CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 25, 2022

will introduce new dimensions of interaction such as virtual and decentralised 3D worlds and experiences. This raises new questions about managing and operating these devices in a consistent, reliable, and secure manner. Operating Systems for the edge. Secure code for the edge. Where Web 2.0

CTO 95

CTO Operating Systems Open Source 3D 95

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The Log4J vulnerability and associated exploits has been on many folks' minds, so it’s only natural that many security companies have been looking into how to mitigate this attack vector. Aqua Security has a write-up on some of their analysis here. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. is available.

Open Source 94

Open Source Virtualization Applications Security 94

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Alejandro Villanueva shares 26 AWS security best practices to adopt in production. The open source ko project has applied to become a CNCF Sandbox project. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Mike McQuaid talks about entitlement in open source. Using Auth0? Career/Soft Skills.

Open Source 79

Open Source Apple Vmware Cloud 79

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

Information technology is the use of any tech devices, infrastructure, software and processes to create and process, store, secure and exchange all forms of digital data. Our articles are typically focused on software recommendations, business, security, interesting topics and search engine optimization and marketing. Search Security.

Resources 113

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 113

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

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. Virtualization.

Virtualization 79

Virtualization Storage Programming Network 79

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 9, 2022

These are worth a read if security and compliance are your jam (see here , here , here , here , here , here , and here ). Chris Farris shares some tips for securing GitHub organizations. Ricardo Sueiras captured some great links on open source at AWS in this newsletter. Operating Systems/Applications.

Devops 87

Devops Virtualization Engineering Storage 87

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Virtualization.

Open Source 105

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Galido

JUNE 30, 2016

VMI stands for Virtual Mobile Infrastructure and basically, it provides end users with a highly effective and an efficient way to have access to delicate mobile applications and information without much hassle. As a result, it offers extra security for data and devices.

Mobile 81

Mobile Virtualization Operating Systems Applications 81

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! Security Adrian Mouat reviews some of the security-focused changes in Go 1.20. Welcome to Technology Short Take #164! to version 8.0.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Cloud Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

According to the former Equifax CEO’s testimony to Congress , one of the primary causes of this now infamous data breach was the company’s failure to patch a critical vulnerability in the open source Apache Struts Web application framework. A process to identify vulnerabilities in hardware, operating systems, and applications.

Operating Systems 79

Operating Systems Enterprise Enterprise Virtualization 79

Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

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. Virtualization. Check out this write-up.

Vmware 74

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs.

Mobile 77

Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

Linux Academy

JUNE 3, 2019

If you’re new to this process, let me break this down for you: When you first log in to your cloud services provider console, you have to configure a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), which requires networking knowledge. You have to launch the virtual servers, which means you need to: Choose an operating system.

Linux 92

Linux Course Open Source Load Balancer 92

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

Information technology is the use of any tech devices, infrastructure, software and processes to create and process, store, secure and exchange all forms of digital data. Our articles are typically focused on software recommendations, business, security, interesting topics and search engine optimization and marketing. Search Security.

Resources 66

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 66

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Security Michael Tsai weighs in on the Microsoft signing key that was stolen, sharing several links with commentary on this matter. Fortunately, this Microsoft Security Response Center article not only shows how to use Azure Serial Console to compromise sensitive information, but also shows how to detect exploitation activity.

Vmware 74

Vmware Network Hardware Cloud 74

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. Welcome to Technology Short Take #165! Denis Mulyalin shows how to use Nornir, Salt, and NetBox to template your network tests.

Programming 96

Programming Policies Network Cloud 96

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2022

In particular, the “Career/Soft Skills” section is a bit bigger than usual this time around, as is the “Security” section. Phil Stokes of SentinelOne describes some of the early security changes found in macOS “Ventura” (i.e., Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

System 79

System Open Source Cloud Policies 79

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Virtualization.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Operating Systems/Applications. Cole Atkinson discusses the fact that osxfuse is no longer open source , and the ramifications of this development on open source in general. Virtualization. I recently spotted Multipass , a virtualization solution for working with Linux instances.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Linux Academy

MARCH 28, 2019

To ensure ongoing security site reliability engineers must work hand-in-hand with the CISO’s (Chief Information Security Officer) office to implement Kubernetes security. Kubernetes nodes rely on underlying virtual servers for both the master control plane and for worker nodes. Server Hardening.

