Topic: security

Stateless: Microservice network functions are the next step for encryption everywhere

Encryption everywhere requires an increase in multi-tenancy and scalability, and according to software defined interconnect provider Stateless, the move forward is to split that complexity into microservices. “One of the main challenges with security is its complexity. The more complex the system, the more it’s prone to security issues, because it’s prone to errors and … continue reading

Google explains cloud-native security model

To address security issues as early in the development and deployment lifecycle as possible, Google implemented a new approach to cloud-native security called BeyondProd. Google released a whitepaper to show how other companies can benefit from BeyondProd as well. Cloud-native security steers away from the traditional perimeter-based security model in which all users or services … continue reading

How will augmented reality drive change in cybersecurity?

Augmented reality is a powerful technology with far-reaching implications. That said, there’s one sector in which it hasn’t yet reached its full potential: Cybersecurity.  AR technology could bring about some incredibly positive changes, up to and including solving the talent shortage.  I’d like you to imagine the following scenario.  An automated intrusion detection system flags … continue reading

ITOps news digest: AWS Security Hub and AWS Firewall Manager, TIBCO Cloud Integration on Microsoft Azure, and smart home device connectivity

Amazon has announced its AWS Security Hub will now integrate with AWS Firewall Manager. The security hub provides a comprehensive view of security alerts and compliance status while the firewall manager is a security management system for configuring and managing AWS WAF, AWS Shield Advanced and Amazon VPC Security Group. According to the company, the … continue reading

The Update Framework becomes first security project to graduate CNCF

The Update Framework (TUF) has become the first specification and first security-focused project to graduate the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). It was accepted as a CNCF project in 2017 and has become the industry’s “de facto standard” for securing software update systems, according to the foundation. “We designed TUF so that an organization does … continue reading

ITOps 2020 predictions from around the industry

Tim Armandpour, SVP of engineering at PagerDuty Forget reliability — with the adoption of resilience engineering and the proper use of automation, operators can expect a 20% reduction in unplanned work. Today’s organizations are fixated on the reliability of their technology. But any developer can tell you that the reality is not if it will … continue reading

ITOps Times news digest: Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks team up, SolarWinds Backup for Office 365, and Intel’s acquisition of Habana Labs

The new partnership will work to help customers stay secure with new offerings and services for cloud computing and cybersecurity. Palo Alto will leverage Google Cloud Platform for its cloud applications and to provide enterprise-scale operations.Solutions the companies plan on working on are a new security framework for multi-cloud environments with Anthos, and new integrations … continue reading

ITOps Times news digest: TeamViewer Patch Management, Certificate of Cloud Auditing Knowledge, and Ampertiy’s Sandboxes for IT

Remote connectivity solution provider TeamViewer is introducing Patch Management to its monitoring and asset management solution. Patch Management is designed to provide vulnerability detection, patch deployment, and TeamViewer integrations. Key features include Windows and third-party application updates, an intuitive interface and automation and custom policies. As part of the monitoring and asset management solution, benefits … continue reading

AWS Identity and Access Management Access Analyzer detects unintended resource access

AWS announced the Identity and Access Management (IAM) Access Analyzer at its AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas this week. The new solution is designed to analyze access control policies attached to resources and determines which resources can be accessed publicly or from other accounts.  It continuously monitors all policies for Amazon Simple Storage Service … continue reading

ITOps Open-Source Project of the Week: Tungsten Fabric

This week’s open-source project of the week is a network virtualization platform for the cloud. Tungsten Fabric is an open-source scalable and multi cloud networking platform designed to provide a single point of control for networking and security observability and analytics. The project was originally hosted by Juniper Networks and known as OpenContrail. Juniper open … continue reading

ITOps news digest: Cloudflare’s Flan Scan, OneLogin’s support for AWS Session Tags, and OCF-over-Thread

Cloudflare is open sourcing its in-house lightweight network vulnerability scanner Flan Scan. According to the company, Flan Scan was created after unsuccessful attempts with industry standard scanners. “A little over a year ago, we were paying a big vendor for their scanner until we realized it was one of our highest security costs and many … continue reading

KubeCon: Securing Kubernetes with STRIDE

When you’re architecting your infrastructure around Kubernetes, you need to make sure you’re securing it properly. In a talk at this week’s KubeCon in San Diego, Pushkar Joglekar, security engineer at Visa, explained some of the best practices for securing Kubernetes.  At Visa, the payment workflow boils down to: “Do it fast and with a … continue reading

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