The Qwiet Blog

Walk, Talk and Act like your internal customers: Product Engineering In my previous role at Nielsen, Clay Carter and Sam Neely did a phenomenal job of organizing the Product Security function into what closely resembles an engineering function. Product Managers oversaw services built internally and off the shelf. These services go through release planning, sprints […]

The Background Cybercriminals are currently exploiting a vulnerability in the popular server administration tool Control Web Panel (CWP). This vulnerability allows for a fairly trivial remote code execution (RCE), requiring no authentication. A recent Shodan search shows over 426,000 servers currently running CWP (down from around 435,000 servers a couple days ago) around the globe. […]

I have been fortunate enough to lead both engineering teams and security teams. I have felt the pain on both sides. On the engineering side, I felt the pressure of delivering for my product leaders and client services teams. On the Security side, I pressed hard to achieve acceptable risk levels and to remove vulnerabilities […]

CircleCI is currently investigating a security incident. We reached out to our customers using CircleCI as their development platform, but thought it important to share this information with the wider community. Their official announcement can be read here, but the key takeaways are: While CircleCI is sharing information on the key compromise, it’s important to […]

When I got the call to consider picking up the golden baton at the next-gen application security company (ShiftLeft) the thought hadn’t even crossed my mind. After all, I had committed to building another company (NumberOne AI), one that would build multiple companies and all of them on the foundations of predictive AI/ML to solve […]

This time of year offers everyone in Infosec the opportunity to set operational and strategic goals for the coming year. With the normal software cycle paused and developers on holiday, we can get the kind of serious work done that is only possible when everyone else isn’t around. Our team is no exception. Like anyone […]

SecOps and DevOps. They’re two sides of the same coin. But more often than not a divide exists between them that seems to always be growing . To an extent that makes sense in that SecOps is the gatekeeper, always thinking four steps ahead, the worrier, always considering what’s lurking in their environment that could […]

2023 Cybersecurity predictions covering shifts in hacker behavior, the role of AI in cybersecurity, and so much more from industry leading expert, Chetan Conikee, CTO and Co-founder of ShiftLeft.

Why does software security matter? From the rise of the internet to an entirely interconnected world The last 30 years have seen remarkable developments in computer technology and the emergence of the internet. It’s incredible to think about how much more connected and pervasive the internet has become since the turn of the century. Nowadays, […]