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Keep up with the latest news on cybersecurity, technical trends, and programming best practices.
7 Causes of Open-Source Integration Headaches (and How to Avoid Them)
Open-source software lets businesses leverage the power of the best and brightest developers in the world. It can drastically increase productivity and reduce time to market by providing a shortcut...
5 Tips to Build a Culture of Security at Your Company
Despite increased cybersecurity capabilities and awareness, threat actors' sophistication has increased in parallel, leading to an uptick in cyberattacks. A 2023 IBM report placed the global average...
What Are Code Vulnerabilities?
In today's world, where most of our lives revolve around apps and software, a single flaw in an application's codebase can wreak havoc. These flaws, more often called code vulnerabilities, serve as...
What Is a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)
In 2021, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order highlighting the importance of the software bill of materials (SBOM) in cybersecurity. While SBOMs existed even before the Executive Order...
Cybersecurity in America: Top States Affected pt 2: TX, GA, NJ
The United States of America is home to some of the world's most sophisticated and advanced software ecosystems. As such, it tops the charts as a prime target for modern cybersecurity challenges,...
Kiuwan Shines in G2 Fall 2023 Grid Report
The season of revelations is upon us once again! G2 has published its eagerly awaited Fall 2023 Grid Reports. Spanning a vast landscape of over 16,000 products in more than 1,000 categories, these...
Cybersecurity in America: Top States Affected pt 1: CA, FL, NY
The surge in cyberattacks, data breaches, and ransomware incidents affecting critical systems in the U.S. led the White House to issue a National Cybersecurity Strategy in March of 2023. While...
What Is Endpoint Management and Does It Affect App Security?
Endpoint security is a critical component in a comprehensive approach to application security. As applications often interact with various endpoints — devices like laptops, smartphones, and tablets...
What Is Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)?
Thousands of apps are released every year. A study by Burga in 2021 revealed that developers published over 355,000 apps on Apple’s App Store alone, each day seeing an average of about 1,000 apps....
Multi-Factor Authentication: A Developer’s Defense Against Unauthorized Access
As we gear up for Cybersecurity Month 2023, with a spotlight on multi-factor authentication (MFA) as one of its central themes, the urgency of fortifying our digital defenses is clearer than ever....
Why Does Source Code Quality Matter?
Are you in the realm of quality assurance? Do you find yourself constantly reacting to source code issues instead of preventing them? If so, you might have a problem — and opportunity — when it...
The Developer’s Role in Ensuring Software Update Security
The undeniable role of software updates in cybersecurity As cyber threats continue to evolve, the role of software updates in cybersecurity cannot be...