YQL is a highly rich and dynamic utility for capturing data from any place on the web. When we couple this functionality with YUI we have wonderful functionality for designing apps and sites easily and that scale around MVC design patterns.
Creating Operational Redundancy for Effective Web Data MiningJonathan LeBlanc
In this session, we will explore the principles behind building a highly scalable, efficient, and effective web data mining architecture, based on standard semantic principles of data collection. This type of standard collection will allow any company to turn unstructured web data into structurally sound, valuable content.
2012 POSSCON Changing the Face of Identity in EcommerceJonathan LeBlanc
March 2012 presentation on open source Ecommerce identity for POSSCON (Columbia, SC).
The audio recording from this session is available at http://archive.org/details/ChangingTheFaceOfOpenIdentityInEcommercePosscon2012
As web enabled systems become an integral part of everything we interact with, how do we secure data in potential unsecure environments?
In this session you'll learn how to apply fundamental security precepts in potentially insecure environments. Topics include:
Securing identity and payment data through voice commands or text
Tokenization and encryption security
Triggering secure transactions from communications media
Book reading session at SXSWi 2012 (Austin, TX) on "Programming Social Applications".
The audio recording from this session is available at http://www.archive.org/details/ProgrammingSocialApplicationsUnderstandingHumanIdentity
YQL is a highly rich and dynamic utility for capturing data from any place on the web. When we couple this functionality with YUI we have wonderful functionality for designing apps and sites easily and that scale around MVC design patterns.
Creating Operational Redundancy for Effective Web Data MiningJonathan LeBlanc
In this session, we will explore the principles behind building a highly scalable, efficient, and effective web data mining architecture, based on standard semantic principles of data collection. This type of standard collection will allow any company to turn unstructured web data into structurally sound, valuable content.
2012 POSSCON Changing the Face of Identity in EcommerceJonathan LeBlanc
March 2012 presentation on open source Ecommerce identity for POSSCON (Columbia, SC).
The audio recording from this session is available at http://archive.org/details/ChangingTheFaceOfOpenIdentityInEcommercePosscon2012
As web enabled systems become an integral part of everything we interact with, how do we secure data in potential unsecure environments?
In this session you'll learn how to apply fundamental security precepts in potentially insecure environments. Topics include:
Securing identity and payment data through voice commands or text
Tokenization and encryption security
Triggering secure transactions from communications media
Book reading session at SXSWi 2012 (Austin, TX) on "Programming Social Applications".
The audio recording from this session is available at http://www.archive.org/details/ProgrammingSocialApplicationsUnderstandingHumanIdentity
Deck from Silicon Halton Meetup #52
February 11, 2014
At the Milton Education Village - Innovation Centre, Milton, Ontario, Canada.
www.siliconhalton.com
@siliconhalton
SFbayACM ACM Data Science Camp 2015 10 24Greg Makowski
This is the slide deck for the 7th annual ACM Data Science Camp. It is an unconference, with content generated by the audience. For the primary event site, see http://www.sfbayacm.org/event/silicon-valley-data-science-camp-2015
Each year, we’re excited to bring our customers together to network, engage, and learn more about AWS at the largest gathering of the cloud computing community. We hope you are looking forward to a great week of announcements, valuable technical sessions, fun after-hours activities, and more.
With AWS re:Invent 2016 just a few weeks away join us to learn how to make the most your time in Las Vegas. We’ve created an informative 60-minute webinar to help you understand what to expect at re:Invent. The webinar will highlight topics such as: keynotes, breakout sessions, training and certification, re:Invent Central, networking opportunities, and our popular after-hours activities. Whether you’re a veteran or a first-time attendee the Know Before You Go webinar will provide tips and tricks for a successful week at re:Invent.
The webinar will consist of a live presentation followed by a moderated Q&A.
Watch the two YouTube videos here:
https://youtu.be/J8vXGzav1vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-04Hkg1kXE
JavaScript App Security: Auth and Identity on the ClientJonathan LeBlanc
The story is always the same; if you want to create a JavaScript centric app with API and identity security, you’re told that you need to have a server-side component for handling your identity and application security. That’s simply not the case in modern development.
In this session we'll look at client-side identity, API, and token security, exploring token downscoping methodologies, key management tools, and security on the client.
Improving Developer Onboarding Through Intelligent Data InsightsJonathan LeBlanc
A developer platform lives and dies by it's developer community. When huge problems need to be solved, it's easy to make valuable improvements, but what do you do when those are solved and you still see high bounce rates on your site, low developer application completion, and generally poor adoption of your product? This is where your data can save you.
