CIO's implanting digital transformation strategies are facing increasing challenges on how to migrate security integrated hybrid technologies. Find out here the future of Future Networks today
Security and Privacy of Sensitive Data in Cloud Computing : A Survey of Recen...csandit
Cloud computing is revolutionizing many ecosystems by providing organizations with
computing resources featuring easy deployment, connectivity, configuration, automation and
scalability. This paradigm shift raises a broad range of security and privacy issues that must be
taken into consideration. Multi-tenancy, loss of control, and trust are key challenges in cloud
computing environments. This paper reviews the existing technologies and a wide array of both
earlier and state-of-the-art projects on cloud security and privacy. We categorize the existing
research according to the cloud reference architecture orchestration, resource control, physical
resource, and cloud service management layers, in addition to reviewing the existing
developments in privacy-preserving sensitive data approaches in cloud computing such as
privacy threat modeling and privacy enhancing protocols and solutions.
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Key stories from the November Edition:
•Commercial Bank of Dubai adopts the Microsoft Cloud to accelerate digitization
•The next frontier of value
•Abu Dhabi Municipality chooses Aruba for digital workplace transformation project
•Nutanix announces new IT automation for private clouds
•Fortinet ranked high by Gartner for SDWAN equipment market share by revenue
•Okta launches Okta SecurityInsights to protect global workforces
•Automation Anywhere launches AI-Powered RPA-as-a-Service platform
•New Mimecast report finds staggering increase in BEC Attacks
•Huawei stresses on key pillars for digital economy in the region
•DU chooses Oracle to accelerate uptake of UAE FEDNet programme
•VMware ranked 1st in cloud systems, service management
What makes the next-generation firewall better than the traditional firewalls in protecting your data from hackers? Know more information from Netmagic!
VMblog - 2020 IT Predictions from 26 Industry Expertsvmblog
Find out what's going on in the world of #artificialintelligence, #machinelearning, #cloud, #kubernetes, #containers, #virtualization, #security, #disasterrecovery, #networking, #data and so much more in 2020. Read these #predictions from 26 of the industry's leading experts to learn more! Hear from industry thought leaders from companies like Altaro, Citrix, Commvault, Datacore, IGEL, Kaspersky, Liquidware, SolarWinds, Veeam, Vembu, VMware and more. And make sure to also read the more than 430+ other expert predictions here: http://bit.ly/2QVorPI at VMblog.com.
White paper from Cohesive Networks - Enterprise Architecture Networking
How cloud service providers can use VNS3 and overlay networks to offer customer-focused security and control.
Cloud Computing for Banking
What does the future of cloud computing for banking look like—both in the near and long terms? Accenture sees cloud computing as an important step in the continuing industrialization of IT and thus capable of ultimately playing a key role in enabling high performance.
Security and Privacy of Sensitive Data in Cloud Computing : A Survey of Recen...csandit
Cloud computing is revolutionizing many ecosystems by providing organizations with
computing resources featuring easy deployment, connectivity, configuration, automation and
scalability. This paradigm shift raises a broad range of security and privacy issues that must be
taken into consideration. Multi-tenancy, loss of control, and trust are key challenges in cloud
computing environments. This paper reviews the existing technologies and a wide array of both
earlier and state-of-the-art projects on cloud security and privacy. We categorize the existing
research according to the cloud reference architecture orchestration, resource control, physical
resource, and cloud service management layers, in addition to reviewing the existing
developments in privacy-preserving sensitive data approaches in cloud computing such as
privacy threat modeling and privacy enhancing protocols and solutions.
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Key stories from the November Edition:
•Commercial Bank of Dubai adopts the Microsoft Cloud to accelerate digitization
•The next frontier of value
•Abu Dhabi Municipality chooses Aruba for digital workplace transformation project
•Nutanix announces new IT automation for private clouds
•Fortinet ranked high by Gartner for SDWAN equipment market share by revenue
•Okta launches Okta SecurityInsights to protect global workforces
•Automation Anywhere launches AI-Powered RPA-as-a-Service platform
•New Mimecast report finds staggering increase in BEC Attacks
•Huawei stresses on key pillars for digital economy in the region
•DU chooses Oracle to accelerate uptake of UAE FEDNet programme
•VMware ranked 1st in cloud systems, service management
What makes the next-generation firewall better than the traditional firewalls in protecting your data from hackers? Know more information from Netmagic!
