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RSA Guide 2023: Cloud application security remains core challenge for organizations

Dynatrace

Open source software is likewise playing a larger role in cloud computing, which brings benefits and dilemmas: bad actors have ready access to open source software and can identify new vulnerabilities to exploit. This means that attackers may have already gained access to sensitive information or compromised the system.

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What is AWS Lambda?

Dynatrace

AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that can run code in response to predetermined events or conditions and automatically manage all the computing resources required for those processes. It also enables DevOps teams to connect to any number of AWS services or run their own functions. A new record entering a database table.

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Application vulnerabilities: Important lessons from the OWASP top 10 about application security risks

Dynatrace

The advent of microservices and serverless computing means that cloud-based applications may consist of thousands of containerized services. Vulnerable and outdated components This is another broad category that covers libraries, frameworks, and open source components with known vulnerabilities that may not have been patched.

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Vulnerability assessment: key to protecting applications and infrastructure

Dynatrace

Examples of such weaknesses are errors in application code, misconfigured network devices, and overly permissive access controls in a database. NMAP is an example of a well-known open-source network scanner. That said, vulnerability databases such as CVE , help identify known vulnerabilities. Analyze findings.

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Cloud Native Predictions for 2024

Percona

of respondents are currently utilizing databases in Kubernetes (k8s). These indicators suggest that the adoption of databases on k8s is in its early stages and is likely to continue growing in the future. However, 17% of organizations operate security separately from DevOps, lacking any DevSecOps initiatives.

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What is a message queue? How an observability platform eases message queue monitoring

Dynatrace

Serverless platforms provision microservices as needed and shut them down immediately thereafter, allowing applications to be highly flexible, inexpensive to operate, and customizable. The problem could be in the database, the HTTP connection, the configuration of the message, or an outage on the sending or receiving end.

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What is a message queue? How an observability platform eases message queue monitoring

Dynatrace

Serverless platforms provision microservices as needed and shut them down immediately thereafter, allowing applications to be highly flexible, inexpensive to operate, and customizable. The problem could be in the database, the HTTP connection, the configuration of the message, or an outage on the sending or receiving end.