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Margot Anderson sent William Pizer a draft revision of the National Communications summary highlighting the February 14 announcement. The draft included a few new paragraphs for consideration. Anderson did not have access to the latest version of the CAR document to make the changes herself. She noted that based on Pizer's discussion with Peter Karpoff, no other edits were needed to numbers in the summary as they were consistent with Chapter 5, which aligned with the February 14 announcement. EPA may have additional contributions but Clare Breidenich would not return until the next day.
Bruce, T. R., and Richards, R. C. (2011). Adapting Specialized Legal Metadata...Robert Richards
In the domain of print-based U.S. legal information, specialized tools that create connections between different categories of
metadata increase legal research efficiency. Such tools, redesigned for the electronic sphere, could enhance digital legal information systems. This paper illustrates this kind of redesign, through a case study of one such tool—the Parallel Table of Authorities and Rules in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, which connects regulations to the statutes that authorize them.
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TCEQ REGULATORY GUIDANCE Small Business and Environmental As.docxssuserf9c51d
TCEQ REGULATORY GUIDANCE
Small Business and Environmental Assistance Division
RG-404 ● February 2011
T E XA S C O MMIS SI O N O N EN V I RO N ME N TA L Q UA LI TY • P O BO X 1 3 0 8 7 • A U ST I N, T X 7 8 7 1 1 - 3 0 8 7
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Surface Coating Facilities
A Guide for Obtaining Air Authorization in Texas
Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
Which Air Authorization Applies to You? ............................................................................................... 2
De Minimis ......................................................................................................................................................... 2
Permit by Rule .................................................................................................................................................... 3
New Source Review Permit................................................................................................................................. 7
Title V Federal Operating Permit....................................................................................................................... 7
Other Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 8
General Air Quality Rules (30 TAC 101) ........................................................................................................... 8
Nonattainment and Near-Nonattainment Areas (30 TAC 115) .......................................................................... 9
New Source Performance Standards (40 CFR, Par ...
UAD and UCDP Seminar - Coester Appraisal ManagementBrian Coester
Coester Appraisal Group a nationwide appraisal management company offers its clients and vendors educational material on the UCDP and UAD changes mandated by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. www.coesterappraisals.com
The "Using Forms in Share" session follows on from the "Forms Service Deep Dive" session. We will discuss each area of Share that uses Forms and demonstrate how each of those areas (Metadata, Datalists, Workflow & Advanced Search) can be configured and customized. The session will also show how to integrate forms in your own custom applications and/or pages.
The document discusses technology transfer and open science. It notes that catalysts increase reaction rates by lowering activation energy and that better catalysts are needed. It also summarizes that Creative Commons provides legal and technical tools to make sharing content easy, legal, and scalable. The document concludes by stating that a better catalyst can be built.
This document discusses using RSS feeds to better communicate with employees and customers. It provides an overview of RSS and examples of how organizations can syndicate content through RSS feeds on blogs, social networks and other channels. This allows the organization to share updates in one place that then gets distributed to all feed subscribers, automating the distribution of information to a multitude of sites without having to manually update each one. It also promotes openness and transparency by making the content available wherever the users are accessing information.
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* Retrieval of large data sets
* Multiple round trip communications
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* Display of information
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Once we understand the challenges of incorporating various web APIs we will then look at techniques for handling APIs properly including caching methods, large data set handling, paging, filtering, just in time techniques, information on demand and speed testing. Throughout we will look at pseudo code, and detailed examples of real life examples.
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Running head CONSIDERATION FOR OPERATION1CONSIDERATION BY.docxsusanschei
Running head: CONSIDERATION FOR OPERATION
1
CONSIDERATION BY OPERATION
2
Unit II
General Consideration for Operations
Quienna Jackson
MEE 6501
April 1, 2016
Abstract
The paper outlines the surface coating requirements that must be met to receive a permit from Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. It outlines the general consideration that must be reviewed to meet the requirements. The maintenance of safety data sheets and the assigned coating and solvent coatings per week are necessary.
