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🤝 ControlPlane is proud to be a part of the growing FINOS community! One of our latest blog posts explores the evolving landscape of open source and cloud native technologies in financial services. 📈 Key issues we tackle include: 🗺️ Aligning technology roadmaps with incident response readiness. 🛡️ Safeguarding the supply chain with secure-by-default infrastructure. 💻 Accelerating feature delivery through developer enablement. Read about our learnings from the London and New York Open Source in Finance Forums and how we're leading the charge in secure AI adoption in the blog below 🛡️ If you have any questions, reach out to us: https://lnkd.in/eR_867b5

Why Speed Matters in Flux Deployments 🌐💻 Imagine this scenario: Your base image has a CVE 🛡️ All your microservices need to be rebuilt and updated quickly—we're simultaneously talking hundreds or even thousands of updates. That's where Flux's speed becomes critical 🚀 With Flux 2.2, we've benchmarked it at: ✔️ 1K Helm releases in 8 minutes ✔️ 1K customisations in 4 minutes This makes Flux a lightning-fast tool for deploying massive upgrades, even at an enterprise scale ☄️ Check out the benchmark repository and see what Flux can do on your infrastructure 🔧💡 To learn more, connect with us 👉 https://lnkd.in/eR_867b5 #Kubernetes #DevOpsTools #CloudComputing #CDPipeline

ControlPlane has been leading the FINOS AI Readiness Special Interest Group (SIG) since its inception https://lnkd.in/gpzPySJD. We are very proud of our contribution to this initiative and never miss an opportunity to spread the word! At the Secure AI Summit in Seattle, our security consultant, Torin Van Den Bulk, presented some of the security research we've been conducting and shared with the SIG. Mitigating risks associated with adversarial attacks on AI systems: Invisible infiltration of AI supply chains by adversarial actors 🤖 Read the blog here: https://lnkd.in/eS_BMK-H 👈 🤖 Threat model an AI system, from supply chain, through training and tuning, to production inference and integration 🔐 Implement quantifiable security controls and monitoring mechanisms for an AI enterprise architecture ⚔️ Mitigate the risks associated with adversarial attacks on AI systems - address compliance and regulation requirements with actionable remediations 💻 To accelerate AI adoption while balancing minimum viable security measures You can also watch the talk on our blog: https://lnkd.in/eS_BMK-H 👈

Are you using #VSCode? Have you considered the security risks involved? Security experts Kevin Ward and Fabian Kammel have just published a compelling two-part series on our blog, "Abusing VSCode." Key Insights from the Series: 🔑Identifying key features that can be abused 🗺️The most likely routes to compromise 🔎How to identify malicious extensions 🔒How easily malicious extensions can steal your PII and sensitive data by impersonating popular extensions Educate and inform yourself and your organisation by reading our blog: https://lnkd.in/esQvCrFU

🤔 What's All the Buzz About GitOps? 🤔 GitOps is more than a trend! It's a transformative approach bridging application and infrastructure deployment. First coined by Weaveworks, it's often called "versioned CI/CD on top of declarative infrastructure." Read all about it in our new blog: https://lnkd.in/gaBHyEBR Why GitOps matters: 🌐 Automation: Automatically reconcile system states via software agents 🎛️ Version Control: Immutable, versioned history stored in Git 💻 Consistency: Declarative configurations ensure every deployment looks and behaves the same 🔒 Security: Reduce blast radius and secure your environments Dive into the core principles and evolution of GitOps to see why this methodology is here to stay. 🚨 Need help deploying GitOps in your enterprise? We're here to guide you! https://lnkd.in/eR_867b5 #GitOps #InfrastructureManagement #CNCF #FluxCD

🔍 Abusing VSCode – What You Need to Know 🔍 Did you know that 73% of all developers use #VSCode? It's the most popular code editor for a reason—its extensibility is unmatched. But that also opens up multiple attack paths for potential compromises. Security consultants Kevin Ward and Fabian Kammel have identified key features of VSCode that can be abused and how adversaries can publish malicious extensions onto the marketplace. 💻 Don't miss out on this crucial information. Educate yourself with an in-depth article on our blog and be sure to check out part 2 also 👉 https://lnkd.in/eekjhhJd

Warm holiday wishes and a happy New Year from all of us at ControlPlane 😄🎉✨

Join the ControlPlane Team as an Enterprise Salesperson! 🤗 We're searching for an Enterprise Salesperson in London who thrives in the technology sector. If you have 2-3 years of experience in field sales or enterprise account management and are ready to tackle a new challenge, let's connect 🤝https://lnkd.in/eR_867b5 You'll excel by generating your pipeline, selling cloud native services and open source software solutions, and leveraging your MEDDIC expertise. This role demands a proactive mindset and a keen interest in technology—perfect for those not afraid to explore the technicalities of what ControlPlane does 💻 Ready to make an impact? Let's chat! Apply Here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gmdVNHhA

Finishing the year with another talk coming up! It will be a pleasure to deliver a talk in London, the home of our ControlPlane, about GPUs and security! More to come in the new year! And thanks to everyone who supports and work with me! Without that support, I would never be able to do such things! And a special thanks to OpenUK for the amazing opportunity!

Are you managing hundreds of Helm charts or large git repositories in your Kubernetes setup? You might be unintentionally slowing down your Flux reconciliation. Here are three quick tips to optimise flux speed: 1️⃣ Store Helm charts in your container registries instead of HTTP repositories to reduce memory overhead. 2️⃣ Avoid pulling YAML definitions from app repos—publish them to container registries or dedicated repos instead. 3️⃣ Split workloads logically into multiple Flux customisations to maximise parallel processing. 🔗 Want to learn more optimisation strategies? Contact us at ControlPlane and accelerate your workflow! https://lnkd.in/eR_867b5