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Grafana Cloud updates: onboard teams with new AI-powered tooling, secrets management for enhanced security, and more

We consistently roll out helpful updates and fun features in Grafana Cloud, our fully managed observability platform powered by the open source Grafana LGTM Stack (Loki for logs, Grafana for visualization, Tempo for traces, and Mimir for metrics). In case you missed them, here’s our monthly round-up of the latest and greatest Grafana Cloud updates. You can also read about all the features we add to Grafana Cloud in our What’s New in Grafana Cloud documentation.

Why Firms Are Adopting Payment Orchestration Now

In the fast-paced digital economy, businesses of all sizes must prioritize efficient payment processing to meet rising customer expectations and accommodate a diverse array of payment methods. Payment orchestration has emerged as a transformative solution, streamlining transactions, enhancing security, and optimizing the overall payment experience.

Spectrum Delivers Bare-Metal RPC Infrastructure for Next-Gen Blockchain Operations

In today's fast-evolving web3 environment, infrastructure plays a decisive role in how decentralized applications (dApps) perform and scale. Spectrum, a global Remote Procedure Call (RPC) provider, is meeting this challenge head-on with a bare-metal infrastructure that spans continents and supports over one billion daily RPC requests across more than 175 blockchain networks.

How ScienceLogic Supports Zero Trust and FedRAMP-Secure Operations

Cybersecurity leaders across the public sector are facing a moment of reckoning. Whether at the Department of Defense, a federal agency, or a public university, IT teams are under pressure to defend sprawling infrastructure, detect fast-moving threats, and prove compliance across multiple frameworks—all with fewer resources and tighter timelines. This challenge has accelerated interest in Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), a paradigm shift in how we think about security.

SharePoint Vulnerabilities and Security Updates

SharePoint Vulnerabilities and Security Updates SharePoint is currently facing vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited, leading to guidance from Microsoft and CISA. An attack chain known as Tool Shell is taking advantage of CVEs, revealing new security risks. On-prem software poses significant threats as attackers can decrypt it. Mitigation involves applying updates and improving threat detection. Additionally, Exchange Server has a security update addressing five vulnerabilities, and users must switch from EWS to Microsoft Graph by October 2026.

IT Security and Compliance Guide

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of IT compliance and the part it plays in IT security. It will also help you choose the right compliance reports tool for your company. As you get started, SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) comes highly recommended as a near-automated IT security compliance solution that enables you to verify IT compliance and helps you perform many compliance-related IT operations.

10 Best PCI Compliance Software and PCI DSS Tools

PCI DSS is an industry security standard existing primarily to minimize the risk of debit and credit card data being lost. This is in the interest of both the customer and the merchant, because if data is lost or misused, the merchant could be subject to legal action. To protect yourself and your customers, you first need to understand the six PCI DSS control objectives and how to meet them.

Ultimate Guide to PCI DSS Compliance Requirements

When you make a credit card transaction, the last thing you want to think about is your data getting stolen. Fortunately, credit card companies put several measures in place to make sure this doesn’t happen. For businesses dealing with customer payments, PCI DSS compliance measures are a simple and necessary step in making sure customer credit card data is well protected. Ensuring PCI compliance can be a complex undertaking.

Zero Trust Network Access: Benefits and Best Practices

In today's digital environment, the concept of a secure corporate perimeter has disappeared. Cloud adoption, remote work, and the use of personal devices for business tasks have created a borderless IT ecosystem. Traditional network security, which relied on protecting a fixed perimeter and trusting everything inside, no longer provides adequate protection against modern threats.

Location-based World ID Verification Services: Elevating Digital Trust with Orb Technology

In today's digital landscape, verifying identity with precision and reliability is essential. Location-based World ID verification services are transforming how authenticity is confirmed, leveraging advanced Orb technology to provide secure, user-friendly verification. These services utilize the Orb to capture real-time, location-specific data, ensuring the World ID links individuals to verifiable places, thereby adding a layer of trust and reducing fraud risks.