Keywords: permit by rule, safety, solvent, coating
General Considers for Operations
Texas Car Body Repairs is constructing a facility with an interior lining that has been carefully designed. The Texas laws and EPA regulations require the facility to have an air permit before any construction starts. The written Air permit must align the interior surface coating of the facility with the federal laws on air quality. The information presented in the table is crucial in determining the requirements that must be met in the written air application permit.
Interior Liner Coating Material
10 gallons coating/vehicle
2 gallons of solvent/vehicle
Vehicle Lining Application
Apply interior liners to two (2) vehicles/day
Work five (5) hours/day and four (4) days/week Vehicle Lining Curing
Vehicle Lining Curing
Cure interior liners of two (2) vehicles/day
Work five (5) hours/day and four (4) days/week
Interior Liner Cure
Heater fuel source is natural gas-fired drying oven
Heater generates 2.1 million (MM) Btu/hr at maximum 2,500 hrs/year
Vehicle Lining Design
Cross-draft air plenum
Vehicle interior is the spray area
Exhaust Fan
10,000 ft3/min (CFM)
1 exhaust fan
Air Makeup Unit
5760 ft3/min (CFM)
1 air makeup
Filter Openings
20.0 ft2 each
Two (2) filter openings
Coating WV
VOC content
2.8 lb/gal coating Coating VM
Water Content
Per gal/coating
1.0 lb/gal
Water Density
Per gal/water
8.34 lb/gal
Coating VW
Water volume
Calculation
Exempt-solvent Content
Per gal/coating
0.5 lb/gal
Exempt-solvent Density
Per gal/exempt solvent
6.64 lb/gal
Coating Ves
Exempt solvent volume
Calculation
The facility must meet the requirements outlined in the surface coating PBR as explained in 30 TAC 106.433. Based on the spray that the company intends to use it is necessary to maintain impeccable housekeeping practices to keep the facility safe. The immediate cleaning of all spills is mandatory. The company has a 10,000 ft3/min exhaust fan that will always run when spray equipment is being cleaned. The interior liner cure uses a heater powered by natural gas. The heater does not exceed the limit 40 million British thermal units per hour as stipulated in the law. The facility heater emits a heat of 2.1 Btr/hr.
The components of the Material Safety Data Sheet can help in checking if the company meets the limits specified for volatile uncontrolled organic compounds (Godish, Davis & Fu, 2015). The company uses 1,040 gallons (per because it ...
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3) Creating a DTD to define the XML structure.
4) Converting the HTML to XHTML and validating it against an external DTD.
5) Creating an XSL stylesheet to transform the XML into HTML for display.
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1) Downloading the text file using FTP and marking it up as HTML.
2) Creating an XML file from the text by adding tags and validating that it is well-formed.
3) Defining a DTD to validate the XML file.
4) Converting the HTML file into XHTML and validating it against an external DTD.
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A Guide for Obtaining Air Authorization in Texas
Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
Which Air Authorization Applies to You? ............................................................................................... 2
De Minimis ......................................................................................................................................................... 2
Permit by Rule .................................................................................................................................................... 3
New Source Review Permit................................................................................................................................. 7
Title V Federal Operating Permit....................................................................................................................... 7
Other Requirements ....................................................................................................................................... 8
General Air Quality Rules (30 TAC 101) ........................................................................................................... 8
Nonattainment and Near-Nonattainment Areas (30 TAC 115) .......................................................................... 9
New Source Performance Standards (40 CFR, Par ...
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Running head CONSIDERATION FOR OPERATION1CONSIDERATION BY.docxsusanschei
Running head: CONSIDERATION FOR OPERATION
1
CONSIDERATION BY OPERATION
2
Unit II
General Consideration for Operations
Quienna Jackson
MEE 6501
April 1, 2016
Abstract
The paper outlines the surface coating requirements that must be met to receive a permit from Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. It outlines the general consideration that must be reviewed to meet the requirements. The maintenance of safety data sheets and the assigned coating and solvent coatings per week are necessary.
