Nicolas Ehrman

março 31, 2026

Open Policy Agent (OPA) is an open-source, versatile policy engine that facilitates unified and context-aware policy enforcement across various cloud environments.

Discover the top open-source security tools for cloud security. This guide covers the pros and cons and explains how a scanner fits into your security stack.

Ziad Ghalleb

março 28, 2026

In this article, we’ll explore the step-by-step process of code scanning, its benefits, approaches, and best practices.

Ziad Ghalleb

março 23, 2026

Learn essential code security best practices and implement actionable tips to reduce risks and enhance protection throughout your cloud development lifecycle.

Explore how IaC security protects cloud environments by embedding protection into code templates to catch vulnerabilities early.

Ziad Ghalleb

março 23, 2026

Learn how policy as code helps teams enforce security, reduce misconfigurations, and improve cloud governance with automated rules across environments.

Learn what software composition analysis (SCA) is, how SCA tools work, and how CloudSec and AppSec teams use SCA to manage open-source and supply chain risk.

Learn how a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) strengthens security by tracking components, identifying vulnerabilities, and ensuring compliance.

Ziad Ghalleb

março 20, 2026

NIST’s Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF) is a structured approach that provides guidelines and best practices for integrating security throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC).

Infrastructure as code (IaC) is the practice of defining and managing cloud infrastructure through machine-readable configuration files rather than manual console clicks.

The OWASP DevSecOps Maturity Model (DSOMM) is a framework for assessing and improving DevSecOps practices.

Ziad Ghalleb

fevereiro 28, 2026

Learn how SAST improves your environment, how it differs from DAST, and how you can integrate it into your entire DevSecOps approach to cloud security.

Ziad Ghalleb

fevereiro 27, 2026

Secure coding is the practice of developing software that is resistant to security vulnerabilities by applying security best practices, techniques, and tools early in development.

Security by design is a software development approach that aims to establish security as a pillar, not an afterthought, i.e., integrating security controls into software products right from the design phase.

Nicolas Ehrman

fevereiro 20, 2026

Common security risks associated with Terraform and the 6 essential best practices for terraform security.

Remote code execution refers to a security vulnerability through which malicious actors can remotely run code on your systems or servers.

Swaroop Sham

fevereiro 13, 2026

DevSecOps, which stands for Development, Security, and Operations, is a software development practice that emphasizes integrating security considerations throughout the entire development lifecycle, from initial design to deployment and ongoing maintenance.

In this article, we’ll look at the emergence of DevSecOps and then discuss actionable best practices for integrating DevSecOps into your workflows.

Nicolas Ehrman

fevereiro 13, 2026

Microservices security is the practice of protecting individual microservices and their communication channels from unauthorized access, data breaches, and other threats, ensuring a secure overall architecture despite its distributed nature.

Swaroop Sham

fevereiro 13, 2026

Learn how software supply chain security protects your infrastructure throughout the software lifecycle, plus common threats and best practices for your cloud.

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Product security secures software as a system across code, cloud, identity, data, and runtime. Learn how modern teams prioritize exploitable risk in cloud environments.

Salman Ladha

janeiro 18, 2026

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Learn how to secure the SDLC from code to runtime with DevSecOps best practices: SAST, SCA, IaC scanning, CI/CD hardening, CSPM, CDR, and compliance mapping.

Ziad Ghalleb

janeiro 14, 2026

Learn the foundation of application security posture management (ASPM) and how you can apply it to improve cloud security posture. Plus, tools you can use.

Ziad Ghalleb

janeiro 7, 2026

Explore the top OSS application security tools of 2026. Compare their features, benefits, and use cases to secure your apps and streamline DevSecOps workflows.

Salman Ladha

dezembro 31, 2025

CI/CD security tools automate security checks in development pipelines to identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations during code changes, ensuring continuous security.

Shaked Rotlevi

dezembro 29, 2025

Discover how CSRF attacks work, identify common vulnerabilities, and learn the best methods for preventing CSRF attacks to keep your applications secure.

DAST scanning is an automated security testing method that analyzes your running applications from the outside. It interacts with the application just like a real user or attacker would to find security weaknesses.

SCA scanning is the automated analysis of application codebases to identify all open-source and third-party components.

Application security frameworks are essential guidelines, best practices, and tools designed to help organizations stay consistent in their security practices, meet compliance requirements, and effectively manage risks associated with application security.

Ziad Ghalleb

dezembro 24, 2025

In this Academy article, we'll dig into SAST and DAST security testing methods, exploring how they work and their core aspects

An SBOM contains an inventory of all software components, libraries, dependencies, versions, licenses, and relationships.

