And They All Fall Down—Mitigate Your Risk From Cloud-Dependent Downtime

Posted on by Dean Lombardo

On Oct. 20, 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered an outage that affected an estimated 1,000 or more different apps and services, including Snapchat, McDonalds, Office 365, Outlook, Alexa, the Fly Delta app, Strava, Toast, and many others. The outage caused extended recovery delays due to backlogs, created ripple effects from heavy reliance on a […]

Virtual Patching for CVE Gaps, Unpatchable Vulnerabilities, and Uncertain Times

Posted on by Mike Shinn

By Michael Shinn Atomicorp WAF-based virtual patching provides a timely safety net when vulnerability data is lacking or CVE fixes impossible. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has increased its role in NIST NVD and MITRE CVE program management in 2025. This is part of a stated effort to improve data quality and […]