Roy P. Benavidez was born on August 5, 1935 in Lindenau near Cuero, Texas. He enlisted in the United States Army in June 1955 and served in Germany, Korea, Vietnam, and the United States.
On May 2, 1968, in an area west of Loc Ninh, Republic of Vietnam, Staff Sergeant Benavidez was monitoring a twelve-man Special Forces Reconnaissance Team, as part of the Detachment B-56, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. The team came under heavy enemy gunfire and requested emergency extraction. Staff Sergeant Benavidez volunteered to return to the area and assisted with extracting the troops. Under considerable automatic weapon and grenade fire, and severely wounded in the head, legs, abdomen, and back, Benavidez redirected the troops, retrieved classified documents from the dead team leader, and helped load the dead and the wounded on a helicopter that minutes later crashed due to the pilot becoming mortally wounded. Despite his life-threatening injuries, Benavidez secured the safety of the soldiers and began calling in aircraft for another extraction attempt, which was finally successful. Because of Benavidez’s feats of valor and bravery beyond the call of duty, the lives of at least eight men were saved. On July 24, 1968 Benavidez was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for valor, the Army’s second highest honor. Upon learning that his Commander had twice recommended him unsuccessfully for the Congressional Medal of Honor, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez and his supporters supplied the Department of the Army with additional eye-witness testimonies of his actions on May 2, 1968 and with the support of other military personnel and elected officials, Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez was finally awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor on February 24, 1981 by President Ronald Reagan.
During and after his career in the military, Benavidez was active in veteran issues. After receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor, Benavidez was in great demand as a speaker to schools, military and civic groups. He was honored throughout the country and received letters from students, service personnel, and citizens throughout the world. He was the subject of numerous articles and his life and experiences were chronicled in three books. Medal of Honor Recipient, Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez died on November 29, 1998 at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 63.
Benavides is a true legend worthy of enormous respect. Thank you to Treadstone71 for make me aware of the giant anamoing men and trailblazer. RIP, Sir!
UN Report: Ethnic Cleansing in the Central African Republic Tawanda Kanhema
The UN Secretary-General transmitted the final report of the International Commission of Inquiry on the Central African Republic to the UN Security Council. The Commission was established by the Security Council to investigate violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in CAR since January 2013. The Commission found that all parties to the conflict, including Séléka, anti-balaka, ex-Seleka, CAR armed forces, and international forces committed violations such as killings, torture, rape, and recruitment of child soldiers. The report outlines these violations and provides recommendations to address the situation and pursue accountability.
National Security Implications of virtual currency examining the potential fo...Dmitry Tseitlin
The document examines the potential for non-state actors to deploy virtual currencies to increase their political or economic power. It discusses how virtual currencies have evolved from early digital currencies and explores Bitcoin and other altcoins. It considers why a non-state actor may want to deploy a virtual currency and the technical challenges involved, such as developing software, gaining adoption, ensuring anonymity, and protecting against cyber threats. The document also discusses how technologies behind virtual currencies could enable resilient decentralized services beyond just currency.
Beginning game development with python and pygameCHREAR
This document is an excerpt from the book "Beginning Game Development with Python and Pygame" which teaches readers how to create games using the Python programming language and the Pygame library. The excerpt provides an introduction to Python and Pygame, covering basic Python concepts like numbers, strings, lists and loops. It also explains how to install and use Pygame for game development, including handling events, opening displays and working with sprites and images. The goal of the book and this excerpt is to help beginner programmers learn game development by gradually building their Python and Pygame skills from the ground up.
This document is a user guide for the Zebra Z4Mplus/Z6Mplus industrial/commercial label printers. It contains instructions and procedures for setup, operation, and configuration of the printers. The guide includes sections on unpacking and inspecting the printer, selecting a site, connecting power and communication interfaces, loading media and ribbons, operating the front panel and controls, performing calibrations, and configuring the printer. Copyright and trademark information is also provided.
This document provides an overview of international law and discusses several key topics:
- It describes the traditional and contemporary views of the nature and sources of international law.
- It examines the relationship between international law and state law, and discusses the basic nature of states and governments under international law.
- It covers the bases of jurisdiction under international law, including jurisdiction based on territory, nationality, agreements, and protection of state interests.
- It addresses the jurisdictional immunities of foreign states, diplomats, consular officials, and international organizations.
- Other sections cover topics such as nationality, state responsibility, international agreements, and international organizations like the United Nations.
This document provides the Wetlands Delineation Manual published in 1987 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The manual establishes technical guidelines and methods for identifying and delineating wetlands subject to regulatory jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. It requires evidence of hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, and wetland hydrology to designate an area as a wetland. The manual also describes characteristics and indicators used to identify these three wetland parameters and provides detailed methods for routine, comprehensive, and atypical wetland determinations.
This document provides an overview of the book "Soil Mechanics" used at Delft University of Technology. It contains 30 chapters covering topics like soil classification, stresses and strains, permeability, consolidation, shear strength, and more. Exercises and illustrations to accompany the material can be downloaded from the provided website. The book is also available in Dutch and this file provides an outline of its chapters.
China's Incomplete Military Transformationmmangusta
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UN Report: Ethnic Cleansing in the Central African Republic Tawanda Kanhema
The UN Secretary-General transmitted the final report of the International Commission of Inquiry on the Central African Republic to the UN Security Council. The Commission was established by the Security Council to investigate violations of international human rights and humanitarian law in CAR since January 2013. The Commission found that all parties to the conflict, including Séléka, anti-balaka, ex-Seleka, CAR armed forces, and international forces committed violations such as killings, torture, rape, and recruitment of child soldiers. The report outlines these violations and provides recommendations to address the situation and pursue accountability.
National Security Implications of virtual currency examining the potential fo...Dmitry Tseitlin
The document examines the potential for non-state actors to deploy virtual currencies to increase their political or economic power. It discusses how virtual currencies have evolved from early digital currencies and explores Bitcoin and other altcoins. It considers why a non-state actor may want to deploy a virtual currency and the technical challenges involved, such as developing software, gaining adoption, ensuring anonymity, and protecting against cyber threats. The document also discusses how technologies behind virtual currencies could enable resilient decentralized services beyond just currency.
Beginning game development with python and pygameCHREAR
This document is an excerpt from the book "Beginning Game Development with Python and Pygame" which teaches readers how to create games using the Python programming language and the Pygame library. The excerpt provides an introduction to Python and Pygame, covering basic Python concepts like numbers, strings, lists and loops. It also explains how to install and use Pygame for game development, including handling events, opening displays and working with sprites and images. The goal of the book and this excerpt is to help beginner programmers learn game development by gradually building their Python and Pygame skills from the ground up.
This document is a user guide for the Zebra Z4Mplus/Z6Mplus industrial/commercial label printers. It contains instructions and procedures for setup, operation, and configuration of the printers. The guide includes sections on unpacking and inspecting the printer, selecting a site, connecting power and communication interfaces, loading media and ribbons, operating the front panel and controls, performing calibrations, and configuring the printer. Copyright and trademark information is also provided.
This document provides an overview of international law and discusses several key topics:
- It describes the traditional and contemporary views of the nature and sources of international law.
- It examines the relationship between international law and state law, and discusses the basic nature of states and governments under international law.
- It covers the bases of jurisdiction under international law, including jurisdiction based on territory, nationality, agreements, and protection of state interests.
