Application Security Glossary

DevOps

DevOps is a set of practices that combines software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops). It aims to shorten the systems development life cycle and provide continuous delivery with high software quality.

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DevOps Security

Research from the Gartner Group has demonstrated that nearly 75% of successful attacks made against an application are exploiting vulnerabilities which are already well understood, and for which a patch or remediation recommendation for is available. Some say that DevOps … Read More

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Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Directory Traversal Defined Directory Traversal (DT) is a HTTP exploit that malicious hackers use in order to gain access to account directories and the data contained within. A successful exploit can result in the entire web server being compromised, including … Read More

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Docker

Docker is a widely used container format. Docker defines a standard format for packaging and porting software, much like ISO containers define a standard for shipping freight. As a runtime instance of a Docker image, a container consists of three

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Docker Swarm

Is the name of a standalone native clustering tool for Docker. Docker Swarm combines several Docker hosts and exposes them as a single virtual Docker host. It serves the standard Docker API, so any tool that already works with Docker

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