Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Here’s your weekend reading—a collection of links and articles from around the internet on a variety of data center- and cloud-related topics. Operating Systems/Applications Google has open sourced Magicka, an AI-powered file type identification library. Welcome to Technology Short Take #175!

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Network World

MAY 19, 2016

The Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) is a line of security devices that inspect Web traffic going in and out of an organization in order to detect malware, prevent data leaks, and enforce Internet access policies for users and applications. The devices run an operating system called Cisco AsyncOS.

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Security Malware Operating Systems Policies 77

GeekWire

JUNE 18, 2020

Microsoft President Brad Smith wants more scrutiny on app store policies imposed by its competitors such as Apple and Google. based tech giant can relate to Apple’s position, given its antitrust battle nearly two decades ago that investigated how the company bundled Internet Explorer with its Windows operating system.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 20, 2023

By Anand Oswal, Senior Vice President and GM at cyber security leader Palo Alto Networks Connected medical devices, also known as the Internet of Medical Things or IoMT, are revolutionizing healthcare, not only from an operational standpoint but related to patient care. That’s where a Zero Trust approach comes into play.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 21, 2020

Keep operating system patches up-to-date. Restrict users' ability (permissions) to install and run unwanted software applications. Enforce a strong password policy and implement regular password changes. Scan all software downloaded from the Internet prior to executing. Disable File and Printer sharing services.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The internet has become a necessity for almost every aspect of our lives, and because of that, a lot of sensitive information is shared online. A VPN encrypts your internet and masks your IP address, making it difficult for third parties to gain unauthorized access to your data. How can businesses benefit from using VPNs?

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Linux Academy

MARCH 28, 2019

Vulnerabilities at the operating system level may be exploited by rogue container workloads if not hardened. Fortunately Aquasec has provided us a utility for the automated scanning of our clusters against the Kubernetes benchmark published by CIS (Center for Internet Security). Implement Pod Security Policy.

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Gizmodo

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Today, upon opening the app, a privacy policy and ToS update… Read more. In a 2018 Senate hearing, Mark Zuckerberg stated unequivocally that “we don’t see any of the content in WhatsApp, it’s fully encrypted.”

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

My link of links and articles from around the Internet is a bit light on networking and virtualization this time around, but heftier in the security, cloud, and OS/application sections. a shares a trick for bypassing the macOS TCC protection using older applications. Operating Systems/Applications.

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GeekWire

MAY 3, 2021

Last year, Microsoft President Brad Smith called for more scrutiny on app store policies imposed by its competitors such as Apple and Google. Apple lawsuit, Recode reported, noting that Epic will likely reference the DoJ’s campaign against Microsoft. . It will also argue that Apple does not have a monopoly of the entire gaming market.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 23, 2022

Today’s work from anywhere culture, escalating ransomware, and an explosion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are among the trends that are driving enterprises to rethink their approach to secure network access. And devices are scrutinized for operating system version, apps, patching status, serial number, and disk size.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 4, 2020

Keep operating system patches up-to-date. Restrict users' ability (permissions) to install and run unwanted software applications. Enforce a strong password policy and implement regular password changes. Scan all software downloaded from the Internet prior to executing. Disable File and Printer sharing services.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This article is an interesting look at Internet scanning. Engin Diri’s article on continuous cluster audit scanning with Trivy is a “two-for-one” article: you get to see some Pulumi YAML to create a Kubernetes cluster on Civo, and you get to see writing policies for the Trivy Operator.

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Although its use remains in the gray area, telemetry data can provide you with the most accurate information you can get from an actively operating system. In fact, this data collection management, which most popular algorithmically based social media applications have been using for a long time, may not be as evil as we think.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

Welcome to Technology Short Take #129, where I’ve collected a bunch of links and references to technology-centric resources around the Internet. This is a great read overall, but one sentence in particular really caught my eye: “30 years ago I was able to write a complete multitasking operating system in Z80 assembly code.

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Linux Apple Operating Systems Policies 60

Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

But recently, some news about the company’s extremely shady privacy policy changes has prompted many to consider switching to another service. WhatsApp has been the de facto messaging app in countries around the world for years. After all, there are tons of choices out there, most of them not owned by Facebook. Read more.

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Kitaboo

MAY 24, 2023

It has become rampant with the advent of the internet, posing a significant threat to content creators and copyright holders. It is advisable to seek legal advice and ensure compliance with applicable legislation. In 2021, the total loss of sales due to illegal downloading of ebooks was USD 315,000,000.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

I have, however, finally managed to pull together this list of links and articles from around the Internet, and I hope that something I’ve included here proves useful to readers. Tim Hinrichs discusses securing the Kubernetes API with Open Policy Agent. Pod Security Policies (PSPs) are an important security feature in Kubernetes.

