When every endpoint is under constant attack, and all traffic is being parsed and analyzed, how can we safeguard confidential information, freely interact, and express our digital persona without concern? Chris will describe why privacy must not be breached; why anonymity can engender hostility, and what mindset is leading us into cyberwar zones instead of cybertrade neutral zones.
The Challenges & Risks of New Technology: Privacy Law & PolicyDan Houser
Guest Lecture at Taylor University, discussion of (then) emergent and existing privacy law, information security challenges to privacy, wiretap, bluetooth, war dialing, and some case studies, including Danny Kylio v. United States, and the litmus test provided in the summation by Hon. Antonin Scalia.
The Challenges & Risks of New Technology: Privacy Law & PolicyDan Houser
Guest Lecture at Taylor University, discussion of (then) emergent and existing privacy law, information security challenges to privacy, wiretap, bluetooth, war dialing, and some case studies, including Danny Kylio v. United States, and the litmus test provided in the summation by Hon. Antonin Scalia.
Eight Miles High: Build Cloud-native and Cloud-aware SystemsChris Haddad
Achieve development agility, improve run-time application resiliency, and deliver highly-responsive applications by adopting cloud-native design patterns and building cloud-aware applications. Forklifting applications into the cloud is relatively fast, but the simple path into the cloud does not create better software. End-users may still complain about your development velocity, operations may still struggle to maintain uptime guarantees, and development iterations may continue at a glacial pace. By iteratively applying cloud-native design patterns and re-architecting applications, teams reduce technical debt, deploy with confidence, and build highly scalable solutions. Cloud-aware applications embrace microservices, actor model interactions, map-reduce processing, shared-nothing architecture, and the thirteen dwarf patterns. Learn about cloud-native design practices and frameworks that help you optimize scalability, foster anti-fragility, and decompose application monoliths into cloud-native microservices. Chris describes how Kubernetes, Akka, Hadoop, Eureka, Hysterix, and other open source projects make cloud-native design and implementation an approachable proposition.
What integration, service, or API infrastructure components are appropriate for my platform?
Should teams Decouple at Edge or Center?
Why incorporate API Gateways, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), or integration frameworks into your platform and architecture?
Traditional static middleware servers do not fit a cloud-native, micro service model. Rapid container provisioning, software defined networking, and scaling policies now demand spinning up discrete infrastructure services on demand. Chris will present a next generation integration and application hosting environment that will free DevOps from expensive static deployments and glacial refresh cycles. He will describe:
* Why traditional middleware servers must evolve into dynamic infrastructure services
* What Cloud-native, microservices friendly architectural design patterns force teams to rethink integration and application hosting platforms
* What reference architecture ensures successful microservices projects
* How teams can establish DevOps workflows that support on-demand infrastructure services
Overcome DevOps Adoption Barriers to Accelerate Software DeliveryChris Haddad
Overcome DevOps Adoption Barriers to Accelerate Software Delivery
Many organizations want to create systems delivered in a DevOps framework with diverse services implemented via API building blocks.
Chris Haddad says that people, processes, and tools often hinder a team's ability to comply with security policies, streamline collaboration, and rapidly deliver business value.
Chris recommends moving design, development, and continuous delivery into a cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment.
PaaS helps organizations and teams more readily adopt DevOps practices, integrate governance compliance frameworks, and follow agile methodologies with distributed teams.
Find out how to change your software culture by employing an environment and tooling that promote collaboration, rapid iterations, and painless compliance.
Chris describes the tools you need and a step-by-step approach for developing robust and secure software within a DevOps framework.
Discover how merging DevOps activities, polyglot PaaS capabilities, and governance practices overcome organizational barriers, create better software, and accelerate software delivery.
Recommended Reading
DevOps Meets ALM in the Cloud
WSO2 App Factory Product Page
Teams can extend business reach, enhance customer intimacy, and increase revenue opportunities by tracking who is accessing their API. Chris will describe how linking Identity as a Service (IDaaS), identity bridges, API gateways, and API analytics can help teams realize API economy goals. In this session, you will learn:
Why analytics linking identity with API access will drive business value?
