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AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 14, 2021 \/PRNewswire-PRWeb\/ — Privately held cybersecurity
\nsolutions firm Praetorian Security, Inc. announces today the availability of
\nSnowcat, the first dedicated static analysis tool (SAST) for Istio, the world’s
\nleading cloud service mesh.\n<\/p>\n

\nA service mesh is a modernized service networking layer that provides a
\ntransparent and language-independent way to automate application network
\nfunctions. It is a popular solution for managing the different microservices
\nthat make up a cloud-native application. According to a Cloud Native Computing
\nFoundation (CNCF) survey, Istio is the “dominant” service mesh for cloud
\nmicroservices, used by 47% of all organizations that have implemented a service
\nmesh. Istio is an open source service that is available for download on Github.\n<\/p>\n

\nSnowcat scans an Istio deployment and reports on misconfigurations and
\ndeviations from best practices. It is intended for use by cloud deployment
\noperators and cloud security professionals.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe announcement comes just two months after releasing GoKart, an open source
\nsecurity scanner for GoLang. “We’re deeply committed to open source security,
\nand Snowcat addresses security concerns associated with the rapid adoption of
\ncloud, service meshes, and Istio in particular,” says Nathan Sportsman, CEO at
\nPraetorian. “The pace of moving workloads to the cloud continues to accelerate,
\nand service meshes play a value-adding role, but can’t be implemented at the
\nexpense of security.”\n<\/p>\n

\nSnowcat may be used across major cloud providers, though in tests of the
\nproduct’s initial version, the best performance is observed on Google’s Cloud
\nPlatform (GCP).\n<\/p>\n

\nAs with all their open source code, Praetorian welcomes anyone who wishes to be
\ninvolved in the project. “Open source plays a critical role in solving the
\ncybersecurity problem. Praetorian has a long history of contributing to open
\nsource, and I’m proud that our team is accelerating our innovation with open
\nsource contributions.” said Richard Ford, Praetorian’s Chief Technology Officer.\n<\/p>\n

\nSnowcat can be found on GitHub, where pull requests and new ideas are always
\nwelcome. Praetorian is also hiring new “Open Source Developer Positions”–
\ncontact us if you would like to contribute to Snowcat and other open source
\nsecurity applications full-time.<\/p>\n

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