Open-source software has been a godsend for the development community. They bring lower development costs, faster application delivery, and greater flexibility; it’s no wonder nearly 90% of modern applications comprise third-party software nowadays. That’s not to say open-source software doesn’t come with its share of pitfalls, including security risks and vulnerabilities.

If you use the Azure cloud, Azure security groups should be on your radar because they’re a fundamental component of securing your resources. As we move into 2023, 63% of SMB workloads are hosted in the cloud, and cyber threats continue to increase, with 45% of breaches reportedly being cloud-based. The good news is Azure security groups act as virtual firewalls, allowing you to define and control access to your network resources, such as virtual machines, subnets, and applications.

In 2022, the adoption of infrastructure as code (IaC) soared, with IaC domain specific languages like HCL, Shell and GoLang gaining popularity and momentum across the open source tools ecosystem. In fact, the rise of Policy as Code is the result of a new paradigm blurring the lines between IT, legal and R&D departments – everything as code. But what do developers have to do with compliance and infrastructure provisioning? What does PaC entail, and what types of PaC are there?

As developers, we’re constantly under pressure to innovate at speed. In 2022, 60% of developers who responded to a GitLab survey acknowledged that code is moving to production at an increasingly faster clip–up to five times faster than in previous years. But juggling tight deadlines with ever-evolving security threats is no joke. When prioritizing speed, unsafe code eventually slips into production.

If you prioritize long-term security and success, you should be analyzing your applications from the inside out. Enter Static Application Security Testing (SAST), a proactive method of identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities in an application’s source code before deployment.

The software development landscape moves quickly. As organizations seek to innovate at increasing speed, developers find ways to develop and deploy digital apps faster. More than 500 million cloud-native digital apps and services are being deployed this year–the same number of apps developed over the last 40 years! Against this backdrop, ensuring software code security and quality has become more critical–and challenging.

Imagine this: you’re a developer working on a critical software application that thousands of people use daily. You’ve spent countless hours writing and testing code and are proud of what you’ve created. But as the application grows more complex and new features are added, you worry about potential security risks. How can you be sure that every component and dependency is secure and up-to-date? It’s a daunting task that can keep you up at night.

Jest is one of the most commonly used test frameworks for JavaScript testing. With the rise of asynchronicity in modern web development, it’s important to know how to test your async code properly to ensure your application runs smoothly. Asynchronous testing has been a pain point for many developers starting out with Jest.

The encoding scheme you choose as a developer can have far-reaching consequences for your application’s functionality, security, and performance–in other words, it could be the difference between a seamless user experience and a catastrophic data failure. ASCII is a popular choice, with over 95% of all websites using it, and Unicode is quickly gaining ground for many applications on over 60% of websites.

Once written off as a failed CMS incapable of generating a significant user base, Microsoft’s SharePoint has continually defied expectations to become one of the most widely-used ECM and Collaboration products ever. It caters to over 200 million users and 250,000 organizations, including 85% of Fortune 500 companies. SharePoint is a user-friendly intranet portal and provides a consolidated center for document sharing, tracking, and overall project management.