Prepared for Ministers and Senior Officials from the Caribbean and distinguished participants and attendees of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Organization of American States (OAS), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on the occasion of the Caribbean Stakeholders’ Meeting: The Importance of ICTs and their Impact on Regional Development, May 26-28, 2014 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Big Data continues to be a hot topic in government. Now it's time to take the discussion to the next level. Most agencies understand Big Data and are collecting large amounts of data, but the challenge of how to manage it still remains.
Brace Yourselves Because The Internet of Things Is ComingCherwell Software
Amy DeMartine, Senior Analyst Forrester— Her research focus is on IT service management and IT asset management, including topics such as knowledge management, collaboration opportunities, and customer experience management. Amy helps IT organizations improve their customer experience with their lines of business by analyzing paradigm shifts in the services and support IT provides.
Big Data continues to be a hot topic in government. Now it's time to take the discussion to the next level. Most agencies understand Big Data and are collecting large amounts of data, but the challenge of how to manage it still remains.
Brace Yourselves Because The Internet of Things Is ComingCherwell Software
Amy DeMartine, Senior Analyst Forrester— Her research focus is on IT service management and IT asset management, including topics such as knowledge management, collaboration opportunities, and customer experience management. Amy helps IT organizations improve their customer experience with their lines of business by analyzing paradigm shifts in the services and support IT provides.
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.
Cloud Computing Security: Government Acquisition Considerations for the Cloud...Booz Allen Hamilton
This study provides insight into information assurance and mission assurance challenges posed by public cloud computing environments (CCE), and how accounting for those risks through acquisition security measures affect public CCE options.
Challenges and Security Issues in Future IT Infrastructure ComponentsMubashir Ali
Over the past 2 decades, the information technology infrastructure has gone through an exponential change with the introduction and evolution of new technologies and trends. Organizations previously having their data on-premise and their infrastructure comprising of multiple server machines on multiple server racks and dedicated client personal computers (PCs) are moving towards cloud computing & virtualization to Smartphone and tablets. This rapid advancement and constant change, although increasing productivity for the organizations is resulting in a rising number of challenges and security issues for the organizations, their managers, IT administrators and technology architects. This paper discusses the future IT infrastructure components and the challenges & security issues that arise after their implementation that needs to be taken care of in order to get the full advantage of IT.
Cloud Computing a leading and getting widely adopted technology in industry, unveils some unprecedented challenges to security of company’s resources such as capital and knowledge based assets. Hither to no much attention has been paid by the governments and there is neither any universal standard adopted, nor any breakthrough to take up these challenges. Traditional contracts and licensing agreements may not provide adequate legal resources and remedies normally associated with the layers of protection for corporations. Intellectual Property, Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and corporate governance issues have to be fully explored and practiced in domestic and international markets. So this paper discusses the need of establishment of Law and judicial framework of policies to the services embedding cloud computing technology, besides this it also addresses legal issues and existing policies adopted by different countries.
Cloud Computing Security Issues and ChallengesCSCJournals
Cloud computing is a set of IT services that are provided to a customer over a network on a leased basis and with the ability to scale up or down their service requirements. Usually cloud computing services are delivered by a third party provider who owns the infrastructure. It advantages to mention but a few include scalability, resilience, flexibility, efficiency and outsourcing non-core activities. Cloud computing offers an innovative business model for organizations to adopt IT services without upfront investment. Despite the potential gains achieved from the cloud computing, the organizations are slow in accepting it due to security issues and challenges associated with it. Security is one of the major issues which hamper the growth of cloud. The idea of handing over important data to another company is worrisome; such that the consumers need to be vigilant in understanding the risks of data breaches in this new environment. This paper introduces a detailed analysis of the cloud computing security issues and challenges focusing on the cloud computing types and the service delivery types.
Industrial Cybersecurity: Practical Tips for IT & OT CollaborationTripwire
How can IT and OT teams work together effectively to secure the entire infrastructure? We asked industry experts for their top tips. Read their full responses here: https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/ics-security/it-collaborate-ics-security/
Transforming the European Data Economy: A Strategic Research and Innovation A...Edward Curry
Transforming the European Data Economy: A Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
Keynote at European Data Forum 2016
Prof. Dr. Milan Petković, Vice President BDVA, Philips
Dr. Edward Curry, Vice President BDVA, Insight
This document brings together a set
of latest data points and publicly
available information relevant for
Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
Industry. We are very excited to share
this content and believe that readers
will benefit from this periodic
publication immensely.