- It addresses the jurisdictional immunities of foreign states, diplomats, consular officials, and international organizations.
- Other sections cover topics such as nationality, state responsibility, international agreements, and international organizations like the United Nations.
This document provides the Wetlands Delineation Manual published in 1987 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The manual establishes technical guidelines and methods for identifying and delineating wetlands subject to regulatory jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. It requires evidence of hydrophytic vegetation, hydric soils, and wetland hydrology to designate an area as a wetland. The manual also describes characteristics and indicators used to identify these three wetland parameters and provides detailed methods for routine, comprehensive, and atypical wetland determinations.
This document provides an overview of the book "Soil Mechanics" used at Delft University of Technology. It contains 30 chapters covering topics like soil classification, stresses and strains, permeability, consolidation, shear strength, and more. Exercises and illustrations to accompany the material can be downloaded from the provided website. The book is also available in Dutch and this file provides an outline of its chapters.
China's Incomplete Military Transformationmmangusta
This document analyzes weaknesses in China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) by examining its organization, human capital, combat capabilities, and defense industry. It finds that while the PLA has modernized significantly since the 1990s, weaknesses remain. In particular, it faces challenges in joint operations, non-combat operations, and modern hardware. The PLA is working to address these weaknesses through reforms, but they may limit its ability to achieve all of its missions, including deterring Taiwan independence and defending maritime claims, through 2025. Understanding the PLA's weaknesses is important for assessing its military transformation and implications for US and allied security.
This document contains an English grammar practice exercise with multiple parts. It includes exercises on changing verbs to different tenses, changing sentences between active and passive voice, identifying and correcting grammatical mistakes, choosing the right grammar options, and forming questions about underlined parts of sentences changed to the passive voice. The practice covers a wide range of English grammar topics including verb tenses, active and passive voice, and question formation.
This document contains an English grammar practice exercise with multiple sections. It includes exercises on changing verbs to different tenses, changing sentences between active and passive voice, identifying and correcting grammatical mistakes, choosing the right grammar options, and forming questions from statements. The practice covers a range of English grammar topics including verb tenses, active and passive voice, word forms, and parts of speech.
Brazil is one of the largest economies in the OECD Working Group on Bribery. This Phase 3 report evaluates Brazil's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and related legal instruments. It finds that while Brazil has made some improvements, such as enacting a new corporate liability law, enforcement of foreign bribery remains low. The report makes recommendations to strengthen Brazil's proactivity, sanctions, protection of whistleblowers, and other areas in order to more effectively prevent and prosecute foreign bribery cases.
La tecnología móvil será una de las herramientas fundamentales para enfrentar el cambio climático y desarrollar soluciones inteligentes que aseguren un crecimiento económico sustentable en América Latina.
This document discusses harnessing the Internet of Things (IoT) for global development. It defines the IoT and how it is emerging through connectivity of physical objects via sensors and networks. The IoT can benefit several development sectors such as healthcare, water/sanitation, agriculture, climate resilience, and energy access. However, challenges to deploying the IoT in developing countries include technical issues, lack of policies and standards, security/privacy concerns, and limited infrastructure. The document provides recommendations to support the IoT, including expanding connectivity and coordinating stakeholders.
В докладе рассматриваются реформы сектора безопасности Украины, дается оценка работы различных институтов, выявлены пробелы, которые исключают возможность создания эффективной, действенной, прозрачной и подотчетной системы безопасности в Украине.
The report finds that countries with strong economies like the United States, Western European nations, and Australia lead in open source software development and adoption, while regions like Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe lag behind. India, China, and Brazil show higher levels of open source software use than expected given their information society development. Government support has been crucial in advancing open source software adoption, with Germany, France, and Spain leading in Europe and policies in the US and Nordic countries previously lacking.
This document provides a summary of Liberia's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). It discusses Liberia's history of conflict and economic collapse, and outlines the government's vision and four pillar strategy to promote rapid, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty. The four pillars are: 1) consolidating peace and security, 2) revitalizing the economy, 3) strengthening governance and the rule of law, and 4) rehabilitating infrastructure and delivering basic services. For each pillar, goals and initiatives are described. The document also discusses poverty in Liberia, the PRS development process, implementation, financing, monitoring and evaluation, risks, and next steps to realize the country's potential for prosperity.
This document analyzes issues shaping Africa's economic future. It finds that growth in Sub-Saharan Africa will remain lackluster in 2016 due to low commodity prices. Addressing economic vulnerabilities and diversifying growth are priorities. Rapid urbanization offers potential, but cities must reform land markets and regulations to coordinate infrastructure investments to work effectively and support sustainable growth. The analysis examines the macroeconomic impact of declining oil prices, challenges facing African cities, and policy recommendations to leverage urbanization.
This document provides an overview of the first two years of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). It includes messages from UN officials, background papers on various internet governance topics, summaries of the proceedings from the 2006 and 2007 IGF meetings, reports from workshops at those meetings, and appendices with glossaries and information about the book. The IGF is an open forum established by the UN to discuss public policy issues related to internet governance in a multistakeholder setting. The document shows that over its first two years, the IGF has brought together stakeholders from around the world to engage in dialogue on topics like openness, security, diversity, access, and emerging issues regarding the internet.
This document provides guidance on actions to take in the event of a death of a United Nations staff member. It outlines responsibilities for notifying family members and handling remains depending on whether the death occurred at headquarters or in a field mission. It also provides guidance for mass casualty incidents and determining applicable death benefits and pension entitlements for survivors. The United Nations Department of Safety and Security plays a key role in investigations of suspicious or accidental deaths to help determine appropriate documentation and disposition of remains.
Practitioner’s handbook for appeals to the 7th circuit 152 pagesUmesh Heendeniya
This document provides an overview of appellate procedures and guidelines for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. It outlines the organizational structure of the court, the process for filing appeals, requirements for briefs and other documents, and other procedural rules. The document is intended as a reference for practitioners handling appeals in the Seventh Circuit.
ONU - A practice and resource manual for countries - UNEasySonho
This document is a manual published by the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide guidance on strengthening road safety legislation. It covers topics such as conducting an assessment of existing road safety laws, identifying gaps, and advocating for improvements. The manual aims to help countries develop more comprehensive laws addressing major risk factors like speeding, drink-driving, lack of helmet or seatbelt use, and inadequate post-crash care. It provides examples of effective legislation and an annex of laws from different countries. The overall goal is to assist nations in establishing a robust legal framework that can reduce traffic deaths and injuries.
Demand for Army JTF Headquarters Over TimeBonds Tim
This document provides information about enhancing the capabilities of Army-led joint task force (JTF) headquarters. It begins with background information on JTF headquarters and the study's objective. It then discusses challenges faced in past and ongoing joint force operations, such as staffing and integrating different capabilities. Potential future missions for JTFs are also examined, including stability operations and homeland defense. Finally, the document considers different approaches for structuring Army-led JTFs, such as using existing division or corps headquarters or providing forces to standing JTF headquarters. The overall aim is to improve how the Army commands joint task forces.
This document summarizes a French student's 6-day trip to Portugal as part of a school exchange program. It provides a daily journal of activities and experiences, including visiting family hosts, touring local schools and attractions, and experiencing Portuguese cuisine. Key places visited included Faro, Palma de Majorca, Olhão, and Barcelona. The student enjoyed learning about Portuguese culture and was impressed by the country's connection to the sea. Their favorite part of the trip was spending time with their host family.
