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opswat.com
Company blog · opswat.com/blogsecurity
opswat.com is the company blog at opswat.com, writing about security. Since 2012, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link OPSWAT's blog as a reference on data diodes and unidirectional networks for high-assurance security. The linked posts explain why one-way network hardware is used for critical systems.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /blog/why-data-diodes-are-essential-isolated-and-classified-networks2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-10-05
What Hacker News says?
OPSWAT | United States | Remote (US Only) OPSWAT is seeking a Lead Full Stack Engineer who can architect and build cutting-edge software solutions across the stack. You will be responsible for developing robust and efficient systems, including Rust-based data processing, stream processing applications, and NoSQL database integrations, as well as Go-based APIs and Python components. This will be like working at a sta…
Comment linking /jobs/4502531005
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)”Submitted File Analysis with Serverless Architecture as a story · 3 points
HN discussionA while ago I thought about what a perfect gateway Antivirus software would make to gain access to millions of machines. In order to stay up to date they are allowed to make regular calls home, are proprietary, and most often for end users even given away for free. Motivated by this post I just went through a list of the Worldwide Antivirus Vendor Market Share[1], looked up their country of origin, and I have to adm…
Comment linking /sites/default/files/OPSWAT-Market-Share-Report-June-2011.pdf
on “Eugene Kaspersky: What Wired Is Not Telling You”Submitted More than One Fifth of Devices Have a Perceived Threat Detected as a story · 2 points
HN discussion> theres no such thing as 1-way communication It's called a data diode. https://www.opswat.com/blog/why-data-diodes-are-essential-is... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidirectional_network
Comment linking /blog/why-data-diodes-are-essential-isolated-and-classified-networks
on “U.S. Cities Strain to Fight Hackers”Submitted AI-Powered Cyberattacks as a story · 1 points
HN discussionUnidirectional networks, or data diodes, are used extensively in high-assurance security for purposes like these: https://www.opswat.com/blog/why-data-diodes-are-essential-is... Strongest designs are done with light such as fiber or infrared. A number of products were analyzed and pentested by evaluators and intelligence agencies with resulting EAL7+ certification, the highest. Link below lists some of the products.…
Comment linking /blog/why-data-diodes-are-essential-isolated-and-classified-networks
on “Unidirectional Network”Submitted Integration of Viper Malware Analysis Framework and Metadefender Core as a story · 1 points
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