Keywords: permit by rule, safety, solvent, coating
General Considers for Operations
Texas Car Body Repairs is constructing a facility with an interior lining that has been carefully designed. The Texas laws and EPA regulations require the facility to have an air permit before any construction starts. The written Air permit must align the interior surface coating of the facility with the federal laws on air quality. The information presented in the table is crucial in determining the requirements that must be met in the written air application permit.
Interior Liner Coating Material
10 gallons coating/vehicle
2 gallons of solvent/vehicle
Vehicle Lining Application
Apply interior liners to two (2) vehicles/day
Work five (5) hours/day and four (4) days/week Vehicle Lining Curing
Vehicle Lining Curing
Cure interior liners of two (2) vehicles/day
Work five (5) hours/day and four (4) days/week
Interior Liner Cure
Heater fuel source is natural gas-fired drying oven
Heater generates 2.1 million (MM) Btu/hr at maximum 2,500 hrs/year
Vehicle Lining Design
Cross-draft air plenum
Vehicle interior is the spray area
Exhaust Fan
10,000 ft3/min (CFM)
1 exhaust fan
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Exempt-solvent Density
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6.64 lb/gal
Coating Ves
Exempt solvent volume
Calculation
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2) Creating an XML version of the file using tags like <book> and validating it.
3) Creating a DTD to define the XML structure.
4) Converting the HTML to XHTML and validating it against an external DTD.
5) Creating an XSL stylesheet to transform the XML into HTML for display.
The document provides an overview of steps to mark up a bibliography text file into HTML, XML, and XHTML formats. The steps include:
1) Downloading the text file using FTP and marking it up as HTML.
2) Creating an XML file from the text by adding tags and validating that it is well-formed.
3) Defining a DTD to validate the XML file.
4) Converting the HTML file into XHTML and validating it against an external DTD.
5) Creating an XSL stylesheet to transform the XML into HTML for display on the web.
A simple ReSTful webservice for the Goblins (v. 0.5)Danilo Sanchi
The document describes Representational State Transfer (REST), which is an architectural style for distributed hypermedia systems. It defines REST as a set of constraints for building scalable web services. Resources in REST are abstract concepts that can be accessed through URIs, and standard HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE are used to manipulate resources. The document provides examples of HTTP requests for retrieving reviews in different data formats like XML, JSON, PHP arrays, and YAML. It also discusses how the model-view-controller pattern can be applied to build RESTful web services and applications.
The document provides an overview of HTML and XHTML tags for formatting text and structuring web pages. It discusses basic HTML syntax and tags for headings, paragraphs, lists, breaks, and other text formatting. It also explains the differences between HTML and XHTML, with XHTML being a stricter combination of HTML and XML syntax.
The document provides an overview of basic HTML tags and concepts for creating web pages, including:
- The basic structure of an HTML page with <html>, <head>, <title>, and <body> tags.
- Common text formatting tags such as <h1>-<h6> headings, <p> paragraphs, <br> line breaks, and bold, italics, and other text styles.
- Lists with <ol>, <ul>, and <dl> tags and the <li> list item tag.
- Links with the <a> anchor tag and attributes like href and target.
- Images with the <img> tag and attributes like src, alt, and
Similar to Bruce, T. R., and Richards, R. C. (2011). Examples of Specialized Legal Metadata Adapted to the Digital Environment, from The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (20)
Evaluating Deliberative Information in the Citizens’ Initiative ReviewRobert Richards
This document summarizes a study evaluating the quality of information presented in Citizens' Initiative Reviews (CIRs) using a framework based on Gricean maxims. The study analyzed CIR policy evaluations from 2010-2016 to assess the validity, credibility, applicability, relevance, and accessibility of the information. Overall results found the CIR statements scored positively in validity, applicability, and relevance but more mixed in credibility and accessibility. Benchmarking comparisons found CIR statements generally compared favorably to pro/con arguments and official summaries, except in measures of accessibility and credibility. The study provides implications for using its evaluation approach and results as a practical toolkit to generate granular, actionable feedback for improving deliberative information quality.
