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The business impact of critical open source vulnerabilities such as Spring4Shell and Log4j illustrate the crucial importance of detecting remediating such vulnerabilities as fast as possible, This is particularly important for the financial technology, which handles vast volumes of sensitive financial data for investors. That was certainly the case for MSCI, who deployed Mend to speedily thwart any potential threats posed by Spring4Shell.

Terraform is the de facto tool if you work with infrastructure as code (IaC). Regardless of the resource provider, it allows your organization to work with all of them simultaneously. One unquestionable aspect is Terraform security, since any configuration error can affect the entire infrastructure. In this article we want to explain the benefits of using Terraform, and provide guidance for using Terraform in a secure way by reference to some security best practices. Let’s get started!

HTTPS is the standard method for internet communications that transmit sensitive data. The TLS protocol is the backbone of HTTPS, encrypting connections so transmitted information can’t be intercepted or modified. HTTPS should also be used with local web applications that transmit sensitive data. This includes NetApp servers, since external applications and users need to authenticate, authorize and transfer data with the NetApp ONTAP operating system.

I recently had the pleasure of participating in a great panel discussion at the San Diego Cyber Security Summit, entitled “Cloud Security — Leveraging Its Strengths and Overcoming Its Vulnerabilities,” alongside representatives from Palo Alto Networks, Gigamon, Sysdig, Lacework, Imperva, and Tufin.