Articles on cybersecurity

Discover our latest posts on #cybersecurity and explore related insights and stories.

Seven jets emitting white smoke trails in sky.

Tue, 01 Oct 2024

#cybersecurity #functional-programming #ocaml #open-source

Unlock your Team’s Potential with Expert Training in OCaml, Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Functional Programming, and More

Training your teams has proven benefits, enhancing the efficiency and quality of work, and equipping members with the skills they need to tackle new challenges. Specialist training empowers them to use new techniques, leverage advanced technologies, and solve more complex problems. At Tarides, we ar…

Thomas Gazagnaire

CEO

Miklos Tomka

Head Consulting Services

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Thu, 01 Aug 2024

#cybersecurity #functional-programming #memory-safety

Monoculture of Insecurity: How CrowdStrike's Outage Exposes the Risks of Unchecked Complexity in Cybersecurity

A seismic event in the IT world, everyone is talking about the CrowdStrike update that caused global chaos earlier this month. There are many great articles and blog posts dissecting the event and suggesting ways to avoid a repeat. Rather than join our voice to the chorus and explain how a small cha…

Miklos Tomka

Head Consulting Services

Isabella Leandersson

Communications Officer

Wed, 05 Jun 2024

#cybersecurity #mirageos #ocaml

Secure From the Ground Up: Introducing the FIDES Project Combining RISC-V and MirageOS

We entrust some of our most sensitive information to an invisible stream of information flowing back and forth across the globe. Cybersecurity concerns everyone, and Tarides is developing secure, lasting, and high-performing solutions for a diverse set of users. This post introduces you to cutting-e…

KC Sivaramakrishnan

CTO

Isabella Leandersson

Communications Officer

Wed, 27 Mar 2024

#cybersecurity #mirageos #ocaml

NetHSM: Bringing Open Source to the World of Hardware Security Modules

Nitrokey is one of the world’s foremost open-source hardware security companies. They develop IT security hardware for data encryption, decryption, and signing, including key and user authentication. After eight years of development, they recently released the first fully open-source Hardware Secu…

Isabella Leandersson

Communications Officer

Virgile Robles

Principal Software Engineer

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Thu, 07 Mar 2024

#cybersecurity #memory-safety #ocaml

A Time for Change: Our Response to the White House Cybersecurity Press Release

As seasoned proponents of safety-by-design, we were pleased to see the February 26th White House press release titled "Future Software Should Be Memory Safe." The accompanying report touches on important topics, most significantly regarding the critical importance of memory safety. The U.S. governme…

Thomas Gazagnaire

CEO

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Thu, 14 Dec 2023

#cybersecurity #functional-programming #memory-safety

OCaml: Memory Safety and Beyond

Your choice of programming language matters. A recent press release from the US National Security Agency (NSA), in tandem with the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) alongside international cybersecurity agencies, urges the adoption of memory-safe programming languages for en…

Thomas Gazagnaire

CEO

Glasses on keyboard, computer screen with code.

Thu, 17 Aug 2023

#cybersecurity #memory-safety #ocaml

Your Programming Language and its Impact on the Cybersecurity of Your Application

Did you know that the programming language you use can have a huge impact on the cybersecurity of your applications? In a 2022 meeting of the Cybersecurity Advisory Committee, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Senior Technical Advisor Bob Lord commented that: “About two-thir…

Shakthi Kannan

Senior Software Engineer

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Wed, 05 Jul 2023

#cybersecurity #memory-safety #mirageos #ocaml

Zero-Day Attacks: What Are They, and Can a Language Like OCaml Protect You?

Zero-day attacks have been getting increased media attention lately, but what are they? And how can we protect ourselves? Google’s Project Zero tracks zero-day vulnerabilities at major software vendors. In 2021, their tracker noted the detection and disclosure of 58 in-the-wild zero-day exploits, …

Isabella Leandersson

Communications Officer

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Tue, 19 Jul 2022

#cybersecurity #iot #mirageos

Tarides is on the Wavestone Radar!

