HITEC 2012: Hard Codes to Crack: Tokenization, Encryption-at-Swipe and FriendsMerchant Link
From the education session "Hard Codes to Crack: Tokenization, Encryption-at-Swipe and Friends" at the HITEC 2012 conference.
Provides insight into what to consider when purchasing and implementing a tokenization or point-to-point encryption solution to protect payment data, with a particular focus on the hotel or lodging industry.
Selling SaaS in a product world : Challenges for a Product Manager When Selling Services by Mike Schmitt Intellectual Property by Varun A. Shah at SVPMA Monthly Event December 2009
HITEC 2012: Hard Codes to Crack: Tokenization, Encryption-at-Swipe and FriendsMerchant Link
From the education session "Hard Codes to Crack: Tokenization, Encryption-at-Swipe and Friends" at the HITEC 2012 conference.
Provides insight into what to consider when purchasing and implementing a tokenization or point-to-point encryption solution to protect payment data, with a particular focus on the hotel or lodging industry.
Selling SaaS in a product world : Challenges for a Product Manager When Selling Services by Mike Schmitt Intellectual Property by Varun A. Shah at SVPMA Monthly Event December 2009
A discussion of the risks of cloud computing. While the cloud has compelling benefits, we need to evaluate and mitigate the risks - this presentation identifies some risk categories to consider in using the cloud.
These slides describes various aspects of e-commerce such as electronic payments, payment gateways, e-cash, e-wallets , electronic data interchange, virtual organisation, e-governance etc.
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.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
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.
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
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.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
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.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
When stars align: studies in data quality, knowledge graphs, and machine lear...
Overview
1. Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce)
• Commerce refers to all the activities the purchase
and sales of goods or services.
– Marketing, sales, payment, fulfillment, customer service
• Electronic commerce is doing commerce with the
use of computers, networks and commerce-enabled
software (more than just online shopping)
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2. Brief History
• 1970s: Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
– Used by the banking industry to exchange account information
over secured networks
• Late 1970s and early 1980s: Electronic Data Interchange
(EDI) for e-commerce within companies
– Used by businesses to transmit data from one business to
another
• 1990s: the World Wide Web on the Internet provides easy-
to-use technology for information publishing and
dissemination
– Cheaper to do business (economies of scale)
– Enable diverse business activities (economies of scope)
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3. E-commerce applications
• Supply chain management
• Video on demand
• Remote banking
• Procurement and purchasing
• Online marketing and advertisement
• Home shopping
• Auctions
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4. Ecommerce infrastructure
• Information superhighway infrastructure
– Internet, LAN, WAN, routers, etc.
– telecom, cable TV, wireless, etc.
• Messaging and information distribution
infrastructure
– HTML, XML, e-mail, HTTP, etc.
• Common business infrastructure
– Security, authentication, electronic
payment, directories, catalogs, etc.
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5. The Main Elements of E-
commerce
• Consumer shopping on the Web, called B2C
(business to consumer)
• Transactions conducted between businesses on
the Web, call B2B (business to business)
• Transactions and business processes that support
selling and purchasing activities on the Web
– Supplier, inventory, distribution, payment management
– Financial management, purchasing products and
information
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6. Advantages of Electronic Commerce
• Increased sales
– Reach narrow market segments in geographically
dispersed locations
– Create virtual communities
• Decreased costs
– Handling of sales inquiries
– Providing price quotes
– Determining product availability
• Being in the space
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7. Disadvantages of Electronic Commerce
• Loss of ability to inspect products from remote
locations
• Rapid developing pace of underlying technologies
• Difficult to calculate return on investment
• Cultural and legal impediments
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8. The process of e-commerce
1. Attract customers
– Advertising, marketing
2. Interact with customers
– Catalog, negotiation
3. Handle and manage orders
– Order capture
– Payment
– Transaction
– Fulfillment (physical good, service good, digital good)
4. React to customer inquiries
– Customer service
– Order tracking
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10. E-commerce Technologies
• Internet • Access security
• Mobile technologies • Cryptographic security
• Web architecture • Watermarking
• Component programming • Payment systems
• Data exchange
• Multimedia
• Search engines
• Data mining
• Intelligent agents
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11. Infrastructure for E-commerce
• The Internet
– system of interconnected networks that spans the globe
– routers, TCP/IP, firewalls, network
infrastructure, network protocols
• The World Wide Web (WWW)
– part of the Internet and allows users to share
information with an easy-to-use interface
– Web browsers, web servers, HTTP, HTML
• Web architecture
– Client/server model
– N-tier architecture; e.g., web servers, application
servers, database servers, scalability
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12. E-Commerce Software
• Content Transport
– pull, push, web-caching, MIME
• Server Components
– CGI, server-side scripting
• Programming Clients
• Sessions and Cookies
• Object Technology
– CORBA, COM, Java Beans/RMI
• Technology of Fulfillment of Digital Goods
– Secure and fail-safe delivery, rights management
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13. System Design Issues
• Good architectural properties
– Functional separation
– Performance (load balancing, web caching)
– Secure
– Reliable
– Available
– Scalable
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14. Creating and Managing Content
• What the customer see
• Static vs. dynamic content
• Different faces for different users
• Tools for creating content
• Multimedia presentation
• Integration with other media
• Data interchange
• HTML, XML (Extensible Markup Language)
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15. Cryptography
• Keeping secrets
– Privacy: interceptor cannot use information
– Authentication: sender’s identity cannot be forged
– Integrity: data cannot be altered
– Non-repudiation: sender cannot deny sending
• How to evaluate cryptography
• Secret key (symmetric) cryptography; e.g., DES
• Public key (asymmetric) cryptosystems; e.g, RSA
• Digital signatures, digital certificates
• Key management; e.g., PKI
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16. Security
• Concerns about security
• Client security issues
• Server security issues
• Security policy, risk assessment
• Authentication methods
– Something you know: passwords
– Something you have: smart card
– Something you are: biometrics
• Firewalls, proxy servers, intrusion detection
• Denial of service (DOS) attacks, viruses, worms
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17. Payment Systems
• Role of payment
• Cash
– properties: wide
accept, convenient, anonymity, untraceability, no buyer
transaction cost
• Online credit card payment, Smart Cards
– Secure protocols: SSL, SET
• Internet payment systems
– Electronic cash, digital wallets
• Micro-payments
• Wireless devices
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18. Transactions Processing
• Transactions and e-commerce
• Overview of transaction processing
• Transaction processing in e-commerce
• Keeping business records, audit, backup
• High-availability systems
• Replication and scaling
• Implementation
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19. Other System Components
• Taxes
• Shipping and handling
• Search engines
• Data mining
• Intelligent agents
• Inventory management, enterprise resource
planning (ERP)
• Customer relation management (CRM)
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20. Course Outline
• Overview of e-commerce
• The Internet and the WWW
• E-commerce software building blocks and tools
• Scalability, high-performance servers, web caching
• Basic cryptography
• Security, watermarking, firewalls
• Payment systems
• Current and future directions
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