Palo Alto Networks Extends CNAPP to CI/CD Platforms
Palo Alto Networks’ CNAPP now includes the ability to secure continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platforms.
New Relic Adds App Security Testing Tool to Observability Platform
New Relic made available a public preview of an application security testing tool that will be integrated into its observability platform.
Postman Acquires Akita Software to Gain API Observability
Postman has acquired Akita Software to gain access to a platform for monitoring and observing application programming interfaces (APIs).
Shift Left With DAST: Dynamic Testing in the CI/CD Pipeline
By focusing on application security like an attacker would, DAST can discover potential security threats that static testing methods might miss.
JFrog Adds Curation Capability for Open Source Software Components
JFrog is adding a curation capability for open source software that will use metadata generated by binaries to identify malicious packages and software components with licensing issues.
Bionic Extends Application Security Posture Management Platform
Bionic this week added a pair of tools to its application security posture management (ASPM) platform that make it simpler to triage threats based on severity and attach a risk score. Josh Cho, senior director of global systems engineering at Bionic, said the Bionic Signals and Business Risk Scoring tools ingest data from third-party security […]
How to Avoid Risk When Using Multiple Low-Code Platforms
Organizations are still increasing their use of low-code/no-code (LCNC). But this adoption isn’t always consolidated around one tool—frequently, multiple low-code/no-code platforms are used under the same roof. In fact, Gartner predicts that by 2024, 75% of large enterprises will be using at least four low-code development tools for both IT application development and citizen development […]
Cycode Leverages eBPF to Secure CI/CD Pipelines
Cycode today added a Cimon extension to its application security platform that uses extended Berkeley Packet Filtering (eBPF) to thwart cyberattacks against continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. Alex Ilgayev, head of security research for Cycode, said Cimon uses eBPF to inspect network connections, running processes and file modifications within a pipeline to learn standard behaviors. […]
Snyk to Add ASPM Platform via Enso Security Acquisition
Snyk this week announced it plans to acquire Enso Security, a provider of an application security posture management (ASPM) solution that tracks events and analyzes metadata collected from DevOps and security tools. At the same time, Snyk revealed it has added a DeepCode AI Fix tool that creates validated fixes for code written by either […]
DigiCert Allies With ReversingLabs to Secure Software Supply Chains
DigiCert today announced it has allied with ReversingLabs to integrate binary analysis and threat detection capabilities with a code signing service it provides. Deepika Chauhan, chief product officer for DigiCert, said the addition of these capabilities to the DigiCert Software Trust Manager service would make it simpler for organizations to operationalize a methodology for securing […]
Checkmarx Brings Generative AI to SAST and IaC Security Tools
Under an early access program, Checkmarx today made available query builder and guided automation tools that take advantage of OpenAI’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to make it simpler for developers to resolve application security issues. AI Guided Remediation surfaces actionable remediation recommendations for vulnerability issues such as misconfigurations directly from within integrated development environments […]
GitLab Adds More AI and Cybersecurity Capabilities to CI/CD Platform
GitLab this week delivered an update to its continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform that adds additional generative artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity capabilities. The GitLab 16 release included cybersecurity capabilities such as centralized policy management, expanded compliance reports and controls, compliance dashboards and default Level 3 attestation for the supply-chain levels for software artifacts (SLSA) […]
Red Hat Moves to Secure Software Supply Chains
Red Hat today announced a portfolio of cloud services designed to better secure software supply chains. The expanded portfolio includes Red Hat Trusted Application Pipeline to secure continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflows and Red Hat Trusted Content offerings to better secure software components. Announced at the Red Hat Summit, the Red Hat Trusted Software Supply […]
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
devopsy.kinsta.cloud is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available DevOps talent is still relatively constrained, so […]
AWS Converts Cedar Policy-as-Code Tool to Open Source Project
At the Open Source Summit North America conference today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it is making Cedar, a language for defining permissions as policies that includes automated reasoning to mathematically prove an IT environment is secure, available as an open source project. In addition, AWS launched SnapChange, an open source fuzz testing tool that […]
GitGuardian Survey Surfaces Secrets Management Challenges
A survey of 507 IT decision-makers in the U.S. and the United Kingdom published today found 75% of respondents said a secret leaked from at least one application, with 60% noting that the leak caused issues for either the company, employees or both. Conducted by Sapio Research on behalf of GitGuardian, a provider of a […]
ReversingLabs: Increased Focus on Software Supply Chain Security
A global survey of 300 global executives, technology and security professionals found software containing vulnerabilities (82%) followed by secrets leaked through source code (55%), malicious code (52%) and suspicious code (46%) posed a serious risk to the business. Conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of ReversingLabs, a provider of a platform for securing software supply […]
How DevSecOps Addresses Supply Chain Security
“The absence of security in the initial stages of system engineering is the single most significant cybersecurity gap and risk in modern system development.” This quote from tech entrepreneur Linda Rawson is a good reminder for the current cybersecurity threat situation. With software supply chain attacks increasing in aggressiveness and sophistication, organizations need to understand […]
Codenotary Previews Secure SBOM Creation Service
Codenotary today made available a preview of a centralized repository service for generating and storing software bills of materials (SBOMs) that makes it simpler to securely share them as necessary. Moshe Bar, Codenotary CEO, said SBOMCenter will make it easier for organizations to operationalize SBOMs that are being created with greater frequency as the need […]
Report: Most IT Teams Can’t Fix Open Source Software Security
Lineaje, a provider of a platform for securing software supply chains, today published an analysis of 41,989 open source components embedded in the top 44 popular projects managed by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). That analysis found more than a quarter (26%) of vulnerabilities are not patchable by the application development team that deployed them. […]
Mobb Launches Community Edition of Automated Remediation Tool
Mobb today made available a free community edition of a namesake tool that creates fixes to open source vulnerabilities. The fixes are based on the results of code scanning by a static application security testing (SAST) tool. Fresh from raising $5.4 million in seed funding, Mobb CEO Eitan Worcel said the company developed a tool […]
Endor Labs Taps ChatGPT to Identify Secure Open Source Software
Endor Labs has launched DroidGPT, an extension of its software for assessing risks in open source code. DroidGPT integrates the ChatGPT generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform to make it simpler to discover the most secure version of an open source package. That capability makes it possible for developers to launch a natural language query from […]
Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
devopsy.kinsta.cloud is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available DevOps talent is still relatively constrained, so […]