What best practices efficiently bridge front-end identity with back-end legacy authorization?
Bring N-Tier Apps to containers 2015 ContainerConChris Haddad
Containerization is moving from lab work to production application projects. Teams desire to achieve deployment agility, application resilience, and resource optimization. While container cookbooks show simple scenarios, containerizing production N-tier applications requires complex considerations. Chris describes how teams select complementary open source projects (i.e. Docker Compose, Apache Mesos, Mesos Marathon, Google Kubernetes, Apache Stratos) and craft an open source platform that shifts legacy applications away from virtual machines and into containers. He demonstrates how teams effectively manage container dependencies, independently scale container tiers, and deliver quality of service. From a developer’s perspective, Chris will show micro-service architecture patterns guiding teams towards application packaging strategies and container lifecycle decisions
Merging microservices architecture with SOA practicesChris Haddad
Microservice architecture promises to pragmatically overcome service development hurdles by using a single responsibility pattern (SRP) and full-stack development teams. Do we now throw out SOA and integration practices? In this session, Chris Haddad will describe how you can rapidly build systems by adapting SOA practices, extending your DevOps toolchest, and defining microservices. You will learn:
How to properly define, decouple, and size a microservice.
What DevOps practices overcome microservice deployment roadblocks
When microservices create fragile instead of antifragile building blocks
Deploy at scale with CoreOS Kubernetes and Apache StratosChris Haddad
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) streamlines DevOps and allows developers to focus on application development. The PaaS handles provisioning, scaling, high availability, and tenancy.
Integration with the Docker platform, CoreOS Linux distribution, and Kubernetes container management system bring more scalability and flexibility to a PaaS. This session will include installing and deploying sample applications using Docker,CoreOS and Kubernetes, and a walkthrough on how it can be extended to support new application containers.
Enabling cloud-native, complex enterprise development and deployment in the C...Chris Haddad
Forklifting terrestrial middleware into the cloud provides incremental benefits. Revolutionize project delivery, build a responsive IT, and operate at the speed of business.
Driving Business and Technical Agility in the Enterprise!
Container World 2017 is the only independent conference offering an exploration of the entire container ecosystem. Over 3 days, you’ll hear from the innovative enterprises, tech giants and startups who are transforming enterprise IT and driving business innovation on such topics as:
Containers and legacy infrastructure
Operations/DevOps
Orchestration & Workloads
Security
Storage/Persistent storage
Standardization and Certification
Emerging technology like serverless, unikernel and beyond
View the brochure for more information: https://goo.gl/OpnoEr
"Surviving and Thriving Through Huge Growth" addresses how support organizations can maximize business growth, while containing and managing Operational Expenses and Headcount.
Achieve business agility with Cloud APIs, Cloud-aware Apps, and Cloud DevOps ...Chris Haddad
o match today’s rapid business pace; teams are adopting flexible Cloud-Native architecture and composing APIs into business-driven, Cloud-aware solutions. This workshop will describe how you can adopt API-first practices, remix Cloud services, and accelerate agility using DevOps PaaS. As teams reshape IT architecture, new business model innovations are possible.
Eight Miles High: Build Cloud-native and Cloud-aware SystemsChris Haddad
Achieve development agility, improve run-time application resiliency, and deliver highly-responsive applications by adopting cloud-native design patterns and building cloud-aware applications. Forklifting applications into the cloud is relatively fast, but the simple path into the cloud does not create better software. End-users may still complain about your development velocity, operations may still struggle to maintain uptime guarantees, and development iterations may continue at a glacial pace. By iteratively applying cloud-native design patterns and re-architecting applications, teams reduce technical debt, deploy with confidence, and build highly scalable solutions. Cloud-aware applications embrace microservices, actor model interactions, map-reduce processing, shared-nothing architecture, and the thirteen dwarf patterns. Learn about cloud-native design practices and frameworks that help you optimize scalability, foster anti-fragility, and decompose application monoliths into cloud-native microservices. Chris describes how Kubernetes, Akka, Hadoop, Eureka, Hysterix, and other open source projects make cloud-native design and implementation an approachable proposition.
