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On Network Virtualization and SDN

Scott Lowe

Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? So, in a similar fashion to my post on network overlays vs. network virtualization , I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts. With this definition in hand, let’s compare network virtualization to SDN.

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What Should A CIO Do After You’ve Been Hacked?

The Accidental Successful CIO

What you don’t do may be the most important thing Image Credit: Cigac Semiárido CIOs send a great deal of our time trying to secure the company’s networks. We invest in firewalls, two-factor authentication systems, and lots and lots of training for everyone in the company. Companies can avoid 99.9%

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North Korean Threat Actors Targeting Healthcare Sector with Maui Ransomware

SecureWorld News

By targeting specific files, the attackers get to choose what is sensitive and what to exfiltrate in a much more tactical fashion when compared to a 'spray-and-pray' ransomware. Only store personal patient data on internal systems that are protected by firewalls, and ensure extensive backups are available if data is ever compromised.".

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VMworld 2013 Day 2 Keynote

Scott Lowe

Depending on network connectivity, I may or may not be able to update this post in real-time. vCloud Application Director deploys complex application topologies in an automated fashion, and includes integration with tools like Puppet and Chef. Next they move into a discussion of the networking side of the house. (My

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Has TikTok made us better? Or much, much worse?

Vox

Judging by many of the questions asked by congresspeople (one wondered if TikTok had access to his “home WiFi network”), officials barely seem to grasp what TikTok is, framing it as either single-handedly responsible for all the mischief kids get up to online or as a Chinese psy-op.

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Everything that the big social networks banned this week, ranked

The Verge

Facebook bans a violent Boogaloo network. It was just a few days ago that I wrote this column about how the Boogaloo movement — a loose-knit collection of anti-government types, some of whom are agitating for a second civil war — had hijacked social networks to spread. for 5G networks.

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