SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It also mentions the specific types of financial events: "Impending events that could affect a victim's stock value, such as announcements, mergers, and acquisitions, encourage ransomware actors to target a network or adjust their timeline for extortion where access is established.". Soon after, three publicly traded U.S.

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Network World

JULY 20, 2016

Cisco has patched what it called a critical vulnerability in its Unified Computing System (UCS) Performance Manager software that could let an authenticated, remote attacker execute commands. More on Network World: Quick look: Cisco Tetration Analytics + Cisco UCS Performance Manager versions 2.0.0

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 12, 2022

It combines zero-trust network access (ZTNA) , data loss prevention tools , and remote browser isolation (RBI) to enable advanced threat protection and complete control over data — regardless of how users access and manage it. In both cases, the data never touches the corporate network. You practically need a Ph.D.

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How To Firewall Policies Applications 89

CTOvision

JANUARY 24, 2017

All information traveling between your company network and the servers of your cloud provider exists, if only briefly at times, on the internet, where it could possibly be captured by malicious computers. Your data should be securely stored on the provider's computers—not only in database or file storage, but in application processing.

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Galido

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud services platform that offers you computing power, database storage, content delivery and other functionality to help your business scale and grow; besides being much more secure than a physical server. Millions of companies around the world already take advantage of AWS cloud products and solutions.

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Company Web Services Storage Cloud 81

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Networking. Troy Hunt has a good article on security measures other than just passwords , explaining some of the differences between multi-factor authentication and multi-step authentication (for example). J Metz has launched his own, storage-focused “Short Takes” series; the first of these is found here.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 17, 2023

This can occur due to insecure configurations, inadequate access controls, or vulnerabilities in cloud storage or databases. Attackers may upload malicious files or applications to cloud storage or use cloud infrastructure to propagate malware to unsuspecting users. Network Security

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Cloud How To Open Source Applications 97

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Networking. Bruce Schneier writes about how some Chinese hackers are bypassing RSA software token authentication (the title is a bit more broad, implying other forms of two-factor authentication are affected, but the article focuses on attacks against the use of RSA software tokens). Virtualization. Servers/Hardware.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

If you can mandate strong password policies and multi-factor authentication (MFA) for systems and data, you'll work wonders in preserving valuable data in transit. Make sure that encryption is enabled for all business hard drives for secure data storage at rest, and do the same for emails or communications exchanged over TLS/SSL.

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Security Policies Data Exercises 73

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been collecting articles I wanted to share with readers on major areas in technology: networking, security, storage, virtualization, cloud computing, and OSes/applications. Denis Mulyalin shows how to use Nornir, Salt, and NetBox to template your network tests.

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Programming Policies Network Cloud 96

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Networking. I think this three-part series on new network models for cloud computing ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ), while almost a year old, is quite good. Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post.

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Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 27, 2022

However, employees working outside the corporate firewall and other network protections pose some big security challenges, especially for large enterprises. Improper storage or worse — a breach — could result in significant fines and damage to the company’s reputation. The need for a more permanent solution.

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Firewall Security Insurance Journal 52

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Networking. Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Using Python and Netmiko for network automation is the topic of this post by Colin McAlister.

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Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

Networking. Said van de Klundert has a post on screen scraping basics for network engineers. For network engineers just getting started with network automation, I suspect that the information shared here may prove quite useful. For readers who may be new to networking, Daniel Wray has a write-up on network cabling.

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Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

Networking. Daniel Dib has a great article on how network engineers need to evolve. The network isn’t going away, it’s just changing. I referenced part 1 of Ajay Chenampara’s series on the Ansible network-engine command parser back in Technology Short Take 102 (July of last year). Virtualization.

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Operating Systems Authentication Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 2, 2019

I’ve got a little bit of something for most everyone, except for the storage nerds (I’m leaving that to my friend J Metz this time around). Networking. Northbound Networks provides some information on the P4 programming language. Virtualization. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Servers/Hardware.

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Storage Applications Programming Firewall 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Networking. Ajay Chenampara has a post on using the Ansible network-engine command parser to parse the output of commands on network devices. Ajay Chenampara has a post on using the Ansible network-engine command parser to parse the output of commands on network devices. Virtualization. on a vSphere 6.7

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Dataconomy

AUGUST 29, 2023

The Internet of Things (IoT), a revolutionary network of interconnected devices and systems, is propelling us into a new era of possibilities. The rapid advancement of technology has paved the way for a world where virtually everything is interconnected.

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Healthcare Energy Internet Strategy 68

Linux Academy

MAY 7, 2019

You must be familiar with cloud and network fundamentals. Develop solutions that use storage tables. Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage. Develop solutions that use blob storage. Implement authentication. Review migration strategies for Hyper-V virtual machines. Network Security in Azure.

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Training Course Linux Microsoft 83

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

IAM offers fine-grained access for AWS resources, offers multi-factor authentication for highly privileged users, and can integrate with corporate directories. Butler mentions S3 as potential solutions here, and points out the three tiers of object-based storage: S3 Standard, S3 Infrequent Access, and Amazon Glacier.

