CTOvision

MAY 16, 2017

Solarflare, a global leader in networking solutions for modern data centers, is releasing an Open Compute Platform (OCP) software-defined, networking interface card, offering the industry’s most scalable, lowest latency networking solution to meet the dynamic needs of the enterprise environment. Marty Meehan.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) moved quickly to cut government servers from SolarWinds updates. HF1, from their network. HF1, from their network. Department of Homeland Security says 'multiple agencies' impacted. Department of Homeland Security about the serious nature of this attack.

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Network World

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

It sounds like a smartphone user's worst fear: Software that starts up before the phone's operating system, intercepting and encrypting every byte sent to or from the flash memory or the network interface. This is not some new kind of ransomware, though, this is the D4 Secure Platform from Cog Systems.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The acquisition and this new round of funding support Invincea’s rapid growth across the globe, expansion into the small business sector, and further solidifies its position as the market leader in this game changing cyber-security segment. FAIRFAX, VA–(Marketwired – Dec 16, 2013) – Invincea, Inc.,

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TM Forum

JANUARY 31, 2022

Location data treatment and storage. Typical sources vary from cloud sources (web and mobile apps) to communication networks (mobile and WiFi). Location data from communications networks. Location data from communications networks is generated by mobile networks, Wi-Fi providers and Internet Service Providers.

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CTOvision

MAY 9, 2017

Solarflare, a global leader in networking solutions for modern data centers, is releasing an Open Compute Platform (OCP) software-defined, networking interface card, offering the industry’s most scalable, lowest latency networking solution to meet the dynamic needs of the enterprise environment.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

IT administrators and operations managers are responsible for overseeing much of any given organization's incumbent security practices. Upholding best cyber defense practices and maintaining a robust posture across systems and networks is a constant balancing act, especially given the evolving threat landscape of today.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. Networking. Alex Neihaus provides readers with a walkthrough for adding BGP routes to AWS security groups. Via Russ White , RFC 9199 was drawn to my attention (“Considerations for Large Authoritative DNS Server Operators”).

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CTOvision

JANUARY 31, 2017

Most aren’t the laptops, tablets, and phones we think of as using the internet: they’re appliances like routers, fridges, cameras, and a million others, each of which is equipped with storage space, an operating system, and a connection to the internet.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

Networking Jeff McLaughlin discusses what he calls the “war on expertise.” Security GitHub recently had to change their RSA SSH host key ; be sure to check out the details. Rory McCune examines some container security fundamentals that arise from the fact that “containers are just processes.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Networking. Russ White shares Russ' rules for network design. Jimmy Mankowitz talks in some detail about using NSX-T in vSphere with Tanzu to secure applications. Operating Systems/Applications.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 28, 2020

You can make the argument then, that cloud security is more crucial than its ever been. During our podcast interview he revealed what he believes is the #1 threat to cloud security as we look ahead. But what about cloud security? Cloud security vs. on prem security: which is stronger? And yes, you do.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 29, 2021

And one of them, until now, was an unanswered question that could help security teams prioritize their resources. The question was this: how do you define critical software, and what kinds of operations does critical software power and control? Operating systems, hypervisors, container environments 3. Endpoint security 5.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

Networking. network virtualization). Is the relationship between network virtualization and service mesh closer than some folks might wish to admit? Researchers have uncovered a potential security flaw in Apple Silicon CPUs; more details in this 9to5Mac article. Operating Systems/Applications. Programming.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

My link of links and articles from around the Internet is a bit light on networking and virtualization this time around, but heftier in the security, cloud, and OS/application sections. Networking. Daniel Holback talks about the addition of fuzzing to the Flux controllers , to improve the security posture of the Flux project.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2024

In the fast-evolving world of finance, data security is of paramount importance. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a crucial framework to which financial institutions must adhere. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a crucial framework to which financial institutions must adhere.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! Networking William Morgan’s 2022 service mesh recap captures some of the significant events in service mesh in 2022, although through a Linkerd-colored lens.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Networking. This article provides a few practical examples of how using VPC Endpoints to reduce network traffic moving through NAT Gateways can help save money. This article provides a few practical examples of how using VPC Endpoints to reduce network traffic moving through NAT Gateways can help save money. The corny (cheesy?)

