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Rego Based Policies in Cyral

June 29, 2023June 22, 2023 by Scott

From time to time, I end up documenting very specific details like my Integrating Cyral with Jira Cloud post. This is another case where I recently had to develop some customer Rego based policies for a specific use case at Cyral. When I first started working at Cyral, I did not know the Rego language. … Read more

Integrating Cyral with Jira Cloud

March 30, 2023 by Scott

If you’ve looked at my LinkedIn profile, then you already know that I currently work for a start up called Cyral. With that already being a known thing, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to add some Cyral specific things to the blog as well. This first post is specific to Cyral but could help others … Read more

Demystifying AWS Security: A Beginner’s Guide to Key Concepts and Services
Managing firewalls, VLANs, and access control lists might be second nature in a traditional IT setting. But when it comes to AWS, the terminology and tools can seem foreign. This beginner’s guide aims to bridge that gap, translating AWS security concepts into the world of on-premise security you already know. Why AWS Security Matters AWS ... Read more
Hardening Your CI/CD: Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes Security
As I continue this series on CI/CD pipeline security, it is time to now work on securely building and deploying our application. This post picks up where my Build Secure Python Pipelines: Adding Tests and Hooks in Action post left off. In this post, we’ll continue our pipeline development by adding a container build and ... Read more
Build Secure Python Pipelines: Adding Tests and Hooks in Action
As we continue this series started in my Getting Started with Secure CI/CD: Essential Practices for Beginners post, I’ll be securing my Python code with automated testing and hooks. While some of this information builds on some previous posts I’ve created in the past, I still wanted to incorporate these together in a meaningful way. ... Read more
Cribl Splunk_HEC Datasource: The Ultimate Guide for Kubernetes Log Ingestion
After writing my From Scattered to Splunk: Bringing Order to Your Kubernetes Logs post, a buddy of mine Danny Ansell (oh by the way he does work for Cribl and used to work for Splunk) suggested that I could always import my logs into Cribl as well. I’m madly in love with Splunk and do ... Read more
Getting Started with Secure CI/CD: Essential Practices for Beginners
I think it’s time to focus on a few key practices for beginners to implement secure CI/CD. I’ve been building the idea on the idea of a CI/CD pipeline in a bunch of the below posts: All of these articles are a scattering of topics based upon some of the daily randomness that I’ve faced ... Read more