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Architecture Cloud Storage Vmware 60

Linux Academy

MAY 7, 2019

You must be familiar with cloud and network fundamentals. Develop solutions that use storage tables. Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage. Develop solutions that use blob storage. Implement authentication. Review migration strategies for Hyper-V virtual machines. Network Security in Azure.

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Training Linux Course Microsoft 80

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Gopal now takes over and moves the discussion into storage in OpenStack. With regard to block storage via Cinder, Intel has incorporated support to filter volumes based on availability zone, capabilities, capacity, and other features so that volumes are allocated more intelligently based on workload and type of service required.

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Intel Storage Open Source Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Networking. Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Using Python and Netmiko for network automation is the topic of this post by Colin McAlister.

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Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Cloud Musings

NOVEMBER 20, 2016

Specifically: · Infrastructure-as-a-service o Access Mechanism - defines how a service in cloud may be accessed by users and/or software developers, o Virtual Resources - service delivery as a complete software stack of installing a virtual machine, o Network - addressing and API, o Storage - management and organization of storage, o Security - authentication, (..)

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Cloud IBM Applications Architecture 107

Linux Academy

APRIL 10, 2020

Not to mention, in October of 2018, Microsoft joined the Open Invention Network (OIN) and has opened 60,000 patents to open-source. Starting with a deployment to our Azure account, we’ll create two virtual machines, which we’ll use for our two MicroK8s nodes. Windows Terminal. Calculator. TypeScript.NET Core. and many more.

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Linux Open Source Groups Applications 143

Linux Academy

MAY 7, 2019

You must be familiar with cloud and network fundamentals. Develop solutions that use storage tables. Develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage. Develop solutions that use blob storage. Implement authentication. Review migration strategies for Hyper-V virtual machines. Network Security in Azure.

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Training Course Linux Microsoft 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 5, 2019

Networking. Lennart Koopmann provides a guide to Yubikey authentication in the real world. There are some notable caveats for this alpha support (CSI drivers only, same storage class, same namespace), but all these are laid out in Griffith’s article. Virtualization. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Kubernetes 1.15

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Storage Hardware Open Source Vmware 60

GeekWire

JULY 11, 2020

It is a built-in desk that doubles as clothing storage. Your preferred social network? I also enjoy supporting my network whenever I can. Plus six hours of virtual classes at George Washington University for the doctoral program I’m in on Saturdays. . Why does it work for you? How do you use it for business/work?

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Oracle Cloud Engineering HP 128

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Let’s start with passing some JSON data to a REST API to authenticate. Example 1: Authenticating to OpenStack. Let’s say you’re working with an OpenStack-based cloud, and you need to authenticate to OpenStack using OpenStack Identity (“Keystone”). Example 2: Authenticating to VMware NSX.

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Authentication Vmware Examples Applications 93

Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #51, another collection of posts and links about key data center technologies like networking, virtualization, cloud management, and applications/operating systems. Networking. Rick Sherman has an article on using Jinja2 templates for network automation , including a practical example.

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Vmware Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

Networking. Part 2 of Stark and Wayne’s container-to-container networking for Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes dig deep into CNI workings. Milind Gunjan shares some tips for troubleshooting Linux bridged networking on a KVM host. Many organizations prefer to use two-factor authentication (2FA) to help protect their systems.

Open Source 60

Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Networking. This article by Bob Killen provides a good foundation of information on understanding Kubernetes authentication (AuthN) and authorization (AuthZ; implemented via RBAC). Virtualization. The second article is by Rob Beekmans examining several virtual desktop platforms available to customers/users.

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Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 18, 2012

May 28 - Virtual Time and Global States of Distributed Systems , Friedemann Mattern, Parallel and Distributed Algorithms, North-Holland (1989) , p. July 20 Xen and the art of virtualization by Paul Barham, Boris Dragovic, Keir Fraser, Steven Hand, Timothy L. Aug 11 - " On the Naming and Binding of Network Destinations ", Saltzer, J.

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Operating Systems Conference Survey System 144

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Networking. Marc Boorshtein has a write-up on authentication in Kubernetes identity management. Virtualization. Ben Armstrong shares a PowerShell script that finds Hyper-V VMs with missing virtual disks. Wow…hard to believe it’s been almost two months since the last Tech Short Take. Sorry about that!

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Architecture Operating Systems Applications How To 60

SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

So every breach you've seen associated with them, and it's been billions of records over the last couple years, is because somebody accidentally assigned too permissive a policy to that storage bucket. The idea of the traditional corporate network is changing. And now it works.' Due diligence is absolutely required.

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Cloud Security Fractional CTO Backup 52

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 29, 2017

and vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) 3.5. Availability of VMware Cloud Services (Discovery, Cost Insight, Network Insight, AppDefense, NSX Cloud, Wavefront) (this has been a big part of my work life for the last year, great to see them available). Expand the VMware Cloud Partner Network. VMware Integrated OpenStack 4.0

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Vmware Cloud IBM Security 60

Dataconomy

MARCH 7, 2023

The blockchain technology has disrupted the traditional methods of data management and storage, creating a new paradigm for secure and transparent transactions. Blockchain developers are responsible for building and maintaining blockchain applications, developing smart contracts, and ensuring the security and integrity of blockchain networks.

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How To Development Trends Industry 36