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via the comic humor & dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD

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Security isn’t something you implement once and leave alone. It’s a mindset, an operation, and an ongoing policy. Security frameworks like FedRAMP require a process called continuous monitoring in order to remain valid. The world of information threats is constantly evolving. Technology grows, changes, and improves, but with those changes come new vectors for intrusion, […]

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Navigate the complex world of cybersecurity software selection with confidence. This practical guide helps business leaders understand modern security threats, evaluate solutions, and implement effective protection strategies.

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If you spend time on video game forums, you might have noticed posts from users discussing their accounts being hacked or stolen, often mentioning the loss of games or items linked to their accounts. At Castle, we know these incidents are often caused by credential-stuffing attacks, where bots exploit reused

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What's the biggest challenge with WAF?  It's not a bypass. It's all the operational details around getting a WAF operational in production. Inspector is Impart's solution to that problem. We built Inspector to address some of the most persistent challenges security teams face when managing a WAF in production - deployment, rule management, and shared operational responsibility with engineering.

The Biggest WAF Challenges

Deployment Difficulties: WAFs have always been challenging to deploy because they sit in critical network workflows. Back in the day, appliance based WAFs required physical installation and network reconfiguration. While cloud-native infrastructure has simplified logistics, introducing a WAF into vital network paths remains complex due to the risks of service disruption and limited support for modern environments like containers, Kubernetes, and serverless architectures.

Too Hard to Manage Rules: Once deployed, updating WAF policies is often risky. Poorly configured rules can bring down production systems, resulting in significant revenue loss. Legacy WAF policies rely on massive libraries of regex patterns, leading to brittle and convoluted rule sets that are difficult to manage and even harder to adjust without specialized expertise. Even though some WAFs have tried to make this easier by packaging different rules into more abstract packages, customization and testingof these rules is still extremely difficult.

Shared Operational Responsibility: WAF ownership is often split across teams like application security, platform engineering, and network engineering. This disjointed ownership creates friction in environments where Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is standard. Traditional WAFs still rely on manual processes and opaque configurations, making them out of sync with modern CI/CD workflows. As a result, most WAFs are operated in a fragmented manner - with an engineering team responsible for deploying and maintaining the WAF, with a security team responsible for managing the rules. Keeping consistency between these operational teams that operate with different processes is hard.

Inspector Solves the Biggest WAF Challenges

Inspector was created to tackle these problems head on.  Here's how Inspector does it:

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Deployment

Inspector simplifies WAF deployment drastically. With just a few annotations in your preferred IaC tools, Inspector integrates seamlessly into your environment. It supports multiple deployment patterns unified under a single management plane, providing a holistic view of your attack surface alongside detailed performance metrics. For even greater ease, our AI assistant, Installer, automates much of the deployment process, and what's better, Inspector only requires a single binary to ingest and analyze multiple forms of data, including logs, live traffic, and even eBPF syscalls.

WAF Rule Management

Inspector redefines WAF policy management by making it intuitive and efficient. Policies are stored and managed as code in a WebAssembly DSL and visualized as a rule graph, and because the rules are dynamically loaded and API aware, do not require as much maintenance or customization because they can automatically tailor their policies for different endpoints or datatypes. This allows security teams to quickly understand rule dependencies and overall policy structure. Inspector also offers multiple configuration methods, such as:

• Dynamic updates to ACL lists via API, console, ChatOps, or Terraform.
• Rule recommendations that can make rules more accurate and optimized , reducing false positives.
• AI generated rules that are created using a prompt and Impart's Rule DSL definitions.
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Unified IaaC Workflows - Inspector provides first-class support for IaC workflows, enabling teams to manage WAF policies alongside other infrastructure. Security and engineering teams can collaborate through peer-reviewed pull requests, regression tests, and build processes that incorporate WAF rule validation. This approach ensures that WAF policies are treated with the same rigor and transparency as other infrastructure components, eliminating the need for bespoke processes.

Ready to experience the future of WAF management? Try Impart now!. Your security posture is about to get a serious upgrade—let the WAF Assistants show you the power of collaboration.

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Authors/Presenters: Harry Krejsa, Sarah Hipel

Our sincere appreciation to DEF CON, and the Authors/Presenters for publishing their erudite DEF CON 32 content. Originating from the conference’s events located at the Las Vegas Convention Center; and via the organizations YouTube channel.

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Palo Alto Networks this week released an open application programming interface (API) framework that organizations can use to more easily deploy encryption keys that are not likely to be broken by a quantum computer.

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Insight No. 1: DORA’s knocking at your door

DORA is already in effect! For those who haven't started, playing catch-up could be a costly mistake. Organizations that fail to comply with the established ICT risk management framework could face significant fines and reputational damage. Beyond your own company risk profile, you need to ensure that your third-party providers — particularly those classified as “critical” — are in compliance with these key processes:

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Discover insights learned from CodeMash 2025 community on NHI governance, secrets security, and addressing vault sprawl challenges in enterprise environments.

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A malicious generative AI chatbot dubbed "GhostGPT" is being advertised to cybercriminals on underground forums as a tool for more quickly and efficiently creating malware, running BEC attacks, and other nefarious activities, lowering the barrier for less-skilled hackers to launch attacks.

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With the world being highly data-driven, data is an organization’s most valuable asset, so implementing a data governance framework is essential.

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While zero-trust architecture (ZTA) has many benefits, it can be challenging for companies because of a static mindset, increased costs and continuous maintenance. it can be challenging for companies because of a static mindset, increased costs and continuous maintenance. 

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Companies are embracing multi-cloud strategies not just because they want to avoid vendor lock-in, but because different providers excel at other things.

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Digital tools have transformed how teachers and students engage in classroom activities, creating opportunities to enhance learning, communication, and organization. In this guide, we’ll explore the types of educational technologies available, their benefits for K-12 education, and how school districts can manage their digital classroom environments.  What is a digital classroom? A digital classroom is ...

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In today’s interconnected digital ecosystems, securing Non-Human Identities (NHIs) has become a critical focus. NHIs—representing machines, applications, containers, and microservices—outnumber human identities exponentially and serve as essential components in modern IT infrastructures. However, their growing volume and complexity have created a vast, dynamic attack surface.

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Are You Confident in Your Cloud-Native Security? Navigating cybersecurity can be like walking through a maze filled with lurking threats. How can you feel confident navigating through this seemingly complex labyrinth? Proper data protection and a strong focus on Non-Human Identitites (NHIs) and Secrets Security management can give you that much-needed assurance. The Need for […]

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Why is Secrets Rotation Crucial for Cloud Security? Are you familiar with the concept of secrets rotation? Does it sound like an unfamiliar cybersecurity jargon that goes over your head? Or do you already know and understand its implications but are unsure about its connection with cloud security? Either way, this post will clarify the […]

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Is Your Organization Paying Enough Attention to Non-Human Identities? Organizations extensively utilize cloud services and automated systems. In doing so, they inevitably fragment their digital presence into countless Non-Human Identities (NHIs). NHIs, essentially machine identities, are created by combining an encrypted password, token, or key—called a “Secret”—and the permissions granted by a destination server. As […]

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Stop stealthy Layer 7 DDoS attacks in 2025 that bypass CDNs. With DataDome’s AI-powered, edge-based protection, you can ensure uninterrupted operations---blocking threats in real time.

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Your IT department can be a valuable ally in overcoming inevitable resistance to change Modern and effective corporate security teams operate in a complex digital environment. You access and connect data from social media, court records, weather, cameras, access logs, and much more — all to keep your people and assets safe. But despite the…

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