This document is an early warning report from the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) "Viitorul" covering the period of July to October 2009. It examines various social, regional, political, and economic risk factors affecting the Republic of Moldova. On the social front, it discusses issues like the role of youth organizations, rising social tensions, poverty, unemployment, challenges faced by the elderly, and the inadequacy of social payments. Regionally, it analyzes regional instabilities and their impact on Moldova. Politically, it focuses on risks related to the governance-opposition relationship and behavior within the Alliance for European Integration ruling coalition. Economically, it evaluates the impact of the global crisis on
This document provides an overview of the features and functions of a Philips DVD recorder. It includes sections on setup and connection, playback and recording functions, programming recordings, disc and photo management, preferences, and troubleshooting. The table of contents outlines 18 main sections covering topics from accessories and safety information to recording, playback, on-screen menus and displays, and more.
This document discusses photocomposing techniques in architecture. It explains that photocomposing involves combining elements from separate photos into single images to illustrate architectural designs for clients in a realistic way. Historically, architects like Mies Van Der Rohe used interior drawings, exterior views, and material samples in photocomposites. Photocompositing benefits clients by allowing them to better understand and relate to architectural designs. The document then provides instructions on setting up multiple artboards in Photoshop and converting existing documents to the artboard format to facilitate photocomposing across multiple compositions.
This document provides a guide to various fly line brands and models. It summarizes different lines for freshwater and saltwater fishing from companies like Airflo, Cabela's, Cortland, Climax, Fulling Mill, Greys of Alnwick, Hardy, Jim Teeny, Loop, Monic, and Orvis. The lines include floating, sinking, shooting, and spey lines for trout, bass, salmon, steelhead, pike, saltwater species and other applications. Technical details are given for tapers, sinks rates, and intended fish/conditions for each line.
EMBERS at 4 years: Experiences operating an Open Source Indicators Forecastin...Parang Saraf
Abstract: EMBERS is an anticipatory intelligence system forecasting population-level events in multiple countries of Latin America. A deployed system from 2012, EMBERS has been generating alerts 24x7 by ingesting a broad range of data sources including news, blogs, tweets, machine coded events, currency rates, and food prices. In this paper, we describe our experiences operating EMBERS continuously for nearly 4 years, with specific attention to the discoveries it has enabled, correct as well as missed forecasts, and lessons learnt from participating in a forecasting tournament including our perspectives on the limits of forecasting and ethical considerations.
For more information, please visit: http://people.cs.vt.edu/parang/ or contact parang at firstname at cs vt edu
This document contains an English grammar practice exercise with multiple parts. It includes exercises on changing verbs to different tenses, changing sentences between active and passive voice, identifying and correcting grammatical mistakes, choosing the right grammar options, and forming questions about underlined parts of sentences changed to the passive voice. The practice covers a wide range of English grammar topics including verb tenses, active and passive voice, and question formation.
This document contains an English grammar practice exercise with multiple sections. It includes exercises on changing verbs to different tenses, changing sentences between active and passive voice, identifying and correcting grammatical mistakes, choosing the right grammar options, and forming questions from statements. The practice covers a range of English grammar topics including verb tenses, active and passive voice, word forms, and parts of speech.
Brazil is one of the largest economies in the OECD Working Group on Bribery. This Phase 3 report evaluates Brazil's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and related legal instruments. It finds that while Brazil has made some improvements, such as enacting a new corporate liability law, enforcement of foreign bribery remains low. The report makes recommendations to strengthen Brazil's proactivity, sanctions, protection of whistleblowers, and other areas in order to more effectively prevent and prosecute foreign bribery cases.
La tecnología móvil será una de las herramientas fundamentales para enfrentar el cambio climático y desarrollar soluciones inteligentes que aseguren un crecimiento económico sustentable en América Latina.
This document discusses harnessing the Internet of Things (IoT) for global development. It defines the IoT and how it is emerging through connectivity of physical objects via sensors and networks. The IoT can benefit several development sectors such as healthcare, water/sanitation, agriculture, climate resilience, and energy access. However, challenges to deploying the IoT in developing countries include technical issues, lack of policies and standards, security/privacy concerns, and limited infrastructure. The document provides recommendations to support the IoT, including expanding connectivity and coordinating stakeholders.
В докладе рассматриваются реформы сектора безопасности Украины, дается оценка работы различных институтов, выявлены пробелы, которые исключают возможность создания эффективной, действенной, прозрачной и подотчетной системы безопасности в Украине.
The report finds that countries with strong economies like the United States, Western European nations, and Australia lead in open source software development and adoption, while regions like Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe lag behind. India, China, and Brazil show higher levels of open source software use than expected given their information society development. Government support has been crucial in advancing open source software adoption, with Germany, France, and Spain leading in Europe and policies in the US and Nordic countries previously lacking.
This document provides a summary of Liberia's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS). It discusses Liberia's history of conflict and economic collapse, and outlines the government's vision and four pillar strategy to promote rapid, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty. The four pillars are: 1) consolidating peace and security, 2) revitalizing the economy, 3) strengthening governance and the rule of law, and 4) rehabilitating infrastructure and delivering basic services. For each pillar, goals and initiatives are described. The document also discusses poverty in Liberia, the PRS development process, implementation, financing, monitoring and evaluation, risks, and next steps to realize the country's potential for prosperity.
This document analyzes issues shaping Africa's economic future. It finds that growth in Sub-Saharan Africa will remain lackluster in 2016 due to low commodity prices. Addressing economic vulnerabilities and diversifying growth are priorities. Rapid urbanization offers potential, but cities must reform land markets and regulations to coordinate infrastructure investments to work effectively and support sustainable growth. The analysis examines the macroeconomic impact of declining oil prices, challenges facing African cities, and policy recommendations to leverage urbanization.
This document provides an overview of the first two years of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). It includes messages from UN officials, background papers on various internet governance topics, summaries of the proceedings from the 2006 and 2007 IGF meetings, reports from workshops at those meetings, and appendices with glossaries and information about the book. The IGF is an open forum established by the UN to discuss public policy issues related to internet governance in a multistakeholder setting. The document shows that over its first two years, the IGF has brought together stakeholders from around the world to engage in dialogue on topics like openness, security, diversity, access, and emerging issues regarding the internet.
This document provides guidance on actions to take in the event of a death of a United Nations staff member. It outlines responsibilities for notifying family members and handling remains depending on whether the death occurred at headquarters or in a field mission. It also provides guidance for mass casualty incidents and determining applicable death benefits and pension entitlements for survivors. The United Nations Department of Safety and Security plays a key role in investigations of suspicious or accidental deaths to help determine appropriate documentation and disposition of remains.
Practitioner’s handbook for appeals to the 7th circuit 152 pagesUmesh Heendeniya
This document provides an overview of appellate procedures and guidelines for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. It outlines the organizational structure of the court, the process for filing appeals, requirements for briefs and other documents, and other procedural rules. The document is intended as a reference for practitioners handling appeals in the Seventh Circuit.