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Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Galido

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The growth of the Internet has increased the magnitude and with that, it has increased the chances of data theft. 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. For every company Data Loss Prevention (DLP) was a major concern.

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Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

With the advent of the internet, piracy has become even more rampant and poses a significant threat to the economic interests of content creators and copyright holders. Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a set of technologies, protocols, and policies designed to protect digital content from unauthorized access, use, and distribution.

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eBook Education Licensing Artificial Intelligence 78

Kitaboo

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Varied Applications. Besides, they also allow readers to download eBooks and access them offline, even without internet connectivity. You can get audio from sites like Soundsnap and videos from Vimeo or YouTube after checking the copyright policy. Cost-Efficiency. Just like images, all the video/audio files must be optimized.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

With the advance in technology, more and more people are exposed to the internet. Gradually they are learning to utilize the Internet for their daily requirements. Identify whether or not you need support for particular scripts or Windows applications and other special software. What’s their refund policy and free trial policy?

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Backup Resources Security Virtualization 103

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Internet discussing various data center-focused technologies. The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based.

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Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Vox

APRIL 16, 2020

Apple and Google are a month away from launching a series of updates to their smartphone operating systems that will use Bluetooth signals to track potential coronavirus cases. That it involved changes to mobile operating systems actually made it seem more likely that it would be a permanent fixture.

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Apple Google Tools Operating Systems 88

Linux Academy

MAY 28, 2019

Courses Free in May: Network Routing Protocol Fundamentals – Network routing is the process of enabling computers to transfer data over networks, including the internet. We will talk about how ECS is architected in order to provide a better understanding of how to manage container-based applications at scale.

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Linux Course Big Data Devops 104

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

This is an older post (more than 2 years old), but as far as I can tell the concepts are still quite applicable. Sean Howard talks about using the NSX Service Compose to create a more elegant ruleset for enforcing security policy. Operating Systems/Applications. Good luck with that.)

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Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) is a protocol used to check the revocation status of digital certificates in real-time over the internet. Digital certificates are used to establish the authenticity and identity of websites, servers, and other entities on the internet. Featured image credit: wirestock/Freepik.

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Security Authentication Internet Resources 41

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

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

As described in this Metacloud blog post , vxfld is designed to “handle VXLAN traffic from any operationg system or hardware platform that adheres to the IETF Internet-Draft for VXLAN” Nir Yechiel recently posted part 1 of a discussion on the need for network overlays. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2018

There is far more to it than faster internet. Remote work : With fast internet access from anywhere, remote work will continue to grow. The important takeaway: Don’t look at 5G as just faster mobile internet. Essentially, progressive web apps (or PWAs) are web applications and/or websites that feel like native mobile apps.

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Trends Mobile Data Development 66

CTOvision

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Autonomic computing is a self-managing computing model named after, and patterned on, the human body’s autonomic nervous system. The goal of autonomic computing is to create systems that run themselves, capable of high-level functioning while keeping the system’s complexity invisible to the user.

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Cloud Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Being a young industry, there are few tools, procedures or standard data formats or service interfaces in place to guarantee data, computer application and service portability. The Obama administration adopted a “cloud-first” policy as part of its earlier referenced 25-point federal IT reform plan.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Understand that until the mid 1990s interconnectivity via the internet was largely academic. You’ll want someone with years of pen testing experience, some one who knows the operating system like no other. In addition to her knowledge of Windows, she’s equally versed in Linux and other operating systems as well.

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mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

MAY 23, 2019

As the Internet of Things (IoT) expands, modern businesses will have more data than ever before. Conversational interfaces have been incorporated into websites and applications in many different ways; your website’s chatbot, the way the user fills out your contact form, the way that consumers find answers, and more. Already, some 3.6

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Trends Government Data Data Center 40

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Convinced that there has to be better software security advice out there rather than telling developers “don’t make a mistake, while you code” or “your code sucks”, ForAllSecure CEO sought out to find a way to truly help developers write great applications. This 30 minute podcast is available for listening here.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Convinced that there has to be better software security advice out there rather than telling developers “don’t make a mistake, while you code” or “your code sucks”, ForAllSecure CEO sought out to find a way to truly help developers write great applications. This 30 minute podcast is available for listening here.

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Security Software Software Development 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 30, 2020

Convinced that there has to be better software security advice out there rather than telling developers “don’t make a mistake, while you code” or “your code sucks”, ForAllSecure CEO sought out to find a way to truly help developers write great applications. This 30 minute podcast is available for listening here.

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