Janet Worthington

The pandemic accelerated organizations’ move to digital work, and the market responded to the increased demand. New applications and features were built, deployed, and released at a rate that previously would not have seemed possible. In Forrester’s Developer Survey, 2022, 67% of developers said they release incremental software changes into production at least monthly, and […]

Synopsys announced its intention to acquire WhiteHat from NTT for $330 million in cash. WhiteHat was acquired by the Japanese telecommunications provider NTT back in 2019. The subsidiary was later rebranded to NTT Application Security. In the press release, Synopsys emphasized the strength of the WhiteHat brand, its dynamic application security testing (DAST) offering, and […]

Attacks on software supply chains are increasing. But so is awareness and spending on security.

Akamai’s announcement last month that it had acquired infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider Linode addresses a gap in Akamai’s offering and presents an opportunity to disrupt traditional cloud service providers. Akamai’s edge function-as-a-service (FaaS) technology gives companies the ability to manipulate content close to the user with very low latency, but organizations still need to go back […]

Forrester predicts that in 2022, one in 10 experienced security pros will exit the industry. This brain drain is the result of a few dynamics colliding: poor financial and advancement incentives; general stress and burnout impacting security teams; and cybersecurity’s dirty little secret, workplace toxicity! And cybersecurity isn’t immune to the hidden epidemic impacting women’s ability […]

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