What integration, service, or API infrastructure components are appropriate for my platform?
Should teams Decouple at Edge or Center?
Why incorporate API Gateways, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), or integration frameworks into your platform and architecture?
Traditional static middleware servers do not fit a cloud-native, micro service model. Rapid container provisioning, software defined networking, and scaling policies now demand spinning up discrete infrastructure services on demand. Chris will present a next generation integration and application hosting environment that will free DevOps from expensive static deployments and glacial refresh cycles. He will describe:
* Why traditional middleware servers must evolve into dynamic infrastructure services
* What Cloud-native, microservices friendly architectural design patterns force teams to rethink integration and application hosting platforms
* What reference architecture ensures successful microservices projects
* How teams can establish DevOps workflows that support on-demand infrastructure services
Overcome DevOps Adoption Barriers to Accelerate Software DeliveryChris Haddad
Overcome DevOps Adoption Barriers to Accelerate Software Delivery
Many organizations want to create systems delivered in a DevOps framework with diverse services implemented via API building blocks.
Chris Haddad says that people, processes, and tools often hinder a team's ability to comply with security policies, streamline collaboration, and rapidly deliver business value.
Chris recommends moving design, development, and continuous delivery into a cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment.
PaaS helps organizations and teams more readily adopt DevOps practices, integrate governance compliance frameworks, and follow agile methodologies with distributed teams.
Find out how to change your software culture by employing an environment and tooling that promote collaboration, rapid iterations, and painless compliance.
Chris describes the tools you need and a step-by-step approach for developing robust and secure software within a DevOps framework.
Discover how merging DevOps activities, polyglot PaaS capabilities, and governance practices overcome organizational barriers, create better software, and accelerate software delivery.
Recommended Reading
DevOps Meets ALM in the Cloud
WSO2 App Factory Product Page
Teams can extend business reach, enhance customer intimacy, and increase revenue opportunities by tracking who is accessing their API. Chris will describe how linking Identity as a Service (IDaaS), identity bridges, API gateways, and API analytics can help teams realize API economy goals. In this session, you will learn:
Why analytics linking identity with API access will drive business value?
What best practices efficiently bridge front-end identity with back-end legacy authorization?
Bring N-Tier Apps to containers 2015 ContainerConChris Haddad
Containerization is moving from lab work to production application projects. Teams desire to achieve deployment agility, application resilience, and resource optimization. While container cookbooks show simple scenarios, containerizing production N-tier applications requires complex considerations. Chris describes how teams select complementary open source projects (i.e. Docker Compose, Apache Mesos, Mesos Marathon, Google Kubernetes, Apache Stratos) and craft an open source platform that shifts legacy applications away from virtual machines and into containers. He demonstrates how teams effectively manage container dependencies, independently scale container tiers, and deliver quality of service. From a developer’s perspective, Chris will show micro-service architecture patterns guiding teams towards application packaging strategies and container lifecycle decisions
Merging microservices architecture with SOA practicesChris Haddad
Microservice architecture promises to pragmatically overcome service development hurdles by using a single responsibility pattern (SRP) and full-stack development teams. Do we now throw out SOA and integration practices? In this session, Chris Haddad will describe how you can rapidly build systems by adapting SOA practices, extending your DevOps toolchest, and defining microservices. You will learn:
How to properly define, decouple, and size a microservice.
What DevOps practices overcome microservice deployment roadblocks
When microservices create fragile instead of antifragile building blocks
Deploy at scale with CoreOS Kubernetes and Apache StratosChris Haddad
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) streamlines DevOps and allows developers to focus on application development. The PaaS handles provisioning, scaling, high availability, and tenancy.