Presentation given by David Rose at the second JISC Emerging Practices workshop (2012/07/03). Provides a basic introduction to Enterprise Architecture.
http://emergingpractices.jiscinvolve.org/wp/doing-ea-workshop-2/
Org name is a governmental entity which serves as hub of the services the Egypt government provides to the citizens in Cairo. The org name has achieved a good Maturity level in its IT operation and services, this has happened due to many reasons
1. The clear mission and vision that adopt ICT as success factor
2. Management support and commitment to org name mission and vision
3. The adoption of the standard frameworks (ITIL,PMI,TOGAF,COBIT)
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.
Cloud Computing Security: Government Acquisition Considerations for the Cloud...Booz Allen Hamilton
This study provides insight into information assurance and mission assurance challenges posed by public cloud computing environments (CCE), and how accounting for those risks through acquisition security measures affect public CCE options.
Challenges and Security Issues in Future IT Infrastructure ComponentsMubashir Ali
Over the past 2 decades, the information technology infrastructure has gone through an exponential change with the introduction and evolution of new technologies and trends. Organizations previously having their data on-premise and their infrastructure comprising of multiple server machines on multiple server racks and dedicated client personal computers (PCs) are moving towards cloud computing & virtualization to Smartphone and tablets. This rapid advancement and constant change, although increasing productivity for the organizations is resulting in a rising number of challenges and security issues for the organizations, their managers, IT administrators and technology architects. This paper discusses the future IT infrastructure components and the challenges & security issues that arise after their implementation that needs to be taken care of in order to get the full advantage of IT.
Cloud Computing a leading and getting widely adopted technology in industry, unveils some unprecedented challenges to security of company’s resources such as capital and knowledge based assets. Hither to no much attention has been paid by the governments and there is neither any universal standard adopted, nor any breakthrough to take up these challenges. Traditional contracts and licensing agreements may not provide adequate legal resources and remedies normally associated with the layers of protection for corporations. Intellectual Property, Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) and corporate governance issues have to be fully explored and practiced in domestic and international markets. So this paper discusses the need of establishment of Law and judicial framework of policies to the services embedding cloud computing technology, besides this it also addresses legal issues and existing policies adopted by different countries.
Cloud Computing Security Issues and ChallengesCSCJournals
Cloud computing is a set of IT services that are provided to a customer over a network on a leased basis and with the ability to scale up or down their service requirements. Usually cloud computing services are delivered by a third party provider who owns the infrastructure. It advantages to mention but a few include scalability, resilience, flexibility, efficiency and outsourcing non-core activities. Cloud computing offers an innovative business model for organizations to adopt IT services without upfront investment. Despite the potential gains achieved from the cloud computing, the organizations are slow in accepting it due to security issues and challenges associated with it. Security is one of the major issues which hamper the growth of cloud. The idea of handing over important data to another company is worrisome; such that the consumers need to be vigilant in understanding the risks of data breaches in this new environment. This paper introduces a detailed analysis of the cloud computing security issues and challenges focusing on the cloud computing types and the service delivery types.
Industrial Cybersecurity: Practical Tips for IT & OT CollaborationTripwire
How can IT and OT teams work together effectively to secure the entire infrastructure? We asked industry experts for their top tips. Read their full responses here: https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/ics-security/it-collaborate-ics-security/
Transforming the European Data Economy: A Strategic Research and Innovation A...Edward Curry
Transforming the European Data Economy: A Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda
Keynote at European Data Forum 2016
Prof. Dr. Milan Petković, Vice President BDVA, Philips
Dr. Edward Curry, Vice President BDVA, Insight
This document brings together a set
of latest data points and publicly
available information relevant for
Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
Industry. We are very excited to share
this content and believe that readers
will benefit from this periodic
publication immensely.
Presentation given by David Rose at the second JISC Emerging Practices workshop (2012/07/03). Provides a basic introduction to Enterprise Architecture.
http://emergingpractices.jiscinvolve.org/wp/doing-ea-workshop-2/
Org name is a governmental entity which serves as hub of the services the Egypt government provides to the citizens in Cairo. The org name has achieved a good Maturity level in its IT operation and services, this has happened due to many reasons
1. The clear mission and vision that adopt ICT as success factor
2. Management support and commitment to org name mission and vision
3. The adoption of the standard frameworks (ITIL,PMI,TOGAF,COBIT)
(subtitle: Extending enterprise architecture beyond IT)
This presentation (in Notes View, to show slides and script) reviews some of the themes needed to break out enterprise architecture from the usual IT-centric constraints, as represented by most of the existing EA frameworks and toolsets.
[Core content copyright (c) Tetradian 2007; other copyrights and trademarks as indicated]
This is a presentation I gave at the October 2007 Enterprise Architectures Conference. The presentation covers approache sto developing multi-year roadmaps for implementing business strategy.
