Cloud Infrastructure and Security

Security is a core element of software products. If you are a software developer or the head of product engineering teams, you cannot ignore the importance of security measures in application development. In this blog, we bring you the new observations in the field of security and software products and the best security measures and practices for the Top 10 Vulnerabilities as stated by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).   The following are OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities: Injection Broken Authentication Exposure to Sensitive Data XML External Entities Broken Access Control Security Misconfiguration Insecure Deserialization Insufficient Logging and Monitoring Cross Site Scripting Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities   Injection: The most common type of vulnerability is any kind of injection flaw. These flaws are often found in SQL, XPath, NoSQL, LDAP, and other programming languages. During code review, the code can be looked at to find these holes. Static ...

With increasing interest in the cloud and the way it streamlines business operations, organizations are investing more in cloud computing . Right from scaling their storage, creating collaboration apps to outsourcing their IT services, organizations are heavily relying on the cloud to support their business goals. The cloud plays a crucial role in driving business transformations, providing the flexibility for companies to innovate and create new ways of engaging customers and developing products. Despite this, organizations face challenges when it comes to implementing cloud technology . These obstacles often stem from a reluctance to depart from established processes that have been honed to support on-premises systems. To successfully adopt cloud computing , it is important for companies to understand their current level of cloud maturity. Some organizations may already be fully operating on the cloud, while others may have only migrated certain systems and processes or may be in the...