Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

The ever-evolving cybersecurity threat landscape make the competent authorities adapt to reality by establishing new security regulations and laws. According to Forbes Advisor in 2023, there were more than 2K cyberattacks with more than 340 million victims all around the world, which made a significant increase of 72 % in data breaches since 2021.

In view of the constantly emerging threats, more and more companies are understanding that they need to level up their responses to risks and adopt more strategic compliance operations, leaving checkbox compliance behind. According to the 2024 IT Risk and Comliance Benchmark Report, the number of companies that have started paying more attention to security risks and tied them to compliance activities has risen by 80%.

GitHub Actions and the GitHub GraphQL API are powerful tools for automating and optimizing workflows. GitHub Actions, released in 2018 brings CI/CD directly into the GitHub ecosystem and automates general project management using YAML files. Whereas, a 2-year earlier-released GraphQL API provides a more efficient way to fetch and manipulate data.

There are a lot of tools that have already become an integral part of the entire life of many IT companies. Most of them can not simply imagine project management without Jira tools – Jira Software, Jira Service Management, and Jira Work Management. Considering high-profile interruptions in the availability of these tools, more and more companies are becoming aware of the need to properly secure their DevOps environments and have Jira backup and Disaster Recovery tools in place.

Managing software projects is often like trying to solve a puzzle when some of the pieces are missing. That’s where GitLab issue templates come in. Issue reports don’t have to be riddles anymore because with GitLab issue templates, all of your reports will be clear and complete. It’s all about getting it right the first time! These templates are like your time savers. They reduce the back-and-forth of issues, allowing you to focus on fixing the issue rather than trying to comprehend it.

It’s easy to imagine the burden that you, as a developer, can feel rushing to perform your tasks quickly, sometimes forgetting about the amount of confusion you can feel by reading and producing the code so fast. This confusion can cost both time and money and have an awful impact on the project you work on. This state of confusion, which takes place when a developer faces an overwhelming amount of information and multitasks, is not an imaginary sandcastle.

Oops… Atlassian already ended support for its server products on February 15, 2024. Yet not all Atlassian users have already switched to Atlassian Cloud or Data Center versions. If you still haven’t migrated to the Cloud or upgraded to a Data Center, it’s high time to think over and take action. Why?

The GitProtect version 1.7.0 is on and with it comes a few noticeable changes.

Managing different features and fixes without tangling the core code is crucial. This is where the understanding of branching in GitHub enters the chat. Think of a branch in GitHub as a parallel universe for your project, where you can experiment, develop, and refine new features or fixes, all without impacting the main codebase. It’s a fundamental practice that not only keeps your project organized but also creates a flexible and collaborative development environment.