Sean Michael Kerner

The open-source Kubernetes container orchestration platform has become a de facto standard for cloud-native computing, but there is at least one catch–it’s not optimized by default for edge use cases. On Feb. 26, Rancher Labs formally announced the launch of the open-source K3S effort that builds a lightweight implementation of Kubernetes that requires only a […]

McAfee released its Mobile Threat Report 2019 on Feb. 25, revealing how attackers are increasingly taking aim at mobile users. Among the highlights of the 20-page report is data on fake mobile apps that look to trick users into clicking or installing something that leads to data loss and exploitation. According to McAfee Global Threat […]

Synopsys is bringing together its software integrity assets in a new offering aimed at helping organizations improve code quality, security and assurance. The Polaris Software Integrity Platform is being formally announced by Synopsys on Feb. 25, with the company planning on showcasing the new technology at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, which runs from […]

Imperva is adding new capabilities to its Runtime Application Self Protection (RASP) technology platform that enables organizations to better protect their workloads. The ability to automatically protect code at runtime from threats is the domain of RASP technology. Imperva entered the RASP business via the acquisition of RASP vendor Prevoty in July 2018 and is […]

WordPress 5.1 became generally available on Feb. 21, providing users of the popular open-source blogging and content management system (CMS) with updates to improve site operations and site health. WordPress is one of the most widely deployed CMS technologies, powering over 30 percent of all websites on the internet. The new WordPress release follows the open-source […]

Cyber-security threats are not static and change from year to year as both attackers and defenders shift tactics. Symantec released its latest Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) on Feb. 19, providing an overview of the threat landscape. The 61-page report reveals a number of changes in the threat landscape, including a move toward an attack […]

Do you know if the Chrome browser extensions that are being used across your enterprise are a potential risk? That’s a question that until today wasn’t as easy to answer as it should have been. Cisco’s Duo Security business unit is announcing the public beta of a new tool called CRXcavator on Feb. 21 that […]

Google is extending its Cloud Platform beyond the confines of its own data centers, enabling organizations to run its Cloud Services Platform on-premises. The Cloud Services Platform (CSP) is available in beta as of Feb. 20, providing organizations with the ability to run Google cloud workloads on their own hardware infrastructure and manage it in […]

There are a lot of cyber-security startups that make use of artificial intelligence to help organizations detect new threats, but K2 Cyber Security isn’t one of them. K2 officially emerged from stealth on Feb. 20 along with its cloud workload security platform that takes a deterministic real-time approach to help prevent threats, as well as […]

Pulse Secure announced the launch of a new Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) offering on Feb. 19, that integrates with the company’s existing Secure Access platform. SDP is an industry standard framework approach led by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) that provides access and authentication components to protect cloud and virtualized workloads. Pulse Secure will be […]

Although serverless compute functions are short-lived, the data sources and information that they connect with are often not, potentially opening up a new avenue of risk for unprotected data. On Feb. 19, Baffle announced that its data protection platform has now been extended to support the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lambda serverless compute platform. With […]

Modern application development often involves a healthy dose of integration technologies and approaches that bring together different data sets and capabilities. In an effort to make the integration process easier to work with, Red Hat is launching a new bundled offering aptly called Red Hat Integration, which combines the company’s integration technologies. Red Hat is […]