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Top 5 Tips to Improve Your Linux Desktop Security 2017

Galido

Having Linux as your operating system is one of the better decisions you can make concerning your computer’s security. However, many Linux users make the same mistakes of believing that it’s enough just to have it on your computer and only that fact will make all threats simply disappear, when unfortunately the reality is quite different.

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Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb

CTOvision

Track sessions will focus on: Enabling Business Results with Big Data — How to enable agency programs that will yield enormous value through big data to deliver actionable information and measureable results. Steve was previously CTO of Sanctum, a pioneer in Web application security testing and firewall software. Webster Mudge.

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DockerCon 2016 Vendor Meetings

Scott Lowe

Plumgrid is one of the primary commercial sponsors behind the IO Visor project , a Linux Foundation project, which leverages the extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) subsystem in the Linux kernel. Route aggregation is leveraged wherever possible, and Calico programs IPTables on each host to handle security policies.

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Technology Short Take #77

Scott Lowe

Vivek Gite over at nixCraft explains how to use ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) on Ubuntu to limit SSH connections. I’m assuming Eddie isn’t actually advocating the creation of viruses, but using this as a means of teaching assembly language programming techniques.). Eddie Cranklin Kim shares how to create a virus using assembly language.

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Product Review: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor

Galido

SSH: For Linux / Unix and MacOS systems. PRTG offers different types of notifications such as email, push notifications, SMS, event log, syslog, SNMP trap, execute action/program, ticket assignment, sound alarm and more. Windows and WMI performance counters. Flow and Packet analyzer. HTTP requests. Ping, SQL and many more.

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The good, the bad and the ugly of the cyber west

Dataconomy

White hat hackers, also known as ethical hackers or security researchers, are individuals who use their computer programming and networking skills to help organizations protect themselves from cyber threats. Start by learning programming languages like Python, C++, Java, and Ruby, and study network protocols such as TCP/IP.

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What Are the Best Cybersecurity Certifications in 2023?

SecureWorld News

is offered by Udemy and focuses on major operating systems like Windows, Mac OS, and Linux, providing learners with the skills they need to secure systems while preserving privacy and anonymity. Focusing on TCP/IP protocol suites, this certification centers around the methods used when creating and configuring firewall solutions.

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