Integration with the Docker platform, CoreOS Linux distribution, and Kubernetes container management system bring more scalability and flexibility to a PaaS. This session will include installing and deploying sample applications using Docker,CoreOS and Kubernetes, and a walkthrough on how it can be extended to support new application containers.
Enabling cloud-native, complex enterprise development and deployment in the C...Chris Haddad
Forklifting terrestrial middleware into the cloud provides incremental benefits. Revolutionize project delivery, build a responsive IT, and operate at the speed of business.
Driving Business and Technical Agility in the Enterprise!
Container World 2017 is the only independent conference offering an exploration of the entire container ecosystem. Over 3 days, you’ll hear from the innovative enterprises, tech giants and startups who are transforming enterprise IT and driving business innovation on such topics as:
Containers and legacy infrastructure
Operations/DevOps
Orchestration & Workloads
Security
Storage/Persistent storage
Standardization and Certification
Emerging technology like serverless, unikernel and beyond
View the brochure for more information: https://goo.gl/OpnoEr
"Surviving and Thriving Through Huge Growth" addresses how support organizations can maximize business growth, while containing and managing Operational Expenses and Headcount.
Achieve business agility with Cloud APIs, Cloud-aware Apps, and Cloud DevOps ...Chris Haddad
o match today’s rapid business pace; teams are adopting flexible Cloud-Native architecture and composing APIs into business-driven, Cloud-aware solutions. This workshop will describe how you can adopt API-first practices, remix Cloud services, and accelerate agility using DevOps PaaS. As teams reshape IT architecture, new business model innovations are possible.
Importance of Pushing Boundaries & Resilience in the Face of Adversity | Bran...Jessica Tams
Delivered at Casual Connect USA 2018. This presentation will explore the history of video games as expression, legally protected speech, and the future of video games as a tool for dissent. Video games have long been at the forefront of innovation in tech and legal impact. Games are entitled to 1st Amendment protection after a 2011 Supreme Court battle. In today’s political climate, all media is under increased scrutiny and pressure. Developers should be aware of this history and its potential future impact.
Technology in the End Times, an overview of large technology trends that have deep spiritual and societal implications and the rapid rise of technocratic atheism.
An Overview of Law EnforcementVictimization is more likely.docxdaniahendric
An Overview of Law Enforcement
Victimization is more likely to occur in places where
there is a high density of high-risk social groups.
Who would be considered high-risk: Other criminals?
Undocumented immigrants? Drug addicted? Homeless?
Generally, victimization rates are higher in urban
areas compared to suburban or rural areas.
An Overview of Law Enforcement
Victimization is more likely to occur in places where
there is a high density of high-risk social groups.
Who would be considered high-risk: Other criminals?
Undocumented immigrants? Drug addicted? Homeless?
Generally, victimization rates are higher in urban
areas compared to suburban or rural areas.
An Overview of Law Enforcement
Victimization is more likely to occur in places where
there is a high density of high-risk social groups.
Who would be considered high-risk: Other criminals?
Undocumented immigrants? Drug addicted? Homeless?
Generally, victimization rates are higher in urban
areas compared to suburban or rural areas.
An Overview of Law Enforcement
Victimization is more likely to occur in places where
there is a high density of high-risk social groups.
Who would be considered high-risk: Other criminals?
Undocumented immigrants? Drug addicted? Homeless?
Generally, victimization rates are higher in urban
areas compared to suburban or rural areas.
An Overview of Law Enforcement
Victimization is more likely to occur in places where
there is a high density of high-risk social groups.
Who would be considered high-risk: Other criminals?
Undocumented immigrants? Drug addicted? Homeless?
Generally, victimization rates are higher in urban
areas compared to suburban or rural areas.
An Overview of Law Enforcement
Victimization is more likely to occur in places where
there is a high density of high-risk social groups.
Who would be considered high-risk: Other criminals?
Undocumented immigrants? Drug addicted? Homeless?
