The startup’s guide to securing your infrastructure
Eric
Running tech at a startup is a hard job. You’re on a shoestring budget, if you even have one. You’re constantly understaffed. Everyone needs that new feature or server set…
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Top 10 Python security best practices
Don Roche
On the sleepy island of Gozo, security isn’t a concern. Tourists can leave their bags on the beach and go off on an adventure without worrying that their belongings will…
How to manage security debt as a startup
What do you know about security debt? As the leader of a software startup, you’re probably familiar with the concept of technical debt. Technical debt is where your team makes…
Top 6 security best practices for Go
Christian Meléndez
Golang’s adoption has been increasing over the years. Successful projects like Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform have bet heavily on this programming language. More recently, Go has been the de facto…
How to secure your Heroku application
Lou Bichard
I’m guessing you’re here because you’ve got an application up on Heroku, and you’re wondering what steps you need to take to keep it secure. If so, then awesome—you’re in…
What NIST recommends for cybersecurity and applications
Justin Reynolds
Cybersecurity is a growing concern for businesses of all sizes and industries—and for good reason. As cybersecurity threats and attacks increase each year and more businesses move into software, the…
Developer security best practices: how to validate input data in Python
Boris
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…
5 security best practices for Java
When it came along in the mid-1990s, Java promised a revolution in programming languages. At the time, a great deal of business programming took place in C or C++. Anyone…
Developer security best practices: protecting against timing attacks
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…
Kubernetes security best practices
There’s no doubt that Kubernetes adoption has increased a lot since its first release. But, as Ian Coldwater said in their talk about abusing the Kubernetes defaults: Kubernetes is insecure…