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Microsoft Zero-Day Exchange Exploits Show Value of Network Behavior Visibility

There is no end to zero-day attacks. Lessen the pain by spotting them early. In recent days two zero-day vulnerabilities against Microsoft on-premises Exchange Servers have been publicized and exploited. The good news is that Exchange cloud users such as Microsoft 365 customers, need not worry as these exploits are only against the on-premises versions.

The future of observability is cloud-native and unified

Building modern, cloud-native applications introduces new challenges to teams and organizations. As these systems grow and scale, struggles abound: inconsistent performance monitoring experiences across siloed tools, wasteful performance management practices with duplicated efforts, and mounting frustration from colleagues and customers. Surmounting these challenges requires multiple sources of data and truly unified observability.

S2E2: How to configure no-code automation with ServiceDesk Plus Cloud - Masterclass 2022

In this session, we'll explore how to revitalize major ITSM practices—like incidents, services, problems, changes, releases, assets, and more—with simple no-code and low-code automations. Learn how to deploy collision-free changes and to streamline various service desk operations with efficient automation on the GUI. Furthermore, we'll demonstrate ways to loop in experts, customize timely actions, keep stakeholders in the know, and conclude ITSM practices effectively.

Announcing Grafana Cloud Link, a gateway from any local Grafana instance to Grafana Cloud

If you’ve had a local Grafana instance for any length of time, it’s likely dialed in just how you like it, and that’s a good thing. If you are working within Grafana Cloud, by contrast, you are using a heavily opinionated experience that our teams are building, managing, and provisioning. As a result, we serve up solutions that users can work with out of the box and can use to build their stack.

Keeping Your Organization Secure with Limited SOC Resources

Organizations face a growing threat from cybercriminals while struggling to find qualified security professionals who can protect their infrastructure and sensitive data. This blog will explore the concept of a Security Operations Center (SOC) and the role of SOC analysts in securing your organization. We will also discuss how your organization can leverage automation to improve SOC effectiveness and fill in the gaps when you cannot support a full staff of security professionals.

Canonical launches free personal Ubuntu Pro subscriptions for up to five machines

Ubuntu Pro, the expanded security maintenance and compliance subscription, is now offered in public beta for data centres and workstations. Canonical will provide a free tier for personal and small-scale commercial use in line with the company’s community commitment and mission to make open source more easily consumable by everyone.

How to Put Software Development Security First

What are the keys to building software development security into the early stages of product development? And what are the costs of ignoring security? In this article, xMatters Product Manager Kit Brown-Watts provides his insights on the matter. Every investment decision comes with trade-offs, usually in the form of cost, quality, or speed. The CQS Matrix, as I like to call it, captures the dilemma most product people face.