Introduction to Cloud Computing and Cloud InfrastructureSANTHOSHKUMARKL1
Introduction, Cloud Infrastructure: Cloud computing, Cloud computing delivery models and services, Ethical issues, Cloud vulnerabilities, Cloud computing at Amazon, Cloud computing the Google perspective, Microsoft Windows Azure and online services, Open-source software platforms for private clouds.
Cloud Adoption in Capital Markets: A PerspectiveCognizant
For the financial services industry, the adoption of cloud services has become a viable business directive. As firms work to recoup their losses from the recent financial crisis, pay-as-you-go cloud services allow them to focus more on strategic, innovative and revenue-generating endeavors and less on managing routine IT activities and the supporting infrastructure.
Besides the benefits are there possible challenges government agencies are likely to encounter should they
decide to adopt cloud computing? What strategies should be deployed to overcome the inhibitors of cloud
computing? These are but few questions this paper aims to investigate. Studies have shown that, cloud
computing has become a strategic direction for many government agencies and is already being deployed
in many critical areas of the government's cyber infrastructure. The benefits and the challenges of cloud
adoption have heightened interest of academic research in recent times. We are however uncertain, per
literature factors that hinder successful cloud adoption especially in the Ghanaian context. We posit that,
understanding the challenges of cloud adoption and overcoming them must accompany the use of the
technology in order to prevent unwanted technical consequences, and even greater problems from
government information management. This study is based on unstructured interviews from selected
government agencies in Ghana. The study is grounded on the theory of technology, organization and
environment (TOE) framework. Major inhibiting factors identified include lack of basic infrastructure for
cloud take-off, data security, unreliable internet connectivity, and general lack of institutional readiness
F E B R U A R Y 8 , 2 0 1 1Vivek Kundra U.S. Chief Inf.docxmydrynan
F E B R U A R Y 8 , 2 0 1 1
Vivek Kundra
U.S. Chief Information Officer
F E D E R A L C L O U D
C O M P U T I N G S T R AT E G Y
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary 1
I Unleashing the Power of Cloud 5
1 Defining cloud computing 5
2 Cloud is a fundamental shift in IT 6
3 Cloud computing can significantly improve public sector IT 6
II Decision Framework for Cloud Migration 11
1 Selecting services to move to the cloud 11
2 Provisioning cloud services effectively 15
3 Managing services rather than assets 16
III Case Examples to Illustrate Framework 19
1 Tailoring solution to protect security and maximize value 19
2 Provisioning to ensure competitiveness and capture value 20
3 Re-defining IT from an asset to a service 22
IV Catalyzing Cloud Adoption 25
1 Leveraging cloud computing accelerators 25
2 Ensuring a secure, trustworthy environment 26
3 Streamlining procurement processes 28
4 Establishing cloud computing standards 29
5 Recognizing the international dimensions of cloud computing 30
6 Laying a solid governance foundation 31
V Conclusion 33
Appendix 1: Potential Spending o ...
IDGA is pleased to announce the return of the 5th Annual Cloud Computing for DoD & Government. The Draft Agenda is now available for you to view. Get your copy at www.CloudComputingEvent.com or request a copy via email at idga@idga.org
This summit is unique from the rest as it allows you to look at both sides of the Cloud - the fluid and functional aspect of Cloud services for government agencies, as well as with the tactical capabilities of the Cloud.
From Vision to Procurement: Principles for Adopting Cloud Computing in the Pu...accacloud
Cloud computing is a scalable, cost-efficient and highly-secure solution to help the public sector transform their services and drive efficiencies. However, to effectively enable public sector cloud procurement, discussions need to advance beyond just cost and security. Appropriate procurement processes that provide clear guidance on how cloud can be procured are also critical.
This paper outlines seven principles distilled from conversations with government procurement officers, policymakers, and auditors where they have told the ACCA and its members what the essential elements are to enabling adoption of technology solutions in the public sector. The ACCA is delighted to present this white paper to help demystify cloud solutions and provide necessary guidance to procurement policymakers and public sector agencies that are evaluating cloud services.
For more information, visit us at http://www.asiacloudcomputing.org
Whilst the web modifications our existence cloud of things may alter our existence Again-This new technology cloud of things Rising
the next engineering that change the idea from love issues and use individuals to enjoy people and use issues, crib tech handle both
humanity issue in health and power, assisting aged and disabled people and retains the guarantee of repairing the centuryaged
individual issues of poverty, illness, assault, and bad management. A genuine achievement comes whenever you assist others achieve
success chief is created by commanders not fans. A genuine achievement is available in event in Japan-America-Europe but
additionally in not just of common ownership of the new technology. Our concept to all-is common ownership of cloud of things.
