The Rietta Blog
Since 2005, this publication covers a wide range of topics, including cybersecurity, software development, and cloud migration. It’s a valuable resource for anyone interested in staying informed about these areas.
10/07/2020
The convergence of Ruby on Rails and #AppSec Podcast Appearance
by Frank Rietta
Frank Rietta guest on the Application Security Podcast with Chris Romeo
07/13/2020
Rietta Makes it Betta Thank You Art!
by Frank Rietta
Best thank you note form a client ever! Custom painting on canvas.
06/04/2020
Swap Files and AWS - Extending Your EC2 Free Tier Instance Memory
by Chris Davis
For research projects and other non-critical applications hosted on AWS, staying within the free tier of AWS services can be a challange. Adding a swapfile can be a way to mitigate memory issues while not needing to upgrade to a larger EC2 instance.
05/04/2020
Implementing Proper Application Maintenance Practices
by Rob Stringer and David Hardy
Technology changes, application functionalities will be deprecated and vulnerable to security threats. This is why consistent, and proper maintenance is essential.
04/25/2020
When Georgia was on the Brink of Outlawing Critical Computer Security Research, the Governor's Office Met with Me, and Vetoed it!
by Frank Rietta
On April 25, 2018, nine information security professionals met with the Georgia Governor's office to discuss why the proposed criminal hacking law passed by both houses of the General Assembly was extremely problematic to Georgia's booming Information Security industry and risked putting the public at greater risk. Governor Deal vetoed the law a few weeks later.
04/21/2020
Dependency Security and Hacking Rails with Jason Swett (Podcast)
by Frank Rietta
Podcast interview about Ruby on Rails dependencies, security, state-sponsored hacking, and practical tips on how to protect your organization.
04/01/2020
Snowfroc 2020 - Application Security and Development
by Chris Davis
Application security is important to an entire company, but what practical steps can we take on a development team to keep applications secure?
02/06/2020
Dependency Management and Security
by Chris Choi
Security conscious developers can avoid security pitfalls in their own code, but what about the code that the developer did not write but is using?
01/21/2020
A Newer Dev's Perspective on Learning OWASP
by Rob Stringer
Why I'm learning Application Security as a blooming developer, and why other new programmers should consider it too! An overview of AppSec for beginners.
01/13/2020
AppSec as a Requirement in the Development Process
by Frank Rietta
A prediction that web application security will not be a post-development plugin you can add to your application in the decade of 2020-2030 and what you can do about it.