Swaroop Sham

dezembro 24, 2025

This article will start with a quick refresher on SBOMs and then list the top SBOM-generation tools available.

Ziad Ghalleb

dezembro 23, 2025

SAST (Static Application Security Testing) analyzes custom source code to identify potential security vulnerabilities, while SCA (Software Composition Analysis) focuses on assessing third-party and open source components for known vulnerabilities and license compliance.

SAST scanning, or Static Application Security Testing, is a "white-box" testing method that analyzes your application's source code, bytecode, or binaries to find security flaws

Source code scanning is automated analysis of your code, dependencies, and infrastructure definitions to find security issues before you deploy. This means a tool reads your code the way a careful reviewer would, but at high speed and at scale.

CI/CD security scanning is the practice of adding automated security checks into your build and deployment pipelines. This means every meaningful code change is tested for risk before it can reach production.

This post will explore the top 10 code security platforms to see just how well they secure modern cloud-native applications.

Dynamic code scanning is security testing of a running application that detects runtime vulnerabilities, performance issues, and misconfigurations.

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Arbitrary code execution is when an attacker tricks your system into running their malicious code without permission. Think of it like someone breaking into your house and using your computer to do whatever they want.

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DevSecOps Automation is the practice of embedding automated security controls into every phase of software development and deployment.

Code auditing is the systematic examination of source code to identify security vulnerabilities, bugs, performance issues, and compliance violations.

Ziad Ghalleb

novembro 17, 2025

While DevOps delineates collaboration and automation practices that emphasize infrastructure provisioning and continuous monitoring, GitOps extends its concepts by employing Git as the single source of truth for both application and infrastructure settings.

Shift-left security testing moves security testing earlier in the software development lifecycle, significantly reducing remediation costs and time compared to traditional approaches.

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Reachability analysis determines which vulnerabilities in your cloud environment attackers can actually exploit by mapping attack paths from entry points to critical assets

Shift left vs shift right compares two testing approaches: early code prevention and post deployment monitoring to reduce risk and catch bugs.

Open-source software (OSS) software composition analysis (SCA) tools are specialized solutions designed to analyze an application's open-source components and dependencies.

Ziad Ghalleb

novembro 3, 2025

The best Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, curated by use case and categorized into CSP-specific and CSP-neutral providers.

In this article, we’ll demystify AWS DevSecOps so that you can make the most of it. Read on to learn why it’s important to adopt; how AWS native services help DevSecOps thrive; and, most importantly, how to combine AWS with DevSecOps best practices for resilient, secure, and reliable infrastructure.

Ziad Ghalleb

outubro 30, 2025

A buffer overflow is a memory corruption vulnerability that allows threat actors to execute malicious code and take control of a program

Secrets management is the practice of securely storing, controlling access to, and managing digital credentials like passwords, API keys, and certificates.

In this article, we’ll take a closer look at how you can leverage SAST for code security. We’ll also explore key features of open-source SAST tools, such as language support, integration capabilities, and reporting functionalities.

A memory leak is when a program allocates memory but never releases it back to the system. This means your computer gradually runs out of available memory, like borrowing books from a library but never returning them.

Lauren Place

outubro 10, 2025

SaaS security posture management (SSPM) is a toolset designed to secure SaaS apps by identifying misconfigurations, managing permissions, and ensuring regulatory compliance across your organization’s digital estate.

Application vulnerabilities are security weaknesses in software code, design, or configuration that attackers can exploit to compromise systems or data.

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Lauren Place

setembro 12, 2025

DAST, or dynamic application security testing, is a testing approach that involves testing an application for different runtime vulnerabilities that come up only when the application is fully functional.

Nicolas Ehrman

setembro 11, 2025

Supply chain attacks are cyberattacks where threat actors compromise trusted third-party vendors or software components, using that trust to infiltrate the target organization’s systems and sensitive data.

Allison Jackson

setembro 9, 2025

Server-side request forgery (SSRF) is a high-impact vulnerability where an attacker tricks a server into making requests to internal or restricted resources, potentially exposing APIs, cloud metadata services, and sensitive systems.

Ziad Ghalleb

setembro 9, 2025

Static code analysis identifies security vulnerabilities and coding issues without executing the code, improving software quality and security.

Ziad Ghalleb

setembro 5, 2025

Open-source security is the collection of tools and processes used to secure and manage the lifecycle of open-source software (OSS) and dependencies from development to production.

Improve development workflows with shift left security by embedding testing early to catch vulnerabilities and speed delivery.

Ziad Ghalleb

agosto 1, 2025

Snyk is a development security platform that supports risk identification and remediation across the application lifecycle. While it’s a capable tool for developer-centric use cases, there are crucial limitations when it comes to broader cloud security.

