Application performance monitoring (APM) has been around for a long time. Odds are if you’re tasked with overseeing app performance, you’ve had to deal with this technology to get an understanding of your applications and any issues that can arise in the name of troubleshooting.But there’s a new approach you should consider: application observability. It’s a more inclusive, … [Read more...] about 5 Important Reasons Why You Need Application Observability
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Application Observability in Minutes: How to Implement App 360
As applications in the cloud become more distributed and complex, the Mean Time To Resolution (MTTR) for production issues is getting longer. Modern systems are built with hundreds of distinct, ephemeral, and interconnected cloud components, which can make it exceptionally hard for engineers to understand the current state of their applications, what problems are impacting … [Read more...] about Application Observability in Minutes: How to Implement App 360
2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring and Observability
Consistent performance and continuous improvement: these are the fundamentals we should aspire to in the world of cloud software delivery. We focus on ensuring our systems become more consumable, enjoyable and innovative. We seek to make customers’ lives easier and more productive through incremental achievements, and doing a better job, every day.This commitment to positive … [Read more...] about 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring and Observability
Falcon Discover Enhanced with Application Inventory
CrowdStrike Falcon® Discover delivers deep asset visibility with no hardware to deploy or manage, providing valuable context for all of your assets. For IT and security teams alike, Falcon Discover is a powerful tool to stop breaches. The majority of CrowdStrike customers already use Falcon Discover to improve their IT and security posture. To continue providing them with … [Read more...] about Falcon Discover Enhanced with Application Inventory
What to Look for When Selecting a Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Solution
If you're involved in securing the applications your organization develops, there is no question that Static Application Security Testing (SAST) solutions are an important part of a comprehensive application security strategy. SAST secures software, supports business more securely, cuts down on costs, reduces risk, and speeds time to development, delivery, and deployment of … [Read more...] about What to Look for When Selecting a Static Application Security Testing (SAST) Solution
Researchers Detail New Attack Method to Bypass Popular Web Application Firewalls
Dec 10, 2022Ravie LakshmananWeb App Firewall / Web Security A new attack method can be used to circumvent web application firewalls (WAFs) of various vendors and infiltrate systems, potentially enabling attackers to gain access to sensitive business and customer information. Web application firewalls are a key line of defense to help filter, monitor, and block HTTP(S) traffic … [Read more...] about Researchers Detail New Attack Method to Bypass Popular Web Application Firewalls
Application Snapshots: A Valuable Observability Signal for Developers
Monitoring is often not the first thing on the mind of the modern developer. Yet, it’s necessary at many points of the software development lifecycle, including: before deprecating an API, before launching a new feature, after launching the feature, and more. In fact, monitoring needs can vary much more than the classic Ops monitoring.There is one type of telemetry data that is … [Read more...] about Application Snapshots: A Valuable Observability Signal for Developers
Mitigating Dynamic Application Risks with Secure Firewall Application Detectors
As part of our strategy to enhance application awareness for SecOps practitioners, our new Secure Firewall Application Detectors portal, https://appid.cisco.com, provides the latest and most comprehensive application risk information available in the cybersecurity space. This advance is important because today’s applications are not static. In fact, applications are … [Read more...] about Mitigating Dynamic Application Risks with Secure Firewall Application Detectors
Unifying the Power of EDR with SaaS and Application Security
There’s no stopping when it comes to scaling your business, so why should your security remain stagnant? With your organization constantly expanding and your IT and security stack increasing in tools, your threat landscape is bound to grow with it. And by leveraging an increasing number of external applications and software-as-a-service (SaaS)-delivered solutions, you’re … [Read more...] about Unifying the Power of EDR with SaaS and Application Security
Test Automation for Application Security
This blog is co-authored by Matthew McCullough and is part three of a four-part series about DevSecOps. Previously, the series explored a framework for continuous security and looked at one aspect of maintaining application security, a software Bill of Materials (BOM,) and associated vulnerabilities. This blog focuses on application security and how Cisco validates its software … [Read more...] about Test Automation for Application Security