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5 Reasons Why You Should Migrate to the Cloud in 2023

Even though cloud migration is rapidly increasing globally, larger enterprises may hesitate to adopt this technology. This is typically the result of imagined obstacles like possible dangers, complex migrations, or a deficiency of specialized knowledge. Organizations that choose not to go to the cloud, however, run the risk of suffering a far more significant cost for their inaction. This article outlines the top five arguments for moving your company toward cloud computing and overcoming reluctance.
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SIEM Logging for Enterprise Security Operations and Threat Hunting

Today's enterprise networks are diverse and complex. Rather than the simple network perimeter of old, bad actors can attack through multiple entry points, including cloud-based applications. Not to mention, these networks generate massive amounts of transactional data. Because enterprise networks have become larger, they're more difficult to secure and manage. As a result, IT operations teams and security analysts seek better ways to deal with the massive influx of information to improve security and observability.

Migrating from Travis to Github Actions

For CFEngine we manage several public and private repositories of code in GitHub for our Open Source and Enterprise products. In order to ensure quality we run many checks on the code both with nightly builds as well as on each pull request. We use a Jenkins server for nightlies which also includes more extensive deployment tests on all of the platforms we support. Previously we had used Travis for many of these checks but that system started to show its age and limitations.

Discovering Zero Days: Why configuration management wins

“Zero Days” may be one of the most recognizable cybersecurity terms, other than hacker of course, for good reason. Zero Day Vulnerabilities are notoriously challenging for defending security teams to identify. Because of delays between active exploit and discovery, they are one of the worst examples of “Known Unknowns” in cybersecurity (Other than user’s behavior of course..). It’s important to understand that Zero Days are not really brand-new vulnerabilities.

Zero-Trust Security: Best Practices for Securing the Remote Workforce

Ivanti finds, heals, and protects every device, everywhere – automatically. Whether your team is down the hall or spread around the globe, Ivanti makes it easy and secure for them to do what they do best. Ivanti is IT for the way we work now. Integrated solutions for everything IT touches. So, employees can work better, anywhere, and everywhere.
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Streamlining SAP Kernel upgrades with Avantra

Picture the SAP Kernel as the heartbeat of the system, vitalizing the core programs upon which the fundamental functionality of SAP applications rely on. It's the life force pulsing through the application server, executable programs, database, and operating system, rather than merely encompassing them within itself. SAP Kernel upgrades refer to updating the system's current executables with upgraded versions. These upgrades are essential to patch security vulnerabilities and fix bugs. Besides bug fixing, SAP Kernel upgrades improve hardware compatibility, boost speed, and enhance stability.

Security Webinar, Zero Trust For Users

Zero trust security — anywhere Working from everywhere means employees need access to corporate apps and data from any device, anywhere, anytime. This is a new level of freedom — and a new level of vulnerability. Navigate this new landscape with security that’s purpose-built for Everywhere Work. Get edge-to-edge security for every device, every user, every application and every network everywhere.

Fighting DDoS at the Source

For decades, the scourge of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks has plagued the internet. Join Doug Madory, Director of Internet Analysis at Kentik, and Aaron Weintraub, Principal Engineer at Cogent Communications, as they explain how organizations can identify customer networks sending the spoofed traffic that leads to DDoS attacks.