SCA or Software Composition Analysis is an important security tool that helps you understand how your application is made up. Our software is built from open-source components and these components can have vulnerabilities or simply be malicious. SCA scans our applications to identify these components and lets us know if there are vulnerabilities or issues within it. In this short video we explain what SCA tools are and how they work as well as there role in application and cyber security.

In this Tech Tip Tuesday video we share how to securely store secrets like API keys or other credentials environment variables. To do this we use the python dotenv project to store secrets in a.env file and load them into local memory. Subscribe for more tech tips, on Tuesdays and other days.

Attackers are always after your source code! Source code is very leaky and often contains sensitive information like secrets (APi keys or credentials).

Discover the Power of DAST in Cybersecurity | Dynamic Application Security Testing Explained In the digital age, cyber threats are a constant concern. Protecting your organization's data and systems is paramount, and that's where DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing) comes into play!

The video based on this article discusses a cybersecurity researcher's experience in uncovering a major security flaw in an AI-based hiring system called Chattr.ai, which provides services to numerous fast-food chains and hourly employers across the United States, including popular names like Applebees, Arbys, Chickfila, Dunkin, IHOP, KFC, Shoneys, Subway, Tacobell, Target, and Wendys. The researcher's investigation was triggered by their suspicion that many startups using Firebase, particularly those with the.ai top-level domain, may have exposed credentials.