VMblog - 2020 IT Predictions from 26 Industry Expertsvmblog
Find out what's going on in the world of #artificialintelligence, #machinelearning, #cloud, #kubernetes, #containers, #virtualization, #security, #disasterrecovery, #networking, #data and so much more in 2020. Read these #predictions from 26 of the industry's leading experts to learn more! Hear from industry thought leaders from companies like Altaro, Citrix, Commvault, Datacore, IGEL, Kaspersky, Liquidware, SolarWinds, Veeam, Vembu, VMware and more. And make sure to also read the more than 430+ other expert predictions here: http://bit.ly/2QVorPI at VMblog.com.
White paper from Cohesive Networks - Enterprise Architecture Networking
How cloud service providers can use VNS3 and overlay networks to offer customer-focused security and control.
Cloud Computing for Banking
What does the future of cloud computing for banking look like—both in the near and long terms? Accenture sees cloud computing as an important step in the continuing industrialization of IT and thus capable of ultimately playing a key role in enabling high performance.
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) is dedicated to protecting personal information and will make every reasonable effort to handle collected information appropriately. All information collected, as well as related requests, will be handled as carefully and efficiently as possible in accordance with IJCER standards for integrity and objectivity.
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | May 2021Rick Lievano
In almost every conversation, I’m astounded by the amount of folks who mention the recent disruption that’s occurred in this industry. As the old adage goes: “…the only constant has been change.” Digital disruption has fueled digital transformation, and with the proliferation of companies offering broader arrays of services, enterprises are scrambling to keep up and offer newer and better things.
There’s been major consolidation across Telco and Media, and the fight for audience and revenue is more fierce than ever. As we have seen in these last few weeks, there have been industry changing merger talks between Warner Media and Discovery, Bouygues and M6 Groupe from Bertelsmann, and even Amazon and MGM. While we’re proud and confident in our most recent acquisitions, it’s safe to say that the competition is heating up.
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Key stories from April-May Edition:
•Software AG Appoints Redington Value As Middle East Distributor
•Microsoft Announces Nuance Acquisition
•Dell Technologies: UAE and Saudi Arabia Lead in Digital Transformation
•Cisco Announces New Data Center to Serve Collaboration Customers
•Aruba Accelerates Digital Transformation on Microsoft Azure
•Tableau Business Science Brings Powerful Data Science Capabilities
•Oracle Announces Cloud Lift Services
•Okta Launches Customer Identity Risk Ecosystem and Workflow Integrations
•VMware Cloud Accelerates App Modernization Through Multi-Cloud Services
•Mimecast Publishes Report on Threat Actor Attacks During COVID-19
•Micro Focus Introduces OPTIC
•Ivanti: Remote Work is Sending IT Security Budgets Out of Control
•CyberArk Highlights Credential Theft Trends for New Types of Identities
•Gigamon Launches Hawk to Secure Cloud Adoption
•Check Point Software Announces Mobile Security Report 2021
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry News | November 2020Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the November 2020 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate.
Transforming to a digital business is a key theme across global communications service providers and many industry leaders are pursuing a new paradigm by leveraging agile new technologies, systems, and services to enable this transformation. This newsletter showcases how the telecommunications industry leverages Microsoft and partner technologies like 5G, cloud, artificial intelligence, big data, virtual network functions, and blockchain to accelerate the transformation to digital services.
En presentation om IBM MessageSight som erbjuder skalbar konnektivitet.
Läs mer om Utveckling och sammankoppling för mobila enheter (http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/sv/category/SWL00)
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Key stories from the March Edition:
•Oracle Expands Hybrid Cloud Portfolio with Roving Edge Infrastructure
•Huawei Unveils New Solutions to Stimulate Growth in the Digital Economy
•Fortinet Delivers Major Updates to FortiOS Operating System
•Cisco Completes Acquisition of IMImobile
•Palo Alto Networks Launches NextWave 3.0
•Cambium Networks Unveils Gigabit Outdoor Point to Point Solution
•Check Point Software Launches Unified Security Solution Harmony
•Citrix Tackles Employee Well-Being
•CrowdStrike Delivers Advanced Threat Protection for Cloud and Container Workloads
•Kaspersky: DDoS Attacks in Q4 2020 Dropped by a Third Compared to Q3
•Nutanix Extends Ransomware Protections to Help Secure Customers’ IT Environments
•New Veeam Backup & Replication v11 Now Available
•VMware Refreshes vRealize Cloud Management
•Veritas Introduces NetBackup 9
•Ivanti Wavelink Expands Velocity Platform
•CyberArk Delivers New Identity Security Offerings to Drive Customer Success
Business Communication systems are the processes, both informal and formal, by which information is passed between the employers and employees within a business, or between the business itself and the outsiders.
