that GitOps could introduce into a Kubernetes infrastructure.

Fastly WAF is a hybrid SaaS solution powered by Signal Sciences. With innovative features like context-based detection through SmartParse, it significantly reduces false positives. Fastly states on its website that over 90% of its WAAP deployments are configured in a blocking mode, a unique achievement matched only by AppTrana and Imperva within the WAAP market.

In an era of rapid technological advancements, healthcare organizations are always looking for ways to become more productive and more efficient. In this quest, they are increasingly turning to citizen development and Generative AI tools to streamline processes and drive innovation. Citizen development empowers non-technical employees to create their own applications and automations, thereby enhancing operational efficiency.

CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations has been investigating a series of cyberattacks and strategic web compromise (SWC) operations targeting organizations in the transportation, logistics and technology sectors that occurred in October 2023. Based on a detailed examination of the malicious tooling used in these attacks, along with additional reporting and industry reports, CrowdStrike Intelligence attributes this activity to the IMPERIAL KITTEN adversary.