As a small kid, I remember watching flying monkeys, talking lions, and houses landing on evil witches in the film The Wizard of Oz and thinking how amazing it was. Once the curtain pulled back, exposing the wizard as a smart but ordinary person, I felt slightly let down. The recent explosion of AI, and more specifically, large language models (LLMs), feels similar. On the surface, they look like magic, but behind the curtain, LLMs are just complex systems created by humans.

The current state of OT/IOT security is being repainted with a new coat of risk. The shade of color? Cellular routers and the vulnerabilities within firmware. In our new report with Finite State, our joint research explores the risks organizations face within the software supply chains of OT/IoT routers. Hardware has firmware – operational software – within its memory components.

The role of vulnerability management has never been more critical, especially as professionals in the field face the daunting task of securing entire organizations with minimal budget and headcount.

Snyk is widely recognized as one of the top security tools for developers, especially when it comes to finding vulnerabilities in open-source code, containers, and infrastructure as code. However, no tool is perfect for every scenario and access to the Snyk platform comes with a price tag. Depending on your needs, there may be Snyk alternatives that provide better integration, features, or just better value for money.

AI adoption continues to move at a breakneck speed for businesses across the globe, as shown in a Coatue report comparing AI adoption to early internet adoption and found that AI growth is happening at two times the speed of the former.

In the fast-paced world of modern software development, grasping the full scope of an application is essential for managing an application security program. This entails having visibility into all the application assets involved in building the app, knowing their ownership, and understanding their importance to the development process and the broader business.