Strategies for Increasing AI Efficiency - Insights from the Cisco Research Efficient AI Summit opsdemon Thu, 25/07/2024 - 09:00 As AI models become more accurate, they are becoming much larger, requiring a significant amount of computing power to run. How can we make the future of AI more scalable and sustainable? Cisco Research hosted a virtual summit on efficient AI, bringing together researchers to explore efficient AI challenges and discuss opportunities for solving those challenges now and into the future. The Cisco Research team has been working on efficient AI initiatives for several y ..read more

How to Protect Your Business from Data Leaks opsdemon Fri, 19/07/2024 - 09:00 Friday, Jul 19th, 2024 In this blog, we're going to discuss how you can protect your business from data leaks that can result from insecure application programming interfaces. Cloud native applications are composed of loosely coupled microservices, which are predominantly intercommunicating via APIs. As such, API exploitation is rapidly becoming a very common threat vector, as seen by the stats in Figure 1, which includes Gartner’s prediction that it will be the #1 attack vector for cloud native applications. https ..read more

Protect Your Business from Being Cryptojacked! opsdemon Fri, 12/07/2024 - 09:00 Cryptojacking is rapidly emerging as the most popular type of attack on cloud native applications and infrastructure. Care to guess how many cryptojacking attacks were recording in 2023? As a reference point, in the year before (2022), there were 139M cryptojacking attacks. However, this number jumped 659% the following year (2023) to 1.06B! That averages nearly 3M cryptojacking attacks every day, on average. https://www.panoptica.app/blog/protect-your-business-from-being-cryptojacked Panoptica Application S ..read more

Uncover vulnerabilities in C# applications using Coverity Rapid Scan Static | Synopsys opsdemon Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:00 In this video you will discover how Coverity’s Rapid Scan Static Analysis can help developers find and fix vulnerabilities in their code early in the development cycle by providing quick feedback on the most impactful issues. This new update in the Coverity 2024.6.0 release highlights how developers can run quick scans for C# applications via the Coverity Rapid Scan Static engine; returning quick and accurate static analysis results related to issues such as deserialization ..read more

Application Security report: 2024 update opsdemon Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:00 Over the last twelve months, the Internet security landscape has changed dramatically. Geopolitical uncertainty, coupled with an active 2024 voting season in many countries across the world, has led to a substantial increase in malicious traffic activity across the Internet. In this report, we take a look at Cloudflare’s perspective on Internet application security. This report is the fourth edition of our Application Security Report and is an official update to our Q2 2023 report. New in this report is a section focuse ..read more

A pragmatic guide to getting started with ASPM opsdemon Tue, 09/07/2024 - 09:00 Software applications are becoming more sophisticated every day. As a result, organizations often struggle to manage the complexity and operational costs of securing them. https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/aspm-implementation-guide.html Synopsys Application Security Blog Security Rod Musser Rod Musser info@synopsys.com False True False ..read more

Going beyond "shift left" to extend AppSec in all directions opsdemon Tue, 09/07/2024 - 09:00 A week before RSA 2024, Forrester predicted which subjects and themes would come to the forefront of the conference. They emphasized that we’d see a focus on proactive security, defined as “a strategic approach to controlling security posture and reducing breaches through strong visibility, prioritization, and remediation.” I went into the conference with this prediction in mind. However, I was surprised by what I found. Sadly, I still saw many vendors focusing heavily on vulnerability visibility onl ..read more

Why we're stoked to partner with Laravel opsdemon Mon, 08/07/2024 - 09:00 Laravel is a premier PHP framework and loved by hundreds of thousands of developers worldwide. In fact over 30% of our Aikido user base already leverages Laravel. As of today, we are Larvel’s preferred AppSec provider. Developers building with Laravel can directly secure their new or existing Forge apps within a few clicks – powered by Aikido. This integration is designed to help PHP developers get security done. Laravel users get an instant overview of all code and cloud security issues - aggressively auto-triaged - to ..read more

Mend Platform & Okta (SSO) opsdemon Sun, 07/07/2024 - 09:00 Single sign-on and role-based access doesn't need to be difficult. Find out in this sub 9-minute video how to integrate the Mend Platform into any Identity Provider supporting SAML. DOCUMENTATION https://docs.mend.io/bundle/wsk/page/mend_platform_onboarding.html CHECK OUT WHAT WE DO https://www.mend.io LET'S SOCIALIZE Twitter: https://twitter.com/mend_io Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mendappsec LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2440656 Mend Application Security DevOps Security How to Mend Mend False F ..read more

Learn about the top five types of cyber security opsdemon Fri, 05/07/2024 - 10:00 In today's digitally-driven world, safeguarding sensitive information is more crucial than ever. As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, understanding the different facets of cybersecurity is essential for individuals and organizations alike. In this blog, we'll delve into the top five types of cybersecurity measures that form the backbone of a robust defense strategy. From network security to cloud security, each type plays a pivotal role in protecting data, ensuring privacy, and maintaining the in ..read more