Generally, victimization rates are higher in urban
areas compared to suburban or rural areas.
An Overview of Law Enforcement
Victimization is more likely to occur in places where
there is a high density of high-risk social groups.
Who would be considered high-risk: Other criminals?
Undocumented immigrants? Drug addicted? Homeless?
Generally, victimization rates are higher in urban
areas compared to suburban or rural areas.
An Overview of Law Enforcement
Victimization is more likely to occur in places where
there is a high density of high-risk social groups.
Who would be considered high-risk: Other criminals?
Undocumented immigrants? Drug addicted? Homeless?
Generally, victimization rates are higher in urban
areas compared to suburban or rural areas.
An Overview of Law Enforcement
Victimization is more likely to occur in places where
there is a high density of high-risk social groups.
Who would be considered high-risk: Other criminals?
Undocumented immigrants? Drug ad ...
Cybersecurity Strategies - time for the next generationHinne Hettema
In this talk, presented in June 2016 at KAIST, I argue that it is time for the next generation of cybersecurity strategies. These must have a governance focus, and be based on international laws, declarations and agreements, basic internet rights and public good provisions.
Connected Architecture Fabric Creating a Connected WorldChris Haddad
In-memory contextual processing, API Clouds, and Industrial Things are driving digital transformation and connecting the world.
In this session, Chris will describe how leading IT teams incorporate new reference architecture components and practices that enhance connections across people, devices, and partners.
In this session, you will learn:
Why new business and customer expectations demand a connected business
What new connected architecture fabric components create strategic business opportunity
How leading IT teams incorporate new components and practices
Establishing SOA Focused Enterprise ArchitectureChris Haddad
Enterprise architecture frameworks (i.e. TOGAF) define data, application, technology, and business domains. Where do services, APIs , and streams fit into the blueprint? Teams can enhance architectural integrity and coherence by establishing a SOA-focused and API-centric foundation for their architecture efforts. In this presentation, Chris will describe key Enterprise Architecture patterns and practices that accelerate project delivery and create a SOA-focused architecture. During this session, you will learn:
Why SOA-focused Enterprise Architecture and API-centric approaches accelerate project delivery and increase
What patterns and practices help overcome common SOA and Enterprise Architecture challenges
How to fit project-oriented service development into an Enterprise Architecture picture
Apache Stratos is a highly-extensible Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) framework that helps run Apache Tomcat, PHP, and MySQL applications. The PaaS environment can be extended to support any additional language, framework, or server. For developers, Stratos provides a cloud-based environment for developing, testing, and running scalable applications. IT providers benefit from high utilization rates, automated resource management, and platform-wide insights, including monitoring and billing.
In this session, we will discuss key features in Apache Stratos and choosing the right solution for your business needs.
Topics to be covered:
True community ecosystem
Open extensible architecture
True flexibility for custom services and infrastructure
Multi-factored auto scaling
Multi-tenancy
Scalable dynamic load balancing
Capability of controlling PaaS resources
Logging, metering and monitoring
Cloud bursting
Teams building successful APIs focus on six tactical best practices areas to gain widespread developer community adoption, increase operational resiliency, accelerate API delivery, and seamlessly evolve API design as business requirements change. In this session, learn how to make tactical design decisions that expand your internal and external API community, reliably connect back-end Cloud services, rapidly publish data as APIs, secure API interactions, and synchronize lifecycle activities. Chris and Sumedha will build a few live APIs in the Cloud. The APIs will demonstrate design patterns, implementation decisions, and API environments (cloud and on-premise) that allow you to tailor your API based on target ecosystem and business model.
Gaining Startup Speed with DevOps PaaSChris Haddad
In today’s hyper-competitive environment, successful teams cloud source business capabilities and nimbly connect ecosystem participants across cloud environments. Infrastructure, processes, and team collaboration models must adapt. Chris Haddad will describe how innovative WSO2 clients are gaining startup speed, reducing project risk, and enabling new business models by adopting DevOps PaaS.
