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Why triaging might be going away
CYBERSECURITY

Why triaging might be going away

One of the biggest bottlenecks in security is ’triaging’—the process of validating if a security alert is actually impacting your organization, sizing up the estimated impact, and figuring out how to resolve it. In this article, we’ll make the case that we should all be striving to skip triaging and focus on fixing vulnerabilities instead.

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Announcing Snyk-Powered Linting in Sonar
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Announcing Snyk-Powered Linting in Sonar

Earlier this year we ran a test on the top 5,000 URL’s on the web and found that 76.6% of them were running a JavaScript library with at least one known security vulnerability. It’s a frighteningly large number. That’s why we’re proud to announce that Snyk now powers the vulnerable JavaScript libraries linter in Microsoft’s Sonar—an open-source linting tool for developers.

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Python 2 vs 3: Security Differences
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Python 2 vs 3: Security Differences

Python 3 and Python 2 have various functional differences. On their own, they’re not necessarily better or worse (though arguably Python 3 should be an improvement), but any change may introduce risk. This post highlights and explains a few differences between the versions that have security implications.

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Heroku Add-On Beta
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Heroku Add-On Beta

Where just a few months ago we launched Snyk for Serverless, we are now taking it to the next level by launching the Snyk Heroku Add-On. The add-on is currently in beta, which means it’s free to try out! We’re looking for people to take it for a test drive and provide us with some feedback.

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GDPR Compliance and Open Source
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GDPR Compliance and Open Source

After years of preparation and debate, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was finally approved by the EU with enforcement starting as early as May 2018, at which time those organisations in non-compliance will face heavy fines. In this post we explain how that impacts companies using open-source and how they can protect themselves.

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