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.

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Financial Architecture Resources Security 104

Linux Academy

JUNE 17, 2019

Firewall rules : Attempt to access something your firewall should be blocking. Even more logging : Install an application and see if it’s logged. The post Self-Audits | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure appeared first on Linux Academy Blog. More logging : Try accessing a file you don’t have access to.

Security 60

Security Firewall Information Security Malware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Vivek Gite over at nixCraft explains how to use ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) on Ubuntu to limit SSH connections. Operating Systems/Applications. Flatpak is a (relatively) new application packaging/sandboxing mechanism for Linux applications.

Linux 60

Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Linux Academy

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

These controls could be firewalls, Security Information and Event Monitoring (SIEM) systems, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPSs), Network Access Control (NAC) systems, etc. As a Penetration Tester, your job is to “hack” into a target’s environment or application with a specific goal in mind. Sounds amazing, right?

Information Security 75

Information Security Security Firewall Backup 75

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Verplanke believes that DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) and virtualization are key to virtualizing workloads that move around lots and lots of packets, such as firewalls, routers, and other similar functions. In recent years, we’ve seen more devices running off-the-shelf software (like Linux). Intra-VM communication.

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Virtualization Intel Cloud Data 113

CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The problem is that threat actors are able to get through the castle gates (firewalls) and once in, are able to evade the castle guards (IPS). Polices follow applications, databases, and web servers. Conventional wisdom has been to create different security levels for different applications. Microsegmentation will fix this.

Network 150

Network Security Vmware Virtualization 150

Scott Lowe

JUNE 20, 2016

Plumgrid is one of the primary commercial sponsors behind the IO Visor project , a Linux Foundation project, which leverages the extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) subsystem in the Linux kernel. Project Calico. Next, I stopped by the Calico booth. I also popped over to talk to Midokura about MidoNet.

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Meeting Linux Storage Network 60

Galido

JUNE 28, 2018

Application monitoring. PRTG monitors all types of systems, devices and applications in your IT infrastructure: SNMP: Ready to use and with customization options. SSH: For Linux / Unix and MacOS systems. More than 190 types of sensors cover all aspects of network monitoring. Web monitoring. Monitoring of virtual servers.

Network 60

Network LAN VOIP Licensing 60

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 then work with the organization to fix these vulnerabilities and improve their overall security posture.

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Network Security Applications System 45

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)?

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Virtualization Network Linux Windows 36

Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Amidst volatile markets, dynamic technology shifts, and ever-increasing customer demands, it is imperative for IT organizations to develop flexible, scalable and high-quality applications that exceed expectations and enhance productivity. Grab this Headline Animator ( Thank you.

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Tools Applications Network Firewall 94

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Russell Pope at Kovarus recently wrote about using security groups to manage the VMware NSX distributed firewall. Operating Systems/Applications. Have fun reading! Networking. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 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. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a walkthrough to install Arch Linux on VirtualBox. Thinking of virtualizing Linux on Hyper-V? What’s that? Virtualization.

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 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. Operating Systems/Applications. This post by Jason Valentino describing the move of Capital One’s largest customer-facing applications to AWS is a really good read.

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. Operating Systems/Applications. This post by Jason Valentino describing the move of Capital One’s largest customer-facing applications to AWS is a really good read.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 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 It’s worth a read as a good “foundation” to better understanding the ideas behind cloud-native applications and cloud-native environments.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. I’m a fan of Cumulus, but I’m admittedly a Linux guy (see here ) so you might say I’m a bit biased. Jeremy is a “hard-core” networking professional, and so hearing his feedback on Cumulus Linux was, in my opinion, useful.

Vmware 69

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

SecureWorld News

JUNE 12, 2023

With this knowledge, learners will then exploit a live system to identify the risks of web applications that lack the necessary security. is offered by Udemy and focuses on major operating systems like Windows, Mac OS, and Linux, providing learners with the skills they need to secure systems while preserving privacy and anonymity.

Course 60

Course IBM Security Industry 60

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. For what it’s worth, I’ve never tried NetBSD, but I have yet to run into any similar issues with any distribution of Linux I’ve tried.

Firewall 60

Firewall Virtualization Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I highly recommend you read the entire post, but in short the five skills Matt recommends are software skills (which includes configuration management and software development tools like Git ), Linux, deep protocol knowledge, hypervisor and container networking, and IPv6. Operating Systems/Applications. What does this mean?

