Raise your hand if you’re a believer in DevOps—thank you, I see that hand. As a former organizer of devopsdays Toronto (2014 – 2016), you could say that I drank the Kool-Aid early on. But thanks to the outstanding research of the DevOps Research Association (DORA) and numerous State of DevOps reports before it, DevOps culture is much less of a religious battle than it has been in the past.

RapidSpike would like to make a statement about how one of our developers assisted the City of York Council with a potential data breach on their One Planet York mobile app in early November.

Among all the pesky attacks that keep security administrators working late, advanced persistent threats (APTs) are possibly the most lethal. An APT is a long-term, targeted attack which involves stealthily spying on an organization’s network activity or siphoning off sensitive data, as opposed to openly damaging or locking down network resources.

The retail world is under attack. Hackers across the globe are stealing personal details – including credit card information – on an alarmingly regular basis. This is done by placing digital “credit card skimmers” on compromised e-commerce sites. Hackers are able to access these sites usually through 3rd parties software in the form of JavaScript. Major retailers are prime targets – they are not immune and it’s a becoming a BIG problem for everyone.

Most organizations use their SIEM solution to automate repetitive security tasks, saving analysts time. But the reality is your system could be doing—and saving—so much more by blocking the obvious threat actors attempting to connect with your network, systems, and assets.