Deliberative Mini-Publics as a Partial Antidote to Authoritarian Information ...Robert Richards
Authoritarian and proto-authoritarian regimes control a growing number of states throughout the world. Among the information strategies that these regimes use to gain and maintain support are the dissemination of false or misleading policy information and the use of manipulative policy frames. Deliberative mini-publics can partially counter those strategies by distributing accurate policy information and employing non-exploitative policy frames that affirm the dignity of members of the polity as free and equal citizens.
These slides are from a position paper presented at the 2017 National Communication Association Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas.
A Goals-Plans-Action Approach to Lawyers' CommunicationRobert Richards
When a lawyer pursues multiple communication goals at once, how do those goals relate to each other and influence the lawyer’s communicative practices? Previous research on this question has analyzed lawyers’ communication during trial, within theoretical frameworks of politeness or facework, and by means of qualitative methods. This paper contributes to this body of research by analyzing lawyers’ communication goals and practices in a different setting—that of government lawyers’ counseling interactions with lawmakers about the legal aspects of proposed laws—using a different theoretical framework—Dillard’s (2004) goals-plans-action (GPA) model of message production—and by means of quantitative methods. Results of a survey of a representative sample of lawyers from U.S. state governmental law offices (N = 226) were generally consistent with the predictions of the GPA model. Goals had a two-tiered structure, all features of communication were significantly associated with at least one goal, and goals had conflicting associations with several features of communication (i.e., with each of those features of communication, at least one goal had a significant positive association and at least one goal had a significant negative association). Most of these conflicts concerned tensions between the goals of enabling informed decision making and of maintaining impartiality. The analysis suggests that such goal conflicts may inhibit government lawyers from using certain communication practices that can aid lawmakers in their decision making about proposed laws. In addition, legislative counsel reported using several features of communication significantly less often than did executive-branch lawyers, but the causes of these differences were unclear. Moreover, several regional differences were identified regarding government lawyers' communication goals and practices.
When It Comes from the People: The Effects of Reforming Ballot Initiative Exp...Robert Richards
Obstacles to citizens’ understanding of the legal content of ballot measures were thought to lie in inconsistencies between the communicative practices of official summaries of such measures and citizens’ own legal communicative practices. Theory suggested that revising official ballot-measure summaries to include elements of citizens’ legal communicative practices would enhance citizens’ understanding of the legal content of ballot measures, confidence in that understanding, and confidence in their voting decision about such measures, and that intrapersonal reflection would mediate those effects. Those predictions were tested in a controlled experiment. Results showed no evidence of knowledge gains, but subjects exposed to a description of the policy objectives of a ballot measure showed significant increases in voting confidence. A subset of those subjects also experienced significant increases in knowledge confidence. Many findings were consistent with theories of sense-making (Dervin & Frenette, 2001), framing (Scheufele, 1999, 2000), and the theory of reasoned action (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1977), and with the prediction that a “means-end” schema operates in citizens’ minds during deliberations about proposed laws.
Debating Legislative Intent: How Lay Citizens Discern Policy Objectives in Ba...Robert Richards
[Full text of the paper associated with this presentation is available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2447325 ] In earlier research concerning conflictual communication and negotiation, group members’ methods for determining the goals of an out-group have been examined, and goal-detection has been associated with “entativity,” or the development of members’ beliefs about the nature of both the out-group and their own group. No previous study appears to have explored the techniques used by members of groups engaged in policy deliberation to detect the goals of out-groups consisting of policy proponents, however. In this paper, methods used by deliberating panelists in the 2010 Oregon Citizens’ Initiative Reviews (CIRs) to discover initiative-proponents’ policy objectives were examined. Results indicated that CIR panelists employ some goal-detection methods—including inferences from the panelists’ own discussions, as well as the use of proponents’ testimony—not identified in other contexts, and likely associated with deliberative procedures promoting cooperation, information-sharing, and metacognition. The sequences in which panelists employed goal-detection techniques suggested a process of informal hypothesis testing motivated by uncertainty reduction. Further, in light of evidence of panelists’ goal-detection and entativity processes, a new model linking deliberative group members’ processes of goal-determination and of understanding the nature of their own group and of the policy-proponents’ group is proposed. In this model, deliberative group members come to understand their own and the proponents’ group as having multiple dimensions, including common participation in a superordinate collectivity, the public.