Digital Businesses Need to Rethink Their Network StrategiesAbhishek Sood
This report from ZK Research explores why it’s critical that digital businesses rethink their network strategies and embrace a software-defined future. Access now to discover:
The challenges of traditional networks
Why SD-WANs are the foundation for new enterprise networks
How you can chart a path to the SD-WAN
Key criteria for evaluating SD-WAN solution providers
To prosper in this new environment insurance companies can look to the cloud, in conjunction with other technologies, to help drive reinvention of their business model to offer new services and create direct, multi-channel relationships with customers
A cloud revolution is brewing, and it promises to radically transform the way we compete, collaborate, and consume business services. Indeed, in an economy as volatile and hypercompetitive as today’s, the cloud’s potent mix of simplicity, security, faster innovation, and lower operating costs is proving increasingly attractive. For many businesses—small, medium, and large—the time to adopt this game-changing approach is now.
International Journal of Computational Engineering Research (IJCER) is dedicated to protecting personal information and will make every reasonable effort to handle collected information appropriately. All information collected, as well as related requests, will be handled as carefully and efficiently as possible in accordance with IJCER standards for integrity and objectivity.
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | May 2021Rick Lievano
In almost every conversation, I’m astounded by the amount of folks who mention the recent disruption that’s occurred in this industry. As the old adage goes: “…the only constant has been change.” Digital disruption has fueled digital transformation, and with the proliferation of companies offering broader arrays of services, enterprises are scrambling to keep up and offer newer and better things.
There’s been major consolidation across Telco and Media, and the fight for audience and revenue is more fierce than ever. As we have seen in these last few weeks, there have been industry changing merger talks between Warner Media and Discovery, Bouygues and M6 Groupe from Bertelsmann, and even Amazon and MGM. While we’re proud and confident in our most recent acquisitions, it’s safe to say that the competition is heating up.
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Key stories from April-May Edition:
•Software AG Appoints Redington Value As Middle East Distributor
•Microsoft Announces Nuance Acquisition
•Dell Technologies: UAE and Saudi Arabia Lead in Digital Transformation
•Cisco Announces New Data Center to Serve Collaboration Customers
•Aruba Accelerates Digital Transformation on Microsoft Azure
•Tableau Business Science Brings Powerful Data Science Capabilities
•Oracle Announces Cloud Lift Services
•Okta Launches Customer Identity Risk Ecosystem and Workflow Integrations
•VMware Cloud Accelerates App Modernization Through Multi-Cloud Services
•Mimecast Publishes Report on Threat Actor Attacks During COVID-19
•Micro Focus Introduces OPTIC
•Ivanti: Remote Work is Sending IT Security Budgets Out of Control
•CyberArk Highlights Credential Theft Trends for New Types of Identities
•Gigamon Launches Hawk to Secure Cloud Adoption
•Check Point Software Announces Mobile Security Report 2021
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry News | November 2020Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the November 2020 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate.
Transforming to a digital business is a key theme across global communications service providers and many industry leaders are pursuing a new paradigm by leveraging agile new technologies, systems, and services to enable this transformation. This newsletter showcases how the telecommunications industry leverages Microsoft and partner technologies like 5G, cloud, artificial intelligence, big data, virtual network functions, and blockchain to accelerate the transformation to digital services.
En presentation om IBM MessageSight som erbjuder skalbar konnektivitet.
Läs mer om Utveckling och sammankoppling för mobila enheter (http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/sv/category/SWL00)
Value Journal, a monthly news journal from Redington Value Distribution, intends to update the channel on the latest vendor news and Redington Value’s Channel Initiatives.
Key stories from the March Edition:
•Oracle Expands Hybrid Cloud Portfolio with Roving Edge Infrastructure
•Huawei Unveils New Solutions to Stimulate Growth in the Digital Economy
•Fortinet Delivers Major Updates to FortiOS Operating System
•Cisco Completes Acquisition of IMImobile
•Palo Alto Networks Launches NextWave 3.0
•Cambium Networks Unveils Gigabit Outdoor Point to Point Solution
•Check Point Software Launches Unified Security Solution Harmony
•Citrix Tackles Employee Well-Being
•CrowdStrike Delivers Advanced Threat Protection for Cloud and Container Workloads
•Kaspersky: DDoS Attacks in Q4 2020 Dropped by a Third Compared to Q3
•Nutanix Extends Ransomware Protections to Help Secure Customers’ IT Environments
•New Veeam Backup & Replication v11 Now Available
•VMware Refreshes vRealize Cloud Management
•Veritas Introduces NetBackup 9
•Ivanti Wavelink Expands Velocity Platform
•CyberArk Delivers New Identity Security Offerings to Drive Customer Success
Business Communication systems are the processes, both informal and formal, by which information is passed between the employers and employees within a business, or between the business itself and the outsiders.
