Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Unlike closed-source code or proprietary applications, open source software (OSS) exposes its source code, allowing anyone to view, modify, or contribute to it. This transparency delivers both opportunities and unique threats; developer communities can uncover flaws faster, but attackers can also examine code for weaknesses and even easily leverage known reported open source vulnerabilities.

Zero Standing Privileges (ZSP), where no user or system account has access unless there is a task being performed, is a milestone goal for most security teams. No always-on accounts, no secrets sitting around “just in case,” and nothing waiting to be misused. For a long time, privileged access management (PAM) has meant using credential vaults to store, rotate, and protect privileged credentials like administrative passwords, SSH keys, and API tokens.

Turns out the scariest thing about SSL certificates isn’t when they expire. It’s when they don’t. I wrote about the CA/Browser fight that led to the 47-day certificate mandate. CAs crying about lost revenue, browsers flexing their root program authority, enterprises stuck in the middle. But nobody talks about the security research that started it all: BygoneSSL at DEFCON 2018. Two researchers mining Certificate Transparency logs found something surprising.

When AWS’s US-East-1 region went down again this month, it reminded the industry of an uncomfortable truth: even the most trusted cloud platforms can fail. From streaming services to SaaS providers, many businesses were caught off guard, not because they lacked backups, but because they lacked redundancy. In a Kubernetes world, redundancy isn’t just about having data snapshots.

The recently published 2025 Latio Cloud Security Market Report, authored by industry analyst James Berthoty, captures a major transformation: cloud security is leaving behind static visibility tools and moving toward runtime-driven risk reduction. The report traces five years of evolution – from dashboards full of misconfigurations to platforms that can detect, prioritize, and mitigate threats in real time. Six key insights define this new era.