From the People’s Perspective: Assessing the Representational Validity of a C...Robert Richards
[Please note: The full text of the paper associated with this presentation is available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2447343 ] A weakness of coding schemes used in analyzing citizens’ legal communication about proposed laws is the lack of evidence that such codes correspond to concepts in citizens’ minds, viz., evidence of representational validity (Poole & Folger, 1981). This study aims to address that weakness by using a sorting exercise to assess the representational validity of codes from a coding scheme of citizens’ legal communication about proposed laws (Richards, 2012; Richards & Gastil, 2013). The results furnish evidence that topical concepts referred to by the codes are recognized by ordinary persons, but the extent of recognition varies. Multidimensional scaling and cluster analyses indicated that the codes were organized along two dimensions and seven clusters, six of which could be readily interpreted. Findings support suggestions in previous research that strategic and realistic cognitive schemata influenced citizens’ decision making and communication about proposed laws (Richards, 2012; Richards & Gastil, 2013).
Symbolic-Cognitive Proceduralism as a Robust Justification for Democratic Del...Robert Richards
The document summarizes an alternative justification for democratic deliberation called symbolic-cognitive proceduralism (SCP). SCP combines elements of Estlund's epistemic proceduralism with additional rationales to argue that democratic procedures are legitimate due to their expressive symbolic functions and cognitive functions, rather than relying solely on epistemic justifications. SCP is proposed as a model that can withstand critiques of epistemic rationales like Ingham's, since it does not depend on consensus or procedure-independent standards.
Legislation by Amateurs: The Role of Legal Details and Knowledge in Initiativ...Robert Richards
Citizens act as legislators in initiative elections but lack legal training. Voters commonly misunderstand the legal effects of initiatives (Gastil, Reedy, & Wells, 2007) and courts frequently strike down initiatives as unconstitutional (Miller 2009). These factors point to flaws in the communication of legal information about ballot initiatives to citizens. “Plain legal language” research (Barnes, 2006; Tiersma, 1999) suggests that citizens’ understanding of legal information increases to the extent that the communication of such information accords with citizens’ own legal communicative practices. Yet we know little about such practices. The goal of this study is to increase our understanding of those practices. Citizens’ deliberations about the legal nature and effects of ballot measures were examined through a qualitative content analysis of transcripts from the 2010 Oregon Citizens’ Initiative Review, the Citizens’ Statements produced by that review, and official state explanatory statements describing ballot measures. Deliberations and statements were coded for law-related topics, functions, uses of narrative, and motivations for narration. Citizens’ deliberations and Citizens’ Statements were found to emphasize the policy objectives and unintended or adverse consequences of ballot measures, as well as the application of legal rules to multiple factual scenarios. By contrast, official state explanatory statements describing ballot measures made no mention of policy objectives or unintentional or adverse consequences. Results suggest that citizens’ approach to assessing ballot measures may have both strategic/instrumental and realistic dimensions and that rule-application may play a key role in enabling citizens’ understanding of the legal aspects of ballot measures.