Digital Businesses Need to Rethink Their Network StrategiesAbhishek Sood
This report from ZK Research explores why it’s critical that digital businesses rethink their network strategies and embrace a software-defined future. Access now to discover:
The challenges of traditional networks
Why SD-WANs are the foundation for new enterprise networks
How you can chart a path to the SD-WAN
Key criteria for evaluating SD-WAN solution providers
To prosper in this new environment insurance companies can look to the cloud, in conjunction with other technologies, to help drive reinvention of their business model to offer new services and create direct, multi-channel relationships with customers
A cloud revolution is brewing, and it promises to radically transform the way we compete, collaborate, and consume business services. Indeed, in an economy as volatile and hypercompetitive as today’s, the cloud’s potent mix of simplicity, security, faster innovation, and lower operating costs is proving increasingly attractive. For many businesses—small, medium, and large—the time to adopt this game-changing approach is now.
While use of the cloud today is generally associated with the ability to reduce costs and improve efficiency, widespread adoption of this technology is projected to have a transformative effect on all businesses of all sizes.
Strategic Importance of Cloud Computing in the Business Organizati.docxsusanschei
Strategic Importance of Cloud Computing in the Business Organizations
Information System Infrastructure
Ramesh Ramanathan Neelathangam
University of Campbellsville
(BA63370)
Dr. Quiana Bradshaw
Abstract
Cloud computing is became a very important aspect of the business world with the tremendous increase in usage of the databases that are enabled to be available with the internet. Usage of social media, mobile commerce and e-commerce, which are public services, increased when they are linked to cloud. A $31 billion dollar growth is identified in the past five years (C. Lakshmi Devasena, 2014). Not depending on the size of the business, cloud computing has been adopted in all business types right from small to large. The importance of cloud computing and the impact of it on the business are discussed below.
Introduction: For any kind of organization to run and operate, it has to depend on various technologies and cloud computing is one amongst them which has more sophisticated features that helps the organization’s functioning much smoother. Before the cloud emerged, the organizations were depending on the traditional methods of running the applications on LAN or a computer. Cloud computing is enabled to run multiple application on a shared multi-tenant, which gave easier access to the platform. Each organization, now days, started using the cloud technology as it proved to reduce the operational costs. Being a self-service based technology, cloud computing has given easier access to the applications by logging in and to customize them to the choices of the customers and his needs (Velte, A. T., Velte, T. J., & Elsenpeter, R. C 2010).
Why did Cloud Technology Emerge: The major reason for the cloud technology to emerge is on the technical side and those reasons are explained below.
1. Rapid growth of computers and communication technologies: The growing demand in computing for technology, data communications and the computing devices were the key reasons for the cloud technology to grow and evolve.
2. Management Methodology changed: The data was stored manually on the premises, LAN or on computer by the organizations a decade ago. But when these organizations have to meet the global competency, they had to invest so much time for the improvement and development of the business and this caused the organizations to start outsourcing the IT projects, so that they get that time required to think about the business enhancements.
3. Computing capacities availability exceeded: The giant companies like Amazon and google started providing the needs of computing, and this has become the major reason for the demand of cloud computing.
Advantages of Cloud Computing in the world of business:
1. Cost effective: The services provided by the cloud computing work in pay-as-you-go style, which is a very sophisticated model, giving the option for organizations to pay only for the services they use. No additional costs incurs to the company expect the service.
Digital transformation is the process of reorienting an organization to focus on value creation through the widespread and persistent application of digital technologies.
Top Emerging Cloud Computing Trends To Look for in 2021.pdfinfosec train
Cloud computing has occupied a significant part of the technology market. The consequences of incidents experienced in 2020 have ensued most forecasts for 2021.
https://www.infosectrain.com/courses/ccsp-certification-training/
Software Defined Networking from IBM_Next Generation Network Agility_ White P...Kanishka Ramyar
Software defined networking from IBM_next generation network agility. Please contact me at kramyar@us.ibm.com for “Ask the Expert” session for software defined networking
How a Business-First, Agile Cloud Migration Factory Approach Powers Digital S...Cognizant
By embracing a “factory” approach to hybrid cloud migration, IT organizations can more easily deliver enhanced operational agility and cost efficiencies, while widening the scope for business innovation.
Nec smart enterprise_trends_2014-slidesTodd Landry
Starting 2014 trends for enterprises will shift towards more converged IT infrastructures, move away from silo practices. This shift is critical for enterprises in the coming years as it will establish the foundation for agility, resiliency, and the ability for IT be a significant contributing factor to the business.