Cybersecurity is a growing concern for individuals and companies alike. At Tarides, security is at the centre of every solution we provide, and this year we have been recognised for our efforts! We’ve been accepted to Cyber@StationF’s acceleration program and are now featured in the 2022 Cyberse…

Isabella Leandersson

Communications Officer

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Tue, 28 Jun 2022

#awards #cybersecurity #mirageos

Thales Cyber@Station F Selection

The online world is becoming an increasingly bigger part of our everyday lives, bringing the issue of cybersecurity to the forefront of more and more minds. At Tarides we put security at the centre of everything we do, and we’re honoured to be part of Cyber@Station F in 2022. Tarides is thrilled t…

Isabella Leandersson

Communications Officer

Thu, 09 Jun 2022

#cybersecurity #mirageos

OCaml Matrix: A Virtual World

Introduction One of Tarides' projects is to create an open and secure infrastructure for communication protocols, initially focusing on emails and Matrix. This will allow organisations to self-host their messaging services, using either personal cloud resources or low-cost embedded devices. Individu…

Irina Mariuca Asavoea

Senior Software Engineer

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Tue, 08 Mar 2022

#cybersecurity #mirageos

Secure Virtual Messages in a Bottle with SCoP

People love to receive mail, especially from loved ones. It’s heartwarming to read each word as their thoughts touch our deepest feelings. Now imagine someone else reading those private sentiments, like a postal worker. Imagine how violated they’d feel if their postal carrier handed them an open…

Irina Mariuca Asavoea

Senior Software Engineer

Christine Rose

Technical Writer

Wall with various mailboxes, "Secure-by-design" text.

Thu, 14 Oct 2021

#cybersecurity #mirageos

SCoP Passed Phase 1 of the DAPSI Initiative!

In April, we announced that the DAPSI initiative accepted the proposal for our Secure-by-Design Communication Protocols (SCoP) project. Today, we are thrilled to announce that SCoP has passed the initiative’s Phase 1, and we are now on our way to Phase 2! SCoP is an open, secure, and resource-effi…

Romain Calascibetta

Software Engineer

Christine Rose

Technical Writer

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Mon, 06 Sep 2021

#awards #cybersecurity #events

Tarides Returns to FIC 2021

Last year, Tarides had the honour of winning the “Coup de Coeur” Startup Award at the International Cybersecurity Forum (FIC). It’s the leading cybersecurity event in the EU. It’s both a forum, to present and discuss innovations and reflect on the state of the European cybersecurity ecosyste…

Christine Rose

Technical Writer

Tue, 29 Jun 2021

#cybersecurity #events #open-source

Tarides Introduces OSMOSE at the Open-Source Innovation Sprint

Tarides is excited to announce that our CEO, Dr. Thomas Gazagnaire, and Prof. Anil Madhavapeddy, from the University of Cambridge, will present their innovative platform OSMOSE at the Open Source Innovation Sprint (OSIS) conference on 1 July 2021. This event is organized by Systematic. OSMOSE is a s…

Christine Rose

Technical Writer

Various mailboxes on wall, text: "Secure-by-design..."

Fri, 30 Apr 2021

#cybersecurity #memory-safety #mirageos

Tarides project SCoP is selected as one of the brightest Data Portability projects in Europe!

Tarides is taking part in the Data Portability & Services Incubator (DAPSI), a 3-year EU funded project that empowers internet innovators to develop new solutions in the Data Portability field. What is DAPSI? The Data Portability and Services Incubator (DAPSI) is an EU funded project, under the Euro…

Céline Laplassotte

COO

Wed, 11 Dec 2019

#awards #cybersecurity #events

Tarides wins the FIC 2020 startup award

We are very excited to announce that Tarides has won an award from the International Cybersecurity Forum (FIC 2020). Organized every year in Lille (France), the International Cybersecurity Forum has become the leading European event on cybersecurity and digital trust. Its main goal is to foster refl…

Céline Laplassotte

COO