You've probably felt the pressure to deploy faster, scale quicker, and innovate constantly. It's exhilarating, but it can also be terrifying. What if a misconfiguration exposes your entire infrastructure? What if a secret gets leaked in a log file? Despite concerns, container security can actually reduce your attack surface, not expand it, and help lock down your containerized applications without sacrificing the agility that drew you to containers in the first place ...

Development velocity is a standard KPI in software development, while QA velocity is rarely measured. Even with regulatory and compliance demands, DevOps methodologies, and the shifting left of numerous software testing functions, quality assurance topics (like performance, usability, security, and dependability) continue to be an afterthought in 2024 ...

Platform Engineering is not new. However, as API management becomes more critical and complicated, connecting the world, platform engineering is also evolving to be a vital component of modern digital business. API developers play a crucial role in creating, managing, and scaling APIs to meet the demands of their organizations and customers. What should developers understand about the current state of platform engineering? ...

As technology rapidly advances, IT pros are increasingly saddled with technical debt ... But what exactly is technical debt? In essence, it is the cost incurred by opting for quick fixes over comprehensive solutions in software development. Some IT leaders see generative AI (GenAI) as a solution to quickly code their way out of these legacy IT headaches, but more code is not the answer — in fact, it's what started this problem in the first place ...

In certain developer circles right now, the sense of doom is palpable. For many, the writing seems to be on the wall. The question is not if but when AI will render their professions wholly irrelevant ... It seems like a tragedy. Luckily, it's also a fantasy ...

To better facilitate the secure development of software built and bought by federal agencies, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) created the Secure Software Development Attestation form ... While the time to fill out the Secure Software Attestation Form has come and gone for critical software and around the corner for all software, a recent survey from Lineaje, conducted a month before the June deadline, revealed significant gaps in software producers' preparedness and awareness ...

Vultr and S&P Global Market Intelligence recently released a report titled The New Battleground: Unlocking the Power of AI Maturity/MultiModel AI. The research charts the paths mature AI organizations have taken as a guide for those still in the earlier stages.Here are a few of the key findings ...