As a developer or member of a DevOps team, you probably know the stress and satisfaction of pouring your heart and soul into developing a groundbreaking cloud-native application. But without proper protection, your hard work could be compromised in seconds. That’s where CNAPP comes in, revolutionizing how we can ensure the security of our applications.
The pressure to ship software faster to meet market demands is compromising security in a big way. As cyber criminals find ways to use the glaring disconnect between developers and security policies, companies consider security a necessity rather than a compliance measure. As a result, 2022 studies show that 68% of companies are shifting towards security and making developers share responsibility for a secure software development lifecycle.
Open-source software has been a godsend for the development community. They bring lower development costs, faster application delivery, and greater flexibility; it’s no wonder nearly 90% of modern applications comprise third-party software nowadays. That’s not to say open-source software doesn’t come with its share of pitfalls, including security risks and vulnerabilities.
If you use the Azure cloud, Azure security groups should be on your radar because they’re a fundamental component of securing your resources. As we move into 2023, 63% of SMB workloads are hosted in the cloud, and cyber threats continue to increase, with 45% of breaches reportedly being cloud-based. The good news is Azure security groups act as virtual firewalls, allowing you to define and control access to your network resources, such as virtual machines, subnets, and applications.
In 2022, the adoption of infrastructure as code (IaC) soared, with IaC domain specific languages like HCL, Shell and GoLang gaining popularity and momentum across the open source tools ecosystem. In fact, the rise of Policy as Code is the result of a new paradigm blurring the lines between IT, legal and R&D departments – everything as code. But what do developers have to do with compliance and infrastructure provisioning? What does PaC entail, and what types of PaC are there?
As developers, we’re constantly under pressure to innovate at speed. In 2022, 60% of developers who responded to a GitLab survey acknowledged that code is moving to production at an increasingly faster clip–up to five times faster than in previous years. But juggling tight deadlines with ever-evolving security threats is no joke. When prioritizing speed, unsafe code eventually slips into production.
If you prioritize long-term security and success, you should be analyzing your applications from the inside out. Enter Static Application Security Testing (SAST), a proactive method of identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities in an application’s source code before deployment.
The software development landscape moves quickly. As organizations seek to innovate at increasing speed, developers find ways to develop and deploy digital apps faster. More than 500 million cloud-native digital apps and services are being deployed this year–the same number of apps developed over the last 40 years! Against this backdrop, ensuring software code security and quality has become more critical–and challenging.
Imagine this: you’re a developer working on a critical software application that thousands of people use daily. You’ve spent countless hours writing and testing code and are proud of what you’ve created. But as the application grows more complex and new features are added, you worry about potential security risks. How can you be sure that every component and dependency is secure and up-to-date? It’s a daunting task that can keep you up at night.
Jest is one of the most commonly used test frameworks for JavaScript testing. With the rise of asynchronicity in modern web development, it’s important to know how to test your async code properly to ensure your application runs smoothly. Asynchronous testing has been a pain point for many developers starting out with Jest.