Technology and Africa to be always a primary stage within this common ownership to repair Africa issues in poverty, illness, assault,
and bad management and we have to alter Africa from ICT customer to ICT maker and head ASDF Africa a forward thinking
Affiliation using the perspective of shifting Africa from being truly a passive customer to some prominent head and person of
electronic systems like cloud of things. With the purpose of linking the electronic space between Africa and also the remaining globe.
http://globecom2015.ieee-globecom.org/content/industry-posters
http://www.google.com.eg/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=0ahUKEwipqL-QjafMAhXL2hoKHUcJAD0QFgg0MAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fworkspace.unpan.org%2Fsites%2Finternet%2FDocuments%2FUNPAN95410.pdf&usg=AFQjCNGEbD5i1bU8Az6766mhvL7n3r6huQ&sig2=d1_ALN8cwE4oZ56E3Vm7Fw
http://www.ipoareview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Statement-by-Dr.Assem-Abdel-Hamied-Mousa-President-of-the-Association-of-Scientists-Developers-and-FacultiesASDF.pdf
With my team (LKYSPP MPA), we presented the basic concept, advantages, case studies, and risk management of "Cloud Computing" to (potential) policy makers, in the framework of our "Governance Study Project". We'd like to help those policy makers to make their informed decision on integrating tech-solutions in their governance, business community, and the general public.
Across the world, governments are trying to present, in the best p.docxdaniahendric
Across the world, governments are trying to present, in the best possible way, their government services to citizens. Using the new technology is paramount to reduce this interaction through effective and efficient services.
Cloud Computing is a computing concept that is formed from the aggregation and development architecture such as SOA. Its purpose is to provide resources for communication and storage in a secure environment based on the service as quickly as possible, which is virtually implemented, via Internet access.
As the services provided by the e-Government are available via the Internet, so the benefits of Cloud Computing can be used in theimplementation of e-Government architecture to provide better service with the least economic cost.
Many countries have attempted to implement the e-Government based on the functionality provided by Cloud Computing, some of these countries have achieved remarkable success, and others have confronted difficult to make it worked.
This article will explore the use of Cloud Computing in e-Government, identify challenges and benefits of this use, and finish with benchmarking countries that have followed this approach.
Keywords: e-Government, Cloud Computing, Public services, Advantages, Challenges, Benchmarking, European governments, Arabic governments.
1. Introduction
For the past 10 years, the Internet and web services have experienced rapid and significant increases, which generated through their use in all sectors of activity, a high cost of data storage and consumption energy and complexities of implementation and infrastructure solutions.
To remedy this, large organizations have begun extensive studies to reduce these costs and complexities and they deduced the CloudComputing.
Today, Cloud Computing, this new technology, has effectively respond to thousands of their hardware and software needs, and it is considered the topic most requested by academics and research centers related to the field of information technology.
The e-Government among the industries that used the Internet and web services, seeks firstly overwhelming user satisfaction, and others from the implementation of an effective system based on Information Technology. To do this, the e-Government adopted to use the concepts of Cloud Computing.
2. Cloud Computing
2.1. Definition
In 2009, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [9] published a definition of Cloud Computing as : "a model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g., networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction."
This definition was included in the Global Security Mag magazine as "Cloud Computing is a new way of delivering IT resources, not a new technology." Moreover, this concept has been proven in my post in the second edition of the PhD day ...
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
THE IMPACT OF EXISTING SOUTH AFRICAN ICT POLICIES AND REGULATORY LAWS ON CLOU...csandit
Cloud computing promises good opportunities for economies around the world, as it can help reduce capital expenditure and administration costs, and improve resource utilization. However there are challenges regarding the adoption of cloud computing, key amongst those are security and privacy, reliability and liability, access and usage restriction. Some of these challenges lead to a need for cloud computing policy so that they can be addressed. The purpose of this paper is
twofold. First is to discuss challenges that prompt a need for cloud computing policy. Secondly, is to look at South African ICT policies and regulatory laws in relation to the emergence of cloud computing. Since this is literature review paper, the data was collected mainly through literature reviews. The findings reveals that indeed cloud computing raises policy challenges that needs to be addressed by policy makers. A lack of policy that addresses cloud computing challenges can
negatively have an impact on areas such as security and privacy, competition, intellectual property and liability, consumer protection, cross border and juridical challenges.
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.
