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API Security - Threats & Best Practices

An API is an interface that allows other software programs to access and execute software programs. Software programs exchange data and communicate via this code. Communicating between products and services without requiring users to understand how they work. Social networks, games, database systems, and devices use web APIs to connect with applications.

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) - A Beginner's Guide

PII stand for Personally Identifiable Information, so protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is a top priority for companies small and large, as well as government agencies. Companies are amassing increasing amounts of data on their employees, customers, and partners, making PII security more important than ever. It's critical to understand what PII is and how to protect it. Personal information can be divided into two categories.

How Puppet Enterprise Does Desired State Automation at Scale

Learn how Puppet Enterprise keeps infrastructure secure, compliant, and efficient with desired state automation and configuration management. This video demonstrates how Puppet Enterprise simplifies infrastructure management by grouping nodes, using facts to assign servers automatically, and continuously enforcing desired configurations on every server based on system parameters.

What Are Control Flow Statements?

Control flows are the backbone of automation. Identifying what to do with a set of data – and how – is a key component of high-value automation, but it can also be confusing to wrap your head around at first. What is a conditional? And what does it have to do with a loop? How do you deal with a set of information versus a single data point?

Voice Network Fraud: How to Fight Back with Automated Threat Prevention

Telecommunications fraud is estimated to be a $39 billion a year problem according to the Communications Fraud Control Association. Despite that, less than 50% of enterprises* have implemented any sort of strategy to address fraud in their voice infrastructure. Firewalls and SBCs are not enough to provide a secure voice network. Enterprises need a more complete approach to network security—one that encompasses the unique vulnerabilities of real-time communications systems—to preempt issues and protect the organization as a whole.

Keeping repair manuals and parts lists private and current

In today's world, confidential data such as repair manuals, customer lists, copyrighted information, proprietary technology, price sheets, marketing plans, parts lists and more are important business assets that can be compromised if not secured adequately. In many cases, a prime exposure area is when confidential information is disclosed without proper document security in place.

Generating Secure Passwords for your Linux Server

Having a strong password is necessary to protect our information from being accessible by others. A strong password should be difficult to be identified, guess or decrypt by the attackers. Mostly, while entering passwords, we will be prompted to enter the upper case and lowercase letters along with numbers and special characters. But thinking of a new password every time is very difficult and most people end up repeating the same password for every website and application they use.

Automating compliance in software delivery

Software development teams face a large and growing number of obstacles: shifting design requirements, organizational blockers, tight deadlines, complicated tech stacks and software supply chains. One emerging challenge that developers and IT leaders face is the need to stay compliant with regulations and control frameworks that stipulate comprehensive data security, incident response, and monitoring and reporting requirements.