Securing Modern API and Microservices Based Applications by Design

Synopsis: Many applications are modernized by leveraging APIs and decomposed into smaller units typically living inside containers. These changes involve many new tools and technologies that are not always well understood, leading to a poor application security posture. Many application architects and developers who take advantage of these architectures lack the knowledge to apply the …

Designing Secure Cloud-based Web and Mobile Applications

Synopsis: “UK NHS seeks to recover from global ransomware-attack” “143 million impacted by Equifax breach” “Leaky Amazon S3 bucket sloshes details of thousands with US security clearance” These 2017 headlines remind us that cyber security is ongoing and imperative in all that we design, build, and deploy. In this presentation, Farshad Abasi of Forward Security Inc. …

ABC's of Security

Security Computing and Internet Use (for novices and seniors)

Synopsis: Computers and the Internet play a key role in our daily lives today. Everything from travel planning, shopping, banking, ordering food, conducting business, communicating with friends/family/colleagues and more is made more convenient by the Internet which has replaced the traditional methods of performing such tasks. This convenience brings along risks which need to be …

Auto Rickshaw

Day 19: I actually wanted to dedicate today’s post and picture to ABC Farms, which is the property shown in this picture whose sign you can see at the top portion. However, just as strange a place ABC Farms is, it was also very difficult to try and capture it in a single image. I …

Tandoor At Work

Day 18: A few posts ago, I had written about the outdoor food station located at one of the buildings here, and the freshly made kabobs. One of the other amazing things about the said food station is the tandoor (or tanoor in Persian, or clay-oven in English). Yes, they have a charcoal fired tandoor …

Vagator

Day 17: There are quite a few beaches in Goa, so I had to do a bit of research to pick the right spot for me. Most people head to Baga or Calangute, which  are crowded with locals and tourists alike where you won’t find an empty spot on the beach, and will be bothered …

Roadside Hotel

Day 16: I decided to head to Vagator beach in Goa for the weekend. As such, I hired a cab and picked the scenic way to travel from Pune to Vagator. It was a 10 hour journey, and yes, the plane would have been much quicker, but if you want to get to see a …

Making It Fresh

Day 15: in addition to the phenomenal view that the roof top deck offers (discussed in the previous post), it also houses an outdoor food station, where fresh kabobs and naan bread are made! In this picture, you can see a staff member preparing the dough to be inserted into the oven (aka tandoor), and …

View From The Top

DAY 14: If you are wondering what Pune looks like, well, here is a very small glimpse from atop of one of the buildings I work at, located in the north-eastern part of the city. Looking south-west, you can see the Yerwada bridge which leads to Koregaon Park road and the neighbourhood of the same …