Creating effective Disaster Recovery planning

Disaster recovery (DR) is an organization’s method of regaining access and functionality to its IT infrastructure after events like a natural disaster, cyber attack, or even business disruptions. A variety of disaster recovery (DR) methods can be part of a disaster recovery planning. And this is one aspect of business continuity. An effective Disaster Recovery Plan should contains … Read more

Istio service mesh: sidecar vs ambient

A service mesh is a dedicated infrastructure layer built into an application that controls service-to-service communication in a microservices architecture. It controls the delivery of service requests to other services, performs load balancing, encrypts data, and discovers other services. Istio is a popular solution for service mesh, managing the different microservices that make up a … Read more

An introduction to SecOps

SecOps is a new paradigm for seamless collaboration between IT Security and IT Operations to more effectively mitigate risk, in much the same way that DevOps established a new way of working between application developers and IT Operations. Where traditional approaches to security and compliance have failed, SecOps deploys new work processes and solutions that … Read more

How to reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR)

To consistently address issues raised in your ITSM, you must focus on monitoring, reporting, and reviewing speed of responsiveness. Mean Time to Identify (MTTI) and Mean Time To Resolution (MTTR) are a key indicators that can provide visibility on performance and point to improvements. What is MTTR? MTTI is defined as the average time it takes … Read more

Building Security Operations Center (SOC)

A Security Operations Center (SOC) is a dedicated facility or team responsible for monitoring, detecting, analyzing, and responding to security incidents in an organization’s IT infrastructure. It acts as the central nervous system of an organization’s cybersecurity defense, working around the clock to protect against cyber threats. This article provides a comprehensive and detailed overview … Read more