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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.

Philadelphia, PA, November 9, 2023 – Leading cyber risk management and threat intelligence provider Outpost24 today announced the release of Threat Explorer, an advanced vulnerability intelligence and custom alerting tool for continuous threat monitoring.

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.

We’re thrilled to share that WatchGuard has been recognized in the 2023 TrustRadius Best Of Awards! With the “Best Of Awards,” TrustRadius recognizes products that have the highest percentage of positive reviews and ratings. This recognition certifies that WatchGuard products meet all these criteria with the highest quality standards. Three WatchGuard products were recognized, each earning all award badges – Best Feature Set, Best Value, and Best Relationships.

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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.

It’s been a long journey toward securing and optimizing the enterprise branch, from the days of rigid MPLS networks to the agile era of SD-WAN. Now comes the next stage of that journey: Secure access service edge (SASE), which, when architected correctly, converges the most important network and security capabilities into a single cloud-delivered service. Before we talk about how, though, let’s examine why SASE’s moment is now.

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.