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Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe?

From the science fiction fantasies of the mid-20th century to today's reality, AI's journey has been a blend of innovation and apprehension. As we contemplate the future of AI, it’s interesting to look back at the early days of AI, how far it’s come and what we might yet expect. AI has the potential to be of huge benefit but could be disruptive in the wrong hands, particularly in the realm of cybersecurity. A Brief History and Development of AI.

The Dangers Lurking in Open Source Software

Our 1st blog in our series on securely consuming OSS. Today, I'll give an overview of some of the most common types of attacks from consuming OSS. Open-source software (OSS) fuels innovation. Over 96% of commercial applications rely on at least one OSS component (Synopsys, 2023). At Cloudsmith, we champion OSS and understand its indispensable role in today's software landscape. However, the escalating threat of supply chain attacks targeting OSS demands a robust defence.

GitKon 2023 Day 2: Legendary, Free Online Developer Conference

Welcome to GitKon 2023: The Fellowship of Code, hosted by GitKraken. GitKon promises three days of insight, learning, and inspiration specifically designed to help software developers, team leaders, product and project managers, and technical executives up their game. Featuring keynotes from tech titans, Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot and Justin Cormack of Docker, and a special guest appearance by The Lord of the Rings star and mental health advocate, Sean Astin.

What is Continuous Delivery? The Benefits of a Well-Tuned Continuous Delivery Software Pipeline

What is continuous delivery? And what are the benefits of the continuous delivery pipeline? This strategy has evolved in a world where platform engineering is on the rise and more and more organizations rely on automation through code to achieve their goals. Times have changed. Most organizations now rely on continuous delivery as an essential part of their development pipelines.

Introducing enhanced webhook security

We are excited to announce webhook secrets, a powerful new feature that will provide an extra layer of security for your webhook payloads in Bitbucket Cloud. With the ability to add secrets to webhooks, you can now sign webhook payloads to ensure they are coming from Bitbucket Cloud and protect against unauthorized access.

Elevating Document Management with SharePoint Document Libraries

In the digital era, effective document management is a cornerstone for operational efficiency in organizations. With a surge in data generation and collaboration needs, having a robust system to store, manage, and share documents is imperative. SharePoint Document Libraries emerge as a pivotal tool in this regard, offering a myriad of features to streamline document management, enhance collaboration, and uphold information governance standards.

How to fix and prevent ImagePullBackOff events in Kubernetes

You'll often hear the term "containers" used to refer to the entire landscape of self-contained software packages: this includes tools like Docker and Kubernetes, platforms like Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), and even the process of building these packages. But there's an even more important layer that often gets overlooked, and that's container images.

Monitoring vs Observability: What Engineers Need to Know

As systems increasingly shift towards distributed architectures to deliver application services, the roles of monitoring and observability have never been more crucial. Monitoring delivers the situational awareness you need to detect issues, while observability goes a step further, offering the analytical depth to understand the root cause of those issues. Understanding the nuanced differences between monitoring and observability is crucial for anyone responsible for system health and performance.