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5 Important Facts about Security as a Service | Cyber Security as a Service Provider

Security as a Service (SECaaS) is not a new term, but with the increase in remote workers, a decrease in IT budgets, and an increase in hacker activity, SECaaS is more important than ever. Here are 5 important security-as-a-service questions answered that could help your organization improve your IT budget and security levels.

Using Open Policy Agent to safeguard Kubernetes

Open Policy Agent addresses Kubernetes authorization challenges with a full toolkit for integrating declarative policies into any number of application and infrastructure components. As more and more organizations move containerized applications into production, Kubernetes has become the de facto approach for managing those applications in private, public and hybrid cloud settings.

Image scanning for Google Cloud Build

In this article, you will learn how to add inline image scanning to a Google Cloud Build pipeline using the Sysdig Secure DevOps platform. We will show you how to create a basic workflow to build your container image, scan the image, and push it to a registry. We will also customize scanning policies to stop the build if a high-risk vulnerability is detected.

A New Framework for Modern Security

We are in the midst of an unprecedented convergence of events that are forcing enterprises to dramatically change how they secure their modern businesses. With the acceleration of digital transformation from COVID-19, work-from-home initiatives, the continued growth of SaaS and the increasing adoption of microservices-based applications, the modern enterprise threat landscaping is transforming rapidly.

It's All About Access: Remote Access Statistics for Public Cloud Workloads

“The more things change, the more they stay the same.“ In the recent Equinix breach in September 2020, 74 RDP servers were exposed to the Internet. Any publicly exposed ports are a risk but remote access protocols such as RDP have had their share of critical vulnerabilities (e.g., BlueKeep in 2019).

Calico and K8s Network Policies - An Overview and Comparison

In an age where attackers are becoming more and more sophisticated, network security as a line of defense is more important than ever. Network Policy is the primary tool for securing a Kubernetes network. It allows you to easily restrict the network traffic in your cluster so only the traffic that you want to flow is allowed. In this training session, we will go over the core concepts in Kubernetes Network Policies and Calico Network Policies. Compare and contrast between the two models, and highlight when to use one versus the other.

How Your Business Can Benefit From Card Issuing APIs

FinTech isn't new, but the reach of its usefulness continues to spread into unexpected areas. One such area is card issuing. Card issuing is the ability of financial institutions to issue debit or credit cards—either physical or virtual. This might not seem like much, but when combined with new business needs and consumer trends we start to see interesting use cases crop up.

The BSIMM: Five key steps to a better software security initiative

If you care about software security—and you should, since to be in business today means that no matter what you do or produce, you’re also a software company—you should be interested in the Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM). It can serve as a roadmap to better security.

Insider threats: What are they and how to prevent them

Companies need to establish a secure system to avoid insider threats and other online issues that could destroy a business. There are different online threats that businesses face every day. The most common of which is phishing attacks were the victim accidentally clicks on an unsafe link and log in. Other commonly known threats to businesses are malware, ransomware, weak passwords, and insider threats. Most of these online attacks are due to what is known as insider threats.