CSPCR: Cloud Security, Privacy and Compliance Readiness - A Trustworthy Fram...IJECEIAES
The privacy, handling, management and security of information in a cloud environment are complex and tedious tasks to achieve. With minimum investment and reduced cost of operations an organization can avail and apply the benefits of cloud computing into its business. This computing paradigm is based upon a pay as per your usage model. Moreover, security, privacy, compliance, risk management and service level agreement are critical issues in cloud computing environment. In fact, there is dire need of a model which can tackle and handle all the security and privacy issues. Therefore, we suggest a CSPCR model for evaluating the preparation of an organization to handle or to counter the threats, hazards in cloud computing environment. CSPCR discusses rules and regulations which are considered as pre-requisites in migrating or shifting to cloud computing services.
aFrom half day workshop on Mobile Device Security with Chris Seper and Kirk Larson at Healthcare Information Transformation #HIT12 April 3, 2012 in Jacksonville, FL.
SharePoint Saturday Philadelphia presentation 2/4/2012. Special thanks to CipherPoint Software and AvePoint for preparation and sharing panel time.
Best practices in planning and design of enterprise security and master data management strategies for HITECH compliance of both SharePoint 2010 on premise and Office 365 instances for use in covered healthcare entities.
Presentation at SharePoint Saturday New York July 30, 2011 at Microsoft Manhattan on business intelligence, enterprise architecture and integrating workflows, portals, and dashboards for robust decision support solutions across the enterprise.
Microsoft Convergence DayOne: Leveraging SharePoint within Your Dynamics GP W...Marie-Michelle Strah, PhD
Presentation April 9, 2011 at DayOne of Microsoft Convergence in Atlanta by Marie-Michelle Strah, PhD, BroadPoint Technologies, John Dooley, Microsoft, and John Herbstritt, BroadPoint Technologies.
Day Three presentation on best practices in supply chain management for complex healthcare organizations with case study. From Best Practices Conference, La Jolla, March 9, 2011.
Day One Presentation at SharePoint Best Practices Conference March 7, 2011 La Jolla, CA on Business Process Re-engineering and Improved Healthcare Outcomes
Microsoft Technologies and Work Management Success and Women in SharePoint: D...Marie-Michelle Strah, PhD
Presentation at Federal SharePoint User Group [co-sponsored with Women in SharePoint DC]. In the first part I was a discussant providing case studies as follow on to Dux Raymond Sy, PMP's presentation on SharePoint 2010 and Project 2010 for project management success. In the second half I looked at recent data on women in technology, looking specifically at user group attendance driven by targeted marketing to women and the positive impact on professional technical communities as a whole.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
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.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
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.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
When stars align: studies in data quality, knowledge graphs, and machine lear...
Strategic, Privacy and Security Considerations for Adoption of Cloud and Emerging Technologies in the Caribbean
1. Strategic, Privacy and Security Considerations for Adoption of Cloud and Emerging Technologies in the Caribbean
May 27, 2014
Prepared for Ministers and Senior Officials from the Caribbean and distinguished participants and attendees of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Organization of American States (OAS), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) on the occasion of the Caribbean Stakeholders’ Meeting: The Importance of ICTs and their Impact on Regional Development, May 26-28, 2014 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
2. For more information, please contact:
Frances Correia, Country Manager, Trinidad and Tobago, Microsoft Corporation, fcorreia@microsoft.com
Josemaria Valdepenas, National Technology Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean, Microsoft Corporation, Josemaria.valdepenas@microsoft.com
Roberto Arbelaez, Chief Security Advisor for the Americas and the Caribbean, Microsoft Corporation, Roberto.arbelaez@microsoft.com
Marie-Michelle Strah, National Cloud Enterprise Architect and WW Enterprise Information Management Lead, Microsoft Corporation, mstrah@microsoft.com
Zohra Tejani, Senior Attorney, Legal Affairs Director, Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft Corporation, zohrat@microsoft.com
Miguel Sciancalepore, Attorney, Digital Crimes Unit Regional Lead, Microsoft Corporation, miguelsc@microsoft.com
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3. Strategic, Privacy and Security Considerations for Adoption of Cloud and Emerging Technologies in the Caribbean
Table of Contents
Section 1:
Emerging Technologies and Cloud for eGovernment: Strategic Considerations 4
National Cloud and eGovernment ………………………………………………………………… 4
Considerations for Cloud Computing …………………………………………………………… 5
Section 2:
Key Considerations when Partnering with Private Sector Cloud Service Providers: A Brief Overview …………………………………………………………………………………………………......... 8
Security at the Core ………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
Data Privacy and Security ……………………………………………………………………………….. 8
A Note about Security and Privacy Certifications ……………………………………………. 9
Regulatory Compliance and Policies……………………………………………………………….. 9
Section 3:
Private Sector Role in Fighting Cybercrime……………………………………………………… 11
Tools and Technologies Developed by Microsoft to help Governments fight Cybercrime……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12
4. Section 1: Emerging Technologies and Cloud for eGovernment : Strategic Considerations
1. Introduction
Governments around the world can benefit greatly from advances in cloud computing and emerging technologies to deliver government and citizen services, drive innovation and knowledge transfer from private sector, increase transparency and accountability, accelerate economic development and transformation and ensure data privacy and security. In addition, Federal, state, and local governments and non-government organizations (NGO) are adopting Open Data initiatives powered by the cloud to extract insight and support better decision-making, ultimately transforming how agencies work, engage citizens, and provide eGovernment services.
