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Michael Bargury

Hacker, builder and a cybersecurity practitioner. He is the co-founder and CTO of Zenity, the first application security company enabling enterprises to empower business users without paying for it in security incidents. He leads the OWASP LCNC Top 10, has a column on DarkReading, and delivers research, tools and talks regularly at top conferences including BlackHat, DEFCON and RSAC.

Michael Bargury

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Zenity Recognized in Gartner AI TRiSM Market Guide
Michael Bargury

Zenity Recognized in Gartner AI TRiSM Market Guide

Innovation, specifically the evolution of technology, has always been about expanding what’s possible or simplifying...

Security
Remediation Ballet Is a Pas de Deux of Patch and Performance
Michael Bargury

Remediation Ballet Is a Pas de Deux of Patch and Performance

Generative AI capabilities continue to make their way into every organization, with increasingly useful ways of...

Security
Unboxing the Salesforce AI Cloud Announcements
Michael Bargury

Unboxing the Salesforce AI Cloud Announcements

On June 12th, Salesforce announced ‘AI Cloud,’ which aims to embed generative AI capabilities throughout their...

Current Events
Who is Securing the Apps Built by Generative AI?
Michael Bargury

Who is Securing the Apps Built by Generative AI?

The rise of low-code/no-code platforms has empowered business professionals to independently address their needs...

Security
Where There’s No Code, There’s No SDLC
Michael Bargury

Where There’s No Code, There’s No SDLC

When developing applications, organizations rely heavily on the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to engrain...

Security
AI Has Your Business Data
Michael Bargury

AI Has Your Business Data

Some of the world’s largest tech companies, like Google and Microsoft, have embedded AI into their business productivity...

Security
LastPass Breach Demonstrates the Power of Avoidance
Michael Bargury

LastPass Breach Demonstrates the Power of Avoidance

A recent LastPass breach has once again raised concerns about password managers’ security, especially commercial...

Current Events
Security Teams: Don’t Impose. Empower.
Michael Bargury

Security Teams: Don’t Impose. Empower.

Citizen development has become ubiquitous in businesses across industries, sizes and geographies. No matter what...

Security
Anticipating Major Security Breach from Business Users’ Low-Code Apps
Michael Bargury

Anticipating Major Security Breach from Business Users’ Low-Code Apps

Here’s what that means about our current state as an industry, and why we should be happy about it Forrester Research...

Current Events
Business-Led Development- an Extension of the Public Cloud
Michael Bargury

Business-Led Development- an Extension of the Public Cloud

To understand this headline better we need to have a better understanding of the traditional ways we think about...

Security
ZAPESCAPE: Organization-wide control over Code by Zapier
Michael Bargury

ZAPESCAPE: Organization-wide control over Code by Zapier

In the middle of March 2022, Zenity research team discovered a sandbox-escape vulnerability in Code by Zapier,...

Research
ZAPESCAPE: Vulnerability Disclosure
Michael Bargury

ZAPESCAPE: Vulnerability Disclosure

Date: March 16th 2022 Severity: High Security impact: Privilege Escalation, Data Leakage, Data Manipulation Intro This...

Research
SaaS Applications Streamline Application Development and Exploitation
Michael Bargury

SaaS Applications Streamline Application Development and Exploitation

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications are built on the premise of streamlining business practices to improve...

Security
When User Identity Loses Its Meaning, Hackers Win
Michael Bargury

When User Identity Loses Its Meaning, Hackers Win

When it comes to cybersecurity, businesses typically want to assume that every user is a special snowflake. The...

Security
Zapier Storage Exposes Sensitive Customer Data Due to Poor User Choices
Michael Bargury

Zapier Storage Exposes Sensitive Customer Data Due to Poor User Choices

Zenity research team has recently discovered a potential customer data leakage in Storage by Zapier, a service...

Research
Is Credential Sharing the Weakest Link in Your Security Strategy?
Michael Bargury

Is Credential Sharing the Weakest Link in Your Security Strategy?

You might think that the majority of cybersecurity breaches result from carefully planned and executed attacks....

Security
Microsoft Power Pages: Low-code Misconfiguration Remains a Top Security Risk
Michael Bargury

Microsoft Power Pages: Low-code Misconfiguration Remains a Top Security Risk

Power Pages = Portal Apps + Security? Last week Dark Reading released an enterprise application security survey...

