How cloud-based security is becoming more powerful thanks to open APIs

Security technology is essential to any successful business. In order to operate to your full potential, you need to feel secure that your data, people, and spaces are well protected.

With a robust commercial security system, you can feel safe knowing that your security team has a well-rounded view of your facility and employs the best technology to keep you and your most important assets safe.

In particular, cloud-based security tech is the new popular choice for many...

1 June 2022 | API

Google Cloud defines core tenets with new ‘Google Enterprise APIs’ label

Google Cloud API

The Google Cloud Platform has a reputation for instability thanks to the short lifespan of many of its APIs, but Google hopes to fix this through a new set of tenets designed to restore trust in its development process.

Having relabelled its suite of products as ‘Google Enterprise APIs,’ the tech giant plans to be more transparent with and supportive of customers.

Google summarised its new philosophy in a recent blog post as such:

“The burden is on us: Our...

28 July 2021 | API

Report: Sec and DevOps split on who is responsible for software security

Solar Eclipse

IT security and development teams are divided over who is and who should be responsible for securing software, a new report from cybersecurity company Venafi has shown.

When asked who is responsible for software security at their organisations, the sample of 1,000 DevOps and Sec professionals were equally split, with 48% saying development were and 48% saying IT security were.

Of far greater concern is the divide over who should be responsible for software security. Only...

15 July 2021 | Hacking & Security

83% of developers suffer from burnout and pandemic made it worse

Burnout

83% of software developers feel burnout from their work and 81% reported an increase in burnout as a result of the pandemic, according to a new study from Haystack Analytics.

The analytics firm has published its findings in a report designed to further understand the impact COVID-19’s disruption has had on developers.

Of those 83%, top reasons cited for burnout included 47% believing they had a high workload, 31% feeling processes in place at their companies are...

14 July 2021 | Developer