Mentions about the details and the advantages that cloud computing has to offer in E commerce which is highly use by high tech customers at present modern technology age.
MSP Industry Brief - From Break / Fix to Recurring Revenue Madeline Titcomb
This industry brief highlights the industry and technology trends impacting MSPs now and in the future. It highlights ways for MSPs to take advantage of the cloud to create new revenue streams, address customer needs, and grow recurring
revenue for greater profitability and less volatility.
Rebooting IT Infrastructure for the Digital AgeCapgemini
The Digital Transformation Institute has launched its latest research report titled “Faster, Better, Smarter: Rebooting IT Infrastructure for the Digital Age.” The report highlights why organizations need robust and seamless IT infrastructure that keeps pace with evolving market and technology demands. IT infrastructure has always been known as a “keeping the lights on” function but now it has evolved into a core catalyst of Digital Transformation. However, as a function, IT infrastructure is yet to undergo a core transformation. The report discusses why a reboot is critical.
With physical interaction no longer being an acceptable form of communication in light of social distancing efforts, enterprises and institutions around the world have made a sudden shift to digital solutions in a bid to retain productivity. Companies are now starting to realize the benefits of cloud computing, even beyond the immediate need for remote work generated by COVID-19 this year. As a result, it's likely that many businesses will begin scaling up their digital transformation efforts and invest heavily in IT and cloud resources in the coming years.
This documentation explains how cloud technology is the corporate world’s biggest partner in times of crises like COVID-19.
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AI driven automation will create wealth and expand economies. Find out the views of the Executive Office of the US President in this AI Government led initiative.
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UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
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Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
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Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
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Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
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.
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Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
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Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
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Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
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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.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...
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1. Whitepaper | Future networks 1
Steve Masters, VP, Customer Innovation
June 2017
Dispelling the myth: future networks
2. Whitepaper | Future networks 2
1. Future networks overview 1
2. Why move to future networks? 2
3. Customer challenges 3
4. Taking steps towards building a future network 5
5. Business benefits of future networks 7
6. Why BT? 9
7. Appendix: future network technologies defined 10
Contents
3. 1
Future network
technologies
offer a new way
to build and manage
networks that are
fit for the digital
age – more flexible,
affordable, easier to
manage and secure.
1. Future networks overview
Digital transformation
is a priority for today’s
businesses. It helps open
up new opportunities
through transforming
costs, improving
customer experiences,
making operational
efficiencies and creating
new business models.
CIOs implementing a digital transformation strategy are facing new
technology challenges and choices. Migrating to new platforms such
as cloud, supporting global connectivity (including mobile platforms),
and securely managing and making sense of the ever-increasing
amount of data, all needs focus.
CIOs that know their organisations need more flexibility and agility
to succeed, are already taking advantage of cloud-based IT services
and applications. But they are struggling to get their infrastructure
to deliver the rapid response, easy collaboration and constant
innovation the digital business needs.
Future network technologies offer a new way to build and manage
networks that are fit for the digital age – more flexible, affordable,
easier to manage and secure.
This paper looks to dispel some of the myths that surround future
networks, and how BT’s Dynamic Network Services are delivering
future networks that enable you to optimise and transform your
network to meet your challenges – today and in the future.
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2. Why move to future networks?
Embracing the cloud
Cloud is the business model of the future for all organisations.
Cloud services offer a new way of consuming, developing and
locating services in a fast, efficient, flexible and cost-effective way.
Newer organisations can quickly set up shop based purely on cloud
consumption, and flourish unencumbered by traditional ICT models.
More traditional organisations can gain competitive edge and
move quickly into new areas or markets by adopting bi-modal ICT
practices, allowing new areas of the business to move ahead quickly
in its consumption of new cloud services.
Reducing ICT spend
Bandwidth demand continues to grow year on year causing
organisations to look to cheaper internet services and potentially
compromise quality for cost. Large scale adoption of cloud services
is also driving more use of low cost public internet services and the
subsequent acceptance of those services for business functions.
Increased flexibility and agility
Businesses today are dynamic, and cloud adoption gives
organisations increased speed and agility. They can turn on new
services across the globe, in new geographic areas and new markets
very simply and quickly. But network resources typically are out of
sync with the cloud capabilities. Typically referred to as the ‘longest
pole in the tent’, they set too long a timeframe for delivery to
new markets. Customers are looking for parity between network
resources and cloud services to bring new locations or branches
online in much shorter timeframes. Also new applications such
as Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) are
exerting more pressure on existing network infrastructures, and
there’s a need for tighter security and management of end devices.
