The Don’t Repeat Yourself (DRY) Principle is one of Python’s most used software development principles. It aims to reduce the repetition of software patterns and algorithms by using package libraries and boilerplate templates to improve product release efficiency.
The ongoing rise in open source vulnerabilities and software supply chain attacks poses a growing threat to businesses, which heavily rely on applications for success. Between 70 and 90 percent of organizations’ code base is open source, while vulnerabilities such as Log4j have significantly exposed organizations to cyberattacks.
As we enter 2023, both security and digital transformation efforts (e.g. cloud migration) continue to be important priorities for organizations. This combination brings huge challenges for IT teams, who are not only required to facilitate major digital changes and increase developer productivity but also ensure that this transformation is secure by default. When using AWS in particular, it’s challenging to understand how to strike this balance between accelerated cloud growth and security.
Recently, Device Authority’s CTO James Penney recorded a podcast with Axeda Co-Founder and CTO Jim Hansen. Full disclosure: I was the first Salesperson hired by Axeda in 2001 and I can personally attest that at the time many companies thought we were out of our minds! In the early days, Axeda’s biggest challenge was getting machine makers to use this new thing called the Internet to remotely manage their high value assets in the field.
Have you ever heard the saying that the greatest benefit of the cloud is that limitless resources can be spun-up with just a few clicks of the mouse? If so, you would be best served by forgetting that saying altogether. Just because cloud resources can be spun-up with a few clicks of the mouse does not mean that they should be. Rather, prior to launching anything in the cloud, careful consideration and planning are a necessity.
Many organizations today develop, build and deploy cloud native applications that utilize infrastructure and services offered by cloud computing providers like AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This trend highlights a critical consideration for organizations — how to secure applications, infrastructures and data in cloud-native systems.