ONU - A practice and resource manual for countries - UNEasySonho
This document is a manual published by the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide guidance on strengthening road safety legislation. It covers topics such as conducting an assessment of existing road safety laws, identifying gaps, and advocating for improvements. The manual aims to help countries develop more comprehensive laws addressing major risk factors like speeding, drink-driving, lack of helmet or seatbelt use, and inadequate post-crash care. It provides examples of effective legislation and an annex of laws from different countries. The overall goal is to assist nations in establishing a robust legal framework that can reduce traffic deaths and injuries.
Demand for Army JTF Headquarters Over TimeBonds Tim
This document provides information about enhancing the capabilities of Army-led joint task force (JTF) headquarters. It begins with background information on JTF headquarters and the study's objective. It then discusses challenges faced in past and ongoing joint force operations, such as staffing and integrating different capabilities. Potential future missions for JTFs are also examined, including stability operations and homeland defense. Finally, the document considers different approaches for structuring Army-led JTFs, such as using existing division or corps headquarters or providing forces to standing JTF headquarters. The overall aim is to improve how the Army commands joint task forces.
This document summarizes a French student's 6-day trip to Portugal as part of a school exchange program. It provides a daily journal of activities and experiences, including visiting family hosts, touring local schools and attractions, and experiencing Portuguese cuisine. Key places visited included Faro, Palma de Majorca, Olhão, and Barcelona. The student enjoyed learning about Portuguese culture and was impressed by the country's connection to the sea. Their favorite part of the trip was spending time with their host family.
This document is an early warning report from the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) "Viitorul" covering the period of July to October 2009. It examines various social, regional, political, and economic risk factors affecting the Republic of Moldova. On the social front, it discusses issues like the role of youth organizations, rising social tensions, poverty, unemployment, challenges faced by the elderly, and the inadequacy of social payments. Regionally, it analyzes regional instabilities and their impact on Moldova. Politically, it focuses on risks related to the governance-opposition relationship and behavior within the Alliance for European Integration ruling coalition. Economically, it evaluates the impact of the global crisis on
This document provides an overview of the features and functions of a Philips DVD recorder. It includes sections on setup and connection, playback and recording functions, programming recordings, disc and photo management, preferences, and troubleshooting. The table of contents outlines 18 main sections covering topics from accessories and safety information to recording, playback, on-screen menus and displays, and more.
This document discusses photocomposing techniques in architecture. It explains that photocomposing involves combining elements from separate photos into single images to illustrate architectural designs for clients in a realistic way. Historically, architects like Mies Van Der Rohe used interior drawings, exterior views, and material samples in photocomposites. Photocompositing benefits clients by allowing them to better understand and relate to architectural designs. The document then provides instructions on setting up multiple artboards in Photoshop and converting existing documents to the artboard format to facilitate photocomposing across multiple compositions.
This document provides a guide to various fly line brands and models. It summarizes different lines for freshwater and saltwater fishing from companies like Airflo, Cabela's, Cortland, Climax, Fulling Mill, Greys of Alnwick, Hardy, Jim Teeny, Loop, Monic, and Orvis. The lines include floating, sinking, shooting, and spey lines for trout, bass, salmon, steelhead, pike, saltwater species and other applications. Technical details are given for tapers, sinks rates, and intended fish/conditions for each line.
EMBERS at 4 years: Experiences operating an Open Source Indicators Forecastin...Parang Saraf
Abstract: EMBERS is an anticipatory intelligence system forecasting population-level events in multiple countries of Latin America. A deployed system from 2012, EMBERS has been generating alerts 24x7 by ingesting a broad range of data sources including news, blogs, tweets, machine coded events, currency rates, and food prices. In this paper, we describe our experiences operating EMBERS continuously for nearly 4 years, with specific attention to the discoveries it has enabled, correct as well as missed forecasts, and lessons learnt from participating in a forecasting tournament including our perspectives on the limits of forecasting and ethical considerations.
For more information, please visit: http://people.cs.vt.edu/parang/ or contact parang at firstname at cs vt edu
This document discusses the importance of brand reputation monitoring for businesses. It introduces OSINT Monitor, a tool that gathers data from social media to monitor brands, filter information, and analyze consumer feedback. The tool simplifies social media monitoring, provides automatic updates, and allows users to create their own database. Brand reputation monitoring helps improve customer satisfaction, engage consumers to boost the brand's image, identify gaps, and reduce advertising costs.
The document discusses resource representation in federated and aggregated search systems. In federated search, resources need to be represented so systems know what documents each collection contains. Cooperative environments allow for comprehensive statistics, while uncooperative systems use query-based sampling. Representations include term statistics, collection sizes, and sample documents. Adaptive sampling techniques aim to improve representation quality over time.
This chapter defines open source intelligence (OSINT) and describes its fundamentals, including:
1) OSINT is the collection and analysis of publicly available information to address intelligence requirements.
2) OSINT supports other intelligence collection efforts by providing foundational information to enhance
collection and production.
3) Publicly available information comes from open sources like media, public speeches, and commercial
databases that are legally and ethically accessed without employing specialized collection skills or equipment.
SharePoint Global Deployment with Joel OlesonJoel Oleson
SharePoint Global Deployments can be daunting. When you have all the information it doesn't need to be difficult to decide between the three most common deployments, centralized, regional, and distributed. With WAN data and application scenarios with performance requirements you can solve this often difficult decision.
Open Source Intelligence (Os Int) Link Directory December 2009mpbeames
This document provides a directory of open source intelligence (OSINT) links organized by topic. It begins with definitions of OSINT, distinguishing it from open source data, information, and validated intelligence. The document then provides over 100 categories of OSINT links covering topics like country studies, terrorism, military, economics, and more. Each category lists several relevant websites and resources for open source research. The author encourages the sharing of additional links and feedback to improve the directory.
Malware Detection with OSSEC HIDS - OSSECCON 2014Santiago Bassett
My presentation on how to use malware indicators of compromise to create rootcheck signatures for OSSEC. Explains different malware collection and analysis techniques.
This document discusses the challenge of open source intelligence (OSINT) for NATO. It notes that NATO's intelligence structure relies primarily on intelligence inputs from member nations, with limited capability to generate its own raw data. As a result, NATO's intelligence baseline and standard operating procedures are centered on highly classified information and often exclude unclassified open sources. However, technological advances have resulted in vast amounts of open source information available online. Effectively utilizing this information requires developing new skills for intelligence analysts to search, analyze, and interact with outside experts in open sources. The document argues NATO must adapt its intelligence practices to incorporate open source information for a more comprehensive understanding of the operating environment.
Threat Intelligence with Open Source Tools - Cornerstones of Trust 2014Santiago Bassett
Threat Intelligence has become increasingly important as the number and severity of threats is growing continuously. We live in an era where our prevention technologies are not enough anymore, antivirus products fail to detect new or sophisticated pieces of malware, our firewalls and perimeter defenses are easily bypassed and the attacker’s techniques are growing in complexity. In this new landscape, sharing threat intelligence has become a key component to mitigate cyber-attacks.
In this session we will define what Threat Intelligence is and discuss how to collect and integrate threat intelligence from public sources. In addition, we’ll demonstrate how to build your own Threat Intelligence data using Open Source tools such as sandboxes, honeypots, sinkholes and other publicly available tools.
The industry’s reticence to share information about attack vectors gives the adversary a huge advantage. Using Threat Intelligence we can reduce this advantage and enable preventative response. We will guide you through the different standards (OpenIOC, STIX, MAEC, OTX, IODEF…) to describe and share cyber intelligence, as well as Open Source Frameworks such as CIF (Collective Intelligence Framework) that allows you to combine different threat sources.
