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Why open source governance is key for security

What is open source governance? Open source governance is the recognized rules and customs that guide an open source project.

7 Reasons to Use an Open Source Vulnerability Scanner

Cybercrime is on the mind of every business — from the largest enterprise to small and mid-sized companies that may have limited technical expertise.

Software dependencies: How to manage dependencies at scale

The benefit of software dependencies is that they allow developers to more quickly deliver software by building on previous work.

Open Source Security Explained

Open source software has become widely used over the past few years due to its collaborative and public nature, simultaneously making it convenient for both developers and malicious actors.

DevSecOps Program Success

Improving secure development is a journey that takes time, and starts with getting visibility into the existing security processes and practices that are done by each team today. If this isn’t done in an empathetic way, this process can be perceived as a reaction to development shortcomings. When others think there’s blame or judgment, it’s easy to get defensive responses.

Security Champions and Their Role

Every organization has a different culture that you should try to create a security champions program around. Avoid copy-pasting the exact same program someone else is successfully running, but rather, try to find gems of advice and best practices that you can apply that you feel would work with your teams and culture as well.

Security Champions Overview

Security champions are developers with an interest in security and a home in development. They are the interface between two teams that have traditionally been siloed. Let’s take a look at some of the benefits any organization can gain from these programs.

Cultivating a DevSecOps Culture: Real-world implementations

Throughout the continued journey of implementing and maturing a DevSecOps model, sharing successes and lessons learned can help everyone improve. The following are examples from organizations who have adopted DevSecOps and have worked to achieve higher levels of maturity.

DevSecOps Technology

Technologies are what enable your people to properly execute DevSecOps processes. When most people think of DevSecOps and CI/CD, tooling is often top of mind. The ability to integrate and automate various development, security, and operations processes lies at the heart of a successful DevSecOps implementation. The following is a collection of technologies organizations must consider as they seek to implement a successful DevSecOps methodology within the enterprise.

The DevSecOps Process

Learn more about DevSecOps processes and various practices that need to be integrated into the DevSecOps environment and strategic points along the pipeline.

DevSecOps Culture

Online media and marketing are filled with terms like DevSecOps methodology, DevSecOps model, or DevSecOps techniques. However, in order to be successful, organizations must understand that DevSecOps is first and foremost a culture. DevSecOps culture focuses on uniting the normally siloed roles of Development, Security, and Operations into a collaborative shared-responsibility paradigm. It seeks to break down barriers of finger pointing and deflection. Instead, it aims to build empathy and common goals among various disciplines within the organization.

Cloud Compliance Explained

What is cloud compliance, and how do you bring your cloud environment into compliance with different standards and controls whilst following best practices?

Cloud Compliance Tools Guide

When choosing a cloud compliance tool, consider capabilities such as policy as code and historical reporting to help maintain and verify your compliance.

Cloud Compliance Standards: Frameworks & Controls

When choosing a cloud compliance tool, consider capabilities such as policy as code and historical reporting to help maintain and verify your compliance.

SOC 2 Cloud Compliance Guide

What is SOC 2 and why is it important for your organization? Follow our steps to bring your cloud environments into SOC 2 compliance.

Understanding SOC 2 Audits: Checklist & Process

A SOC 2 audit can give your organization a competitive advantage. But what does the audit entail? Here’s A 4-step SOC 2 Audit checklist.

Software Supply Chain Security

Learn more about software supply chain security, why it’s important to organizations, and how you can secure your supply chains with Snyk.

Software Supply Chain Attacks

Attackers leverage third-party resources to perform software supply chain attacks. Learn how what these attacks look like and how to prevent them.

The Importance of Deputy CISO's in Security Teams

Having a backup to the CISO is an important part of a cybersecurity program. It ensures that critical functions are still being performed if the CISO is unavailable.

What is Ethical Hacking?

As technology continues to play an increasingly important role in our lives, ethical hacking is becoming an essential part of any organization's cybersecurity strategy, learn what it is and how to use it to your advantage.