Legal Narrative in the Citizens' Panel: NCA 2012 PresentationRobert Richards
In this paper, three well-known scientific theories of legal narrative are summarized: Bennett and Feldman’s (1981) theory of legal storytelling, Pennington and Hastie’s (1986) story model of juror decision making, and Sunwolf’s (2006) decisional regret theory. Next, the use of legal narrative by participants in the Oregon Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR), a public deliberation about ballot initiatives (Gastil & Knobloch, 2010) is described. Results of a content analysis of narratives observed in the transcripts of the 2010 CIR are presented. Finally, the suitability of the theories of Bennett and Feldman (1981), Pennington and Hastie (1986), and Sunwolf (2006) for explaining the use of narrative by CIR panelists is evaluated, and additional theories of narrative communication, which may shed light on significant aspects of CIR participants’ use of storytelling, are identified. See full text at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2079168
This presentation is a tutorial on editing and creating pages on Participedia http://participedia.net/ a wiki about democratic deliberation and civic participation processes
Contribution to Open Gov West (OGW) 2011 panel: "Creating Open, Accessible, Low-Cost Documents," 13 May 2011, Portland, Oregon. Moderator: Sarah Schacht
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
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.
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.
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
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.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
Bruce, T. R., and Richards, R. C. (2011). Examples of Specialized Legal Metadata Adapted to the Digital Environment, from The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
1. Examples of Specialized Legal Metadata to the Digital Environment, From the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Thomas R. Bruce, Legal Information Institute Robert C. Richards, Jr., University of Washington dg.o 2011: 12th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research, 14 June 2011, University of Maryland, College Park http://dgo2011.dgsna.org/
2. The Problem: “Islands” Governments create multiple sources of law The sources are interrelated, but exist as isolated “islands” of legal knowledge & information How can one efficiently discover all sources of law related to a particular source of law?
3. The Problem: Example Example: How to find all regulations issued pursuant to US Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. ch.9? Two “Islands”: The statute is in the U.S. Code, while the regulations are in the Code of Federal Regulations
4. One Solution: “Ponts” In the print environment, specialized legal metadata sources were created, to make explicit relationships between different sources of law. We call these sources “ponts,” because they function as “bridges” between “islands” of legal information
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6. Public domain ponts—like those created by U.S. federal government, which are free from copyright, 17 U.S.C. § 105—lack usage restrictions & license fees, have great potential in digital domaine.g., PTOA, CONAN, Cong. Rec. History of Bills
7. Example of a Pont: The PTOA Parallel Table of Authorities & Rules (PTOA) Metadata in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Links statutes to regulations they authorize Created by U.S. federal government, public domain, free from use restrictions/license fees
8. PTOA: Excerpt 1 U.S.C. 112.................................................................1 Part 2 112a--112b....................................................22 Part 181 113.................................................................1 Part 2 133..............................................................32 Part 151 2 U.S.C. 136..............................................................36 Parts 701, 702, 703, 705 170..............................................................36 Part 705
9. PTOA in Print: Human-Dependent Most ponts created for print environment require human intervention to ensure connection between the different legal sources they seek to link PTOA in print requires human intervention
10. PTOA: Preparing It for Digital Goals: Disintermediation: Make PTOA processable by software without human intervention Foster interoperability & re-use Create “generative resource” (Zittrain) Foster innovation
11. PTOA: Preparing It for Digital (cont’d) Recommended formats: XML RDF/OWL Why XML & RDF/OWL? Open, international standards Widely used and understood Enable re-use and interoperability Enable “generative” uses Foster innovation: developers are equipped to create new systems to process them
12. PTOA: Use Cases Information Retrieval & Discovery Bidirectional discovery Revelation of implicit relationships Automated retrieval Cross-language retrieval Linked Data Scholarly Research Public Administration eParticipation GIS Machine Learning: Automatic Creation of Ponts
13. PTOA: Obstacles to Preparation for Digital Use Semantics (Ambiguity) Granularity Directionality Data Quality
14. PTOA Obstacles: Semantics 1. Relationships between sources are ambiguous Relationships represented in a PTOA row may be of four possible types: “Is Express Authority For” “Is Implied Authority For” “Is Applied By” “Is Interpreted By”
15. PTOA Obstacles: Semantics (cont’d) 2. Some PTOA rows list multiple sources on one or both sides: 1 U.S.C. 112..................................................................................1 Part 2 112a--112b.................................................................22 Part 181 113..................................................................................1 Part 2 133...............................................................................32 Part 151 2 U.S.C. 136............................................................................. 36 Parts 701, 702, 703, 705 170...............................................................................36 Part 705
16. PTOA Obstacles: Semantics (cont’d) Result: In many PTOA rows, relationships between sources are multiple and complex Result: In most rows, the precise meaning of relationships is implicit & often not discernible by software
17. PTOA Obstacles: Granularity PTOA regulation cites refer only to the “Part” level of CFR But the relationships intended to be represented in PTOA usually occur at more granular levels: “section” or “sub-section”
18. PTOA Obstacles: Granularity: Example “1 U.S.C. […] “112a--112b................................22 Part 181” 1 U.S.C. section 112b (specifically subsection (f)) expressly provides authority for components of 22 C.F.R. part 181 (specifically sections 181.1 through 181.7). 1 U.S.C. section 112a (specifically subsection (d)) implicitly provides authority for components of 22 C.F.R. part 181 (specifically sections 181.8 and 181.9).
