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Open Source Software Security: Is Open Source Software Safe?

Percona

Even though open source software is firmly in the mainstream, used widely by businesses, governments, and everyone who owns a cell phone or computer, the question repeatedly arises: “Is open source software safe?” Is open source software as stable as other software? Our bar is higher than that.

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Container security: What it is, why it’s tricky, and how to do it right

Dynatrace

Application developers commonly leverage open-source software when building containerized applications. In fact, the market research firm Forrester says that the average container image is comprised of 70% open-source software.[1] 1] And unfortunately, open-source software is often fraught with security vulnerabilities.

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Vulnerability assessment: key to protecting applications and infrastructure

Dynatrace

NMAP is an example of a well-known open-source network scanner. Host analysis focuses on operating systems, virtual machines, and containers to understand if there are software components with known vulnerabilities that can be patched. Download our 2021 CISO report or our eBook on securing cloud-native applications.

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What is vulnerability management? And why runtime vulnerability detection makes the difference

Dynatrace

Security vulnerabilities are weaknesses in applications, operating systems, networks, and other IT services and infrastructure that would allow an attacker to compromise a system, steal data, or otherwise disrupt IT operations. What is a security vulnerability? Vulnerability scanning tools can help in both of these cases.

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How to Install and Run PostgreSQL Using Docker

Percona

This blog was originally published in Sept 2021 and was updated in November 2023. Following the series of blogs started by Peter Zaitsev in Installing MySQL with Docker , on deploying Docker containers running open source databases, in this article, I’ll demonstrate how to install and run PostgreSQL using Docker.

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What is APM?

Dynatrace

Even a conflict with the operating system or the specific device being used to access the app can degrade an application’s performance. Also, Dynatrace also recently scored highest in 4 of 5 Critical Capabilities use cases in the 2021 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Application Performance Monitoring Report.

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Segmentation Fault – A DBA Perspective

Percona

So, I decided to gather information and write a detailed blog about this issue. In this blog, I will also cover a scenario that causes “segmentation fault.” However, this blog is written from the database perspective; hence, I would not prefer to dive into those scenarios as they are very high-level programming concepts.