SOA and API Convergence Strategy and TacticsChris Haddad
APIs encourage connected business interactions that lead to increased revenue growth, faster time to market, and increased customer engagement. When attempting to reconcile agile API tactics with enterprise SOA guidelines, teams tune governance practices and integrate API development with back-end service life-cycles.
In this session, Chris Haddad VP - Platform Evangelism at WSO2 will describe:
Why SOA services and RESTful APIs are complementary
What architecture patterns and governance techniques align API and service development lifecycles
How to converge SOA and API strategies and implement tactics that accelerate connected business projects
Big data streams, Internet of Things, and Complex Event Processing Improve So...Chris Haddad
Teams gain a competitive edge by analyzing Big Data streams. In this session, Chris will describe how complex event processing (CEP) and MapReduce based technologies can improve soccer team performance. Soccer match activity data captured by embedded sensors were streamed and analyzed to understand how player actions impact soccer play.
The reference architectures of the past (i.e. client-server, web application, SOA services) are not adequately addressing current business demand, use cases, and expectations.
This presentation describes why IT teams must learn new architecture paradigms and reshape their reference architecture.
Important transformative drivers include:
The Now Generation
Connected Business Demands
Complex Requirements
The Long Tail
Web 3.0
This is the first presentation in a three part series:
Why Reshape Reference Architecture
What Reference Architecture Models make sense today
How to Reshape Reference Architecture
What reference architecture models to adoptChris Haddad
Often outdated processes, tools, and skills inhibit IT’s ability to be a strategic enabler and gain an IT business edge. By adopting a new, Responsive IT delivery model based on an updated reference architecture, teams can foster effective business collaboration, responsive iterations, streamlined processes, and no wait states; enabling business to operate at the speed of now.
The next logical question is ‘What reference architecture goal-state is required to meet business demands and expectations?
This is the second presentation in a three part series:
Why Reshape Reference Architecture
What Reference Architecture Models make sense today
How to Reshape Reference Architecture
A reference architecture should enable internal and external business service consumers, address future IT strategies, and transition current IT infrastructure and team skill sets. This presentation presents a seven step plan describing how to reshape your reference architecture
This is the third presentation in a three part series. The presentation series decks present:
Why Reshape Reference Architecture
What Reference Architecture Models make sense today
How to Reshape Reference Architecture
Promote Your API Brand and Extend Your API ReachChris Haddad
With hundreds to thousands of API options, how you promote and brand your API will influence discover, adoption, and API success. An API branding strategy must consider engagement across multiple communities, integration with identity sources, and implementing flexible API visibility and monetization policies. The API economy is progressing towards providing API developers the ability to share APIs across multiple portals, create branded API community sites, and apply varying policies across internal organization consumers or external third party developers.
In this session, Chris Haddad will describe:
Why create an API brand?
What actions and presence influences API brand success?
How do I efficiently reach out to multiple communities and promote APIs through multiple branded API portals?
How do I measure API brand reach and API success?
Driving Enterprise Architecture Redesign: Cloud-Native Platforms, APIs, and D...Chris Haddad
High performance architecture is rapidly changing due to three fundamental drivers:
Cloud-Native Platforms - change the way we think about operational infrastructure
DevOps - changes application lifecycle practices
APIs - change how we integrate and evolve infrastructure and applications, especially Mobile apps
In this session, Chris will illustrate:
Why you should consider Cloud-Native architecture components in your Enterprise Architecture
What is DevOps impact on App and API design guidelines
How API-centric focus revises Enterprise Architecture
Bridging IaaS With PaaS To Deliver The Service-Oriented Data CenterChris Haddad
As enterprises deploy private IaaS clouds into production they are reevaluating their future application delivery models. SUSE and WSO2 believe that private PaaS will leverage the automation and scalability of Private IaaS solutions, such as OpenStack-based SUSE Cloud, to deliver the secure, standardized development environments that will make migrating to an agile, service oriented delivery model possible. Come learn how the combination of IaaS and PaaS enables enterprises to more efficiently and flexibly tackle the challenges of the modern connected enterprise.