Coping with increased demand
Bandwidth demand is growing significantly year on year. Everything
from higher quality imaging to hungrier applications puts pressure
on the networks whether they are public or private. With
on-demand services difficult to deliver effectively, customers are
seeing their network costs potentially growing but not necessarily
becoming more flexible.
Launching new business applications
As businesses transform, they typically develop new applications on
cloud platforms and consume from cloud providers. They are then
looking at introducing these new applications in an agile, secure
fashion and without impacting existing business applications.
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3. Customer challenges
As more applications
move to the cloud,
businesses push
into new and wider
geographies and
quality is diluted
by hybrid.
How do you get from where you are now, to where you want
to be?
While it’s clear that digital is now a boardroom priority – and indeed, for many,
a competitive imperative – everyone is at a different stage and transforming at
different speeds. But wherever you are on the journey, you know it’s crucial to
have the right technology environment and service approach underpinning your
digital strategy. And that it needs to be flexible, agile, intelligent, cost effective
and secure.
Do you really know what applications you’re running?
As the move to the cloud happens, organisations typically experience a reality
check on the actual number and complexity of the applications the business
is running. Most organisations will then run an application rationalisation
programme, and see a need for far greater visibility of specific applications,
their performance and the customer or user experience. Tools in this area
have historically been disparate, expensive and with a lack of available skills
to act on the information provided. As more applications move to the cloud,
businesses push into new and wider geographies and quality is diluted by hybrid.
There is a greater dependence on, and need for, an integrated toolset with
better application visibility and enforcement of corporate polices on approved
application use.
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Lack of security
control in the cloud,
regulatory/compliance
issues, and lack of
cloud usage visibility.
Do you understand the policies and regulatory regimes you
need to operate under?
As more personal data travels across cloud infrastructures and potentially
unsecured mobile devices, legal frameworks and regulations are rapidly being
put in place to protect customer data from exposure. New regulation encourages
organisations to build in security by ‘design’, not by ‘default’, but business
strategy doesn’t always align with security strategy, causing potential gaps and
vulnerabilities. CIOs don’t always know exactly what makes up the corporate
IT estate and end up spending more time maintaining existing systems than
searching for new solutions. And, of course, many are hindered by vulnerable
legacy IT.
Do you know how to secure your data and its usage?
CIOs still face three key concerns around cloud: lack of security control in the
cloud, regulatory/compliance issues, and lack of cloud usage visibility. As the
digital world continues to grow, and traditional security perimeters start to
vanish, critical and personal data has become more widely distributed and at risk
from threats. The use of shadow IT is becoming more prevalent, with increased
risk from insecure cloud services and applications. Moving to the cloud means
that visibility and management of user security, endpoints, data and applications
needs to be coordinated with a wider set of parties and working cultures in order
to protect your data and your customers’ data, regardless of where it resides or
where it travels to.
It also means that if customers are not already doing so, they need to
understand their security landscape so that they can comply with new
regulatory requirements such as GDPR, which comes into effect in May 2018.
Finally, as the attack surface and the amount of telemetry from endpoints,
security and network devices grows exponentially, it’s vital that customers are
able to make sense of that vast amount of data in real-time so that they can
protect their critical assets and data from attack by having
actionable intelligence.
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4. Taking steps towards building a future network
The journey to
building a network
infrastructure that
will support today’s
and tomorrow’s
cloud business
applications is
a complex one.
With a range of
new technologies
to support this,
there are some
fundamental
steps that
businesses should
be taking now.
Step one
Hybrid networking
One of the first steps you can take is to adopt a strategy to move towards a hybrid
networking environment – blending quality of service bandwidth with internet
bandwidth. With the demand and growth in bandwidth consumption, the most cost-
effective way of achieving this is to expand the capability in a hybrid fashion. With a
choice of quality or non-quality routes and with the range of tools available either
traditionally (appliance based) or in virtual function format, applications can ultimately
be routed by the right route, to get the appropriate quality, at the right time of day,
month or week.
For example, hybrid networking could involve offloading certain non-priority traffic
to allow appropriate bandwidth for the ERP system to crunch the end of the month
numbers.
We offer a hybrid solution which combines a market leading private network with a
market leading internet solution, to ensure that your hybrid solution offers the perfect
balance of performance and agility, security, scale and cost.
We offer you the building blocks to the perfect hybrid solution.
Step two
Cloud Connect access
Cloud is here and it’s centre stage, with nearly every organisation gaining
advantages from cloud services. With 90% of our largest customers planning or
already using multiple cloud services, our Connect services allow you to seize the
opportunity to implement and realise benefits for your organisation faster than ever.