One of the biggest problems with Threat Intelligence is finding out how to take advantage of the data you have to actually improve the detection/prevention capabilities in your environment. We will describe how to leverage Threat Intelligence to detect threats and provide defenses, and we will focus on how to use Open Source Tools (Suricata, OSSIM, OSSEC, Bro, Yara…) to get the most of your Threat Intelligence.
Presenters: Jaime Blasco and Santiago Bassett
Cornerstones of Trust 2014:
https://www.cornerstonesoftrust.com
Enterprise Open Source Intelligence GatheringTom Eston
Presented at the Ohio Information Security Summit, October 30, 2009.
What does the Internet say about your company? Do you know what is being posted by your employees, customers, or your competition? We all know information or intelligence gathering is one of the most important phases of a penetration test. However, gathering information and intelligence about your own company is even more valuable and can help an organization proactively determine the information that may damage your brand, reputation and help mitigate leakage of confidential information.
This presentation will cover what the risks are to an organization regarding publicly available open source intelligence. How can your enterprise put an open source intelligence gathering program in place without additional resources or money. What free tools are available for gathering intelligence including how to find your company information on social networks and how metadata can expose potential vulnerabilities about your company and applications. Next, we will explore how to get information you may not want posted about your company removed and how sensitive metadata information you may not be aware of can be removed or limited. Finally, we will discuss how to build a Internet posting policy for your company and why this is more important then ever.
The document presents an overview of Internet of Things (IoT) concepts and proposes a reference architecture for IoT. It discusses core IoT concerns like connectivity, device management, data handling and security. It describes common IoT device types like Arduino, Raspberry Pi and communication protocols like HTTP, MQTT, CoAP. The proposed reference architecture aims to provide a scalable and secure way to interact with billions of connected devices by addressing issues like management, data processing and disaster recovery. An example implementation of the architecture for an RFID attendance tracking system is also presented.
Cyber-Terrorism Finding a Common Starting Point By JeOllieShoresna
Cyber-Terrorism: Finding a Common Starting Point
By
Jeffrey Thomas Biller
B.A., March 1998, University of Washington
M.H.R., June 2004, University of Oklahoma
J.D., May 2007, University of Kansas
A Thesis submitted to
The Faculty of
The George Washington University Law School
in partial satisfaction of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Laws
May 20, 2012
Thesis directed by
Gregory E. Maggs
Professor of Law, Co-director, National Security and U.S. Foreign Relations Law
Program
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the opportunity to study; Professor Gregory Maggs, for the excellent feedback and
guidance; and the author’s family, for the time and occasional solitude to complete this
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This paper was submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Laws in National Security and Foreign Relations at The George Washington
University Law School. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author
and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force,
Department of Defense or U.S. Government.
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Abstract
Cyber-Terrorism: Finding a Common Starting Point
Attacks on computer systems for both criminal and political purposes are on the
rise in both the United States and around the world. Foreign terrorist organizations are
also developing information technology skills to advance their goals. Looking at the
convergence of these two phenomena, many prominent security experts in both
government and private industry have rung an alarm bell regarding the potential for acts
of cyber-terrorism. However, there is no precise definition of cyber-terrorism under
United States law or in practice among cyber-security academicians. The lack of a
common starting point is one of the reasons existing law fails to directly address cyber-
terrorism.
This paper furnishes a lexicon of cyber-related malicious activities and argues for a
common working definition of cyber-terrorism. This definition can be both incorporated
into current counter-terror legislation and used by government agencies to combat cyb ...
This document provides a summary of factors that can contribute to or impede the spread of violence from civil conflicts like the ongoing war in Syria to neighboring countries. It examines how these factors apply to four neighboring countries - Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan. The key factors discussed are external support/intervention, refugees, fragility of neighboring states, ethnic/cultural ties, access to open media, perceived uncertainty, timing/effectiveness of intervention, and government/insurgent capabilities. The document analyzes the influence of these factors on each country and assesses the likelihood and forms of potential spillover violence from Syria.
Crimes against humanity emergence of a law of humanity -mag. jur. thesis muhsina23
This document discusses the emergence of crimes against humanity as a legal concept in international law. It traces the origins and evolution of the concept from early attempts to limit cruelty in war to its codification in the Nuremberg Charter after World War II. It also examines the legacy of the Nuremberg trials and hopes for a post-Nuremberg world with stronger international institutions and universal human rights.
The illegal exploitation of resources by Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda took different forms, including confiscation, extraction, forced monopoly and pricefixing.
Of these, the first two reached proportions that made the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a very lucrative business.
This document is a PhD dissertation submitted by Ian Kelly to Dublin City University in June 2016. It examines regime change in authoritarian systems through a comparative analysis of the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. The dissertation consists of an introduction, a chapter on the theoretical framework, a chapter on research design and methodology, and two empirical chapters applying the framework to analyze endogenous and exogenous factors influencing elite interests and regime change in Tunisia and Egypt.
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C y b e r A t t a c k s
“Dr. Amoroso’s fi fth book Cyber Attacks: Protecting National Infrastructure outlines the chal-
lenges of protecting our nation’s infrastructure from cyber attack using security techniques
established to protect much smaller and less complex environments. He proposes a brand
new type of national infrastructure protection methodology and outlines a strategy presented
as a series of ten basic design and operations principles ranging from deception to response.
The bulk of the text covers each of these principles in technical detail. While several of these
principles would be daunting to implement and practice they provide the fi rst clear and con-
cise framework for discussion of this critical challenge. This text is thought-provoking and
should be a ‘must read’ for anyone concerned with cybersecurity in the private or government
sector.”
— Clayton W. Naeve, Ph.D. ,
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Offi cer,
Endowed Chair in Bioinformatics,
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
Memphis, TN
“Dr. Ed Amoroso reveals in plain English the threats and weaknesses of our critical infra-
structure balanced against practices that reduce the exposures. This is an excellent guide
to the understanding of the cyber-scape that the security professional navigates. The book
takes complex concepts of security and simplifi es it into coherent and simple to understand
concepts.”
— Arnold Felberbaum ,
Chief IT Security & Compliance Offi cer,
Reed Elsevier
“The national infrastructure, which is now vital to communication, commerce and entertain-
ment in everyday life, is highly vulnerable to malicious attacks and terrorist threats. Today, it
is possible for botnets to penetrate millions of computers around the world in few minutes,
and to attack the valuable national infrastructure.
“As the New York Times reported, the growing number of threats by botnets suggests that
this cyber security issue has become a serious problem, and we are losing the war against
these attacks.
.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime issued the third edition of the United Nations Anti-Corruption Toolkit in 2004 with support from the governments of the Netherlands and Norway. The Toolkit provides guidance on implementing the UN Convention Against Corruption through tools and case studies related to assessing and addressing corruption. It covers topics such as strengthening institutions, preventing corruption, empowering the public, and enforcing anti-corruption measures. The over 300 page document aims to equip practitioners with strategies and best practices for fighting corruption.
Week 2 Assignment 2: Presentation Topics
Submit Assignment
· Due Sunday by 4pm
· Points 15
· Submitting a file upload
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
· Textbook: Chapter 4
· Lesson
· Minimum of 3 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook)
Instructions
For this assignment, address the following:
· Topics: Review the table of contents in the textbook.