Open source PaaS, Open APIs, and Open Ecosystems are accelerating agility, empowering developers, and enabling innovative business strategies. In this session, Chris will describe how Enterprise DevOps PaaS technologies increase developer velocity and reduce iteration times; where Open APIs are empowering developers by delivering business building blocks; and why teams are embracing long tail development communities that enable innovative business ecosystem strategies. A pragmatic, open source driven game plan will demonstrate New IT approach vectors.
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.
Goodbye Windows 11: Make Way for Nitrux Linux 3.5.0!SOFTTECHHUB
As the digital landscape continually evolves, operating systems play a critical role in shaping user experiences and productivity. The launch of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 marks a significant milestone, offering a robust alternative to traditional systems such as Windows 11. This article delves into the essence of Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, exploring its unique features, advantages, and how it stands as a compelling choice for both casual users and tech enthusiasts.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
Maruthi Prithivirajan, Head of ASEAN & IN Solution Architecture, Neo4j
Get an inside look at the latest Neo4j innovations that enable relationship-driven intelligence at scale. Learn more about the newest cloud integrations and product enhancements that make Neo4j an essential choice for developers building apps with interconnected data and generative AI.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...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.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
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Permissive (Yet Dangerous) SocietyPermissive (Yet Dangerous) Society
We RationalizeWe Rationalize
OverwatchOverwatch
• I have nothing to hide!
• My life will bore you.
• I don’t break the law.
• The Government Keeps
Us Safe
•
13. Secure the Blessings of LibertySecure the Blessings of Liberty
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, ..., and secure the blessings of
liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of
America.
14. Liberty is Core to ourLiberty is Core to our
Constitutional RepublicConstitutional Republic
15. What is Liberty /What is Liberty /
Freedom?Freedom?
λευθερίαν (eleutherian)ἐ
16. What is Liberty /What is Liberty /
Freedom?Freedom?
λευθερίαν (eleutherian)ἐ
18. Privacy protects againstPrivacy protects against
man-made interestman-made interest
conflictsconflicts
Moral Judgement and CondemnationMoral Judgement and Condemnation
Unfair Competition and DiscriminationUnfair Competition and Discrimination
Clashing man-made Federal, State, and LocalClashing man-made Federal, State, and Local
LawsLaws
20. Even if you love your weed,Even if you love your weed,
Bong Hits and Firearms donBong Hits and Firearms don’’t mix...t mix...
Conflict of RegulationConflict of Regulation
ExampleExample
21. What qualifies asWhat qualifies as mentallymentally
defectivedefective??
Seeing a psychologist at aSeeing a psychologist at a
hospital?hospital?
22. Points of RebellionPoints of Rebellion
(1969)(1969)
•
“Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful
government and in an increasingly powerful private
sector will pile the records high with reasons why
privacy should give way to national security, to law
and order, to efficiency of operation, to scientific
advancement and the like."
• William O. Douglas (1898-1980)
• U. S. Supreme Court Justice
23.
24. Privacy Under Siege OnlinePrivacy Under Siege Online
The right of the people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects
When every endpoint is under constant attack, and all traffic is being parsed and analyzed, how can we safeguard confidential information, freely interact, and express our digital persona without concern? Chris will describe why privacy must not be breached; why anonymity can engender hostility, and what mindset is leading us into cyberwar zones instead of cybertrade neutral zones.
About Chris Haddad
Chris is a digital transformation expert who bridges business, technology, and security policy perspectives. He guides Fortune 1000 organizations towards crafting innovative strategies, roadmaps, and plans that reshape IT delivery and build secure customer experiences. Besides advising government agencies on information hub and ICAM initiatives using disruptive technologies, Chris is building a personal Cloud platform enabling secure, private, and anonymous interactions.
Every Endpoint Under Attack; Mobile, Things, Desktop, Servers, Cloud APIs, SaaS
With increasing frequency...
