Predictions are hard to make in any area of life, however short term forecasting is not impossible. Ask a meteorologist for the weather in the next twenty-four hours and you will get a fairly accurate prediction. Ask for the outlook over the next 30 days and you will...
Cybersecurity
Accelerating Product Development with Engineering Operations
What is Engineering Operations (EngOps)? Why do you need it, and how do you effectively deploy it?There’s a strange interplay between IT and engineering teams in most firms. That’s because the tech stack that engineers need to design, build, test, and release products...
How GitLab Embraces AI to Transform DevSecOps Processes
From resolving security vulnerabilities to maintaining productivity amidst context switching, software developers must overcome many challenges in their day-to-day work. Manually dealing with every issue that comes their way can result in delays. GitLab Duo, a suite...
Boost Your Cloud Security Using Atlassian Guard Premium
Shifting to a cloud environment is daunting for many organizations. Worries about losing data often prevent this migration. However, cloud environments have never been more secure with Atlassian Guard Premium. Atlassian’s advanced cloud security add-on defends...
The Top 10 Outcomes of Poor Migration Practices on Your Business (And How To Overcome Them)
As new tools and technologies enter the market, staying competitive becomes increasingly more difficult. Businesses aiming to modernize operations must migrate to a new system to keep up with these changes. While migrations have many benefits such as improving...
How to Install Snort on a Redhat 6 Box
Snort is used for performing security checks on network boundaries. This can be done on the outside Untrust network but is sometimes more useful to look at what’s getting through your firewall into the web servers. Follow our step-by-step instructions on how...
Blog: Leveraging PTC’s Integrity Platform for IEC 62304 Compliance
SPK and Associates leverage PTC’s Integrity platform to help Medical Device companies develop software efficiently while achieving IEC 62304 compliance.
Using SSH to Securely Tunnel a TCP Application
Often times, I'm caught in a situation where an application or service is not directly accessible to me from the network I'm currently on. For instance, if I'm at a customer site, I may need VNC or RDP access to a collocated server. Sure, I could open up port 5901...
LinkedIn Password Database Leaked!
LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, has reported that its user database has been hacked and the encrypted passwords of 6+ million users have been stolen. Even though the password database was encrypted, users with weak passwords could be exposed with...
GitLab Duo Vulnerability Resolution Transforming Security for Modern Development
As new threats emerge, it is becoming vital for security to be integrated into code development processes. Vulnerabilities in code often lead to delays as teams try to balance addressing security concerns with delivering new features. Fortunately, GitLab Duo, GitLab’s...
Enhance Atlassian Cloud Security and Configuration Management with Revyz Data Manager
Atlassian ensures its user data is secure, but what if we told you there is a way to enhance your Atlassian Cloud security and configuration management capabilities? Revyz Data Manager, an innovative app for Jira, provides essential tools to enhance Jira Cloud...
Why Fortune 1000 Companies Trust SPK’s SOC 2-Certified Cloud Hosting Services
The need for secure data storage and management is paramount in the modern business landscape. This is especially true when working within or migrating to a cloud-hosted environment. Partnering with a SOC 2-compliant cloud hosting vendor like SPK, means your sensitive...