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BigQuery as a Data Warehouse for Cloudflare Firewall Events

Big Data, BigQuery, Cloud Firewalls, Cloud Run, CloudFlare, Cybersecurity, Data Pipelines, Google Cloud, Microservices, SecOps, Web Application Firewall

If you have created some custom rules for your zone in the Cloudflare WAF, you can easily see the IP addresses and URI paths which have triggered those rules by simply selecting the rule from the Cloudflare dashboard. A key…

Deploy & Configure OPNsense on AWS (or OCI) from Custom AMI with Private Subnet

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS, Cybersecurity, OPNsense, Oracle Cloud, pfSense Alternative, SecOps

OPNsense, like pfSense, is an open source FreeBSD-based network firewall distribution. The world of the public cloud is dominated by Linux and Windows VMs, so network administrators deploying a FreeBSD image for the first time often ask “how to do…

OPNsense Open Source Firewall vs. Cloudflare Managed WAF

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Firewalls, CloudFlare, Cybersecurity, DDoS Protection, IDS/IPS, ModSecurity, NAXSI, OPNsense, pfSense Alternative, SecOps, Suricata, Web Application Firewall

Since both are labelled as “firewall” products, a managed WAF like Cloudflare is often compared to a stateful firewall like OPNsense – which also has WAF capabilities, and much more. This comparison is not really apples-to-apples, especially since OPNsense has…

OPNsense Open Source Security Appliance for Cloud VPCs & On-Prem

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS, BSD, Cloud Firewalls, Cybersecurity, HAProxy, High Availability, ModSecurity, NAXSI, OPNsense, pfSense Alternative, SecOps, Suricata, VPN, Web Application Firewall, WireGuard

Whether you are protecting a traditional corporate network, cloud resources, or increasingly common – both in a hybrid setting, implementing a security appliance at each perimeter is essential to safeguarding your internal & external services and endpoint devices. A network…

Sovereign Cloud vs. Offshore Hosting – Privacy & Security Benefits

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Firewalls, Cloud Platforms, Cybersecurity, Data Portability, Encryption At-Rest, Open Source, Self Hosted AI, Self-Hosted Apps

The sovereign cloud and offshore hosting are two seemingly opposite concepts that both have an important role in maintaining data protection through data residency. “Data residency” is the legal jurisdiction where the data for your information systems are stored and…

Migration to Enterprise Linux Rebuilds – Rocky Linux & Alma Linux

Cloud Infrastructure

CentOS, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Linux, Linux

The CentOS 7 end of life (EOL) date when the distribution stops receiving security patches is Jun 30, 2024. Prior to the acquisition of Red Hat by IBM in Dec 2019, Red Hat made available the source of Red Hat…

Maintaining a Secure Hybrid Workplace with Nextcloud

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Storage, Cybersecurity, NextCloud

The pandemic is finally subsiding in many parts of the world, bringing optimism for a vibrant, post-pandemic recovery that some say will be comparable to the Roaring Twenties period of the 1920s. Despite the brightening outlook, cyberattackers continue to take…

How CloudFlare’s Firewall Enables Security & Compliance

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Firewalls, CloudFlare, Cybersecurity

There are many reasons why an organization would want to restrict access to their website or web applications to a certain country, or list of countries. Business-related reasons may include localization of pricing and/or product offerings based on geographical market.…

NextCloud, a Versatile Solution for Enterprise File Sync & Share

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Storage, Cybersecurity, NextCloud

The addressable market for secure data storage & collaboration is enormous. Nearly every business, from SMEs to large enterprises, have some digital data that they need to protect. Mainstream services from Dropbox, Google, Microsoft simply can’t provide the privacy guarantees…

Defending Against DDoS Reflection Attacks

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Firewalls, Cybersecurity, DDoS Protection

Did you know that your server could unwittingly become part of a “botnet” attacking other servers in a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack? The increasing adoption of cloud computing services by business users who are not necessarily technical has…

Keeping NextCloud Secure by Updating PHP Version

Open Source Apps

Cybersecurity, NextCloud

To ensure the security of your NextCloud instance, it is highly recommended to run a supported version of PHP (or PHP-FPM) that is still receiving security updates. This is important for any PHP application, but even more crucial for a…

Guide to Privacy Proofing Your Digital Life

Open Source Apps

best practices, Cybersecurity, Privacy Protection

Tech giants, most of which are from the US, are permeating every aspect of our digital lives from the browser (Chrome), search engine (Google, Bing), and messaging apps (WhatsApp, Messenger) we use, to where we store our private documents (Dropbox,…