Author: Arie

Working with multiple threads is one of the most complex problems we may encounter in our daily work. When put against the wall of multithreading, most people right away reach out for blocking approaches. In Java, it takes the form of the synchronized keyword, or some other less painful mechanisms, like ReentrantLock. Locks are not

Editor’s Note: The following is an article written for and published in DZone’s 2025 Trend Report, Software Supply Chain Security: Enhancing Trust and Resilience Across the Software Development Lifecycle. High-profile software supply chain attacks like SolarWinds, Log4j, and MOVEit highlight the urgent need to address the vulnerabilities caused by insecure software supply chains, prompting a decisive

Are you looking for a way to expose your containerized applications to the internet without breaking compliance with IBM Cloud for Financial Services? This guide walks through how to do just that. It shows how to securely expose your apps using the IBM Cloud Framework for Financial Services, with a focus on the IBM Cloud

Picture this: you’re a cybersecurity pro up against an invisible enemy. Hidden in your network are zero-day exploits, which represent unknown vulnerabilities that await their moment to strike. The time you spend examining logs becomes pointless because the attack might already be causing harm. AI-driven threat hunting emerges as your most valuable new ally.  Your

In multi-tenant systems—whether you’re managing an API gateway, identity platform, or SaaS product—access control is essential. Two of the most widely used tools for managing that access are allowlists and denylists. These mechanisms define who or what is permitted or rejected, helping isolate tenants, control risk, and enforce trust boundaries. But despite their simplicity, both lists

Editor’s Note: The following is an article written for and published in DZone’s 2025 Trend Report, Software Supply Chain Security: Enhancing Trust and Resilience Across the Software Development Lifecycle. The software supply chain has rapidly evolved into a critical vulnerability point and primary target for malicious actors. As we progress in 2025, organizations face an increasingly

API management has emerged as a critical and strategic factor in staying ahead of the market leaders. However, digital transformation has significant disadvantages, such as opening the door to hackers.  Hackers have been quick to take advantage of a serious flaw in Spring Core, commonly known as SpringShell or Spring4Shell among security experts. The cybercriminal

Applications related to the web enable business, e-commerce, and user interactions to be the backbones of the e-world of a more and more digital world. In this growth, there is one thing that has gone up, and that is web application security. Insecure web applications can lead to severe consequences such as data breaches and

Editor’s Note: The following is an article written for and published in DZone’s 2025 Trend Report, Software Supply Chain Security: Enhancing Trust and Resilience Across the Software Development Lifecycle. In today’s software landscape, the supply chain has grown from a controlled pipeline to a vast, interconnected ecosystem. Modern development relies heavily on third-party dependencies, open-source components,

Web development in 2025 has evolved at an incredible pace. We’ve gone from clunky monoliths to sleek, scalable apps powered by frameworks like Next.js, which millions of developers now rely on for building modern, server-rendered React applications. But as our tools get more advanced, so do the threats.