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Configuration as code: securing the cloud

TM Forum

Thousands of settings must be maintained to establish policy for how employees authenticate and interact with company data. Configuration as code provides automation to maintain security policies in cloud infrastructure. The first is by using open-source tooling. How does configuration as code get implemented?

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GeekWire Podcast: NY Times vs. Microsoft; Plus, Oren Etzioni on AI in 2023 and beyond

GeekWire

Among other roles, he served on the National AI Research Resource Task Force , which advised the White House on policy issues, and he’s working on a project to combat AI-related misinformation in the upcoming elections. ” The need for strong open-source models: “The consolidation of power in AI is a huge risk.

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How to manage cloud exploitation at the edge

CIO Business Intelligence

As with all technology introductions, it’s important to have clear security policies, tools, processes, and training. This can occur through techniques like phishing, social engineering, or exploiting vulnerabilities in authentication mechanisms. These web application vulnerabilities can stem from codebases that use open-source code.

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Security for Big Data Designs: Examining best practices with security architect Eddie Garcia

CTOvision

Authentication is addressed for the perimeter security requirements. Active Directory and Kerberos are the authentication staples within the enterprise, allowing all users to be authenticated. Big Data CTO Apache Accumulo Apache Hadoop Cloudera HBase HDFS MapReduce Open Source' Learn More about Cloudera here.

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Social Engineering 2.0: The Rise of Deepfake Phishing

SecureWorld News

Commonly, this involves using scare tactics in an attempt to bypass the user's rational mind and emotionally manipulate them into action without them second-guessing the authenticity of the request. Multi-factor authentication (MFA): If an employee receives a suspicious request, MFA can save the day if used correctly.

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Technology Short Take 165

Scott Lowe

Now if Denis’ site just had a discoverable RSS feed… Security Aeva Black and Gil Yehuda tackle the conundrum of open source security. This post on Cedar—a new policy language developed by AWS—is an interesting read. Lee Briggs covers the plethora of ways to authenticate to AWS.

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Cloudera Strengthens Hadoop Security with Acquisition of Gazzang: Builds on additional community efforts to deliver end-to-end security offering

CTOvision

Later, more and more security related capabilities were added, including better access control, authentication, auditing, and data provenance. Cloudera is continuing to invest broadly in the open source community to support and accelerate security features into project Rhino—an open source effort founded by Intel in early 2013.

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