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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Secure Your World

October marks the annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a joint initiative from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA). Established in 2004, this month-long event is dedicated to promotin...

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Secure Your World

Can You Prepare for the EU’s DORA With ASPM Solutions?

The European Union passed the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) in 2022 to strengthen the security posture of financial institutions operating in the EU. Financial institutions were singled out because they regularly handle high-stakes confidenti...

Can You Prepare for the EU’s DORA With ASPM Solutions?

Maximizing the Effectiveness of Cyber Security Testing Tools

Developers frequently have to contend with having smaller budgets for larger and larger projects that require quality and security assurance. While there’s an entire ecosystem of tools that can conduct individual types of tests, using these tools separately c...

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12 Common Software Security Issues (with Solutions)

While hackers continue to become more sophisticated and able to attack more secure software, several software security issues always seem to be a common thread for every attack. These are the most common culprits, along with some solutions to prevent your app...

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How to Find Vulnerabilities Before Attackers Do

The current state of digital connectivity opens the door to a wide array of possibilities. However, with that opportunity comes new cybersecurity risks and increased cyberattack vulnerabilities. Technology plays a big part in our personal and professional liv...

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Python Security Best Practices

Python is a widely used programming language with a huge, active community of developers and an array of libraries and frameworks. However, with that huge community comes the risk of potential hackers taking advantage of security risks. Understanding Python’s...

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Nearly All Organizations Faced Mobile App Security Breaches Last Year

Mobile apps have become a prime target for attackers, with Vanson Bourne reporting that almost 90% of developers experienced a breach in the past year. However, there’s still a significant gap between developers’ confidence in their security measur...

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What Are AppSec Tools?

With each year setting new records for security and data breaches, application security (AppSec) tools are more important than ever. Explore some of the different types of AppSec tools every developer team should have in their arsenal, and how they can benefi...

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What Is SBOM?

A software bill of materials (SBOM) is a list of every open-source and third-party component present in a project’s code. They’re essential for keeping track of all your project’s components and being able to more accurately address issues as they arise. Disc...

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The Need to Defend Against Both Static and Dynamic Attacks

Every developer sets out to write bug-free code that runs as it should, meets client requirements, and doesn’t expose sensitive data. Unfortunately, time constraints, inexperience, and inattentiveness lead to the release of applications full of security ...

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The Need to Defend Against Both Static and Dynamic Attacks

The Best Application Security Tools

See the best application security tools to safeguard your software from vulnerabilities and cyber threats. Learn how Kiuwan can improve your security

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Achieving Speed and Security in Agile Development

Software development is often a game of speed. Unrealistic deadlines were one of the top work challenges developers cited in a recent Statista survey. With the tech industry moving a mile a minute, the pressure to perform can lead developers to cut corne...

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See Kiuwan in Action

App and software breaches can have lasting consequences. They also aren’t going anywhere. Finding vulnerabilities in your app and code early is critical. Maintaining strong security practices during and after development is essential to protecting your business.

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