In this talk we'll run through:
- How to track valuable developer path insights, from moments of anxiety to time to first valuable call.
- Overlaying support and ticketing information on top of developer path data to decrease developer friction.
- How to create automated analytics systems to measure success.
- When these systems should be built, before it's too late.
Better Data with Machine Learning and ServerlessJonathan LeBlanc
Creating valuable insights out of raw data files, such as audio or video, has traditionally been a very manual and tedious process, and has produced mixed results due to an influential human element in the mix.
Thanks to enhancements in machine learning systems, coupled with the rapidly deployable nature of serverless technology as a middleware layer, we are able to create highly sophisticated data insight platforms to replace the huge time requirements that have typically been required in the past.
With this in mind, we’ll look at:
- How to build end-to-end data insight and predictor systems, built on the back of serverless and machine learning systems.
- Best practices for working with serverless technology for ferrying information between raw data files and machine learning systems through an eventing system.
- Considerations and practical examples of working with the security implications of dealing with sensitive information.
Best Practices for Application Development with BoxJonathan LeBlanc
Covering the best practices for building new applications on top of Box platform, including token management, error condition and program flow, architecture, and other such topics.
This topic will go through current standards and future trends for building a scalable security model for distributed cloud based data. We’ll look into practices and considerations behind handing highly privileged data globally, diving into topics such as:
- How global compliance and regulations affect security practices.
- Handling data permissions, identity, and security with application access to data.
- Considerations, trends, and standards for global data availability.
Deck from Silicon Halton Meetup #52
February 11, 2014
At the Milton Education Village - Innovation Centre, Milton, Ontario, Canada.
www.siliconhalton.com
@siliconhalton
SFbayACM ACM Data Science Camp 2015 10 24Greg Makowski
This is the slide deck for the 7th annual ACM Data Science Camp. It is an unconference, with content generated by the audience. For the primary event site, see http://www.sfbayacm.org/event/silicon-valley-data-science-camp-2015
Each year, we’re excited to bring our customers together to network, engage, and learn more about AWS at the largest gathering of the cloud computing community. We hope you are looking forward to a great week of announcements, valuable technical sessions, fun after-hours activities, and more.
With AWS re:Invent 2016 just a few weeks away join us to learn how to make the most your time in Las Vegas. We’ve created an informative 60-minute webinar to help you understand what to expect at re:Invent. The webinar will highlight topics such as: keynotes, breakout sessions, training and certification, re:Invent Central, networking opportunities, and our popular after-hours activities. Whether you’re a veteran or a first-time attendee the Know Before You Go webinar will provide tips and tricks for a successful week at re:Invent.
The webinar will consist of a live presentation followed by a moderated Q&A.
Watch the two YouTube videos here:
https://youtu.be/J8vXGzav1vs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-04Hkg1kXE
JavaScript App Security: Auth and Identity on the ClientJonathan LeBlanc
The story is always the same; if you want to create a JavaScript centric app with API and identity security, you’re told that you need to have a server-side component for handling your identity and application security. That’s simply not the case in modern development.
In this session we'll look at client-side identity, API, and token security, exploring token downscoping methodologies, key management tools, and security on the client.
Improving Developer Onboarding Through Intelligent Data InsightsJonathan LeBlanc
A developer platform lives and dies by it's developer community. When huge problems need to be solved, it's easy to make valuable improvements, but what do you do when those are solved and you still see high bounce rates on your site, low developer application completion, and generally poor adoption of your product? This is where your data can save you.
In this talk we'll run through:
- How to track valuable developer path insights, from moments of anxiety to time to first valuable call.
- Overlaying support and ticketing information on top of developer path data to decrease developer friction.
- How to create automated analytics systems to measure success.
- When these systems should be built, before it's too late.
Better Data with Machine Learning and ServerlessJonathan LeBlanc
Creating valuable insights out of raw data files, such as audio or video, has traditionally been a very manual and tedious process, and has produced mixed results due to an influential human element in the mix.
Thanks to enhancements in machine learning systems, coupled with the rapidly deployable nature of serverless technology as a middleware layer, we are able to create highly sophisticated data insight platforms to replace the huge time requirements that have typically been required in the past.
With this in mind, we’ll look at:
- How to build end-to-end data insight and predictor systems, built on the back of serverless and machine learning systems.
- Best practices for working with serverless technology for ferrying information between raw data files and machine learning systems through an eventing system.
- Considerations and practical examples of working with the security implications of dealing with sensitive information.
Best Practices for Application Development with BoxJonathan LeBlanc
Covering the best practices for building new applications on top of Box platform, including token management, error condition and program flow, architecture, and other such topics.
