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You just launched your application and it’s attracted more users than you were expecting. Your web server is bombarded with data. Now you need to know more about your users: what is the dominant device they’re using, and how long are they staying on the app? A time series database will help you answer these questions. It allows you to save data for a given point over a specified period of time, which gives you insight into what type of usage you’re getting and when.

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) provides an enhanced security mechanism for your entire organization by requiring multiple methods of authentication credentials. Using traditionally managed passwords for accessing your apps, services, and networks is no longer a secure methodology. Indeed, cyber threats are on the rise. Hackers today employ sophisticated techniques such as spear-phishing or pharming to gain unauthorized access to corporate accounts.

2021 saw several ongoing trends in financial technology, or “fintech,” accelerate, as well as completely novel developments burst onto the stage. What will 2022 hold? Here are five predictions from my vantage point: Cybersecurity will be paramount. Modern-day hackers are going to continue to be aggressive in exploiting every avenue and opening in disrupting commerce and operations. The financial industry is on the front lines of cyberattacks with an extraordinary amount of exposure.

Feel like you're working through the same tickets and tasks over and over and over again? Breakout of your IT Groundhog Day time loop with the help of scripts and automation. Helpdesks and IT teams are inundated with repetitive, time-consuming, often low-value tasks that distract from larger strategic projects. With most IT leaders saying their staff is already stretched thin, this leaves little room for important projects that will lead to greater organizational productivity and efficiency.

This article explores how to secure production Kubernetes clusters with the help of open source tools. As a prerequisite, you’ll need to have basic beginner-level knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes. In a nutshell, Kubernetes is a container orchestration tool and Docker is a containerization platform. Some of the most famous Kubernetes clusters managed by cloud providers include AWS EKS, Azure AKS, and Google CKE.