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Ian McCloy is the Director of the Platform and Security Product Management Group for Couchbase and lives in the United Kingdom. His dedicated team is responsible for the Reliability, Availability, Serviceability and Security architecture of Couchbase Server and the SaaS Database, Capella. This team also own cloud-native platforms like the Couchbase Kubernetes Autonomous Operator. Ian has a vast range of experience as a Software Engineer, Technical Support Engineer, Quality Assurance Engineer and Systems Administrator. Ian has led global technical teams for the majority of his 20 year professional career and holds several patents in the areas of information security, virtualisation and hardware design. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianmccloy/

Securing Communication with TLS Certificates: A Definitive Guide for Couchbase Server (Part 3 of 3)
Securing Communication with TLS Certificates: A Definitive Guide for Couchbase Server (Part 3 of 3)

In this section we’ll setup TLS network encryption on a 3 node Couchbase Server cluster, running version 7.2.0 on Linux hosts.

Securing Communication with TLS Certificates: A Definitive Guide for Couchbase Server (Part 2 of 3)
Securing Communication with TLS Certificates: A Definitive Guide for Couchbase Server (Part 2 of 3)

Whether you are managing your own in-house Certificate Authority, or using an established commercial vendor such as DigiCert, GlobalSign or GoDaddy the first stage is to generate a Certificate Signing Request.

Couchbase Capella Achieves PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance and CSA STAR Level Certifications
Couchbase Capella Achieves PCI DSS 4.0 Compliance and CSA STAR Level Certifications

We achieved the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 4.0 attestation of compliance (AoC) as well as a CSA STAR Level 2...

Securing Communication with TLS Certificates: A Definitive Guide for Couchbase Server (Part 1 of 3)
Securing Communication with TLS Certificates: A Definitive Guide for Couchbase Server (Part 1 of 3)

This guide demystifies configuration and utilization of TLS certificates in Couchbase Server, empowering administrators to enhance deployment security.

Unlocking Next-Level Search: The Power of Vector Databases
Unlocking Next-Level Search: The Power of Vector Databases

Explore vector databases and their role in modern AI and search applications. Understand how they work, their use cases in recommendation systems, and more!

Security vulnerability CVE-2022-42889, Text4Shell
Security vulnerability CVE-2022-42889, Text4Shell

Get important details on a critical severity security vulnerability known as Text4Shell affecting the Apache Commons Text library (CVE-2022-42889).

Encrypted Private Keys & Multi-CA, Enterprise Security Enhancements In Couchbase Server 7.1
Encrypted Private Keys & Multi-CA, Enterprise Security Enhancements In Couchbase Server 7.1

Couchbase Server 7.1 adds enterprise security enhancements for TLS certificates: multiple Certificate Authorities, encrypted TLS Private Keys, and more.

Couchbase Server On ARM, Supersonic Performance At Competitive Pricing
Couchbase Server On ARM, Supersonic Performance At Competitive Pricing

With the introduction of Couchbase Server 7.1, support for clusters running Linux on 64-bit ARM v8 processors have been added for ARM platform support.

New RBAC Roles in Couchbase 7.0
New RBAC Roles in Couchbase 7.0

Couchbase Server version 7.0 introduces some important changes as part of the role-based access control (RBAC) authorization system.  Couchbase Server has allowed fine-grained access controls to the platform with RBAC for administrators since version 4.5 and all users since version...

Couchbase Server 7.0.2 Enforce TLS, HSTS & Enforce IP Address Family
Couchbase Server 7.0.2 Enforce TLS, HSTS & Enforce IP Address Family

Learn how Couchbase Server 7.0.2 security features include making a robust barrier for attackers who try to compromise your systems

What to Know About the Log4j Vulnerability CVE-2021-44228
What to Know About the Log4j Vulnerability CVE-2021-44228

In this blog post we go over what to know about the Log4j Vulnerability CVE-2021-44228

Secure Your Data at Rest with LUKS Disk Encryption in Couchbase
Secure Your Data at Rest with LUKS Disk Encryption in Couchbase

Get an overview of security options in a Couchbase Server cluster and delve into the specifics of data-at-rest security via LUKS on-disk encryption.