2. National Cloud and eGovernment
National Cloud is aggregate cloud computing for multiple public sector entities within a country and helps governments save money, deliver more effective services, and compete more effectively in the global economy. Governments at all levels–local, regional, and national–recognize the new opportunities that cloud computing offers for creating an agile and flexible IT infrastructure that supports their services. For today’s government leaders and CIOs, the cloud presents an opportunity to rethink the role IT plays in accomplishing strategy.
Enable Governments to Save Money: National Clouds help reduce delivery costs while also increasing hardware utilization and staff efficiency. By consolidating existing resources and pooling together hardware, facilities, operations, and electricity, governments can use computing resources on a schedule and likely at a lower overall cost.
Improve Government Service Delivery: National Clouds enable end-to-end solutions with common user experiences while also offering the ability to grow dynamically to fit changing governmental needs. Offer applications and services that support government innovation and enable cost-effective cloud-designed applications that can dynamically scale to meet demand.
Help Governments Transform to Be More Effective and Globally Competitive: National Clouds empower governments to get precisely the services and capabilities they need by moving to the cloud when and how they want. Data and applications can be available on-premises, through the private and/or public cloud, enabling agencies to configure to the combination most compatible with their needs.
5. Example: Driving Open Data Initiative Because it makes services available over the network, the cloud frees governments from standardizing on specific devices or servers. That way, constituents can access services from any device, whether they’re on mobile phones, tablets, laptops, or desktops. In its first move into the cloud, the UK’s Transport for Greater Manchester hosted an open data platform to foster mobile app development—and enable greater mobile device usage by its employees, citizens, and visitors.
3. Considerations for Cloud Computing
What’s challenging for a government agency is to sort through the universe of cloud offerings and determine the right cloud solution and the right service provider for their particular political and business requirements, ecosystem, and organizational culture.
Public clouds, managed in data centers by a provider, can be agile and budget- friendly, providing scalability and cost benefits. Public clouds are often the most cost effective and scaleable options. They offer a security-enhanced environment, but may not be fully compliant with privacy regulations and may impose rigid limitations on configurability. In a public cloud, the cloud provider keeps the environment continuously up-to-date.
Private clouds, or those managed by a service provider (on-premises or hosted by a third party), can provide better security features for the most sensitive and private data.
While these are more customizable and offer the government more control, the costs of the private cloud may be higher because the agency must also purchase and manage the infrastructure.
When building a private cloud, the government or service provider needs to build continuous process improvements into the design so the system can evolve from the moment it goes into production.
A mix of private, service provider and public clouds in a hybrid cloud, can provide an optimal mix of cost and control, but requires strategy, planning and an enterprise architectural approach up front to drive value realization and alignment with IT with political and economic goals of the country (i.e. not “infrastructure for infrastructure’s sake”).
eGovernment and Planning for the Cloud
When deciding whether to deploy Iaas, PaaS or SaaS solutions in public, private, service provider or hybrid clouds, there are several steps to take into consideration.
