Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

“We need to get stuff done – but I’m not supposed to let you.” Shipping high priority code, meeting tight release deadlines, fighting incident fires —there are countless reasons why today's engineering teams need to move at lightspeed. This need for speed may put them at odds with security objectives.

Generative AI (GenAI) is transforming the cybersecurity landscape, requiring Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and their teams to adapt quickly to both opportunities and challenges, according to the Gartner report 4 Ways Generative AI Will Impact CISOs and Their Teams. As organizations integrate GenAI into business processes, it is critical to secure not only the technology’s development but also its consumption across the enterprise.

Hey folks, let's be real. Change in the tech world can be a real pain. Especially when it's not on your terms. We've all heard the news about Skybox closing its doors, and if you're like a lot of us, you're probably feeling a mix of frustration and "what now?" It's tough when a private equity decision, like the one impacting Skybox, shakes up your network security strategy. You've invested time and resources in your Skybox implementation, and now you're looking at a forced switch.

Automation has the capacity to transform the way IT teams operate, from automated threat hunting to automated patching. However, not all organisations are making the most of its capabilities. In fact, many IT teams are suffering from ineffective automation strategies.

As cyber threats targeting critical infrastructure continue to evolve, the energy sector remains a prime target for malicious actors. Protecting the electric grid requires a strong regulatory framework and robust cybersecurity monitoring practices. In the United States, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) play key roles in safeguarding the power system against cyber risks.

At Datadog, we build and operate a complex, self-managed infrastructure that spans multiple cloud providers and serves many customers in regulated environments. We need to secure this large, distributed infrastructure while maintaining strict uptime requirements and scaling our finite people resources. In this post, I’ll detail the playbook that we use on Datadog’s Cloud Security team for securing our infrastructure, including.