BT Cloud Connect provides pre-provisioned infrastructure with inbuilt security into
leading cloud software as a service (SaaS) providers and infrastructure as a service
(IaaS) providers in 13 cities in nine countries. This can allow customers to quickly
connect their cloud environments to their corporate networks with either IP or
MPLS bandwidth. The service has the appropriate security and acceleration services
built in as virtual functions.
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Step three
SD-WAN
In today’s world, the amount of data moving around the network is just growing
and growing, and the lines between business and personal are blurring. We all have
multiple devices and use them to connect to applications wherever we are. And that
puts a strain on networks.
If your organisation is struggling to get critical applications performing at their best,
it’s likely you’re not getting the most out of your network.
Organisations supporting global remote or branch networks should start to
categorise their sites into specific site types. In profiling these sites for specific
applications, business processes, worker types and personas, we can build a picture
of the type of network needed to support this infrastructure.
We have started to build hybrid infrastructures with Cloud Connect access that
provide users with access to their cloud-based services. This means we could look to
build a picture of how an SD-WAN solution could simplify current, complex, multiple
appliance-based locations with a simpler, lightweight, feature-rich solution.
With the ability to connect quickly and securely to base over either quality, internet or
4/5G, new sites can be up and running and generating revenue much quicker than
traditional site builds. In many cases the enhanced tooling capabilities embedded
with the SD WAN device on site can provide the data analytics for dynamic traffic
routing and prioritisation. How the SD-WAN tools work with other cloud usage and
management tools is also vital to complete end-to-end diagnostics.
Step four
A Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) strategy
NFV is probably the least tangible in the market today due to its position on the
development curve. But it is something customers should be thinking about and
planning for now.
Organisations should look at the shelf life of their existing estate and ascertain what
appliances are going to be ‘end of life’. The viability of the existing estate to run
virtual CPE capability should also be assessed, and we can deliver this through our
Agile CPE portfolio. For example, some routers have the ability to run blade server
cards on which smaller numbers of virtual network functions become viable. The
key challenge is balancing the cost of the device with enough processing power to
negate any future needs.
At BT, we’ve already taken significant steps to deliver on the promise of NFV/SDN
and SD-WAN with our Dynamic Network Services. For example, with our Cloud
of Clouds strategy, we’ve provided cloud acceleration and cloud security, giving
customers a speedy, secure connection to their cloud apps. Having worked with BT
to ascertain the best roadmap to NFV, early pilots should be considered with our
capabilities. Depending on location (distance from BT’s edge network) and access
(typically fibre), there’s an option for capability to be hosted within BT’s network.
This moves the functionality from the branch into the network.
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5. Business benefits of future networks
When organisations
transform their
network into a
future network,
what benefits will
they see? Having
deployed a hybrid
network with BT’s
Dynamic Network
Services, our
customers find
they gain:
Flexible infrastructure
Fundamentally, customers will have a
secure, flexible infrastructure that can
support their current and future cloud
migrations. Changes will be more in line
with the set-up, take-down, moves,
adds and changes of speed and agility
that most cloud vendors provide. As the
organisation moves more services to
the cloud, the infrastructure can flex to
accommodate change.
Simplification
Using a combination of SD-WAN and
NFV, site IT and telecoms domains can be
greatly simplified. For new sites, a simpler
build can be specified, and for existing
sites, complex, multiple appliance-based
environments can be simplified with
a combination of SD-WAN and NFV
capabilities depending on the site size
and type.
Speed and agility
Using a combination of SD-WAN and
NFV, the speed at which new sites
can be set up, old sites shut down and
the network re-configured increases
accordingly. By deploying an SD-WAN
device on site, it has the ability to quickly
connect in the first instance via either
Ethernet/MPLS, Internet or 4/5G, and be
configured centrally. There is potential for
new branches to be up and running, and
generating revenue, in weeks rather than
months. As NFV matures, we will have the
ability to deliver the x86 hardware to the
location and then add, remove or upgrade
network functions from a central location.
In the example of a BT managed service,
virtual acceleration devices could be
dragged and dropped in order to triage
a network connection suffering
unexpected congestion.
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Secure and compliant
Using the internet will only ever increase the
need for security. It also increases the complexity
and challenges around being compliant with
new legislation such as GDPR that increases
protection of sensitive customer data and carries
major financial penalties for breaches, as well
as personal consequences at board level if the
right prevention steps have not been taken. The
evolution to a hybrid WAN environment requires
a complete re-think of the security architecture,
its scope and the controls applied at the network,
application, user and device levels due to the
existence of multiple Internet points and remote
access gateway needs. This gives rise to the need
to understand the existing security landscape and
develop a new security strategy to deliver those
controls. A well-designed and robust network
architecture, where security is designed as the key
foundational piece of that architecture will help to
protect you. Not only does it need to protect you
from threats coming from both outside and inside
your organisation, but it should also operate
without performance degradation and be flexible
enough to support your evolving business. Using a
big data analytics service to monitor that network,
the endpoints, security controls, users and
applications and combining that with third party
intelligence information will be key to providing
the visibility of those threats so that you can act
quickly to pre-empt attacks before they occur or
identify and respond in real-time.
