This is part-2 of a 2 part series that discusses the risks involved for application security in the new multi-cloud environments. This part introduces the requirements for multi-cloud, the types of multi-clouds and the risks they transport to application security. Requirements for multi-cloud So why…
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Matt Conran
Network, Security & Cloud Specialist
Network, Security & Cloud Specialist
Multi-Cloud Design: The Priority Focus Should be on Application Security, Part 1
This is part 1 of a two part series that discusses the risks involved for application security in the new multi-cloud environments. This part introduces cloud threats to the application, different types of cloud types and finally the latest multi-cloud design. Introduction The World Wide…
Preparing for Artificial Intelligence (AI) DDOS Attacks, Part 2
This is part-2 of a 2 part series that discusses the evolution from human to machine based DDoS attacks. It specifically delves into how to prepare for such attacks while keeping low positives and negatives to industry standard low. The Evolution of DDoS In the…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) used in DDOS Attacks, Part 1
This is part-1 of a 2 part series that discusses the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to compromise web applications. This part introduces the concept of AI and its use for destruction by cybercriminals. The speed at which cybersecurity has evolved over the last decade…
Sail Smooth with Cloud Threats, Part 2 – Cloud APIs
This is part-2 of a 2 part series that continues to discuss cloud threats and how they affect web applications in the cloud. The following addresses insecure API’s and Management Plane, deepening the threat landscape. Management Plane – Security Perspective The cloud API management plane…
Sail Smooth with Cloud Threats – Cloud Security Issues
This is part-1 of a 2 part series that introduces the cloud and the types of threats and cloud security issues that opens the web application to compromisation. The following post addresses hypervisor breakouts, also known as VM escape. Cloud Introduction Cloud computing is the…
The Evolving Security Paradigm, Part 2
This post is part 2 of a two-part series that addresses the rapid changes in security paradigms. The change to security not only affects operation, it increases the level of complexity in security designs. The following post discusses the history of security paradigms and the…
The Evolving Security Paradigm, Part 1 – History of Firewalls
This post is part 1 of a two-part series that addresses the rapid changes in security paradigms. Driven by the need to satisfy new requirements and keep pace with the digital world greatly impacts the level of security. The following post introduces the history of…
Changes to Network Architectures & The Security Tools required, Part 2
Part one in this two part series looked at the evolution of a network architecture and how it affects security. Here we will take a deeper look at the security tools needed to deal with these changes. The Firewall is not enough Firewalls in three-tier…