Author: Raul Mahiques

Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
October 08, 2025

Prepare your fleet for Windows 10 EOL with open optionality

Windows 10 reaches end of support on October 14, 2025. After that date, devices running the OS will no longer receive security updates. As a result, organizations that don’t take action will be exposed to avoidable risks and compliance gaps. Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) can offer temporary coverage, but costs increase each year. Full […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
November 05, 2023

CAPI, Fleet And GitOps: A New Way For Orchestrating Kubernetes Clusters With Rancher

Introduction In this blogpost we will show how to use one of the new and interesting features Rancher 2.8 brings, Rancher Turtles, it will help you deploy clusters using Cluster API (CAPI). It is an addition to the existing methods for deploying Kubernetes clusters using Rancher and it’s currently in early access technology state but […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
November 05, 2023

CAPI、Fleet、GitOps:RancherでKubernetesクラスタをオーケストレーションする新手法

はじめに このブログポストでは、Rancher 2.8の新機能の1つであり、Cluster API(CAPI) […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
October 31, 2023

Confidential Cloud: Introduction to Confidential Computing

Introduction In this blog series, we will embark on a journey into the realm of Confidential Computing, CoCo for friends. Our goal? To help you gain a better understanding of it.   What is confidential computing about? If we seek a definition for ‘Confidential Computing,’ Wikipedia provides us with the following: “a security and privacy-enhancing […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
October 31, 2023

コンフィデンシャルクラウド:コンフィデンシャルコンピューティング入門

はじめに このブログシリーズでは、コンフィデンシャルコンピューティング(CoCo)の世界をご案内いたします。本 […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
August 11, 2023

CentOS Alternatives: Migrating Workloads From CentOS To OpenSUSE Leap – Migrating your webserver

  Introduction In this blog post we will show an example of how to migrate your Apache web server running on CentOS to openSUSE Leap, all while keeping downtime to a minimum. Our approach will encompass the following steps: Configuring the New Web Server: We will set up the new web server in openSUSE Leap, […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
August 08, 2023

CentOS Alternatives: Migrating Workloads From CentOS To OpenSUSE Leap – Automating With Ansible Part 2

In this blog posts, we’ll dive into adapting your Ansible code made for CentOS to openSUSE Leap, ensuring seamless compatibility. In this first part, we provided advice and a general introduction to ease your way into the process. In this second part, we’ll delve into practical examples of troubleshooting and adapting existing roles. Together, we’ll […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
August 04, 2023

CentOS Alternatives: Migrating Workloads From CentOS To OpenSUSE Leap – Automating With Ansible Part 1

In this blog posts, we’ll dive into adapting your Ansible code made for CentOS to openSUSE Leap, ensuring seamless compatibility. In this first part, we’ll provide advice and a general introduction to ease your way into the process. Then, for the second part, where we’ll delve into practical examples of troubleshooting and adapting existing roles. […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
July 27, 2023

CentOS Alternatives: Migrating Workloads to OpenSUSE Leap – Differences and Similarities

Whether you’re a seasoned Linux user or just starting your journey, this blog post is designed to be your go-to resource for technical guidance when transitioning from CentOS to openSUSE Leap. We understand that every migration is unique, and while we won’t cover every minute difference and similarity between the two distributions, we promise to […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
July 24, 2023

Migrate CentOS Workloads To OpenSUSE Leap – Introduction

We recently published a blog about how easy it is to adapt to OpenSUSE Leap when coming from CentOS. In this blog post, we will provide some guidance on how to plan and prepare for an actual migration and what considerations we should take into account. Migrating to a new OS usually raises several questions: […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
July 17, 2023

openSUSE Leap: Step-by-Step Guide for installing it on your virtualized environment

Introduction openSUSE Leap is a robust and reliable Linux distribution, built from the same source code used to build SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) making it binary compatible with one of the most trusted operating systems to run mission critical workloads. For those coming from CentOS/RHEL or other distributions like Debian or Arch, we have created […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
May 22, 2023

Container Security – How to Quickly Install NeuVector 5 on OpenShift 4

NeuVector is a container security platform that provides comprehensive security for containerized applications allowing you to not only prevent attacks but also to actively protect your applications from unknown vulnerabilities by implementing behavioral-based Zero-Trust security policies. In this blog post, we will walk through the steps of installing NeuVector on OpenShift 4 using the NeuVector […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
May 22, 2023

コンテナセキュリティ – OpenShift 4にNeuVector 5を素早くインストールする方法

NeuVectorは、コンテナアプリケーションに包括的なセキュリティを提供するコンテナセキュリティプラットフォ […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
February 15, 2023

Ransomware Attacks – Part 3, Container Security

Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. How do we protect Kubernetes environments? 3. Why use Zero-Trust policies to stop the spread of malware? 4. The importance of having a secure software supply chain? 5. Why must we automate security in Kubernetes environments? 6. How can we scale these measures when we have multiple clusters? 7. […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
February 15, 2023

ランサムウェアの攻撃 – パート3、コンテナセキュリティ

はじめに ランサムウェアに特化したこのシリーズの第3回目は、Kubernetes環境をどのように保護できるかを […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
February 15, 2023

Ransomware Attacks – Part 2, Traditional IT Security

Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. How do we protect traditional IT infrastructure? 3. How do I use SELinux, AppArmor and Netfilter? 4. Can STIG hardening guide help me protect my Linux server? 5. How can I apply a STIG profiles to all my servers? 6. Are there any other tools that I can leverage? […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
February 15, 2023

ランサムウェアの攻撃 – パート2、従来のITセキュリティ

はじめに ランサムウェアに特化した本連載の第2回となる今回は、従来型のITインフラをどのように保護すればよいか […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
February 15, 2023

Ransomware Attacks – Part 1, Introduction

In this series of articles, I will talk about Ransomware attacks and how we can better protect our systems. What is ransomware? Ransomware is a type of malicious software (malware) that is designed to block access to a computer system or its data, usually by encrypting it, until a ransom is paid. It is typically […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
February 15, 2023

ランサムウェアの攻撃 – パート1、はじめに

この連載では、ランサムウェアの攻撃と、私たちのシステムをよりよく保護する方法についてお話します。 ランサムウェ […]

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Raul Mahiques
By: Raul Mahiques
January 04, 2023

Another Orchestrated Attack: How Do I Protect Myself?

Criminal groups are always trying to make money by taking advantage of software vulnerabilities. In many organizations, it is difficult for security teams to keep up with attacks due to challenges on many fronts, including: New vulnerabilities discovered every day: There are always new vulnerabilities that need to be patched in the libraries and applications […]

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