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Maestro Security: a New Star on the Cloud Sky

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There are various assessment and audit services that let providers prove their offerings are safe and won’t bring a Trojan horse into a customer’s enterprise citadel. Among them, the Cloud Security Alliance stands out. This is a world’s leading organization dedicated to establishing and promoting security best practices for Cloud computing environments. One of the CSA activities is the creation and support for the STAR (the Security, Trust, Assurance, and Risk) Registry – a one that docments the security and privacy controls provided by cloud computing offerings. And we are glad to announce that Maestro has just reached the Level 1 within the program, thus proofed its maturity and reliability. You can find the Maestro listing on the CSA STAR Registry page . What does this mean, practically? STAR level 1 means that Maestro team has passed the self-assessment by filling the Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) to verify that Maestro is compliant with the CSA Clo

Maestro and BSL 1.1 license for HashiCorp Terraform

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The news that HashiCorp switches its Terraform license from the Mozilla open source Mozilla Public License (MPL) v2. 0 to Business Source License stirred up the technical society across the globe. It’s no wonder, as Terraform has become an integral part of numerous businesses ecosystems and infrastructures, and the BSL license restricts using Terraform for creating commercial products, unless a separate agreement is mage. Terraform is also an important part of Maestro Infrastructure as Code engine, and it’s high time to clarify: how does the new Terraform Licensing affect Maestro customers.   What is BSL 1.1 License for Terraform? You can find the full license text   and the detailed FAQ on the official HashiCorp website, However, here is a brief summary: You can use Terraform for free for non-commercial (internal and personal) usage and need an additional agreement for production usage. For integration partners that build integrations with HashiCorp products, including Terr