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Safeguarding LLM-Assisted Dev at Guardsquare

New blog post discussing Guardsquare's approach to using large language models (LLMs) in development, highlighting security considerations for a cybersecurity company handling sensitive IP.

Use P2C + EWMA for High-Throughput Java Routing

A technical article demonstrating that traditional round-robin load balancing performs poorly for high-concurrency Java virtual thread workloads. The author recommends using the Power-of-Two-Choices (P2C) sampling algorithm combined with an Exponentially Weighted Moving Average (EWMA) latency metric to compute a real-time health score per instance: Score = (Active Virtual Threads + 1) × EWMA Latency. The post includes a Java code snippet implementing a P2C selector and argues this approach reduces p99/p999 tail latency and avoids synchronization costs inherent to full-node scans or naive least-connections strategies.

• Java virtual threads allow microservices to handle ~50,000 concurrent requests per instance (as asserted by the author).
• Legacy round-robin load balancers can degrade p99 latency when servicing virtual-thread workloads due to head-of-line blocking.
• The recommended routing policy is Power-of-Two-Choices (P2C) sampling of two instances plus a health score computed as (Active Virtual Threads + 1) × EWMA Latency.

Introducing Wiz AI SAST: Application Security that Understands Your Code and Your Infrastructure

Find, validate, and fix complex business logic flaws with an AI code scanner backed by Wiz Research, operationalized within your existing security program.

Snyk Lays Off Over 200, Revenues Top $300M

Snyk, the cybersecurity firm co-founded in London and Tel Aviv, laid off over 200 employees in June 2026, more than double the initial reports of 90. This was revealed in a new filing at Companies House. The reduction in force represents about 20% of its global workforce, impacting employees in the US and Israel, with a financial charge of up to $13.8 million. Despite the layoffs, Snyk's revenues grew 11% to $309 million in the fiscal year ending 2025, attributed to new customer wins. However, losses increased from $169 million to $189 million due to higher investments. The company, now headquartered in Boston, has raised over $1 billion from investors including Tiger Global and was valued at $8.5 billion in 2021. Snyk continues to build its AI security business, having acquired Invariant Labs in 2025.

• Snyk laid off over 200 employees in June 2026, representing about 20% of its global workforce.
• Revenues reached $309 million in fiscal year 2025, up 11% year-over-year.
• Losses increased from $169 million to $189 million.

Wiz Newsroom Updates: New Company News and Recent Coverage

The Wiz Newsroom page has been updated with new company news items including 'Wiz’s First 6 Months as Part of Google', 'Scan for Good: Using AI to discover and fix high-priority exposures', and 'Atlas: Wiz's autonomous AI Agent for vulnerability research'. Recent coverage now includes articles from SecurityBrief AU, SecurityWeek, and Infosecurity Mag, among others.