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Building Resilient Businesses: The Critical Growth Areas of Security for MSPs

In this episode of the Beyond the Horizons Podcast, Pete Roythorne speaks with Troels Rasmussen, GM of Security at N-able, about the increasing demand for cybersecurity solutions among MSPs. They discuss the evolution of security technologies such as EDR, XDR, and MDR, and the importance of 24/7 coverage in today's threat landscape if MSPs are to be able to help their customers build resilient businesses. Troels emphasizes the need for MSPs to change their mindset when selling security to customers, highlighting the role of compliance and the cost of cybersecurity as a business necessity.

How to parameterize and configure your custom Playwright fixtures

Join Stefan Judis in this Playwright tutorial, where he explains how to make your custom Playwright fixtures configurable using "option fixtures". Stefan briefly explains the fixture concept but then focuses on creating an option fixture configurable on a global, project, and spec file basis.

Integrate Incident Alerts With Discord Using Webhooks

Staying on top of your third-party Cloud and SaaS service outages is crucial to maintain the reliability of your own applications. If Discord is your communication tool of choice, you can keep up with such incidents by pushing these events to a Discord channel. Discord webhooks allow external applications to send messages to specific channels within a Discord server. This article describes how to integrate Discord as a channel in your IncidentHub account using webhooks.

Why Clean Architecture makes debugging easier

Let’s start with things we already know - complex projects are inherently hard to debug. The more complicated they are, the harder it is to debug them. The size of the project naturally defines complexity’s lower bounds, but even the smallest projects can become unnecessarily complex and messy if you don’t pay attention to how you structure them. Though we can’t eliminate complexity, we can manage it effectively with the right approach.

EU's Cyber Resilience Act Repercussions in Open Source

The European Parliament (EP) adopted a provisional version of the final text of the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) on March 12, 2024, with the final version expected to be signed and published in October. The EU's CyberResilienceAct (CRA) proposes stringent cybersecurity requirements for digital products, aiming to bolster security against cyberattacks. While it promises safer hardware and software, it also raises questions for Open Source contributors and organizations.

Network Modernization: From Legacy TDM to Service Resiliency

Utilities today are focused on the 3-Ds, De-Carbonization and the transition to renewable energy, De-Centralization of energy resources and infrastructure, and Digitalization, with smart systems, grids, and substation modernization. In addition, the need to integrate the IT & OT networks puts the pressure on to increase efficiencies - but it also opens and enables a world of possibilities for the next-generation Utility, flexible to new Telco service offerings and revenue streams.

Navigating a Software Audit: How to Stay Compliant and Avoid Costly Mistakes

The very mention of a software audit can send shivers down the spines of countless asset managers. Let’s clear the air around this process by debunking common myths and introducing practical, down-to-earth strategies to navigate it confidently.

Building a team for successful AIOps adoption

As pressure increases on enterprise IT teams to streamline processes and reduce downtime, many organizations are looking for new tools and strategies. Customers and stakeholders expect operational efficiency and service reliability. Tools within the AIOps industry can relieve the pressure by reducing alert noise, automating manual workflows, and reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR). However, the challenges don’t end at tool purchase.

Interpreting your reliability test results

Gremlin’s default suite of reliability tests analyzes critical functions of modern services: scalability, redundancy, and resilience to dependency failures. Services that pass this suite of tests can be trusted to remain available during unexpected incidents. But what happens when a service fails a test? How do you take failed test results and turn them into actionable insights? This blog aims to answer that question.