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What is a Data Architect & How You Become One

What is a Data Architect & How You Become One

Quick announcement: with SpectralOps you can protect your data from leaks caused by hard coded secrets and misconfigurations At the root of every application and software

The Beginner's Guide to Preventing Data Breaches in Your Code

The Beginner’s Guide to Preventing Data Breaches in Your Code

Quick announcement: with SpectralOps you can prevent data breaches by protecting your code from hard coded secrets and misconfigurations. You know how it goes: Every website,

Top 9 Git Secret Scanning Tools for DevSecOps

Top 9 Git Secret Scanning Tools for DevSecOps

Part of the Spectral API Security Series Collaboration is key. Not only in software development. But when it comes to collaboration on Git repositories, the word

Top 11 Debuggers You Need To Know In 2021

Top 11 Debuggers You Need To Know In 2021

Nobody loves a bug in their code. They’re annoying and create bumps in our flow state when coding. Yet, they feature on a frequent basis when

Netz: Scan the internet while drinking coffee

Netz lets you run internet-wide misconfigurations research easily and continuously. It supports infrastructure-as-code so you can put your plan in a config file, run the CLI,

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8 Top Git Security Issues & What To Do About Them

Git is the most popular software version control (SVC) standard used by developers today. That doesn’t make it the most secure. Whether you’re using GitLab, GitHub,

best data modeling tools

Top 10 Data Modeling Tools to Know in 2021

When developers approach databases they often neglect proper data modeling. This can result in a lot of fiddling with the data structure over time. Fiddling is

SAML vs OAuth: The SSO Showdown

SAML vs OAuth: The SSO Showdown

SSO (Single Sign-On) is so ubiquitous today that it is hard to imagine a world without it. In the olden days before SSO, users had only

TFS Continuous Integration - How To Set Up Azure Pipelines

TFS Continuous Integration – How To Set Up Azure Pipelines

DevOps is an evolving practice. New tools, methodologies and approaches are explored to meet the needs of businesses and developers. When it comes to orchestrating development

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