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How we built a queryable Application Inventory

Janis
September 26, 2019

Sqreen is all about application security, and our focus has been on making security transparent and accessible for individual applications. The application was the central actor and everything revolved around…

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How to build a WAF at the application layer

Émile-Hugo
September 26, 2019

Earlier today, we introduced a number of very cool features we just released. You can read more about the major items we introduced in our blog post about the launch.…

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Developer security best practices: how to validate input data in Python

Boris
September 17, 2019

If you’re building an application that accepts user or third-party input, a crucial consideration for security is ensuring that you properly validate that input. You want to make sure that…

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Java

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Building a dynamic instrumentation agent for Java

Sylvain
September 10, 2019

Sqreen’s Application Security Management platform relies on microagents to leverage the runtime context of applications for security. Our drive when building these agents is to make our protection transparent and…

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Developer security best practices: protecting against timing attacks

Boris
September 4, 2019

One of the great things about security is that there is always more to learn. When you’re protecting your applications and users, understanding the kinds of attacks bad actors may…

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Ruby

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Fixing a critical issue: a journey into Ruby web server startup sequences, part two

Loic
July 29, 2019

So where are we jumping into this story? This post is part two of our story on how we dove into Ruby web server startup sequences to fix a strange…

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Ruby

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Fixing a critical issue: a journey into Ruby web server startup sequences, part one

Loic
July 25, 2019

Introduction In this post-mortem blog post we’ll explore the oft-neglected Rack’s design and Ruby web server startup sequence in depth through the lens of a surprising critical issue encountered by…

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DevOps

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Scaling and improving at Sqreen: a frontend team retrospective

Thibaud
July 10, 2019

At Sqreen, our company has evolved and changed a lot since we began this journey. Our frontend team is no exception, and as a member of that team, I wanted…

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How do you solve a problem like overcrowded company calendars? With a company dashboard!

FX
June 27, 2019

Why I built a company dashboard from scratch At Sqreen, we have an initiative called “Sqreenities.” A Sqreenity is basically a week where you step away from your normal day-to-day…

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