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More than 26,000 software vulnerabilities were discovered in 2022 – a new record – and critical vulnerabilities were up 59% over 2021, the previous record-high year. In other words, despite years of DevSecOps, software doesn’t seem to be getting more secure. Release management can help. A crucial goal of release management is vulnerability-free software.

The public sector is investing heavily on artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives. Deloitte AI Institute reported that 60% of government AI and data analytics investments aim to directly impact real-time operational decisions and outcomes by 2024. From automating redundant tasks to increasing the quality of services offered to citizens, public sector institutions have a wide range of applications where they could implement AI.

Have you ever heard of Azure Blob Storage? If you work with data storage, then chances are you’ve at least heard the name. But what exactly is it? In simple terms, Azure Blob Storage is a cloud-based storage solution provided by Microsoft. It’s used to store and manage unstructured data such as text and binary data, including documents, images, videos, and more.

Squid proxies are among the most popular open-source proxy servers preferred by companies across the globe to keep their networks safe and boost performance. Since Squid proxy’s release in 1996, companies have preferred it for its high-performance proxying, forwarding, and caching functions. Squid proxy logs contain information about the HTTP traffic passing through a server. This includes the source IP, destination IP, time of the request, and accessed URL.

Preparing for a software audit can be a time-consuming and painful process where a lot of information needs to be gathered and verified in a provable audit trail. It means tracking down and piecing together evidence for pull requests, test reports, security scans, deployment logs, and more. This information is usually scattered across tools which are typically unsecured and unmanaged, so it can be easily deleted and/or modified.

DevOps teams and site reliability engineers (SREs) contend with a never-ending flood of notifications and alerts about outages, potential threats, and other incidents. Companies rely on their DevOps teams to not only keep abreast of all the notifications but also to identify and prioritize the critical alerts and resolve problems in a timely manner. Yet in 2021, International Data Corporation (IDC) reported that companies with 500-1,499 employees ignored or failed to investigate 27% of all alerts.