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30 Years of Web: Future Demands
As we look back to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the website, it’s also worth thinking about the next 30 years. There are a couple of areas where we — as engineers, developers, and builders in general — can champion innovation, mainly around architecture and security.
Company culture in a hybrid work environment
In this video from Web Summit 2021, we discuss how you build and ensure your company culture when you have some team members in person and some at home.
Subresource monitoring with Compute
Compute, our serverless compute environment, can be used to solve headaches dealing with attackers looking to modify and manipulate resources. In this post, we tell you how.
You can now test Compute code in Fastly Fiddle
Fastly customers have been using our Fiddle tool for years to try out ideas for edge logic in VCL. With the advent of Compute last year, we made our edge compute network accessible to any language that compiles to WebAssembly, and now you can write Compute code in Fiddle too.
Get started with Fastly logging and Compute@Edge | Fastly
In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the basic steps of outputting messages to STDIO and tailing that output with the Fastly CLI as well as configuring a log streaming endpoint, emitting logs in your application, and confirming the delivery of those logs to your target logging destination.
Compute is now available to all with a free trial
Compute is now available for everyone to use, and we’re throwing in free credits so you can explore the platform with no strings attached. Read on for a crash course in how to stand up an experiment and experience the flexibility, security, and power of Compute for yourself.
Get $100k/month in edge compute credits for nine months
For a limited time, you can get $100k/month in edge compute credits for nine months, as an incentive to start building with Compute now.
Compute@Edge named leader in edge dev report | Fastly
Known for having an execution speed 100 times faster than other solutions and unmatched isolation technology security, Compute was named a Leader in the Forrester New Wave: Edge Development Platforms report.
Enabling global customer compliance
We updated our data processing terms to help you stay compliant — and continue to put your data in your hands — in response to the European Union’s most recent standard contractual clauses for data transfers between countries.
Preventing SSRF: Apache CVE-2021-40438 | Fastly
Our Security Research Team provides guidance on how to address CVE-2021-40438, a vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.48 and earlier, by patching impacted version(s) and enabling a new templated rule to prevent exploitation.
Going offline: internet disruptions we saw in Q3 2021
It’s important for companies and end users to monitor and understand internet outages so they can spot patterns, understand trends, and help mitigate disruptions. At Fastly, we monitor these disruptions and share them transparently with our community. These are the worldwide incidents we saw in the third quarter of 2021.
Trustworthy internet created by new tech standards | Fastly
The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) develops technology to combat disinformation. Recently, the group released a public draft specification designed to make it easier to trace both the origin and evolution of the media we all create and consume. In this blog post, we cover the problem, the role of C2PA tech, and how you can get involved.
Protect against Apache vulnerability | Fastly
The recent Apache HTTP Server vulnerability (CVE-2021-41773) is reportedly being exploited in the wild. Fastly already detects this vulnerability, but our next-gen WAF customers can also create a rule to block exploitation.
DevOps Practices Primed to Combat Threats | Fastly
Organizations implementing DevOps practices often sacrifice security for speed, exposing them to potential threats. In reality though, many DevOps practices are already primed for security initiatives.
The Importance of Securing Applications & Security in DevOps
Forrester’s 2021 Annual State of Application Security Report stresses the need for updated application security tools that can be easily integrated into development plans and architecture.
Fastly Gains Recognition in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™
Gartner names Fastly a Challenger in the 2021 Magic Quadrant for Web Application and API Protection.
Integrating Security in DevOps
Your organization may have operational and cultural roadblocks to overcome when it comes to integrating security and DevOps. These tips can help you ensure a smooth transition to more secure DevOps.
Legacy vs next-gen WAF: the differences matter
Compare legacy versus next-gen WAFs to see what sets them apart. Determine if your company can benefit from a next-gen approach.
6 essential features of modern web app & API security tools
Modern applications need modern security tools that include flexible deployment, DevOps support, and strong API protection. Here are the six most important characteristics of modern web app and API security tools.
Atlassian Confluence OGNL Injection Vulnerability Protection | Fastly
Our Security Research Team has built and deployed a rule to help protect customers of our next-gen WAF against the recently announced Confluence Server OGNL injection vulnerability, CVE-2021-26084.