Policies 68

Policies Linux Security Virtualization 68

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Since we’re on a bit of a security kick this time around, then the recent announcement by HyTrust of HyTrust CloudControl 6.0 The CNCF blog has a great article written by an Alibaba software engineer (Xingyu Chen) on some performance optimizations for etcd that have been contributed back to the open source community.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. Cloud Security Fundamentals — The cloud has brought about tons of innovation and features. One thing often forgotten about during implementation is security. Courses Free in May.

Linux 113

Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. I, personally, would posit that Linux can be more secure than other platforms, but it requires proper configuration and can still be undone by a loose nut behind the keyboard. Virtualization.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

Tim Hinrichs discusses securing the Kubernetes API with Open Policy Agent. Pod Security Policies (PSPs) are an important security feature in Kubernetes. This article discusses four open source secrets management tools. ” Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Open Source 60

Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Components involved include the open source Kuma service mesh (in turn leveraging Envoy), anycast BGP, and mutual TLS (mTLS). If you aren’t paying attention to the security of your CI/CD pipelines, you probably should. Virtualization. William Lam takes a look at some potentially interesting homelab hardware.

Storage 79

Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Via the Kubernetes blog , Box announced it has open sourced a project called kube-iptables-tailer , which turns packet drops from iptables into Kubernetes events that can be logged for easier troubleshooting. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Who says you can’t please everyone all the time?

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

And while we are on the topic of Linux and open source in the networking industry…read this entertaining and informative article on the importance of (truly) open source libraries in networking. This post on automating NSX security rules using Splunk (and some custom code) is pretty cool. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

For all your other desktop software needs, there’s usually a free, open-source program that can do just as good a job. If that doesn’t work for your office’s Windows-only programs, you can always keep running Windows 7, with a lot less danger, on a virtual machine (VM) on Linux. There are many ways to switch Secure Boot off.

Linux 106

Linux Windows How To Operating Systems 106

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

John Gruber’s post on “Secure Intent” on Apple devices was, for me at least, an informative read. I hadn’t delved that much into Apple’s hardware security efforts around Secure Enclave, mostly due to the fact that I was running older Apple hardware (a fact that has since changed). Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

These viewpoints—that security via micro-segmentation is a compelling use case for NSX—is one I’ve seen repeated in numerous environments. These viewpoints—that security via micro-segmentation is a compelling use case for NSX—is one I’ve seen repeated in numerous environments. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

These viewpoints—that security via micro-segmentation is a compelling use case for NSX—is one I’ve seen repeated in numerous environments. These viewpoints—that security via micro-segmentation is a compelling use case for NSX—is one I’ve seen repeated in numerous environments. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 17, 2021

As I produce this episode, there's a dangerous new vulnerability known informally as Log4Shell, it’s a flaw in an open source Java logging library developed by the Apache Foundation and, in the hands of a malicious actor, could allow for remote code injection. Vamosi: The idea behind Open Source is great.

Open Source 52

Open Source Software Software Applications 52

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

However, concerns over the privacy and security of my data have kept me from using Dropbox for some projects. To help address that, I looked around to find an open, interoperable way of adding an extra layer of encryption onto my data. A Mac port of the open source EncFS FUSE filesystem. I chose to use ~/Dropbox/Secure.

Open Source 137

Open Source Storage Security Guidelines 137

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

There’s a security vulnerability , so don’t let your smart home get hacked. I recently found this page , and thought it was a great idea—trying to bring improved security to the masses. Chip Zoller makes the argument in favor of running Kubernetes in/on virtual machines. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Sathyajith Bhat covers five open source tools for container security. Cory O’Daniel explains how to use role-based access control to assign Pod Security Policies (PSPs) to Kubernetes workloads. The folks at Platform9 recently open-sourced a tool called etcdadm (inspired by kubeadm ). Virtualization.

Hardware 60

Hardware Open Source Vmware Linux 60