This last week I was fortunate enough to be invited out to Hollywood to participate in a large exercise for the entertainment industry focusing on cyber security planning and threat management. MORE
There are various tools and workloads for server I/O benchmark testing, validation and exercising different storage devices (or systems and appliances) such as Non-Volatile Memory (NVM This is part one of a two-part series of posts about using some common server storage I/O benchmark tools and workload scripts. View part II here which includes the workload scripts and where to view sample results. MORE
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Twitter said that the above exercise was a part of a two-factor authentication process and will protect Twitter accounts from being hacked. [.]. Twitter adds support for login verification with a USB key Twitter has taken a step towards providing better security by adding support for login verification through physical USB security keys, such as YubiKey. MORE
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Selecting the right CRM system for a small or medium size business is essentially an exercise in reduction. You need to decide which features are important to you and limit yourself accordingly. The modern CRM landscape is crowded with CRM systems with various prices and capabilities. Winnowing down the field is an important part of choosing the right system. MORE
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Frequently, that vital information is distilled into a simple e-mail-harvesting exercise, with customer details folded into an automated email routine. Webinars are becoming a highly popular component of the digital marketing tool box, but harnessing the rich customer data they yield is still a missed opportunity. Yet, there are more effective outcomes available. MORE
CIO Musings - Life as a Public Sector CIO. A blog about things that interest me as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) working for a local government. Primarily focused on technology, leadership and some of my recreational pursuits. Follow me on twitter at @BarryCondrey Enjoy! Sunday, May 12, 2013. MORE
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After building your lab environment, follow these steps to configure boundaries, boundary groups and the Application Catalog site system roles prior to beginning the exercises below. As part of this process, we’ll organize the steps into the following exercises: Exercise 1: Create Application for an internal Windows 8 app package (.appx Exercise 2: Create Application for a published Windows Store app ( deep link on Windows Store ). Sign in. IT Pros ROCK! MORE
This refocusing exercise doesn’t mean that IT teams need to spend time and money identifying and tracking new metrics, but rather creating composite metrics that measure outcomes, instead of inputs. MORE
The company’s technology dramatically reduces the most painful and manual steps of any analytic exercise, turning raw data into ready data for analytics, and empowering analysts to drive greater value for the business. MORE
I've been wanting to get back into riding my bike as a way to break up my day, get a little exercise andIt's Sunday night and I just finished reviewing the week ahead at work. I have no unread emails, but I also have no unencumbered lunches. Just about every day something is going on that pinches into what should be my lunch hour. MORE
116 Vulnerabilities in digital security certificates highlight the need for organisations to be able to exercise more control over those certificates MORE
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This could well be a futile exercise since the scope keeps expanding with everyThere are many scenarios to consider for collaboration, and I’ve been writing about this lately, both for internal use cases among workers, and external use cases to support end customers. A big challenge facing decision-makers is building a fence around collaboration so everyone understands what’s involved. MORE
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To avoid vendor lock-in, this service can also be exercised across multiple IT service providers. Photo credit: Shutterstock When executing an effective digital transformation strategy, management is tasked with placing the right workload into the most appropriate IT environment. MORE
investigators are exercising a broad legal authority to force suspects to unlock their smartphones. In a recent case, they demanded that anyone found inside a California residence comply by surrendering their fingerprints. In May, the federal prosecutors made the request as part of a search warrant, according to a court filing uncovered by Forbes. Those fingerprints were crucial to unlocking the smartphones, the Department of Justice argued. MORE
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Europe, Canada, USA, Australia, and others are now running training exercises to prepare for the outbreak of cyberwar. Locked Shields is the largest simulation and we take you inside MORE
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Amazon says Tuesday’s mayhem resulted from mistake during a routine debugging exercise. Read More. Amazon Cloud Computing Downtime MORE
For many, the quest to right-size turns into an exercise akin to a dog chasing its tail. So, we constantly ask ourselves the question: Is right-sizing a fool’s errand? Read More. Data Center Design Featured Resources MORE
In short, there is a new voluntary framework for threat intelligence-led red-teaming exercises that has been published by the European Central Bank (the Central Bank for eurozone economies). The European Central Bank yesterday launched its TIBER-EU (Threat Intelligence-Based Ethical Red Teaming for the European Union) framework for financial institutions regulated within the EU. MORE
Europol and MasterCard hold a retail cyber attack simulation exercise to raise awareness of the issue and how to respond to attacks, as well as promote information sharing in the sector MORE
While we are unable to detail the exact process undertaken by Toyota Canada and Microsoft as completed during the Hackfest itself, this post will walk through steps accomplishing a similar exercise to enable further understanding of the Machine Learning process. MORE
A “powerful” board can exercise supervisory power and co-determine of which powers are retained by the governing body and which are delegated to management, along with constraints that may apply. The “sovereign” power: Generally, the shareholders of the company exercise this third power. MORE
This exercise of fat trimming should be an ongoing exercise, quarterly. Trimming the Fat I am all in favor of trimming the fat. Every company has inefficiencies and employees that aren’t adding value to the company. If a company larger than 200 employees is firing 10% or more of their employees they have a serious management issue. No well run company can operate efficiently with 10%+ of “fat”, and no company can expect to grow while letting go 10%+ of their staff MORE
EA’s goal in this exercise is to document a wide range of possibilities, rather than trying to pick which assumptions are most likely to occur (see chart 1). In this exercise, EA specifically avoids grouping the most popular assumptions into a single scenario. MORE
Output interpretation – Just like any other type of modeling exercise, how you use and interpret the model can be a huge risk. Similar approaches should be taken in other model building exercises. MORE
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