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How HashiCorp’s Solutions Suite Secures Kubernetes for Business Success

Somerford Blog How HashiCorp’s Solutions Suite Secures Kubernetes for Business Success Author: John Jarvis Release Date: 22/01/2024 Kubernetes has become a cornerstone of modern architecture. But managing it at scale, and securely, can be a big challenge. That’s where HashiCorp’s suite of tools comes in. From secrets management with Vault to service mesh security with […]

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Why Organisations Need Privileged Access Management Systems

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog Why Organisations Need Privileged Access Management (PAM) Systems Author: Ewan Brown Release Date: 03/02/2025 In the modern digital landscape, securing an organisation’s sensitive data and infrastructure is critical. Cyber threats are constantly evolving, and one of the primary targets for attackers is privileged accounts. These accounts hold elevated permissions, allowing users to access

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What is Island?

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog What is Island? Release Date: 07/12/2023 With all my experience in Secure Web Gateways, CASBs and SASE there was always one missing piece of the puzzle and that was the reliance on third party public browsers when interacting with the web or Cloud apps. I recall a time when companies were extremely strict

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Introducing Somerford Connect: A New Approach to Managed Splunk Services

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog Introducing Somerford Connect: A New Approach to Managed Splunk Services Author: Carl Parker Release Date: 30/09/2024 Somerford Connect is a forward thinking flexible managed service developed by Somerford Associates to help organisations unlock the full potential of Splunk. Moving beyond conventional models, Somerford Connect integrates Splunk licensing with a bespoke, output-focused service delivery,

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Managing Identities in the Public Sector with Okta

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog Managing Identities in the Public Sector with Okta Author: Grace Dolby Release Date: 19/01/2023 The Troublesome Issue of Identity within the Public Sector Managing identities in any organisation can be difficult, but within the public sector it can become even more challenging due to the various constraints on resources, compliance requirements and the

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What is the Data Presentation Layer?

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog What is the Data Presentation Layer? Author: Jake Hammacott Release Date: 18/11/2024 In today’s digital age, data is generated everywhere – from the computers end-users work on to sensors found miles below the ground. Every device we use and interact with creates a constant flow of information whether in logs, metrics or any

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Our HashiConf 2023 Recap

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog Our HashiConf 2023 Recap Author: John ‘JJ’ Jarvis Release Date: 07/12/2023 HashiConf ‘23 is a wrap! And what a time it is to be working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC)! HashiCorp announced the biggest changes to its Terraform engine since the product’s launch, and didn’t stop there; I’ll go through a few of

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What is User Access Management?

Blog / By Campbell Williams

Somerford Blog What is User Access Management? Author: Riley Martin Release Date: 26/05/2023 In our modern technology and the information-based world, it is incredibly important that any company’s security systems that are in place are keeping both data and employees safe and secure. Not only that, enrolling and decommissioning employees within your company could be

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What is Data Streaming?

Blog / By Campbell Williams

Somerford Blog What is Data Streaming? Author: Carl Parker Release Date: 09/06/2023 Increasingly, it is clear that the next generation of software development won’t be about creating a one-time application for dedicated computers but rather building stream-processing applications for data-centre environments. The adoption of streaming systems like those offered by our technology partner Confluent, is

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The Latest SaaS Updates from Varonis

Blog / By Carl Parker

Somerford Blog The Latest SaaS Updates from Varonis Author: Beth Laws Release Date: 24/09/2024 The Varonis development team is continuously making improvements and adding new functionality to the Varonis SaaS Data Security Platform. Particularly, this summer Varonis has introduced many exciting new features in its latest update release. AI Classification Varonis has further expanded its

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