Reduction/simplification of ICT skills
SD-WAN solutions are designed to be quickly
and simply installed by less skilled staff and
auto-discover and connect back to base. With a
simplified branch infrastructure, less expertise will
be required at remote or branch locations. NFV
solutions will ultimately provide the platform to
deliver virtual functions, reducing the need for
truck rolls and again less expertise required at
remote sites. With the move from CLI changes
on devices the abstracted management and
orchestration capabilities are available to a less
technical audience. For example, as part of a BT
managed service, sites can be polled on a regular
basis, proactively looking for pinch points or
application bottlenecks and application traffic can
be assigned more bandwidth or re-routed to a
higher quality of service.
Cost effectiveness
Hybrid networks provide a cost-effective way of dealing with the increasing
demand in bandwidth. By expanding Internet capability, typically provided
locally at all sites, application traffic can be routed effectively and according
to the agreed SLA. For latency sensitive or real-time applications (e.g. voice
and video) the appropriate quality of service bandwidth can be provided.
Other lower priority traffic can be offloaded to the Internet and the two
routes can be flexed during peak times. Hybrid also offers a more cost-
effective way to achieve resilience, and SD-WAN and NFV solutions allow
greater management and control of the network with fewer people.
Agreed service levels
BT’s Dynamic Network Services comes with a range of on-board capabilities
that provide greater visibility of traffic profiles and application data. These
enhanced management capabilities allow us to manage specific business
processes far more accurately and maintain greater service levels.
Innovation
As more customers have requirements for M2M connectivity, and more
and more IoT endpoints, SD-WAN networks can quickly and easily build
over-the-top capability for these new services. SDN overlays can provide
persistent connectivity for devices and the appropriate security alternative
to IPSec networks.
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6. Why BT?
We’re the best
partner for you, now
and into the future.
BT has deep experience of the networking business. Our portfolio strategy, the
Cloud of Clouds, is a powerful combination of cloud services, IT integration skills,
global network and professional security expertise. It allows our customers to
connect easily and securely to the applications and data they need, regardless of
where they’re hosted or where our customers are based.
We were there at the beginning of several generations of new communication
technologies, and SDN/NFV is no exception. We worked on its creation and
continue to develop the technology in partnership with other global telcos and
leading IT vendors to make sure it delivers for our customers.
Now, with our new secure and resilient networking vision and our Dynamic
Network Services roadmap, we’re helping CIOs extend all the flexibility and
agility of the cloud to their global communications infrastructure, and build a
business that can flourish in the digital age.
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7. Appendix: future network technologies defined
Virtual CPE (V-CPE)
Typically, the first step towards replacing appliance-based
network functions such as routers and firewalls on customer
sites. This could be blade server technology deployed in
existing capable routing appliances and capable of running
a Virtual Network Function such as a firewall or acceleration
capability. As services mature, the capability will likely be a
generic x86 PC hardware device. Depending on the abundance
of high speed fibre, these devices could be located in service
provider nodes at the edge of their network (deployable now
for limited virtual functions).
Network Function Virtualisation (NFV)
In the first instance, these are software or virtual versions
of traditional appliance-based network functions such
as firewalls, routers, acceleration devices, application
management capabilities. They will sit on Virtual CPE, typically
either blade servers deployed in traditional appliances or on
generic x86 hardware platforms deployed on customer sites or,
depending on fibre access, at the service provider edge node.
Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN)
An edge technology with multiple access capability that’s
controlled and managed from a central function. Typically,
with low or zero touch installation, it will allow connectively
by cellular, Internet or traditional WAN (Ethernet/MPLS).
It will then allow specific application, policy-based
routing, providing application efficiency typically in a
hybrid environment. With a range of on-board tools, SD-
WAN devices generally provide application visibility and
performance, and the ability to dynamically allocate or
change application priorities from the central control function
(well developed and deployable in the market).
Software Defined Network (SDN)
The ability to programme the network from a central control
capability and dynamically deploy, increase or decrease
bandwidth. Typically deployed within data centres and high-
speed fibre networks, but now being deployed within the core
of most Network Service Providers. This technology will allow
the same (or similar) flexibility in the wide area as the cross-
connect does within the data centre.