6. 1. Establish the Business Case
a. Develop a national cloud strategy aligned to political and economic goals of country
b. Assess cloud readiness of the country (ICT, power, legal and procurement frameworks)
c. Examine TCO (total cost of ownership) of options presented below
2. Develop a National Information Strategy
a. Adopt Information architecture and Enterprise Information Management approaches
b. Develop programs to determine data classification, sovereignty and locality
c. Implement rigorous identity and access management programs
3. Conduct an Application Portfolio Rationalization
a. Adopt Enterprise Portfolio Management approach to ALM and development
b. Adopt security standards in design for trustworthy computing
c. Use IA and EIM models to break through application and data silos and introduce efficiencies
d. Leverage API economy and Open Data Initiatives to drive application development
4. Map National Cloud Opportunities
a. Explore the market for national data centers and shared services
b. Explore the market for aggregation and cloud brokerage
c. Create demand and go to market strategies for customers to adopt national cloud
d. Improve eGovernment services through national cloud use
5. Assess Human Resources Challenges
a. Use public procurement as a tool to support local IT sector and workforce development
b. Develop strong public-private partnerships with strategic private sector entities for strategy, implementation and support
6. Designing for Performance and Security: Hybrid Cloud Architectures
a. Steps 1-5 above are critical business and information architecture components of national cloud
b. The research and analysis in steps 1-5 will clarify cloud transformation and migration strategies as well as drive business requirements for hybrid cloud architectures
7. c. Develop roadmap and governance framework
References:
United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Guidelines on Government Data for Citizen Engagement. http://workspace.unpan.org/sites/Internet/Documents/Guidenlines%20on%20OGDCE%20May17%202013.pdf
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. Information Economy Report 2013: The Cloud Economy and Developing Countries. http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/ier2013_en.pdf
Prepared by: Marie-Michelle Strah, PhD, National Cloud Enterprise Architect and WW Enterprise Information Management Lead, Microsoft Corporation, mstrah@microsoft.com
8. Section 2: Key Considerations when Partnering with Private Sector Cloud Service Providers: A Brief Overview
Enterprise cloud services, from productivity software-as-a-service to workloads or apps in cloud operating systems, can help governments serve their citizens more effectively and cost-efficiently. However, the e-Government destination necessarily involves a journey with check-points on security, data privacy and transparency, and regulatory compliance. What are the key considerations for governments when partnering with cloud service providers on this journey?
Security at the Core: Global cloud service providers have a massive footprint of millions of servers which translates into cost efficiencies in buying hardware, deploying hardware and even negotiating electric rates. These cloud providers can justify enormous investments in security because the costs are spread over many servers and data centers in a way that most customers could not justify if they were establishing their own data center for a few thousand users.
Physical Security. Cloud service providers should offer leading perimeter security at data centers, environment controls, multi-factor authentication, extensive monitoring, 24x7 onsite security staff, and days of backup power.
Restricted data access and use. Access to government user data should be restricted by the cloud service provider. Government user data should be accessed only when necessary to support the government’s use of the cloud services. Strong authentication, including the use of multi-factor authentication, helps limit access to authorized personnel only. Access should be revoked as soon as it is no longer needed.
Data encryption. The provider should provide data encryption at rest and in transit between the government user and the provider, with a roadmap for encryption enhancements.
Incident response. Provider should have a global, 24x7 incident response service that works to mitigate the effects of attacks and malicious activity. The incident response team follows established procedures for incident management, communication, and recovery, and uses discoverable and predictable interfaces internally and to Government users.
Data Privacy and Transparency
Privacy prioritized. Governments should expect cloud services to be designed for privacy. For example, are the enterprise cloud services segregated from consumer cloud services? The provider’s business model (e.g., online advertising) can also
9. reveal the provider’s priorities. Government users should demand clear contractual commitments and limitations about how the cloud service provider will use its customers’ data. For example, the cloud service provider should not use customer data or derive information from it for any advertising or similar commercial purposes.
Data ownership, portability, and deletion. Governments should insist on contractual commitments that confirm the government’s ownership of its data. Governments should be able to access its data at any time without the assistance of the cloud service provider. Contract commitments should also include clear timeframes for when the customer can extract its data and when the provider will delete the customer data upon the expiration or termination of the cloud services contract.
Transparency. Private cloud services providers must be transparent and indicate to governments where their data will be stored and whether they will use subcontractors to process that data. To the extent possible, cloud services providers should attempt to redirect law enforcement requests for data to the customer. Reports on such law enforcement requests should be made available
A note about security and privacy certifications: Key third party and government certifications to look for are listed below. Cloud services providers should be willing to share third-party verification results.
• ISO 27001 is a broad international information security standard.
• ISO 27018 will soon be an international data privacy standard.
• Service Organization Control (SOC) reporting framework for SOC 1 Type 2 relates to the design and operating effectiveness of a service provider’s controls.
• UK G-Cloud Security Accreditation: UK Federal Government cloud security program
• FEDRAMP/FISMA: US Federal Government cloud security requirements
• Validation by European Union data protection authorities (DPAs) and the European Commission that contractual commitments meet European Union (EU) privacy law’s rigorous standards.
Regulatory Compliance and Policies
Existing regulations. Regulations covering special segments of data, such as healthcare data or financial services information, can pose special compliance challenges when moving regulated data to the public cloud. However, a trusted private sector partner can help an agency remain compliant. Examples: See the case studies of the
10. Goodbody, the largest stock broker in Ireland, and the Government of the US Virgin Islands.
Policy considerations for new regulations. Proposed laws and regulations (or updates to existing ones) that impact cloud services should strike the right balance. Two key areas of focus:
Data must be allowed to flow freely. Consistency and predictability of regulations across countries can help protect data in the cloud while facilitating private sector operations as data travels across numerous national borders.
