CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2024

The CCA allows overarching enterprise functions and IT shared services to be assessed separately from the business unit’s products/applications that require PCI security compliance. The business teams would also be evaluated for PCI security compliance yearly, but only for the requirements applicable to their product and scope.

Financial 105

Financial Architecture Resources Security 105

Galido

JUNE 30, 2016

VMI stands for Virtual Mobile Infrastructure and basically, it provides end users with a highly effective and an efficient way to have access to delicate mobile applications and information without much hassle. It creates virtual versions of mobile applications and sends them to a vast collection of devices.

Mobile 81

Mobile Virtualization Operating Systems Applications 81

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 20, 2023

2] In this arena, desktop virtualization and cloud technologies will play starring roles. Understanding VDI As a virtual desktop solution, VDI enables remote workers to interact with an operating system and software the same way they would if working locally—on a network-delivered endpoint device.

Dell 59

Dell Intel Virtualization Cloud 59

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 15, 2021

This article by Joshua Fox outlines how and when to use each of the various types of firewalls offered by AWS. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Cormac Hogan shares some lessons learned using a Kubernetes Operator to query vSphere resources. Operating Systems/Applications. Matt Fuller has you covered.

Linux 60

Linux Firewall Open Source Vmware 60

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Whether in-the-cloud or on-premise there is a shift to a model where individual applications need to protect themselves instead of relying on firewall-like techniques. That goes especially for the interaction between applications and storage engines, and between applications and databases. Contact Info.

Firewall 83

Firewall CTO Operating Systems Applications 83

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 2, 2019

The key takeaway here is that anytime there is firewalling or other stateful services in place, the traffic will route to the (non-distributed) service router instead of just the distributed routers. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Career/Soft Skills.

Storage 60

Storage Applications Programming Firewall 60

Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It prevents students from accessing the institute’s network for classes or retrieving educational material or work saved on the cloud. Similarly, organizations must also implement security controls for their data stored in the cloud. Update Systems Regularly. Install Anti-Malware Software. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE.

Education 78

Education Malware eBook Backup 78

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. This post on using SPIFFE/SPIRE, Kubernetes, and Envoy together shows how to implement mutual TLS (mTLS) for a simple application. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Dataconomy

JUNE 27, 2023

How to counter the most risky cloud computing threats? Vulnerability scanners can identify weaknesses in your systems and applications, allowing you to address them promptly through patches and updates. Common features include real-time scanning, web protection, email scanning, firewall capabilities, and ransomware protection.

Malware 68

Malware Software Software Financial 68

Dataconomy

OCTOBER 17, 2023

These individuals use the same techniques as malicious hackers, but instead of using them for nefarious purposes, they use them to identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in an organization’s systems, networks, and applications. They may steal sensitive data, disrupt systems, or engage in other illicit activities.

Network 45

Network Security Applications System 45

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 23, 2023

Firewalls have come a long way from their humble beginnings of assessing network traffic based on appearance alone. Here are six predictions for the future of the firewall. Convergence also is happening in different formats; now security convergence is happening in appliances, virtual machines, cloud-delivered services, and containers. 

Firewall 98

Firewall Network WAN Security 98

Linux Academy

MARCH 28, 2019

As organizations increase their use of Kubernetes in public and Hybrid cloud architectures, it is important not to let a maiden voyage end like a Titanic catastrophe. Vulnerabilities at the operating system level may be exploited by rogue container workloads if not hardened. Use The Right Installer.

Policies 68

Policies Linux Security Virtualization 68

Galido

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Hackercombat aims to guide the user with this guide to inform what’s new in data loss prevention systems, including cloud access security brokers. A formidable challenge in DLP is to classify data by context; associating with the source application, data store, or the user who created the data. Having a DLP in place.

Strategy 92

Strategy Development Data Information Security 92

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

specifically, the new container network firewall functionality. When I was using Fedora, I needed some useful information on firewall-cmd , and found this article to be helpful. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. That’s cool.

Firewall 60

Firewall Virtualization Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. This is a slightly older article by Casey West on the topic of “cloud-native.”

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 15, 2022

If you recently integrated cloud technologies into your IT environment, chances are your team spent many months working behind the scenes, diligently setting up the implementation to generate quick gains for the business. Either way, clouds of any flavor from public to on prem to hybrid don’t manage themselves. They have two options.