The attacks do not discriminate between Government, Corporate, or Civilian
Condo Rack --> 300 FT from Patrick Airforce Base.
2014 Internet Crime Reporthttp://www.ic3.gov/media/annualreport/2014_IC3Report.pdf
TOTAL 164,491 $492,190,582
Social Media* 9,833 $60,418,243 Virtual Currency* 392 $1,972,312
Google, Facebook,
Law Enforcement, Intelligence Services
https://www.opm.gov/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-incidents/
In June 2015, OPM discovered that the background investigation records of current, former, and prospective Federal employees and contractors had been stolen. OPM and the interagency incident response team have concluded with high confidence that sensitive information, including the Social Security Numbers (SSNs) of 21.5 million individuals, was stolen from the background investigation databases. This includes 19.7 million individuals that applied for a background investigation, and 1.8 million non-applicants, primarily spouses or co-habitants of applicants. Some records also include findings from interviews conducted by background investigators and approximately 5.6 million include fingerprints. Usernames and passwords that background investigation applicants used to fill out their background investigation forms were also stolen. Notifications for this incident started on September 30, 2015. We estimate notifications will continue for approximately 12 weeks.
While background investigation records do contain some information regarding mental health and financial history provided by applicants and people contacted during the background investigation, there is no evidence that health, financial, payroll and retirement records of Federal personnel or those who have applied for a Federal job were impacted by this incident (for example, annuity rolls, retirement records, USA JOBS, Employee Express).
Earlier in 2015, OPM discovered that the personnel data of 4.2 million current and former Federal government employees had been stolen. This means information such as full name, birth date, home address and Social Security Numbers were affected. You should have already received a notification if you were impacted by this incident.
OPM and an interagency team from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have been investigating these incidents, and are working to put in place changes that will prevent similar thefts in the future. Based on the analysis and forensics to date, the interagency incident response team assesses that the adversary is no longer active on OPM's network.
https://theintercept.com/2015/05/08/u-s-government-designated-prominent-al-jazeera-journalist-al-qaeda-member-put-watch-list/
https://fveydocs.org/document/skynet-analytics/
http://www.durkheimproject.org/news/durkheim-project-will-analyze-opt-in-data/
“The Durkheim Project” Will Analyze Opt-In Data From Veterans’ Social Media And Mobile Content — Seeking Real-Time Predictive Analytics for Suicide Risk.
Believing in a permissive (yet dangerous) society, we rationalize overwatch.
I have nothing to hide!
My life will bore you.
I don’t break the law.
The Government Keeps Us Safe
“If no one knows what I do, when I do it, and with whom I do it, no one can possibly interfere”
http://fee.org/freeman/liberty-and-privacy-connections/
“If no one knows what I do, when I do it, and with whom I do it, no one can possibly interfere”
http://fee.org/freeman/liberty-and-privacy-connections/
Deck of cards bet... show your friend. he friend, tell me his number?
after all, it is legal in many states.
“If no one knows what I do, when I do it, and with whom I do it, no one can possibly interfere”
http://fee.org/freeman/liberty-and-privacy-connections/
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. - See more at: http://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment4.html#sthash.NXMK5WFY.dpuf
Let’s say I wanted to sell cannibis online?
When every endpoint is under constant attack, and all traffic is being parsed and analyzed, how can we safeguard confidential information, freely interact, and express our digital persona without concern? Chris will describe why privacy must not be breached; why anonymity can engender hostility, and what mindset is leading us into cyberwar zones instead of cybertrade neutral zones.
About Chris Haddad
Chris is a digital transformation expert who bridges business, technology, and security policy perspectives. He guides Fortune 1000 organizations towards crafting innovative strategies, roadmaps, and plans that reshape IT delivery and build secure customer experiences. Besides advising government agencies on information hub and ICAM initiatives using disruptive technologies, Chris is building a personal Cloud platform enabling secure, private, and anonymous interactions.