· Choose a communication skill that you believe you need to improve. This skill can also be your CCC 1E statement (from Week 1).
· Put together a numbered list of at least 6 communication presentation topics you might have an interest in researching and developing for the Week 6 Assignment: Presentation. This must be about communication.
· Rank the topics with your strongest choice at the top of the list and the others in descending order.
· Sources: Using your first-topic choice, do the following:
· Write a paragraph about why you choose this topic.
· List 3 APA formatted references (on a references page) that would be suitable as research sources to support a presentation. These should be in addition to your textbook and not come from the open Web (e.g., a Google search, a blog, or Wikipedia). The best place to look is the Chamberlain University Library.
Your professor will approve or deny your topic, so make sure that you review his/her comments in the gradebook.
Writing Requirements (APA format)
· Length: 0.5-1 page (not including references page)
· 1-inch margins
· Double spaced
· 12-point Times New Roman font
· References page (minimum of 3 scholarly sources)
Grading
This activity will be graded based on the W2 Presentation Topics Grading Rubric.
Course Outcomes (CO): 3
Due Date: By 4 p.m. EST on Sunday
C y b e r A t t a c k s
“Dr. Amoroso’s fi fth book Cyber Attacks: Protecting National Infrastructure outlines the chal-
lenges of protecting our nation’s infrastructure from cyber attack using security techniques
established to protect much smaller and less complex environments. He proposes a brand
new type of national infrastructure protection methodology and outlines a strategy presented
as a series of ten basic design and operations principles ranging from deception to response.
The bulk of the text covers each of these principles in technical detail. While several of these
principles would be daunting to implement and practice they provide the fi rst clear and con-
cise framework for discussion of this critical challenge. This text is thought-provoking and
should be a ‘must read’ for anyone concerned with cybersecurity in the private or government
sector.”
— Clayton W. Naeve, Ph.D. ,
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Offi cer,
Endowed Chair in Bioinformatics,
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
Memphis, TN
“Dr. Ed Amoroso reveals in plain English the threats and weaknesses of our critical infra-
structure balanced against practices that reduce the exposures. This is an excellen ...
Cyber At tacks
“Dr. Amoroso’s fi fth book Cyber Attacks: Protecting National Infrastructure outlines the chal-
lenges of protecting our nation’s infrastructure from cyber attack using security techniques
established to protect much smaller and less complex environments. He proposes a brand
new type of national infrastructure protection methodology and outlines a strategy presented
as a series of ten basic design and operations principles ranging from deception to response.
The bulk of the text covers each of these principles in technical detail. While several of these
principles would be daunting to implement and practice they provide the fi rst clear and con-
cise framework for discussion of this critical challenge. This text is thought-provoking and
should be a ‘must read’ for anyone concerned with cybersecurity in the private or government
sector.”
— Clayton W. Naeve, Ph.D. ,
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Offi cer,
Endowed Chair in Bioinformatics,
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
Memphis, TN
“Dr. Ed Amoroso reveals in plain English the threats and weaknesses of our critical infra-
structure balanced against practices that reduce the exposures. This is an excellent guide
to the understanding of the cyber-scape that the security professional navigates. The book
takes complex concepts of security and simplifi es it into coherent and simple to understand
concepts.”
— Arnold Felberbaum ,
Chief IT Security & Compliance Offi cer,
Reed Elsevier
“The national infrastructure, which is now vital to communication, commerce and entertain-
ment in everyday life, is highly vulnerable to malicious attacks and terrorist threats. Today, it
is possible for botnets to penetrate millions of computers around the world in few minutes,
and to attack the valuable national infrastructure.
“As the New York Times reported, the growing number of threats by botnets suggests that
this cyber security issue has become a serious problem, and we are losing the war against
these attacks.
“While computer security technologies will be useful for network systems, the reality
tells us that this conventional approach is not effective enough for the complex, large-scale
national infrastructure.
“Not only does the author provide comprehensive methodologies based on 25 years of expe-
rience in cyber security at AT&T, but he also suggests ‘security through obscurity,’ which
attempts to use secrecy to provide security.”
— Byeong Gi Lee ,
President, IEEE Communications Society, and
Commissioner of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC)
Cyber At tacks
Protecting National
Infrastructure
Edward G. Amoroso
AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON
NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO
SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO
Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier
Acquiring Editor: Pam Chester
Development Editor: Gregory Chalson
Project Manage.
This document discusses the cyber threats facing the US national security supply chain. It notes that cyber threats present an unprecedented asymmetric threat. The global supply chain has become highly dependent on information technology and cyber networks, making it vulnerable to cyber attacks. Several sections discuss assessing the threat and securing the supply chain against cyber risks. It recommends a partnership between government and private industry to address these challenges through policy, technology, education and international cooperation.
Counterterrorism and Cybersecurity: Total Information AwarenessNewton Lee
From 9/11 to Charlie Hebdo along with Sony-pocalypse and DARPA's $2 million Cyber Grand Challenge, this book examines counterterrorism and cyber security history, strategies and technologies from a thought-provoking approach that encompasses personal experiences, investigative journalism, historical and current events, ideas from thought leaders and the make-believe of Hollywood such as 24, Homeland and The Americans. President Barack Obama also said in his 2015 State of the Union address, "We are making sure our government integrates intelligence to combat cyber threats, just as we have done to combat terrorism."
In this new edition, there are seven completely new chapters, including three new contributed chapters by healthcare chief information security officer Ray Balut and Jean C. Stanford, DEF CON speaker Philip Polstra and security engineer and Black Hat speaker Darren Manners, as well as new commentaries by communications expert Andy Marken and DEF CON speaker Emily Peed.
The book offers practical advice for businesses, governments and individuals to better secure the world and protect cyberspace.
Gannon UniversityDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringDecision .docxshericehewat
Gannon University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Decision Making Under Uncertainty, GENG 623
Problem # 10
In your own words, explain six sigma (6 ) process in detail including DMAIC & DFSS. Find five big and famous corporations that use six sigma process to reduce the variation in every process. Explain how this process was used to help them reduce variation. Present your report with at least one example for each corporation. Submit all internet material with URL listed at the bottom of the page.
Cyber At tacks
“Dr. Amoroso’s fi fth book Cyber Attacks: Protecting National Infrastructure outlines the chal-
lenges of protecting our nation’s infrastructure from cyber attack using security techniques
established to protect much smaller and less complex environments. He proposes a brand
new type of national infrastructure protection methodology and outlines a strategy presented
as a series of ten basic design and operations principles ranging from deception to response.
The bulk of the text covers each of these principles in technical detail. While several of these
principles would be daunting to implement and practice they provide the fi rst clear and con-
cise framework for discussion of this critical challenge. This text is thought-provoking and
should be a ‘must read’ for anyone concerned with cybersecurity in the private or government
sector.”
— Clayton W. Naeve, Ph.D. ,
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Offi cer,
Endowed Chair in Bioinformatics,
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
Memphis, TN
“Dr. Ed Amoroso reveals in plain English the threats and weaknesses of our critical infra-
structure balanced against practices that reduce the exposures. This is an excellent guide
to the understanding of the cyber-scape that the security professional navigates. The book
takes complex concepts of security and simplifi es it into coherent and simple to understand
concepts.”
