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DevOps vs SRE: Differences & Similarities

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DevOps vs SRE: Differences & Similarities

DevOps vs. SRE: Differences and Similarities DevOps and site reliability engineering (SRE) both aim to streamline development and operations. Because of their similar goals, some IT professionals consider SRE to be an extension of DevOps. However, they are distinct approaches between the two that need to be evaluated in order to define their working roles and responsibilities. This article compares DevOps and SRE so teams can choose which approach fits their team’s goals and culture,…

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Cloud Native: Virtual Patching 101

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Cloud Native: Virtual Patching 101

As an enterprise’s online infrastructures become more complex — from their decentralization to the adoption of cloud, mobile, and internet-of-things (IoT) technologies — patch management has become an even more time-consuming and resource-intensive task. However, delaying or deferring the application of patches can be risky. Breaches could result in millions of dollars in financial losses, not to mention the hefty fines paid to authorities. Besides data breaches, there’s also the looming threat of ransomware and…

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How to Build Your First Node.js gRPC API

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How to Build Your First Node.js gRPC API

What is gRPC? Google Remote Procedure Call (gRPC) is a remote procedure call framework that eases the communication process between client and server applications. It’s high-performing, robust, and lightweight. These three qualities are due to its data exchange format and the interface definition language used by protocol buffers (protobufs). Protobufs are small and fast due to their data serialization format, which enables smaller packets. This makes them highly suitable for fast data flow and economical…

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Virtual Machine vs Container

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Virtual Machine vs Container

The difference between virtual machines and containers Virtual machines (VMs) and containers are as similar as they are different. They each have their own unique characteristics and use cases that separate them from each other. However, they are similar in that they can be used either together, or interchangeably, to enhance IT and DevOps efficiency. Great, all that sounds fine and dandy, but what are virtual machines and containers actually used for? I’m glad you…

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Cloud Configuration Management: Add These Guardrails After Launch

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Cloud Configuration Management: Add These Guardrails After Launch

The Challenge With a brand-new account, your initial configuration sets the tone. With existing accounts, the challenge is twofold. The first is the team working with that account will already be used to operating under the existing configuration. And since they’ve been doing it this way for a while and things are working, there’s no motivation to change. The second challenge is on the technical side. Can these guardrails be implemented without breaking anything inside…

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Cryptomining Overview for DevOps

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Cryptomining Overview for DevOps

What is cryptomining? Malicious cryptomining or cryptocurrency-mining is when cybercriminals exploit unpatched vulnerabilities, weak credentials, or misconfigurations to enter systems and utilize its computer power to generate cryptocurrency. DevOps and cryptomining While ransomware seems to be the hot topic, cryptomining is still a cyberattack with dire consequences. Remember Apache Log4j (Log4Shell)—to be honest, who can forget? This critical vulnerability was mostly observed in the wild in cryptomining attacks. Think of the uptick in cryptomining like…

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Cybersecurity Basics: Authentication and Authorization

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Cybersecurity Basics: Authentication and Authorization

What is identity and access management? Identity and access management (IAM) ensures the right people in the right job roles can access the tools, systems, and services absolutely necessary to do their jobs. It is part of the foundation to a strong zero trust approach that answers two fundamental questions you should be asking about every solution you build: who is that and what have we allowed them to do? The “Who” Determining who you…

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5 Zero Trust Security Model DevOps Integrations

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5 Zero Trust Security Model DevOps Integrations

Five key pillars of zero trust A zero trust security approach across can be broken down into five distinct pillars: device trust, user trust, transport/session trust, application trust, and data trust. To efficiently coordinate the security of each pillar consider leveraging a cybersecurity platform that gives you visibility into your entire IT infrastructure, with the access to security automation tools, customizable APIs, and a broad set of third-party integrations. 1. Device trustThe number of devices…

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Terraform Tutorial: Drift Detection Strategies

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Terraform Tutorial: Drift Detection Strategies

A common misconception among DevOps teams using infrastructure as code (IaC) tools is that the templates they use to run their deployments are infallible sources of truth. Instead, a fundamental challenge of architectures built using tools like Terraform is configuration drift. This occurs when the actual state of your infrastructure begins to accumulate changes and deviates from the configurations defined in your code. Configuration drift can occur for many reasons, regardless of how good your…

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5 Frequent Cybersecurity Software Vulnerabilities & Indicators

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5 Frequent Cybersecurity Software Vulnerabilities & Indicators

Vulnerabilities in software and infrastructure are a fact of life for developers and SREs, but that doesn’t mean you must accept them. Given the exponential growth of vulnerabilities, DevOps teams must be aware of and learn how to mitigate these risks to ensure healthy systems and applications. This article will focus on five common vulnerabilities in no particular order of severity. We’ll examine some in-depth information on each vulnerability’s root cause and how it can…

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