Security from unauthorized access. Prioritizing a safe cloud can help encourage adoption of cost-effective cloud services.
Cloud services provided by the private sector can be a cost-effective, efficient way to achieve e-Government goals. However, the right considerations must be made along the way. Whether developing a procurement tender for cloud services or whether developing regulations that will govern data in the cloud, it is important to understand how the private sector can serve as trusted partners for governments in the key areas of security, data privacy and transparency, and regulatory compliance.
Reference: Facilitando the Cloud: Data Protection Regulation as a Driver of National Competitiveness for Latin America, Horacio E. Gutierrez & Daniel Korn, Inter-American Law Review, February 12, 2014. http://inter-american-law- review.law.miami.edu/facilitando-cloud-data-protection-regulation-driver-national- competitiveness-latin-america/
Prepared by: Zohra Tejani, Senior Attorney, Legal Affairs Director, Worldwide Public Sector, Microsoft Corporaton, zohrat@microsoft.com
11. Section 3: The Growing Threat of Cybercrime: Overview
The private sector has an important role in helping the public sector fight the threat of cybercrime. How does Microsoft collaborate?
The private sector has a key role in particular in the fight against Cybercrime. In particular a technology company such as Microsoft has an interest in securing a safe internet for its customers and consumers.
While there are multiple types of cybercrime, Microsoft focuses on three main areas where Microsoft has an opportunity to make a direct impact to create a safe digital world.
Malware Disruption
IP crimes including piracy
Protecting consumers focusing on vulnerable populations: Child Protection
Malware Disruption
Malware is capable of all kinds of evil activities that can do an untold amount of damage without warning, like stealing confidential information as well as large sums of money. Malware undermines the trust in the internet and technology. Microsoft helps protect customers and consumers from malware and to raise the cost of doing business for the criminals. Microsoft plays offense and collaborates with law enforcement to do botnet takedowns.
Vulnerable Populations: Child Protection
One focus of Microsoft is addressing the issue of technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation, particularly the exchange of child pornography. Microsoft works closely with governments, expert NGOs, researchers, industry, law enforcement and others on new and important ways to combat these threats to better protect children from further harm.
IP Crimes including Piracy
Organizations that employ unlicensed software (non-genuine or illegal software) are subjected to important legal and security risks. Such security risks range from the possibility of getting infected by malicious software code (Virus, Trojans, Worms,
12. Spyware, etc.), to data loss, identity theft, corruption of your internal network and permanent harm to your IT systems, compromising the organization information.
Microsoft Collaboration
Microsoft collaborates with governments though its Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, which is an international legal and technical team. Microsoft has cybercrime experts across the areas of malicious software crimes, IP crimes, and technology-facilitated child exploitation. The team is comprised of more than 100 attorneys, investigators, business professionals, and forensic analysts.
Since February 2010, for example Microsoft has disrupted eight botnets tied to criminal organizations committing consumer, financial and advertising fraud.
Tools and Technologies Developed by Microsoft to help Governments fight Cybercrime
Cyberforensics: Cyberforensics is a new investigative capability built on state-of- the-art technology which enables the detection of large-scale cybercrime, such as online fraud and identity theft, perpetrated by criminals located thousands of miles away.
CTIP (Cyber Threat Intelligence Program): As part of each of Microsoft’s botnet takedown operations, it works with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTS) to rescue and clean computers from the control of the botnets.
For instance, when Microsoft seizes the command and control infrastructure of a botnet, it severs the connection between the cybercriminals running a botnet and the computers they infected with that botnet’s malware.
These infected computers continue to try to check into the botnet command for instructions until they are cleaned of the malware. Every day Microsoft’s system receives hundreds of millions of attempted check ins from computers infected with malware such as Conficker, Waledac, Rustock, Kelihos, Zeus, Nitol, Bamital, Citadel and ZeroAccess.
PhotoDNA: In 2009, Microsoft, in cooperation with digital imaging expert Dr. Hany Farid of Dartmouth College, created a technology called PhotoDNA to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to help address the distribution
13. of graphic child pornography online. PhotoDNA has begun to change the way child exploitation is fought by empowering online service providers to find, report and eliminate images that would previously have gone undetected, and by helping law enforcement investigate reported cases more quickly and more efficiently.
SitePrint: A tool to map out online organized crime networks selling illicit products online, incorporating a unique web site fingerprinting technology. This technology has been used to dismantle international organized crime network (OCNs).
Prepared by: Miguel Sciancalepore, Attorney, Digital Crimes Unit Regional Lead, Microsoft Corporation, miguelsc@microsoft.com