— Arnold Felberbaum ,
Chief IT Security & Compliance Offi cer,
Reed Elsevier
“The national infrastructure, which is now vital to communication, commerce and entertain-
ment in everyday life, is highly vulnerable to malicious attacks and terrorist threats. Today, it
is possible for botnets to penetrate millions of computers around the world in few minutes,
and to attack the valuable national infrastructure.
“As the New York Times reported, the growing number of threats by botnets suggests that
this cyber security issue has become a serious problem, and we are losing the war against
these attacks.
“While computer security technologies will be useful for network systems, the reality
tells us that this conventional approach is not effective enough for the complex, large-scale
national infrastructure.
“Not only does the author provide comprehensive methodologies based on 25 years of expe-
rience in cyber security at AT&T, but he also suggests ‘security through obscurity,’ which
attempts to u ...
This document is a compilation of organized crime cases from multiple countries, with commentary and analysis. It was prepared in cooperation with the governments of Colombia, Italy, and Interpol. The document contains summaries of organized crime cases organized by type of offense, as well as sections on topics like criminalization of organized crime, investigation techniques, international cooperation, and prevention.
The document discusses how the landscape for hackers has changed significantly over the past few decades. Where hacking was once about gaining access to restricted technologies and information, most computing and communication resources are now widely available. However, the document argues that hacking remains relevant by focusing on continual discovery, fighting against total control, and emphasizing individual thought over popularity or commercialization. While the challenges have evolved, the hacker spirit of exploration, empowerment, and pushing boundaries will always be important.
This document provides a summary of a handbook on the United Nations system as it relates to human rights and indigenous peoples. The handbook covers the structure and function of the UN and its organs related to human rights issues. It also explains the processes for submitting complaints to the UN Commission on Human Rights and other UN treaty bodies. Finally, it discusses several UN specialized agencies and their work regarding indigenous peoples, such as the International Labour Organization, UNESCO, and others. The handbook aims to help indigenous peoples understand and navigate the complex UN system to advance their human rights.
Edgar morin seven complex learnin in education for the futureaurelia garcia
This document outlines seven complex lessons that should be taught in education for the future. The first lesson is detecting error and illusion, as education currently does not teach about the realities of human knowledge, including its fallibilities and propensity for error. The second lesson involves teaching pertinent knowledge and avoiding closed specialization. The third lesson is teaching the human condition and human complexity. The fourth lesson is developing an Earth identity in light of the planetary era. The fifth lesson involves confronting uncertainties in an uncertain world. The sixth lesson is understanding each other through overcoming egocentrism and developing tolerance. The seventh and final lesson is developing an ethics for the human genre by teaching democracy and Earth citizenship.
This document discusses the history of 2600 Magazine and how it has repeatedly found itself at the center of controversies due to its subject matter of hacking and cybersecurity. Some examples given include being targeted in copyright lawsuits, having staff arrested during political conventions, and now opposing plans to demolish the historic Hotel Pennsylvania where the magazine has held conferences for many years. The magazine feels compelled to take a stand against the hotel's demolition as few others are opposing it, which could continue its pattern of advocacy on issues relevant to its readership.
C y b e r A t t a c k s
“Dr. Amoroso’s fi fth book Cyber Attacks: Protecting National Infrastructure outlines the chal-
lenges of protecting our nation’s infrastructure from cyber attack using security techniques
established to protect much smaller and less complex environments. He proposes a brand
new type of national infrastructure protection methodology and outlines a strategy presented
as a series of ten basic design and operations principles ranging from deception to response.
The bulk of the text covers each of these principles in technical detail. While several of these
principles would be daunting to implement and practice they provide the fi rst clear and con-
cise framework for discussion of this critical challenge. This text is thought-provoking and
should be a ‘must read’ for anyone concerned with cybersecurity in the private or government
sector.”
— Clayton W. Naeve, Ph.D. ,
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Offi cer,
Endowed Chair in Bioinformatics,
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,
Memphis, TN
“Dr. Ed Amoroso reveals in plain English the threats and weaknesses of our critical infra-
structure balanced against practices that reduce the exposures. This is an excellent guide
to the understanding of the cyber-scape that the security professional navigates. The book
takes complex concepts of security and simplifi es it into coherent and simple to understand
concepts.”
— Arnold Felberbaum ,
Chief IT Security & Compliance Offi cer,
Reed Elsevier
“The national infrastructure, which is now vital to communication, commerce and entertain-
ment in everyday life, is highly vulnerable to malicious attacks and terrorist threats. Today, it
is possible for botnets to penetrate millions of computers around the world in few minutes,
and to attack the valuable national infrastructure.
“As the New York Times reported, the growing number of threats by botnets suggests that
this cyber security issue has become a serious problem, and we are losing the war against
these attacks.
“While computer security technologies will be useful for network systems, the reality
tells us that this conventional approach is not effective enough for the complex, large-scale
national infrastructure.
“Not only does the author provide comprehensive methodologies based on 25 years of expe-
rience in cyber security at AT&T, but he also suggests ‘security through obscurity,’ which
attempts to use secrecy to provide security.”
— Byeong Gi Lee ,
President, IEEE Communications Society, and
Commissioner of the Korea Communications Commission (KCC)
C y b e r A t t a c k s
Protecting National
Infrastructure
Edward G. Amoroso
AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON
NEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO
SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO
Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier
Acquiring Editor: Pam Chester
Development Editor: Gregory Chalson .
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Detective Orrlando Mayes teaches law enforcement tactics courses and has integrated technology into his teaching through a vocational education course at California State University Sacramento. The course teaches strategies for incorporating digital literacy and technology into vocational training, and provides a Microsoft Digital Literacy certificate. This helps law enforcement students develop computing skills and allows instructors like Detective Mayes to use tools like PowerPoint and online resources to enhance visualization in hands-on courses. The university plans to expand technology offerings by becoming a Microsoft IT Academy.
This document summarizes an emerging investigative techniques seminar discussing big data, social networks, and mobile surveillance. It introduces topics like using IP addresses and DNS records to identify suspects. Later sections explain how social media sites and online profiles can provide important evidence, such as user IDs, photos and metadata, and chat histories. The document also discusses privacy concerns around uniquely identifying static IP addresses in the IPv6 system.
The document discusses the growing cyber threats facing organizations from both private and state actors. It notes that cyber attacks are increasing in scale and sophistication, with no organization considered completely safe. Effective cyber security requires an outward-looking approach that crosses organizational and national boundaries through increased collaboration between both public and private sectors. However, many organizations still face barriers to effective cyber security including a need for new skills, integrating security into business operations, and a lack of board-level understanding and prioritization of the issues.
This document provides an introduction to why web application security matters. It notes that web applications have become a prime target for attackers as they often hold valuable data and are prevalent attack vectors. Successful exploits of vulnerabilities can give attackers control over applications and access to backend systems and data. Potential fallout from breaches include financial costs, stolen data being used for fraud, and damage to an organization's reputation. The document emphasizes that web application vulnerabilities are now among the most common issues found and that better security practices are needed to protect these important systems.
The document summarizes the story of a KGB officer, Nikolai, who defected to the CIA at the end of the Cold War. It describes:
- How the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 sparked the greatest wave of Soviet defectors, including over a dozen KGB officers who provided valuable intelligence on Soviet activities.
