Most automation approaches start in the same place; coding. For years, IT professionals have relied on scripts or series of scripts to perform tasks and then link them to provide an ‘automation. No-code or low-code reduces complexity and resource overhead, allowing both non-technical and technical users to automate processes through graphical user interfaces (GUI). In most cases, this involves drag-and-drop boxes that imitate a user’s interactions in a process.

In CFEngine Enterprise we collect information from each system in the infrastructure as inventory. Some inventory is available by default, and more can be added using modules or writing policy. You can use inventory information to create a Compliance Report with checks that determine if the information complies with your security requirements. In this blog post, we will use some modules from CFEngine Build which provide inventory data, and build a Compliance Report on top of those.

When you’re facing a cyberattack, waiting even just minutes to respond could be the difference between business as usual and a calamity. It may only take that long for threat actors to exfiltrate sensitive data or disrupt critical systems. That’s one reason why automating remediation is an essential ingredient in an effective cybersecurity strategy.

Security automation is an increasingly critical element in optimizing enterprise cybersecurity postures. Today, Torq announced its users are executing more than 1,000,000 daily security automations using our security automation platform – a major milestone that underlines the traction and importance of unifying today’s complex security stacks.

All software of any significant size has bugs, vulnerabilities, and other weaknesses. This includes the operating system (OS), libraries, command line tools, services and graphical applications. Across your infrastructure, you should have an overview of what operating systems and software you have installed. Additionally, automated ways of upgrading the OS, as well as packages are desirable.

StackStorm v3.8.0 has been released. It comes with two critical security patches, new core features and enhancements, web ui updates, and lots of bug fixes.

StackStorm is a powerful automation engine, but has a lot of moving pieces, configuration details, corner cases, and a steep learning curve. Many compare st2 with K8s and, indeed, you can spend weeks stitching things together to make the StackStorm installation and configuration pipeline fit your specific needs. Then you start benefiting from automation!

We explain how to make the most of automation, orchestration, and Infrastructure as Code tools for your highest performing network yet.