Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

An open source license is a binding legal contract between author and user that declares the certain conditions in which a piece of software can be used, which is especially relevant in commercial applications. This license is what turns software components into open source components, allowing developers to use that software so long as they keep the specific terms and conditions laid out in the license. There are a lot of open source licenses, over 200 in fact.

DevOps is more than just a buzzword and the dev behind the magic is more than just a tech wizard who orchestrates software delivery single-handedly. Behind the curtains is an assembly line of toolchains that makes DevOps possible. 44% of DevOps teams use between 2-5 tools, with 41% using 6-10 tools. High-performing teams also tend to use more tools, resulting in faster deployment cycles and delivering multiple times a month.

In the evolving landscape of technology, cloud agnosticism has seen increasing traction. This refers to the ability to design and deploy applications seamlessly on any cloud platform, whether that be AWS, GCP, Azure, or others. Cloud agnosticism is essentially a design principle that advocates for flexibility, portability, and interoperability, allowing organizations to use multiple cloud providers without being tied to the services or infrastructure of any single one.

Code doesn’t write itself and software doesn’t secure itself, as much as the race is on to make that happen. At the beginning and end of everything in software is people and, importantly, people interacting with each other. Having great tools doesn’t matter if no one uses them, and having great policies doesn’t matter if no one enforces them.