The new security vulnerability Log4j is 10/10 on the “Hacking Richter scale”. How might it be affecting your ColdFusion servers? And what can you do to protect your company? TLDR; This issue affects most servers as Log4j is used by many software tools on modern servers, as well some versions of Adobe ColdFusion. Lucee CFML […]
Secure ColdFusion (17 Tools + Best Practices)
Overview of CF Security ColdFusion leads the web dev language pack when it comes to security. It has the lowest number of security issues of any web language (according to CVE security data). Adobe even has a full time security czar in charge of making the language even more secure. All the developers on Adobe’s […]
4 Reasons Why Your ColdFusion Web Apps Are Suffering (And How To Avoid It)
CIOs and their teams go to great lengths — and expenses — to put together the perfect, pristine web app. Yet things can go awry. Some web apps don’t live up to their potential. Happens in ColdFusion, like any other language. I see it all the time doing my ColdFusion consulting work. These problems become […]
Google Down – An Unprecedented Event (Save Your Data Fast!)
How many times did you hit “refresh” on Monday? The #GoogleDown, a massive outage among the search giant’s many services, affected many IT systems and websites. Was your company able to navigate the outage easily? Or did you all freak out? Google Down… What Exactly Happened? There’s a way to cover your ass, so to […]
4 Ways to Recognize a Good ColdFusion Consultant
Learn about Four Ways to Recognize a Good ColdFusion Consultant Before Hiring Them! Looking for the right consultant can be a demanding task. But done right, it could save your company money in the long term. You’re about to dive into the confounding, cut-throat world of ColdFusion consultants, looking for someone to help […]
ColdFusion Security Hotfix (APSB17-30) Released
Just last week, Adobe released their security updates (APSB17-30) for ColdFusion 2016 and ColdFusion 11. The said update was specifically created to fix two critical and one important issue. However, take note that the ColdFusion 10 and older will be vulnerable to some if not all of the issues. Plus, since the older versions began […]
4 ways to prevent code death by shelfware
What is Shelfware? If you don’t get users involved early in the project, you risk ending up with shelfware. That means that you wrote some great code, the operation was a success but the patient died on the table. None of the users want to use the application and it’s left on the shelf. What […]
ColdFusion developer security guidelines
ColdFusion developer security guidelines from Adobe These ColdFusion developer security guidelines from Adobe are cool! And so much code that I review from other (best unnamed) organizations don’t follow these simple tips. Check it out at at URL below and make sure that your apps are secure! https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb22-22.html