Security teams today normally perform ongoing vulnerability remediation as a key part of their efforts to secure applications. This process entails applying updates to remove known flaws, typically published as Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs), that are discovered in third-party libraries within application code. While “applying updates” might sound like a straightforward task, in practice, eliminating vulnerabilities has become increasingly challenging in the current environment.

Organizations whose IT infrastructure relies heavily on Microsoft will often adopt Azure Functions as part of their cloud modernization strategy. Azure Functions is an on-demand serverless solution that enables you to build and deploy event-driven code without worrying about provisioning and managing infrastructure. Azure Functions offers simplified development and deployment, automatic scaling, and seamless integration with other Azure services all within a cost-efficient pay-for-what-you-use model.

When building applications that ingest and analyze millions of data points per second, developers as a rule require good observability data on workload performance. That principle certainly holds true for us on the Cloud SIEM team, where delivering a highly reliable and responsive product to our customers is central to our day-to-day operations.

As financial services companies, such as banks, hedge funds, and stock exchanges, move to the cloud, sensitive data often unintentionally moves with them. To help avoid costly breaches and address governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) requirements such as PCI-DSS, GDPR, and SOC 2, these organizations may need to identify where in the cloud sensitive data can leak and be able to redact it at scale.

On April 19, 2024, Datadog’s US5 website (app.us5.datadoghq.com) started experiencing elevated error rates, though they were low enough that most of our users didn’t notice them. For the next few days, we worked around the clock responding to multiple episodes of this mysterious attack, which gradually unfolded as we investigated. We also implemented several measures to reduce the impact on our customers.

In November 2023, Datadog announced the launch of Security Inbox, a solution that equips security and engineering teams with valuable insights for mitigating security risks. Security Inbox takes the guesswork out of addressing the most pressing security risks by automatically organizing them into an actionable list for remediation. As of today, Security Inbox has already served thousands of security and engineering teams, giving them the right context at the right time for protecting their environments.

Akamai is a cloud content delivery and security platform that helps organizations secure their applications, APIs, network access, and credentials that workforces and customers use every day. Akamai Zero Trust provides enhanced security for users, devices, and data across an organization by securing access to the corporate network, SaaS applications, email, and other resources.

Snowflake is a fully managed data platform that enables users to store, process, and analyze large volumes of data across their cloud environments. Recently, Datadog’s Security Research Team posted a threat hunting guide to help defenders ensure the security of their Snowflake instances.