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DevRel @ Contrast - Securing Apps Together

Serverless Security

October 28

A panel of serverless experts will discuss findings and insights from a new report on serverless application security. Attendees will learn what serverless application rates look like, how early serverless adopters are using application security, if serverless applications pose the same risk as traditional application environments, how teams want to consume serverless application security, and much more.

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GOTO Copenhagen

November 8-12

Copenhagen - Big Bio Nordhaven

Contrast is a gold sponsor of the GOTO Copenhagen conference, a limited space tech event with only 500 attendees.

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Securing and Exploiting Java Applications

October 20, 2021

Jacksonville Java User Group
Foojay World Tour.

OpenJDK 17 makes the interesting decision that deprecating a security feature (the SecurityManager) can actually improve security of the platform and running applications, setting out a path to remove a feature that hasn’t been used and hasn’t blocked many exploits.
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Podcast: Why are there so many JDKs

October 19, 2021

Exploring the topic of why there are so many JDKs: how are they the same, how are they different. We balance the Java perspective with a special guest from the Rust foundation to learn how a peer ecosystem works.
Short version: The role of Java as a central system runtime lead to multiple implementations and the companies that make different distributions offer support and sponsor different work. For example Azul and Microsoft worked on Apple M1, and Bellsoft and Microsoft worked on Alpine Musl. All JREs are compatible through the TCK and vendors work together on security patches for the entire ecosystem.
Guests:

  • Simon Ritter, Deputy CTO of Azul Systems, making the Azul Platform, including the Azul Zulu JDK.
  • Dmitry Chuyko, Senior Performance Engineer of Bellsoft, making the Liberica JDK.
  • Bruno Borges, Product Manager Microsoft, making Microsoft JDK and Adoptium.
  • Ashley Williams, founder and open-source strategist for the Rust Foundation.
  • Erik Costlow, Developer Relations for Contrast Security, securing Java and non-Java applications.

Securing and Exploiting Java Applications

Bangladesh Java User Group
Foojay World Tour.

OpenJDK 17 makes the interesting decision that deprecating a security feature (the SecurityManager) can actually improve security of the platform and running applications, setting out a path to remove a feature that hasn’t been used and hasn’t blocked many exploits.

Podcast: Journey to Jakarta

Foojay Podcast

Foojay community members discuss the modernization of Jakarta EE applications from the older Java EE form, including backwards-compatibility, as well as forwards-excitement about cool new developments like Microprofile.