ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Kuma
Kuma is an open-source control plane for service mesh that is built on top of Envoy, which is an open-source service proxy. It features an out-of-the-box L4 and L7 policy architecture, allowing users to quickly set it up and enable zero trust security, observability, discovery, routing, and traffic reliability. Other features include multi-zone deployment for … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Palo Alto Networks’ new firewalls; Dynatrace’s updated security features; Tigera integrates zero trust into Calico Cloud
Security company Palo Alto Networks has announced new firewalls powered by machine learning technology. The new models, PA-3400 and PA-5400 Series provide three times improved security over previous models offered by the company, according to Palo Alto Networks. When compared to the previous models, the PA-5400 has seven times more content inspection per core, with … continue reading
Fastly adds edge deployment option for its WAF offering
Edge network provider Fastly has announced the availability of an edge deployment option for its Next-Gen WAF solution, which is powered by Signal Sciences, the security company that Fastly acquired in October 2020. According to Fastly, this firewall provides protection for applications and APIs no matter where they are located. It can be deployed across … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: InterVision Ransomware Protection as a Service; Wipro and Intel collaboration, and new Aryaka leadership
InterVision has announced its new Ransomware Protection as a Service (RPaaS) solution, which includes access to a team of security experts, strategy for recovery after an attack, and a dedicated virtual CISO. “Ransomware continues to threaten the IT landscape, requiring companies to evolve from traditional, disconnected cybersecurity tools to a comprehensive managed platform,” says John … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Turris Omnia
Turris Omnia is an open source router that features a distributed firewall that adapts to the threats coming into a network to provide more robust security. This firewall works by sending a fingerprint of suspicious traffic that it detects to the Turris headquarters and then evaluating it against other data from other Turris routers. Then, … continue reading
Aqua Security adds new features for assessing security risk
Cloud-native security company Aqua Security is introducing new features that will help companies address their security risk to its Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP). According to Aqua Security, users can choose whether to go with a quick assessment of workload risk, or they can actively protect those workloads from attacks in runtime. They can … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: JumpCloud Patch Management; SentinelOne and MimeCast integration; SoftIron and SUSE Rancher partnership
JumpCloud has added new patch management capabilities to its cloud directory platform to give organizations more insight into potential vulnerabilities in their systems and enable them to deploy automated patches. Users will be able to create schedules, report on system patches and versions, and see patch versions across their organization. “We all know that users … continue reading
Tenable.cs updates allow for vulnerability prioritization
Security company Tenable has announced a number of new additions to Tenable.cs, which is the company’s cloud-native security solution. According to Tenable, the new updates are intended to allow companies to “secure cloud resources, container images and cloud assets to provide end-to-end security from code to cloud to workload.” Users can now use Tenable.cs to … continue reading
Red Hat introduces new data and storage capabilities to OpenShift Platform Plus
Red Hat has announced new additions to OpenShift Platform Plus that will incorporate data services like software-defined storage into the platform. OpenShift Platform Plus is a hybrid cloud platform that provides a multicloud Kubernetes stack out of the box. This is being made possible through an integration with OpenShift Data Foundation, which is a data … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Citrix acquired; AppOmni’s new features; Barracuda’s new integrations for MSPs
Desktop virtualization company Citrix has announced that it is being acquired by affiliates of Vista Equity Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation. Vista and Evergreen previously acquired TIBCO Software and they plan to merge the companies’ solutions together. This will add TIBCO’s analytics capabilities to Citrix’s digital workspace and application security suite, which will enable … continue reading
ITOps Times Open-Source Project of the Week: Tracee
Tracee is an open-source runtime security and forensics tool that uses Linux eBPF for tracing applications at runtime. It analyzes the events it collects in order to discover suspicious patterns of behavior. It was developed at Aqua Security and released as an open-source project in 2019 in order to allow practitioners and researchers to benefit … continue reading
ITOps Times news digest: Voltage File Analysis Suite SmartScan; Replication in Amazon EFS; Portnox closes $22 million Series A
CyberRes by Micro Focus has announced a new feature in Voltage File Analysis Suite (FAS), which is a platform for searching for and protecting sensitive data. The new feature in FAS is SmartScan, which helps cut down on the time needed to find data. It also reduces data privacy compliance time. SmartScan also enables users … continue reading