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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. CIOs and CSOs still have to ensure that employees outside of the corporate firewall can do their work securely. IT admins cannot secure assets that they can’t see.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2023

Networking Ivan Pepelnjak has been on a bit of a DHCP relaying kick. One notable challenge with Kubernetes is handling traffic outbound from the cluster and securing (or controlling) that traffic. In Technology Short Take 166 I linked to an article about BlackLotus, an exploit capable of bypassing UEFI Secure Boot. Flexibility?

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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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Kitaboo

MARCH 20, 2024

Using the Advantageous White Label eBook Reader White label eReaders are compatible with multiple devices and operating systems. With this sufficient storage space, content creators can offer a rich reading experience. Its global distribution network and print-on-demand options cater to various formats and trim sizes.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Networking. Matt Oswalt has a great post on the need for networking professionals to learn basic scripting skills—something he (rightfully) distinguishes from programming as a full-time occupation. Further, he follows that up with a post on how automation is more than just configuration management ; it’s about network services.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Networking. Ivan Pepelnjak has a post on running network automation tools in a container. Tom Hollingsworth likens networking disaggregation to “cutting the cord” and switching away from cable. Aqua Security has a write-up on some of their analysis here. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Networking. The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Check this out.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

I didn’t do so well on storage links; apologies to my storage-focused friends! Networking. Isovalent, the folks behind Cilium, recently unveiled the Network Policy Editor, a graphical way of editing Kubernetes Network Policies. I recently came across this series on AWS security by ScaleSec. BeLikeIvan.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

While large and active Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) gangs like Conti, LockBit, and BlackCat always make headlines with their operations, it's important to learn about smaller ransomware families, as they can provide insight and help us understand more about cybercrime gangs as a whole. The report was published on June 7, 2022.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

Networking. Tetragon is Isovalent’s newly open-sourced security framework. I think the headline (“defeats ’the last line of security’”) is a bit sensationalist, but I guess that’s the world we live in. Operating Systems/Applications. Enjoy the links below, and enjoy your weekend!

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Networking. Justin Pietsch Has a lengthy article on why network engineers need to focus on getting the network out of the way. Kaizhe Huang examines Falco versus AuditD from a host intrusion detection system (HIDS) perspective. A major security flaw in sudo has been discovered; more details available here.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 29, 2021

And one of them, until now, was an unanswered question that could help security teams prioritize their resources. The question was this: how do you define critical software, and what kinds of operations does critical software power and control? Operating systems, hypervisors, container environments 3. Endpoint security 5.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

In this Technology Short Take, I’ve gathered some links for you covering topics like Azure and AWS networking, moving from macOS to Linux (and back again), and more. Networking. ” Specifically, this post talks about Kubernetes networking. Marco Lancini discusses security logging in AWS environments.

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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. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

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Storage Applications Programming Firewall 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 21, 2020

Networking. gNMI, by the way, stands for gRPC Network Management Interface (more information on gNMI can be found here ). Everyone’s favorite three-letter agency recently released some VPN security guidance, as reported by this InfoSecurity Magazine article. Operating Systems/Applications. ” Storage.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Networking. I really enjoyed David Gee’s series on the network automation engineer persona ( part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , and part 4 ). David really unpacks the changes that are happening in the networking space and describes the key skills the “next-generation network engineer” will have. Good stuff!

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Networking. Koyeb describes , at a high level, the global networking stack for their serverless platform. If you aren’t paying attention to the security of your CI/CD pipelines, you probably should. It’s a shame the site doesn’t appear to have an RSS/Atom feed… Operating Systems/Applications.

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Dataconomy

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A binary file is a fundamental element of computer systems, concealing a complex world of data manipulation and storage beneath its seemingly simple exterior. These files have been integral to computing since its inception, underpinning the basic arithmetic operations and data storage in early computers.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

Networking. There’s lots of talk about applying test-driven development (TDD) principles in various automation contexts, but I like the fact that Ajay Chenampara provides some practical examples in his blog post on applying TDD in network automation using Ansible. If you’re just starting your network automation journey, start small.

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