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How to Authenticate to Google Cloud using OpenID Connect in your GitLab CI/CD pipeline

Xebia

In this blog post, I will show you the process of authenticating your GitLab CI/CD pipelines to Google Cloud using OpenID Connect (OIDC). We’ll explore how to set up Google Cloud Service Accounts, Workload Identity Pools, and configure GitLab CI/CD to seamlessly authenticate with Google Cloud. How does the component work?

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Data center provider fakes Tier 4 data center certificate to bag $11M SEC deal

CIO

According to the indictment, Jain’s firm provided fraudulent certification documents during contract negotiations in 2011, claiming that their Beltsville, Maryland, data center met Tier 4 standards, which require 99.995% uptime and advanced resilience features. By then, the Commission had spent $10.7 million on the contract​.

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Singapore-based Accredify gets $7M to make sure your documents are real

TechCrunch

But it was his experience as an accountant that led to his interest in the blockchain and how it can be used to verify documents. What intrigued me was the capability of the technology to allow for real-time authentication,” Quah told TechCrunch. It creates a wallet, or document store, which is a smart wallet on the Ethereum network.

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Document Security is More than Just Password-Protection

CIO

Thirty years ago, Adobe created the Portable Document Format (PDF) to facilitate sharing documents across different software applications while maintaining text and image formatting. Today, PDF is considered the de facto industry standard for documents that contain critical and sensitive business information.

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React authentication, simplified

David Walsh

Authentication is one of those things that just always seems to take a lot more effort than we want it to. To set up auth, you have to re-research topics you haven’t thought about since the last time you did authentication, and the fast-paced nature of the space means things have often changed in the meantime. React authentication.

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CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025-22225, CVE-2025-22226: Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion Exploited

Tenable

In addition to its advisory, Broadcom published a frequently asked questions (FAQ) document for these vulnerabilities: VMSA-2025-0004: Questions & Answers. A local, authenticated attacker with admin privileges could exploit this vulnerability to gain code execution on the virtual-machine executable (VMX) process.

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Three Ways Banks Can Improve Identity Authentication and Customer Data Privacy

CIO

As financial services become more digital in nature, it’s important that banks think differently when using data analytics, security tools, and education to improve identity authentication and customer data privacy. Have you thought about what can be done with this device to enhance identity authentication?