So you’re running microservices in containers? Congratulations! This is an important step towards meeting those business needs around delivering applications to the hands of your customers as soon as possible. But how can we mitigate any potential risks associated with faster software deployment? Simple, with Snyk.

As developers, we spend a lot of time in our IDEs writing new code, refactoring code, adding tests, fixing bugs and more. And in recent years, IDEs have become powerful tools, helping us developers with anything from interacting with HTTP requests to generally boosting our productivity. So you have to ask — what if we could also prevent security issues in our code before we ship it?

Recently, Snyk added Social Trends to its vulnerability data . This new indicator shows you what vulnerabilities are trending so you can better prioritize remediation. Our research team found out that there is a strong correlation between socially trending vulnerabilities and the existence of exploits that can actually harm your application.

Suppose you’ve been working with container images for more than a minute. In that case, you’re probably familiar with those ubiquitous documents that describe, layer-by-layer, the steps needed to construct an image: Dockerfiles. Did you know that there is a growing set of tools for building OCI compliant images without Dockerfiles?

Snyk has been long invested in promoting application security awareness and practices through many of our initiatives, including actively participating in communities and foundations. Some examples include: Today, we’re proud to further engage with the community by announcing the Snyk Ambassadors program.

Shipping your apps in containers gives you the freedom to build upon the work of others. You can pick from a variety of ready-to-use container images that will run nearly any code or framework you have. Snyk Container already helps users manage their parent images and provide guidance when there are better options available — images with few vulnerabilities, or a smaller footprint overall, or both.

We’re honored to share that, for the second consecutive year, Snyk has been named to the prestigious Forbes Cloud 100 List, coming in at #39! The full list, unveiled yesterday, is Forbes’ “definitive ranking of the best, brightest, and most valuable private companies in the cloud.” We’re up 47 spots from our ranking last year — a testament to our incredible team, growth, and maturation as a company in 2021 thus far. And it’s only August!

Snyk security policies just got a whole lot more powerful with a new action and two new conditions, helping your development and security teams assess risk and focus resources more efficiently. For developers, the less “noise” the better. Tasked with fixing issues that are simply not important or relevant is a waste of valuable development time and will likely result in creating frustration and mistrust.