Clair is an open source container image security analyzer that enables developers to build services that scan containers for security threats and vulnerabilities. Quentin Machu offers an overview of Clair and explores a real-life example to demonstrate how Clair is able to automatically detect known vulnerabilities in Docker and rkt containers before they get exploited.

As traffic to websites and web applications increases, infrastructure must be put in place to handle scalingbut with that comes an increased risk for security breaches. James Baker and Mira Thambireddy dive into specific client-side vulnerabilities, discussing design patterns that scale an application securely and which frameworks currently in the market already employ these practices.

With the analytic and predictive power of big data comes the responsibility to respect and protect individual privacy. As citizens, we should hold organizations to account; as data practitioners, we must find intelligent ways to analyze data without violating privacy. Jason McFall discusses privacy risks and surveys leading privacy-preserving analysis techniques.

Deng Xiaoping once described managing the economy as crossing the river by feeling the stones. But in a world of constant change, how do you determine the right thing to do? Which pebble to tread on? Simon Wardley explains how situational awareness applies to the world of open source and explores how you can map your environment, identify opportunities to exploit, and learn to play the game.

Kenny Bastani demonstrates how to build cloud-native Java applicationsdesigned to fully exploit a cloud platform both in the application layer, where things decompose into microservices, and at the data layer, where NoSQL offers better horizontal scaling and fitness for specific purpose.

Increasing competition and technological change is impelling the telco industry toward a new model of analytics. Telefnica has been at the front of this change, driving business transformation to a digital telco. John Belchamber and Arturo Canales tell the story of that transformation and detail the pitfalls and challenges faced by teams looking to follow a similar journey.