Infra

In part 1 of this two-part blog series, we looked at why cybersecurity tool sprawl has become a critical risk and cost issue for modern enterprises. From overlapping functionality and alert fatigue, to slower incident response and increased maintenance burden, the downsides of fragmented tooling are clear and growing. Now, we move from why to how. If your organization is ready to simplify, reduce risk, and improve efficiency, this practical guide outlines the first steps toward a more unified, strategic approach to cybersecurity. ...

The HashiCorp Terraform AzureRM provider has officially surpassed 1 billion downloads — a moment that marks not only a technical milestone, but also highlights story of how enterprises around the world have embraced cloud automation, built shared platforms, and transformed the way infrastructure is delivered on Azure. The AzureRM provider abstracts complexity by managing Azure API versions on your behalf. The provider ensures that resources are fully compatible with one another and that configuration changes don't introduce breaking issues, thanks to its rigorous testing by both HashiCorp, an IBM company, and Microsoft teams. This milestone is a reflection of years of collaboration between HashiCorp, Microsoft, our joint customers, and the community. Together, we’ve made it easier for teams to provision, manage, and scale infrastructure on Azure — securely, reliably, efficiently, and consistently. ...

If you want developers to do the secure thing, you have to make it easy for them. Too often, developers have to jump through hoops to follow the workflows security and identity teams prescribe. So, they don’t – leaving your company without visibility into what they’re doing and credentials unmanaged with the potential for exposure. That’s why we built transparent sessions, now generally available. Transparent sessions are a feature in HCP Boundary and Boundary Enterprise that allows end users to connect to infrastructure resources without changing their existing workflows, habits, or client tools. Authorized and logged in? Follow your usual workflow, then, boom, you’re connected. ...

New threats emerge every week, and many vendors respond with narrow, reactive solutions. The result? Tool sprawl. Some organizations now rely on anywhere from 45 to 83 separate cybersecurity tools. This fragmented approach drives up costs, complicates workflows, and increases risk due to poor integration and limited visibility. Business leaders are taking notice: 50% of CISOs want to consolidate their security tools 75% of organizations aim to reduce their number of security vendors 65% say consolidation would improve their overall risk posture The message is clear: it’s time to shift from being reactive to a more unified, strategic approach to cybersecurity. ...

When using GitHub as the version control system (VCS) provider for Terraform, it’s hard to decide which authentication methods the organization should adopt: GitHub App or GitHub OAuth? In this blog, we’ll explore the differences between these two methods, their advantages, drawbacks, and best practices. This will help you choose the right approach based on your team’s security and operational requirements. Whether you're managing a small project or an enterprise Terraform setup, understanding these options will help you optimize your workflow and security posture. ...

Imagine this: Someone intercepts your private messages, secures your encrypted business files, or captures classified government communications —but they can’t read any of it. Not yet anyway. But they’re not trying to crack the code today. They’re just collecting. They’re waiting. This is the strategy behind harvest now, decrypt later (HNDL) attacks — a looming threat in the age of quantum computing. What is a harvest now, decrypt later attack? At its core, HNDL is about playing the long game. The idea is simple but powerful: Attackers collect encrypted data now, knowing that in the future, quantum computers may be able to break the encryption protecting it. ...

The HashiCorp Technical Field Organization (TFO) partners with enterprise customers to help them navigate complex infrastructure challenges and achieve specific technical outcomes. Over thousands of these engagements, consistent patterns have emerged. We’ve documented many of these battle-tested patterns using HashiCorp products and the broader tooling ecosystem to solve common challenges. We call these HashiCorp Validated Patterns and we’re now making them publicly available. One of the unique values of Validated Patterns is that they reflect shared knowledge across our global technical field staff. These solutions aren’t the opinion of one person. They’re reviewed, improved, and endorsed by our internal technical community. ...

We are seeing a lot of internal, assistance-based AI use cases for: Topic research R&D Code generation Data analysis Marketing and other tasks What we are not seeing (yet) is a plethora of external, customer-facing use cases (beyond chatbots), where customers are engaging directly with AI. But this is about to change ... and fast. In his keynote address at Think 2025, Arvind Krishna, IBM Chairman and CEO, said the time of AI experimentation is over, and organizations are moving quickly to deliver business value through AI. ...

HashiCorp, an IBM company, is helping Azure users simplify and scale their infrastructure with new tools, deeper integrations, and key announcements unveiled at Microsoft Build 2025. We’re excited to be at Microsoft Build 2025 to connect with developers, cloud architects, and platform engineers building modern, scalable applications on Azure. As organizations continue to scale cloud adoption, HashiCorp and Microsoft are working together to help teams manage infrastructure and security in a consistent, automated, and scalable way. ...