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CyRC Case Study: Securing BIND 9

Learn how you can improve your application security posture by adopting best practices from the BIND 9 team. All application development teams face the same fundamental questions, from the selection of third-party components to the processes and tools that ensure resilience and security. This article describes how the ISC development team addresses security in the BIND 9 application, one of the foundational applications of the modern internet.

Tech tales: Achieving PCI compliance with application security testing

In our new tech tales series, we discuss how Synopsys customers use our products and services to uncover security risks in their organization. Synopsys customers span every industry—from small to large enterprises across financial services, automotive, public sector, medical and healthcare, and much more. One thing they all have in common is building trust into their software.

Building security into existing source code management workflows

Shifting visibility downstream in the SDLC with an AppSec tool like Code Dx enables companies to build high-quality software, faster. A key component of DevOps is the ability to support software branching and merging. Software branching enables software development teams to develop multiple parts of software at the same time, to have multiple releases for various platforms, and to help manage larger software teams with many different roles and responsibilities.

Black Duck Open Source Audits: Working through licensing issues like a pro

It’s critical to have the right people and approach when it comes to understanding and resolving licensing issues in open source audits. Many of our regular Black Duck Audit customers have well-honed processes that kick in after we deliver reports. We’ve gleaned some ideas and approaches from working with these clients and the biggest pro tip? You need a pro, i.e., make sure you have an open source-savvy attorney involved.

CyRC Vulnerability Analysis: CVE-2022-1271 in gzip, but it's not as bad as it sounds

CVE-2022-1271 is a new vulnerability affecting gzip, a widely used open source component for archiving, compressing, and decompressing files. CVE-2022-1271, also tracked in the Black Duck KnowledgeBase™ as BDSA-2022-0958, is a bug in gzip, a file format and software application used for archiving, compressing, and decompressing files.