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 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. Operating Systems/Applications. This post by Jason Valentino describing the move of Capital One’s largest customer-facing applications to AWS is a really good read.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

In the event you accidentally locked yourself out of vCenter using NSX’s distributed firewall, this post by Roie Ben Haim provides a workaround for getting yourself out of this pickle. Operating Systems/Applications. This is a highly technical article on scheduling in the Linux kernel , but it’s well worth reading.

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Vmware 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. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

This popular gathering is designed to enable dialogue about business and technical strategies to leverage today’s big data platforms and applications to your advantage. Before joining NASA in 2003, Dan worked on highly parallel applications for the Department of Defense (DoD). Eddie Garcia. Juliet Hougland. He likes shiny objects.

Fractional CTO 150

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Big Data 150

CTOvision

JANUARY 18, 2015

This popular gathering is designed to enable dialogue about business and technical strategies to leverage today’s big data platforms and applications to your advantage. Before joining NASA in 2003, Dan worked on highly parallel applications for the Department of Defense (DoD). Eddie Garcia. Juliet Hougland. He likes shiny objects.

Program Management 150

Program Management Fractional CTO CTO Programming 150

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. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Fountainhead

MAY 5, 2009

In the way virtualization abstracts & configures the software world (O/S, applications, etc.), Ive been pointing out applications for this technology in Healthcare as well as in the Financial sector , and I thought it would also be useful to illustrate value in the Service Provider / Hosting market.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Disaster Recovery Storage 100

ForAllSecure

APRIL 3, 2019

The application attack surface is growing by 111 billion new lines of software code every year, with newly reported zero-day exploits rising from one-per-week in 2015 to one-per-day by 2021, according to the Application Security Report from Cybersecurity Ventures. Mobile alone has one new application released every 13 seconds.

Programming 52

Programming Software Software Research 52

Linux Academy

MAY 20, 2019

This is filtering provided at the network edge by a firewall with rules (ACLs) restricting what internal users are allowed to access. Some firewalls have the ability to filter by an application (layer 7 firewalls), but we’re going to concentrate on standard packet-filtering firewalls and their capabilities.

Security 60

Security Firewall Malware Linux 60

ForAllSecure

APRIL 3, 2019

The application attack surface is growing by 111 billion new lines of software code every year, with newly reported zero-day exploits rising from one-per-week in 2015 to one-per-day by 2021, according to the Application Security Report from Cybersecurity Ventures. Mobile alone has one new application released every 13 seconds.

Programming 40

Programming Software Software Research 40

ForAllSecure

APRIL 3, 2019

The application attack surface is growing by 111 billion new lines of software code every year, with newly reported zero-day exploits rising from one-per-week in 2015 to one-per-day by 2021, according to the Application Security Report from Cybersecurity Ventures. Mobile alone has one new application released every 13 seconds.

Programming 40

Programming Software Software Research 40

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

A discussion of “statefulness” brought me again to Ivan’s post on the spectrum of firewall statefulness. Operating Systems/Applications. x that involves booting on a Linux CD. Art Fewell takes a deeper look at the increasingly important role of the virtual switch. Very good stuff!

Vmware 60

Vmware Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 60

SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2024

My work spanned from Linux and Windows to handling cables; essentially, anything the Navy required, whether below or above water, I was involved. My first week concluded with a hands-on experience assisting in a firewall upgrade, and by the following Tuesday, I was tasked with managing customer upgrades independently.

Firewall 71

Firewall Sports Architecture Conference 71

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2020

I think a fair number of folks may not be aware that the Nginx ingress controller for Kubernetes—both the community version and the Nginx-maintained open source version—do suffer from timeouts and errors resulting from changes in the back-end application’s list of endpoints (think pods being added or removed).

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Disaster Recovery Linux 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

In this post , Jakub Sitnicki digs way deep into the Linux kernel to uncover the answer to the question, “Why are there no entries in the conntrack table for SYN packets dropped by the firewall?” Linux malware is getting more sophisticated. Operating Systems/Applications. ” Get ready to get nerdy!

Vmware 60

Vmware Firewall Storage Comparison 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

We all know that security is more than just a host-based firewall, but a host-based firewall can be part of an overall security strategy. This article provides a good introductory overview of Linux iptables commands for configuring host-based firewall rules on your Linux systems. Operating Systems/Applications.

Windows 60

Windows Firewall Linux Architecture 60

ForAllSecure

MARCH 30, 2022

This means that if you're an Azure customer, you can use CosmosDB to manage your data for applications. Ohfeld: After elevating our privileges to it, we could inspect the firewall rules. And after viewing the firewall rules, we found that the developers of the service didn't want the users of the service to access certain IP addresses.

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Firewall Virtualization Authentication Linux 52