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Building Security Mindset in Engineering

Kevin Rollinson

Explore how leaders from both sides of the aisle have built thriving secure DevOps cultures by putting trust in people first.

Security
DevOps

You asked, we delivered: Terraform support for TLS is here

Joe Hoffend, Sudhir Patamsetti

Teams can now automate their Fastly TLS workflows through Terraform — including issuing certificates, retrieving TLS details, and performing other updates.

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Product

Fastly (Signal Sciences) repeated Customers’ Choice | Fastly

Andrew Peterson

Fastly (Signal Sciences) has been recognized as a Customers’ Choice for Web Application Firewalls in the 2021 Gartner Peer Insights “Voice of the Customer” report.

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Next-Gen WAF for Microsoft Exchange | Fastly

Fastly Security Research Team, Xavier Stevens, + 1 more

Fastly’s security research team has built and deployed a rule to protect Signal Sciences Next-Gen WAF customers against the recently announced Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities.

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Security

Engineering leaders: security is your job, too

Sean Leach

The rise of secure DevOps has left many security professionals vying for the attention and support of their engineering counterparts. What can engineering leaders do to bridge the gap? We have four ideas to help you build security into your DevOps culture, workflows, and goals.

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3 Benefits CDN's Bring to Startups

Simon Wistow

A modern CDN can help improve SEO rankings, make it easier to deliver personalized content, and secure your sites and apps — three keys to a startup’s success.

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The new rules for web app and API security

Sean Leach

Nearly everything we know about building web applications and APIs has changed in the last few decades. So why hasn't security? We argue it's time for a new approach to web app and API security, one that follows suit with how applications are really built and teams really work.

DevOps
Security

A unified platform is the future of secure DevOps

Cassandra Dixon

Fastly and Signal Sciences have joined forces to build the next generation of web app and API security at the edge. Explore what makes our approach different, and how it will empower developers to build more securely than ever before.

Security
Events

DDoS attacks grow bigger, but so do responses

Michael Sabbota

DDoS attacks have been growing larger over the past few years. But so has the industry’s response to them. In this post, we take a look at what industry bodies and a modern CDN can do to protect your traffic.

Industry insights
Security

5 best practices for your TLS configuration

Maria Espada

The TLS Support Engineering team provides support for customers managing one to thousands of certificates. After helping so many customers tailor their DNS and TLS configurations, they have five best practices to recommend.

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Prepare for DDoS attacks: 5 steps to take | Fastly

Gino Lang

Layer 7 attacks that target applications and issue requests that can swamp origin systems often seek to blend into other network traffic and require a more focused defense than Layer 3 and 4 attacks. Here are five best practices you can implement to help prepare for such attacks.

Industry insights
Security

Signal Sciences named Visionary in 2020 Magic Quadrant for Web Application Firewalls for second year | Fastly

Kevin Rollinson

We believe Signal Sciences’ innovation earned them recognition in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAF, and it’s this kind of innovation that excites us as we merge forces — now that Signal Sciences is part of Fastly.

Product
Security

Lessons Learned from Side-Channel Attacks

Patrick McManus

The largest category of difficult-to-anticipate security design weaknesses come from side-channel attacks. In this post, we take a tour of some of the more foundational and out-there side channel-related exploits that have afflicted the security conscious over the years.

Industry insights
Security

Fastly and Signal Sciences join forces

Joshua Bixby, Andrew Peterson

Today, Fastly completed the acquisition of Signal Sciences and took a giant step forward toward our vision of modern, unified web application and API security. We will call on our shared view of empowering developers as we chart a path toward building an incredibly secure, performant platform and unlock all-new possibilities, together.

Company news
Security

Web Application Firewall (WAF) Best Practices

Liam Mayron

Following WAF best practices is imperative to keep your business and customers secure. Learn about new regulations and security tips.

Security

Fastly to Acquire Signal Science for Security at Scale | Fastly

Joshua Bixby

Security has always been a part of Fastly’s DNA, not just within products, but in our vision of trust and safety as a modern platform. Today, we are pleased to announce that we have announced our intent to acquire Signal Sciences.

Company news
Security

Hard-earned insights from a pair of secure DevOps pros

Liam Mayron

Fastly CISO Mike Johnson and Brave Software Senior DevOps Engineer Ben Kero share their practical advice for cementing more holistic security practices within your CI/CD pipeline.

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Cloud Security for Developers

Stephen Kiel

If you’re evaluating web application security tools exclusively for their security requirements, you may be missing one of the most essential opportunities to successfully grow your secure DevOps culture: developer-centricity.

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DevOps

Fastly’s security DNA: a look at our culture of safety, privacy, and trust

Dana Wolf

Fastly's heritage of security runs deep — far beyond our portfolio of web application and API security products. Our philosophy of developer empowerment, focus on community, and values-driven culture each contribute to our security DNA in an important way. And we'd like to tell you how.

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Why Compute does not yet support JavaScript

Sean Leach

Building our own compiler toolchain allows Compute to be both performant and secure. It also means we have to bring developers’ most-loved language into the fold in the right way.

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