Patrick Kerrigan

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MFA with security keys

by Patrick Kerrigan, . Tags: Cryptography Security Web

Enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA) is one of the single most effective steps you can take to protect your online accounts against unauthorised access. Combining something you have (a device or smartcard) or something you are (biometrics) with something you know (your password) ensures that if your password falls into the hands of an attacker, whether through a security breach, malware, or brute force guessing, then they still won't be able to get access to your account.

Instrumenting PHP apps with AWS X-Ray

by Patrick Kerrigan, . Tags: Php Web Performance Aws

PHP Opcache file cache

by Patrick Kerrigan, . Tags: Php Web Performance

Opcache is one of PHP's most powerful tools when it comes to performance. With the release of PHP 7 it received a new feature which has gone largely un-noticed: the file cache. Depending on your hosting environment and/or traffic levels the file cache may be able to help squeeze even more performance out of PHP.

PHP performance optimisation quick wins

by Patrick Kerrigan, . Tags: Php Web Performance

PHP apps can easily begin to slow down over time as they grow, and with the recent patches for the Meltdown vulnerability adding a performance penalty to many workloads this slowdown can be amplified. Often there are some simple changes that can be made in order to see a measurable performance improvement for production workloads.

Chrome XSS Auditor and HTML editors

by Patrick Kerrigan, . Tags: Security Web

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