Sean Michael Kerner

Thomas Di Giacomo, CTO at SUSE, offers insights into navigating the complex landscape of open-source cloud application infrastructure, explaining how OpenStack, Cloud Foundry, and Kubernetes intersect and complement each other within SUSE’s product offerings.

Cloudflare is extending its 1.1.1.1 DNS service with new mobile capabilities it announced on Nov. 11. The 1.1.1.1 DNS service was first launched on April 1, providing a freely available service to help secure and accelerate DNS lookups. The initial service launch required users to make a change on their own desktop or mobile settings […]

Trend Micro is refocusing its Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) Targeted Incentive Program (TIP) with new targets for researchers to discover and disclose zero-day flaws. The TIP program is now adding OpenSSH and the ISC BIND DNS server to the effort, awarding researchers $200,000 for successfully reporting vulnerabilities that enable remote code execution. The TIP program […]

IBM announced its new Pinpoint Verify technology on Nov. 8, providing organizations with a model for combating online fraud with a digital identity trust approach. Alongside the new technology release, IBM sponsored a report from Javelin, titled “Preserving Trust in Digital Services,” that provides context for why digital identity trust is needed. Among the primary […]

Data breaches are an all too common occurrence, with organizations big and small falling victim to attackers. And the impact of a data breach is not just the loss of data; a breach could lead to the loss of customer loyalty as well. According to the Ping Identity 2018 Consumer Survey: Attitudes and Behavior in […]

Docker Inc. announced the release of Docker Enterprise 2.1 on Nov. 8, providing new features and services for containers running on both Windows and Linux servers. Among the capabilities that Docker is highlighting is the ability to migrate legacy applications, specifically Windows Server 2008, into containers, in an attempt to help with the challenge of […]

DFLabs announced a new version of its IncMan SOAR (Security Orchestration Automation and Response) platform on Nov. 7, providing organizations with a new open model for enabling integration with security tools. The IncMan SOAR 4.5 release adds a new open integration framework that makes it easier for organizations to connect disparate security tools together for […]

VMware is the company that did more than perhaps any other to help usher in the era of enterprise server virtualization that has been the cornerstone of the last decade of computing. Now VMware once again is positioning itself to be a leader, this time in the emerging world of Kubernetes-based, cloud-native application infrastructure. On […]

The Linux Foundation announced on Nov. 6 that it is forming a new foundation to support the open-source GraphQL specification, which enables a new generation of APIs. For nearly two decades, REST (Representational State Transfer) has been one of the primary approaches for enabling APIs that help to connect and extend applications and web services. […]

Symantec continues to grow its portfolio of cyber-security products and services, most recently via the acquisitions of Javelin Networks and Appthority. Privately held Javelin Networks develops technology to help protect enterprises from attacks that target the widely deployed Microsoft Active Directory system. Privately held Appthority is in the business of mobile application security analysis. “Javelin […]