Cloud 145

Cloud Open Source Applications Storage 145

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Anthony Burke gives a little bit of a sneak peek at some functionality from the upcoming v3 release of PowerNSX: searching NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a good post on Kubernetes Ingress by Jay Gorrell.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Anthony Burke gives a little bit of a sneak peek at some functionality from the upcoming v3 release of PowerNSX: searching NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a good post on Kubernetes Ingress by Jay Gorrell.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

This is kind of cool, and (in my humble opinion) a sign of changing times: Juniper has Vagrant boxes as well as a Vagrant plugin for working with vSRX (virtual firewall) VMs (via this article from Matt Oswalt). Here are some general guidelines for configuring syslog forwarding on a Cisco ASA firewall. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Anthony Burke gives a little bit of a sneak peek at some functionality from the upcoming v3 release of PowerNSX: searching NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a good post on Kubernetes Ingress by Jay Gorrell.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Tony Sangha took PowerNSX (a set of PowerShell cmdlets for interacting with NSX) and created a tool to help document the NSX Distributed Firewall configuration. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. What’s that? You haven’t heard of PowerNSX before?

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Dataconomy

APRIL 13, 2023

In this article, we will delve deeper into the world of Virtual Network Computing, exploring its history, technology, and various applications. This feature is particularly useful in environments where only HTTP traffic is allowed, such as in a web proxy or firewall. What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?

Virtualization 36

Virtualization Network Linux Windows 36

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Vivek Gite over at nixCraft explains how to use ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) on Ubuntu to limit SSH connections. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. If you’ve deployed the vRealize Operations Management Pack for NSX, there’s an option to enable Log Insight integration as well. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At the recent OCP Summit, Microsoft introduced Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC). Russell Pope at Kovarus recently wrote about using security groups to manage the VMware NSX distributed firewall. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The principle of least privilege (PoLP) is an information security concept that maintains that a user or entity should only have access to the specific data, resources, and applications needed to complete a required task. But this opened the applications for attacks that could easily subvert the entire OS. Within a ZTNA 2.0

Backup 128

Backup Information Security Security Operating Systems 128

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

I recently spoke at Interop 2016 in Las Vegas, and while I was there I scribbled down some notes pertaining to how decomposing applications into microservices-based architectures was similar in some respects to decomposing networks into an overlay network and an underlay (physical) network. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Greg Ferro examines a potential SDN use case (an OpenFlow use case) in the form of enterprise firewall migrations. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. As the website describes it, it’s designed to “reverse engineer” servers so that you can migrate them into a configuration management system like Chef or Puppet.

Storage 111

Storage Vmware WAN Virtualization 111

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

What’s really interesting to me is the (completely uncoordinated) alignment between Matt’s list of skills for networking pros and the list I provided to virtualization pros in a series of recent VMUG presentations (refer to slide 15, but the list is software development basics, Linux, automation/orchestration, and public cloud services).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Galido

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Identify whether or not you need support for particular scripts or Windows applications and other special software. You need to clarify with your prospective provider if they can actually provide service for the applications you want to implement. You are able to put in custom firewalls and set them according to your requirements.

Backup 103

Backup Resources Security Virtualization 103

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. I really appreciate Jay’s focus on what’s beneficial to the users of OpenStack: the cloud operators, the end users/consumers, and the developers building applications on top of OpenStack. Operating Systems/Applications. Want to install ESXi 5.5

Vmware 69

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

I was also recently introduced to a company called HexaTier (formerly GreenSQL), which provides a database security product supporting both on-premises deployments as well as cloud-based deployments, and supports public cloud database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offerings. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60

Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

An IoT ( Internet of Things ) ecosystem refers to a network of interconnected devices, sensors, and software applications that work together to collect, analyze, and share data. It can also be used to identify potential areas for improvement and optimization within the system. What is an IoT ecosystem?

Data 28

Data Storage Security Network 28

Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

An IoT ( Internet of Things ) ecosystem refers to a network of interconnected devices, sensors, and software applications that work together to collect, analyze, and share data. It can also be used to identify potential areas for improvement and optimization within the system. What is an IoT ecosystem?

Data 28

Data Storage Security Network 28

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

A discussion of “statefulness” brought me again to Ivan’s post on the spectrum of firewall statefulness. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Prasenjit Sarkar, who works in VMware R&D, and runs the Stretch Cloud site , has a write-up on using Data Center Extension (DCE) to VMware vCloud Hybrid Service (vCHS).

Vmware 60

Vmware Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 60

Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Server virtualization can do the trick for you if you also struggle to scale your applications to meet growing demands without breaking the bank. With traditional physical servers, adding new applications or services often requires purchasing and installing additional hardware.

Virtualization 78

Virtualization Storage Hardware Disaster Recovery 78

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Ivan Pepelnjak shares some links and thoughts on configuring the NSX-T firewall with a CI/CD pipeline built on GitHub Actions and Terraform Cloud. ” Following that incident came news of “Azurescape,” billed as the first cross-account container takeover in the public cloud. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Open Source 107

Open Source Cloud Network Storage 107

Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

This Technology Short Take is a bit heavy on cloud, OS, and programming topics, but there should be enough other interesting links to be useful to plenty of folks. (At Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Need to list assets across multiple cloud providers? Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Firewall Storage Comparison 60