The Rietta Blog
09/27/2023
Prioritizing cybersecurity (Pluralsight)
by Frank Rietta
The structure and siloing of a large enterprise organization can thwart security efforts. Here is a tip on how to overcome.
04/04/2023
How to win the race with hackers when new vulnerabilities are publicly disclosed!
by Frank Rietta
Keeping deployed web applications up-to-date is imperative to prevent data breaches. Here's how to use automated testing of custom web application software to patch quickly after a support chain vulnerability is publicly disclosed.
10/04/2022
Case Study: Migration of Public Service On-Prem to AWS Cloud
by Frank Rietta
How Rietta planned and implemented a multi-step process to fully migrate a monolithic on-prem Rails application to the the AWS cloud using Docker, AWS Elastic Container Service, the AWS Secrets Manager, and more.
09/26/2022
Case Study: Complex Insurance Document Solution with LibreOffice, Docker, and AWS
by Frank Rietta
How Rietta built a complex document solution that seamlessly deploys to AWS using purely open source technology.
09/21/2022
Top 5 Tips and Tricks on Developing with Docker
by Frank Rietta
A five tips and tricks I've built up working daily with Docker professionally for three years.
10/01/2021
You Can be the Victim of a Cybersecurity Attack: Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.
by Frank Rietta
Be cyber smart by recognizing that you can be the victim of a cyber security incident and that you have to keep your Internet connected custom software securely configured and patched up-to-date at all times. Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart.
08/31/2021
The Ripples From SolarWinds
by Wren Steitle
The effects of the Solar Winds breach are felt throughout the tech community. More important than the breach though is the aftermath and the response to the incident. How does that affect others?
07/21/2021
Dockerizing Development Saves Serious Money for Small Agency
by Frank Rietta
Systematic investment in Docker is paying off big time. From a agency owner's perspective this is why the up front investment was worth it.
07/07/2021
Paying Ransomware is Harmful: Invest in proactive defense instead.
by Frank Rietta
Paying the pirates has never been a good idea. The long history shows that paying the ransom only increases the financial incentives for more ransoms. Here is how you can use Threat Actor / Capability modeling and practically free counter measures to protect yourself.
06/30/2021
Top 5 Cyber Security Self-Defense Tips for Businesses with Custom Applications
by Frank Rietta
Since there is no Internet coast guard coming to your aid, here are the top five tips for your company to be better prepared for your own self-defense against cyber attack.