- The complex relationship between CIA case officer John Tellaray and Nikolai as they negotiated Nikolai's defection from the KGB to the United States, with each having competing goals and Nikolai demanding an immediate resettlement commitment.
- How Nikolai revealed intelligence about ongoing Russian espionage operations in the US despite the end of the Cold War, foreshadowing
This document introduces a new research tool called "cultural topography" to help intelligence analysts and policymakers better understand and account for the influence of culture in foreign policy decisions. It notes that cultural forces shaping societies over centuries are often overlooked in assessments. The authors argue that American decision-makers have shown a need for analysis that can isolate and explain the complexity of foreign cultures and how they relate to policy options. The tool is presented as a way to provide a more systematic methodology for addressing how cultural "inertia" may impact opportunities and obstacles facing US policy initiatives.
This document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. It states that regular exercise can have a significant positive impact on depression and anxiety symptoms by reducing stress levels and boosting mood. Exercise increases the production of endorphins, which act as natural painkillers and mood elevators. The document recommends 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise per week to experience the mental health benefits.
In the realm of cybersecurity, offensive security practices act as a critical shield. By simulating real-world attacks in a controlled environment, these techniques expose vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them. This proactive approach allows manufacturers to identify and fix weaknesses, significantly enhancing system security.
This presentation delves into the development of a system designed to mimic Galileo's Open Service signal using software-defined radio (SDR) technology. We'll begin with a foundational overview of both Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and the intricacies of digital signal processing.
The presentation culminates in a live demonstration. We'll showcase the manipulation of Galileo's Open Service pilot signal, simulating an attack on various software and hardware systems. This practical demonstration serves to highlight the potential consequences of unaddressed vulnerabilities, emphasizing the importance of offensive security practices in safeguarding critical infrastructure.
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
Let's Integrate MuleSoft RPA, COMPOSER, APM with AWS IDP along with Slackshyamraj55
Discover the seamless integration of RPA (Robotic Process Automation), COMPOSER, and APM with AWS IDP enhanced with Slack notifications. Explore how these technologies converge to streamline workflows, optimize performance, and ensure secure access, all while leveraging the power of AWS IDP and real-time communication via Slack notifications.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/temporal-event-neural-networks-a-more-efficient-alternative-to-the-transformer-a-presentation-from-brainchip/
Chris Jones, Director of Product Management at BrainChip , presents the “Temporal Event Neural Networks: A More Efficient Alternative to the Transformer” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
The expansion of AI services necessitates enhanced computational capabilities on edge devices. Temporal Event Neural Networks (TENNs), developed by BrainChip, represent a novel and highly efficient state-space network. TENNs demonstrate exceptional proficiency in handling multi-dimensional streaming data, facilitating advancements in object detection, action recognition, speech enhancement and language model/sequence generation. Through the utilization of polynomial-based continuous convolutions, TENNs streamline models, expedite training processes and significantly diminish memory requirements, achieving notable reductions of up to 50x in parameters and 5,000x in energy consumption compared to prevailing methodologies like transformers.
Integration with BrainChip’s Akida neuromorphic hardware IP further enhances TENNs’ capabilities, enabling the realization of highly capable, portable and passively cooled edge devices. This presentation delves into the technical innovations underlying TENNs, presents real-world benchmarks, and elucidates how this cutting-edge approach is positioned to revolutionize edge AI across diverse applications.
A Comprehensive Guide to DeFi Development Services in 2024Intelisync
DeFi represents a paradigm shift in the financial industry. Instead of relying on traditional, centralized institutions like banks, DeFi leverages blockchain technology to create a decentralized network of financial services. This means that financial transactions can occur directly between parties, without intermediaries, using smart contracts on platforms like Ethereum.
In 2024, we are witnessing an explosion of new DeFi projects and protocols, each pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in finance.
In summary, DeFi in 2024 is not just a trend; it’s a revolution that democratizes finance, enhances security and transparency, and fosters continuous innovation. As we proceed through this presentation, we'll explore the various components and services of DeFi in detail, shedding light on how they are transforming the financial landscape.
At Intelisync, we specialize in providing comprehensive DeFi development services tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. From smart contract development to dApp creation and security audits, we ensure that your DeFi project is built with innovation, security, and scalability in mind. Trust Intelisync to guide you through the intricate landscape of decentralized finance and unlock the full potential of blockchain technology.
Ready to take your DeFi project to the next level? Partner with Intelisync for expert DeFi development services today!
Skybuffer AI: Advanced Conversational and Generative AI Solution on SAP Busin...Tatiana Kojar
Skybuffer AI, built on the robust SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), is the latest and most advanced version of our AI development, reaffirming our commitment to delivering top-tier AI solutions. Skybuffer AI harnesses all the innovative capabilities of the SAP BTP in the AI domain, from Conversational AI to cutting-edge Generative AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). It also helps SAP customers safeguard their investments into SAP Conversational AI and ensure a seamless, one-click transition to SAP Business AI.
With Skybuffer AI, various AI models can be integrated into a single communication channel such as Microsoft Teams. This integration empowers business users with insights drawn from SAP backend systems, enterprise documents, and the expansive knowledge of Generative AI. And the best part of it is that it is all managed through our intuitive no-code Action Server interface, requiring no extensive coding knowledge and making the advanced AI accessible to more users.
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
Programming Foundation Models with DSPy - Meetup SlidesZilliz
Prompting language models is hard, while programming language models is easy. In this talk, I will discuss the state-of-the-art framework DSPy for programming foundation models with its powerful optimizers and runtime constraint system.
HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
- Wie funktionieren CCB- und CCX-Lizenzen wirklich?
- Verstehen des DLAU-Tools und wie man es am besten nutzt
- Tipps für häufige Problembereiche, wie z. B. Team-Postfächer, Funktions-/Testbenutzer usw.
- Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices zum sofortigen Umsetzen
Freshworks Rethinks NoSQL for Rapid Scaling & Cost-EfficiencyScyllaDB
Freshworks creates AI-boosted business software that helps employees work more efficiently and effectively. Managing data across multiple RDBMS and NoSQL databases was already a challenge at their current scale. To prepare for 10X growth, they knew it was time to rethink their database strategy. Learn how they architected a solution that would simplify scaling while keeping costs under control.
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
Have you ever been confused by the myriad of choices offered by AWS for hosting a website or an API?
Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, Lightsail, Amplify, S3 (and more!) can each host websites + APIs. But which one should we choose?
Which one is cheapest? Which one is fastest? Which one will scale to meet our needs?
Join me in this session as we dive into each AWS hosting service to determine which one is best for your scenario and explain why!
Introduction of Cybersecurity with OSS at Code Europe 2024Hiroshi SHIBATA
I develop the Ruby programming language, RubyGems, and Bundler, which are package managers for Ruby. Today, I will introduce how to enhance the security of your application using open-source software (OSS) examples from Ruby and RubyGems.
The first topic is CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). I have published CVEs many times. But what exactly is a CVE? I'll provide a basic understanding of CVEs and explain how to detect and handle vulnerabilities in OSS.
Next, let's discuss package managers. Package managers play a critical role in the OSS ecosystem. I'll explain how to manage library dependencies in your application.
I'll share insights into how the Ruby and RubyGems core team works to keep our ecosystem safe. By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding of how to safeguard your code.