Research
Zenity CTO’s New Column Adds Critical Perspective on Citizen Development Security
Michael Bargury

Zenity CTO’s New Column Adds Critical Perspective on Citizen Development Security

Dark Reading is a great site to follow if you want to keep up with the latest IT security news and trends. You’ll...

Security
Why Are Low-Code Platforms Becoming the New Holy Grail of Cyberattackers?
Michael Bargury

Why Are Low-Code Platforms Becoming the New Holy Grail of Cyberattackers?

Why Are Low-Code Platforms Becoming the New Holy Grail of Cyberattackers? Low-code/no-code platforms for enterprise...

Security
Low-Code vs No-Code: Is There a Difference?
Michael Bargury

Low-Code vs No-Code: Is There a Difference?

For organizations to be more productive and agile in their development processes, understanding the core differences...

Security
Why 60% of security experts are concerned about low-code/no-code apps
Michael Bargury

Why 60% of security experts are concerned about low-code/no-code apps

In Part 1 of this post, we discussed four hot trends in low-code/no-code development: the rise of citizen development,...

Current Events
Where is Low-Code Going in 2022? 8 Hot Trends and Predictions (Part 2)
Michael Bargury

Where is Low-Code Going in 2022? 8 Hot Trends and Predictions (Part 2)

In Part 1 of this post, we discussed four hot trends in low-code/no-code development: the rise of citizen development,...

Current Events
Where is Low-Code Going in 2022? 8 Hot Trends and Predictions (Part 1)
Michael Bargury

Where is Low-Code Going in 2022? 8 Hot Trends and Predictions (Part 1)

What’s the trick to staying competitive in 2022? The ability to quickly adjust your business models and processes. You...

Current Events
Low-Code Security and Business Email Compromise via Email Auto-Forwarding
Michael Bargury

Low-Code Security and Business Email Compromise via Email Auto-Forwarding

Overview Many low-code applications are built for the purpose of moving data from one place to another usually...

Current Events
Bye-bye 2021, you have been a blast
Michael Bargury

Bye-bye 2021, you have been a blast

What a busy year it has been for Zenity! Zenity is proud to be the first and only governance and security platform...

Product
CTO Michael Bargury’s Thoughts on Low-Code Security Featured on Dark Reading
Michael Bargury

CTO Michael Bargury’s Thoughts on Low-Code Security Featured on Dark Reading

We are proud to have thought leaders at the head of Zenity. Michael Bargury, Zenity co-founder and CTO, recently...

Security
Low-code is driving a tectonic shift in IT – can IT and security teams enable the business while also staying secure?
Michael Bargury

Low-code is driving a tectonic shift in IT – can IT and security teams enable the business while also staying secure?

In recent years, we have witnessed a tectonic shift in the way organizations develop and maintain software. As...

Security
The Microsoft Power Apps Portal Data Leak Revisited: Are You Safe Now?
Michael Bargury

The Microsoft Power Apps Portal Data Leak Revisited: Are You Safe Now?

What happened In late August 2021, a major data leak exposed where 38 million private records through Microsoft’s...

Research
The 7 Deadly Sins of Low-Code Security and How to Avoid Them
Michael Bargury

The 7 Deadly Sins of Low-Code Security and How to Avoid Them

If you’ve followed our last two blog posts, you should already be familiar with the reasons why organizations that...

Security
Citizen Developers Security Awareness
Michael Bargury

Citizen Developers Security Awareness

Raising Security Awareness Among Citizen Developers Citizen developers are now producing the types of applications...

Security
Low-Code for Dummies – An Overview of Low-Code Through Examples
Michael Bargury

Low-Code for Dummies – An Overview of Low-Code Through Examples

Preface While the mission statement of the Zenity Low-Code Security Blog is to help organizations adopt low-code...

Security
Hackers Abuse Low-Code Platforms And Turn Them Against Their Owners
Michael Bargury

Hackers Abuse Low-Code Platforms And Turn Them Against Their Owners

Low-code development platforms open the way for greater independence and efficiency for business users. Unfortunately,...

Security
Low-Code SDLC – Build Fast, Stay Secure
Michael Bargury

Low-Code SDLC – Build Fast, Stay Secure

Low-code application development provides a solution for a wide range of business needs, from business applications...

Security

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