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Code-to-cloud security protects applications across the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC), from code all the way to runtime in the cloud.

Nicolas Ehrman

maio 16, 2025

Learn about CI/CD pipeline security best practices to protect your software lifecycle from vulnerabilities and attacks while maintaining development velocity.

In this article, we’ll take a closer look at why DevSecOps is a necessity. Then we’ll cover each step of implementation, giving you a comprehensive list of DevSecOps pipeline best practices in 2026.

Let’s take a closer look at CSPM and ASPM to see what protection they offer, key differences, and use cases.

Application risk management (ARM) is a framework for strategically identifying, measuring, prioritizing, and mitigating risks in cloud-native applications.

Learn how DevSecOps integrates security into development, enhances collaboration, and ensures secure software delivery without slowing down workflows.

In this blog post, we’ll take a deep dive into software supply chains and discuss effective strategies for reducing security risks.

The MIT License is widely adopted because it provides a straightforward framework with minimal restrictions, allowing free use, modification, and distribution.

AI-assisted software development integrates machine learning and AI-powered tools into your coding workflow to help you build, test, and deploy software without wasting resources.

Lauren Place

março 8, 2025

Code review is a software development practice where code is systematically examined to ensure it meets specific goals, including quality and security standards.

Ziad Ghalleb

março 1, 2025

Application security controls are technology-independent collections of policies, procedures, and standards to secure software, devices, users, network, and data.

Ziad Ghalleb

março 1, 2025

Application security testing (AST) is a set of processes designed to detect and address security gaps during the early phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). In other words, teams take steps in pre-production to identify and mitigate risks before applications are released into operational environments.

In this article, we’ll discuss how DevOps teams can take advantage of this framework to create reliable build pipelines and, more generally, secure the entire software development lifecycle.

Malicious code is any software or programming script that exploits software or network vulnerabilities and compromises data integrity.

Ziad Ghalleb

dezembro 6, 2024

Code vulnerabilities are weaknesses in software that attackers can exploit, potentially compromising security.

Nicolas Ehrman

dezembro 2, 2024

20 essential security best practices every DevOps team should start with

Lauren Place

novembro 27, 2024

This article outlines guidelines and best practices for weaving security into every part of your development and DevOps workflows, focusing on practical techniques that are easy to adopt.

Ziad Ghalleb

novembro 27, 2024

Application security refers to the practice of identifying, mitigating, and protecting applications from vulnerabilities and threats throughout their lifecycle, including design, development, deployment, and maintenance.

Lauren Place

novembro 22, 2024

Cloud IDEs allow developers to work within a web browser, giving them access to real-time collaboration, seamless version control, and tight integration with other cloud-based apps such as code security or AI code generation assistants.

Swaroop Sham

novembro 8, 2024

Secure SDLC (SSDLC) is a framework for enhancing software security by integrating security designs, tools, and processes across the entire development lifecycle.

IAST (Interactive Application Security Testing) is a security testing method that monitors applications in real-time during runtime to detect vulnerabilities by analyzing code behavior and data flow in live environments.

Ziad Ghalleb

outubro 31, 2024

Source code security refers to the practice of protecting and securing the source code of an application from vulnerabilities, threats, and unauthorized access.

Swaroop Sham

outubro 30, 2024

Infrastructure as code (IaC) scanning is the process of analyzing the scripts that automatically provision and configure infrastructure.

Ziad Ghalleb

outubro 28, 2024

SecDevOps is essentially DevOps with an emphasis on moving security further left. DevOps involves both the development team and the operations team in one process to improve deployment performance and service customers faster.

In this blog post, we’ll explore security measures and continuous monitoring strategies to prevent these leaks, mitigating the risks posed by security vulnerabilities, human error, and attacks.

Ziad Ghalleb

outubro 4, 2024

Secrets detection is the process of identifying and managing sensitive information like API keys, passwords, and tokens within codebases to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Ziad Ghalleb

agosto 9, 2024

Security as Code (SaC) is a methodology that integrates security measures directly into the software development process. It involves codifying security policies and decisions, and automating security checks, tests, and gates within the DevOps pipeline.

Swaroop Sham

junho 23, 2024

Secret scanning is the practice of running automated scans on code repositories, execution pipelines, configuration files, commits, and other data sources to prevent potential security threats posed by exposed secrets.

Two major formats dominate the SBOM ecosystem: Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) and CycloneDX (CDX). Let’s review!

Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a vulnerability where hackers insert malicious scripts inside web applications with the aim of executing them in a user’s browser.