Platform engineering is the rising star of the operations firmament. But squint hard and you'll quickly see that the foundation of any serious platform engineering program is operational and ...

Microsoft will soon release tools and methods it has used over the last few years to reduce the number of security problems in its software. Microsoft began to take security seriously around 2001.

Credit: Brayden George modified by IDG Comm. Security teams are comprised primarily of operations, compliance, and policy-related roles. Security engineering teams, on the other hand, are builders.

Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University and Edinburgh University, and a fearsome campaigner for digital rights. Anderson, ...