SPIRE is a graduated project of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). It’s a production-ready implementation of the SPIFFE APIs that handles node and workload attestation to securely issue SVIDs to workloads and verify the SVIDs of other workloads, all based on a predefined set of conditions. SPIRE architecture and components Common use cases include securing service-to-service communication in microservices architectures, enabling zero trust networking, and supporting secure multi-cloud or hybrid cloud deployments. Organizations also … More →
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In this Help Net Security video, Chase Doelling, Principal Strategist at JumpCloud, discusses the overlooked security risks associated with improper offboarding. Though many organizations focus on securely onboarding new employees, they often overlook the security risks associated with properly offboarding workers, especially when offboarding happens in mass and unexpectedly. The process of offboarding can be complex and urgent, often requiring IT teams to act quickly to deactivate access. However, many security teams are already stretched … More →
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