This topic will go through current standards and future trends for building a scalable security model for distributed cloud based data. We’ll look into practices and considerations behind handing highly privileged data globally, diving into topics such as:
- How global compliance and regulations affect security practices.
- Handling data permissions, identity, and security with application access to data.
- Considerations, trends, and standards for global data availability.
Building a modern API architecture is a constant struggle between ease of development and security. JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) introduce a means of building authentication into JSON objects being transmitted through APIs.
In this session we’ll explore how JWTs work to build verifiable and trusted objects, allowing them to be combined with standards such as OAuth 2 for capturing access tokens, leading to a secure means of JavaScript SDK dev.
Creating an In-Aisle Purchasing System from ScratchJonathan LeBlanc
The future of retail is in removing the divide between the offline shopping state and the enhanced online buying experience. To create this type of enhanced retail experience, we can remove complexities in the process, such as simplifying checkout.
In this session we’ll learn how to use internet-connected microelectronics to attach to a buyer’s mobile device to provide the functionality to buy products right from the aisle.
We are in an age where more people have phones than toilets, and there are more active cell phones than people on the planet. How do we protect all of these devices roaming around unsecured locations, especially when they want to pay for something. Learn the secrets behind building a secure mobile backbone, as we explore how to harden security, build systems based on identity confidence, and work towards a future proofed mobile framework.
The arena of proper auth & data security standards is often some of the most misunderstood, confusing, and tricky aspects of building Node apps. Using open source auth techniques and proper data encryption standards, we’ll learn how to make intelligent decisions on creating a solid infrastructure to protect our users and data. We’ll dive into auth systems, data attack vectors, how to protect your systems, and common security pitfalls in Node.
The screencast of this presentation can be found at https://youtu.be/o3uy7dgG_n4
There is an assumption in the industry, amongst companies large and small alike, that if they store sensitive user data (and sometimes do some mild encryption) in their database, it's locked in and secured from potential attacks. People rely too heavily on their false assumptions of security, and it usually ends up costing them extensively when that is proven wrong.
In this session, Jonathan will build a foundation for identity and data security that everyone dealing with sensitive data should understand. We'll break down concepts of identity security, common attack vectors and how to protect yourself, and how to harden your web application.
Web enabled systems are now an integral part of everything we interact with, from microelectronics to voice enabled hardware, from text messages and phone calls to email, and really we’re just limited by our imaginations as to what we can connect. As we explore vast new realms of communication over mixed digital media, we have to ask ourselves how we protect our critical data within potential unsecure environments. Going beyond that, how do we protect some of our more critical data, payment information, in this same realm.
As we look at a multitude of different environments, we’ll be exploring how to secure user identity and payment information through the communication channels, covering topics like:
* Securing identity and payment data through voice commands or text.
* Tokenization and encryption security.
* Techniques for triggering secure transactions from communications media.
At the end of the session, we’ll have a stronger understanding of proper techniques for working with new communication media sources, and see how we can apply fundamental security precepts in potentially insecure environments.
Audio from the session at OSCON (Portland, OR) on July 22nd, 2015 is available at https://archive.org/details/protecting_future_mobile_payments
We are now in an age where more people have phones than toilets, and there are more active cell phones than people on the planet. How do we protect all of these devices as they’re roaming around unsecured locations, especially when we want to pay for something.
In this talk we’re going to rip apart the illusion of mobile security and explore some of the most difficult to secure experiences: payments. We’ll cover the concepts of building a rich feature set to protect the user, how to encrypt all interactions, building scalable trust zones, and extending identification with wearables and biometrics.
In a world where technology is transforming with mobile devices and wearables, its key to have a solid security backbone. From having a strong password to using biometrics, companies are finding ways to help consumers protect themselves without impacting the experience. We'll take a look at the current landscape of passwords, the importance of proper systems and how we can use wearables and mobile devices to build trust systems.
You have a solid security infrastructure, all user data is encrypted, your users are protected right? As long as passwords remain the standard methods for identifying your users on the web, people will still continue to use "letmein" or "password123" for their secure login, and will continue to be shocked when their accounts become compromised.
Passwords are not secure, they need to be replaced. In this talk we're going to explore the pitfalls of a system designed around a username and password, then dive into the ways that technology is giving us a slew of new ways to build a secure user identity system. From biometrics to wearables, hardware to tokens, we'll explore a multitude of ways that we can finally kill all passwords.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
3. House Rules
Clean up after yourself
Do not attempt to enter private offices or touch
things on the clearly designated dedicated desks
Be mindful of those working around you (noise,
space, etc...), and
Always wear a smile.