JFrog announced a new machine learning (ML) lifecycle integration between JFrog Artifactory and MLflow, an open source software platform originally developed by Databricks.
"Attackers are leveraging automation to exploit every point of weakness they can uncover," said Crystal Morin, Cybersecurity Strategist at Sysdig, referencing the company's new 2024 Cloud-Native Security and Usage Report. "This year's report shows that many companies are chasing faster innovation at the cost of more comprehensive security — a gamble that poses real business risks."
Report highlights include:
69% of enterprises have yet to embed AI into cloud environments
While 31% of companies have integrated AI frameworks and packages, only 15% of these integrations are used for generative AI tools such as large language models (LLMs). Considering the risk acceptance described in this year's report, organizations are ignoring security best practices, yet they are cautious when it comes to implementing AI into their enterprise environments.
91% of runtime scans fail
In shift-left security, organizations scan early and often during the development phase, recognizing failed builds, correcting the code, and then redeploying. The goal is to catch issues before delivery, and before they become exploitable conditions for attackers. However, with 91% of runtime scans failing, teams appear to be relying more on threat detection than prevention.
Only 2% of granted permissions are being used
Identity management — for both humans and machines — has become the most overlooked cloud attack risk and opportunity for companies to improve their security posture, especially in light of well-known 2023 attacks that took advantage of overly permissive identities. In last year's report, Sysdig saw 90% of permissions going unused, showing that this trend has worsened year over year.
Shorter container lifespans are not stopping attackers
The homogenous nature of cloud environments and attackers' usage of automation for discovery and reconnaissance gives them a near-instant understanding of cloud environments and their opportunities to move laterally. Running vulnerable workloads, no matter how short-lived, leaves organizations at risk for attacks.
"Though I am unsurprised by the apprehension around the security of new technologies like AI, I am disheartened by the massive number of excessive permissions being administered, especially for machine identities. It feels a bit like obsessing over a plane crash while regularly running stop signs with no seatbelt on," said Anna Belak, Director, Office of Cybersecurity Strategy at Sysdig.
Industry News
Copado announced the general availability of Test Copilot, the AI-powered test creation assistant.
SmartBear has added no-code test automation powered by GenAI to its Zephyr Scale, the solution that delivers scalable, performant test management inside Jira.
Opsera announced that two new patents have been issued for its Unified DevOps Platform, now totaling nine patents issued for the cloud-native DevOps Platform.
mabl announced the addition of mobile application testing to its platform.
Spectro Cloud announced the achievement of a new Amazon Web Services (AWS) Competency designation.
GitLab announced the general availability of GitLab Duo Chat.
SmartBear announced a new version of its API design and documentation tool, SwaggerHub, integrating Stoplight’s API open source tools.
Red Hat announced updates to Red Hat Trusted Software Supply Chain.
Tricentis announced the latest update to the company’s AI offerings with the launch of Tricentis Copilot, a suite of solutions leveraging generative AI to enhance productivity throughout the entire testing lifecycle.
CIQ launched fully supported, upstream stable kernels for Rocky Linux via the CIQ Enterprise Linux Platform, providing enhanced performance, hardware compatibility and security.
Redgate launched an enterprise version of its database monitoring tool, providing a range of new features to address the challenges of scale and complexity faced by larger organizations.
Snyk announced the expansion of its current partnership with Google Cloud to advance secure code generated by Google Cloud’s generative-AI-powered collaborator service, Gemini Code Assist.
Kong announced the commercial availability of Kong Konnect Dedicated Cloud Gateways on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Pegasystems announced the general availability of Pega Infinity ’24.1™.