19. PTOA Obstacles: Granularity (cont’d) So each PTOA row must be analyzed & divided into multiple rows at accurate level of granularity
20. PTOA Obstacles: Directionality In PTOA, retrieval and discovery can only occur in one direction: from statute to regulation 1 U.S.C. […] 112a--112b................................22 Part 181
21. PTOA Obstacles: Directionality But in digital world, PTOA could add great value if it were bidirectional: if it enabled discovery from regulations to statutes, as well as from statutes to regulations
22. PTOA Obstacle: Data Quality Production of PTOA is decentralized: each individual agency creates rows for its regulations Result: Inconsistent quality of PTOA data Need: For Digital PTOA to express editor’s evaluation of data quality, in machine-processable metadata
23. Digital PTOA: XML Example: Barebones, No Fixes <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ptoa> <ptoaentry> <!-- Example 1 --> <authority> <uscode> <title>1</title> <sectrange> <start>112a</start> <end>112b</end> </sectrange> </uscode> </authority> <authorized> <cfr> <title>22</title> <part>181</part> </cfr> </authorized> </ptoaentry> </ptoa> </?xml>
27. Challenges to Adapting the PTOA for the Digital Environment Much relevant information is implicit, might not be automatable Need experiments to determine Likely will require labor by humans trained in law Possible approach: partial automation: application recommends options to human coders
28. Challenges to Adapting the PTOA for the Digital Environment (cont’d) Inter-coder reliability needs to be tested & kept at high level Paucity of law-related Linked Data resources, http://legalinformatics.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/linked-data-and-law/
29. Related Research Earlier studies of print-based ponts introduced into digital environment: Al-Kofahi et al. (2001); Dabney (1986); McDermott (1986) Findings: a. New uses of ponts arose in digital environment b. Ponts positively influenced retrieval performance
30. Similar Projects Legislation.gov.uk (Legislative Information Retrieval): Table of Legislative Effects, CEN MetaLex (legislative status) AGILE (Public Administration System): CEN MetaLex & OWL, http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-582/paper4.pdf
31. Other Ponts to Examine Already Known: Congressional Record: “History of Bills & Resolutions,” http://tinyurl.com/432awbw CFR List of Subjects & Subject Index, http://tinyurl.com/3udaqa2 United States Code Subject Index Constitution of the United States Annotated (CONAN), http://tinyurl.com/3w5xm6q
32. Other Ponts to Examine (cont’d) To Be Discovered: Legal information professionals might examine legal research bibliographies & legal research systems to identify additional public domain ponts Especially state & local jurisdictions, or respecting particular areas of law
33. Digital PTOA: Next Steps Spring 2011: Receive input from colleagues at conferences Summer & Fall 2011: Build prototype
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41. Contacts Tom Bruce, Legal Information Institute, trb2 [at] cornell.edu Robert Richards, University of Washington, robertrichards03 [at] gmail.com