Why Do We Need to Secure Our Applications? Cloud environments are very dynamic and interconnected. A single misconfiguration or exposed API key can lead to: Data breaches Compliance violations Costly downtime Attackers often target application-level weaknesses, not just infrastructure gaps. If any application handles sensitive data, financial transactions, or user credentials, security is critical. […]
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Zero Trust & Infosec Mesh: Org’s Survival Guide
Zero Trust & Cybersecurity Mesh: The New Security Paradigm Traditional cybersecurity methods have fallen apart under their own presumptions in a world where employees access systems from kitchen counters, cafés, and even virtual reality headsets, and data is no longer housed behind a single firewall. It’s not only that the castle-and-moat model(a classic method in […]
Security Best Practices in Sitecore XM Cloud
Securing your Sitecore XM Cloud environment is critical to protecting your content, your users, and your brand. This post walks through key areas of XM Cloud security, including user management, authentication, secure coding, and best practices you can implement today to reduce your security risks. We’ll also take a step back to look at the […]
AWS Secrets Manager – A Secure Solution for Protecting Your Data
Objective If you are looking for a solution to securely store your secrets like DB credentials, API keys, tokens, passwords, etc., AWS Secret Manager is the service that comes to your rescue. Keeping the secrets as plain text in your code is highly risky. Hence, storing the secrets in AWS secret manager helps you with […]
Databricks on Azure versus AWS
As a Databricks Champion working for Perficient’s Data Solutions team, I spend most of my time installing and managing Databricks on Azure and AWS. The decision on which cloud provider to use is typically outside my scope since the organization has already made it. However, there are occasions when the client uses both hyperscalers or […]