Security represents one of the biggest concerns about cloud computing. In this session we’ll get past the FUD with a real-world look at some key issues. We’ll discuss the infrastructure necessary to support rationalization and security services, explore architecture for defense –in-depth, and deal frankly with the good, the bad, and the ugly in Cloud security. (As presented by Dave Chappelle at OTN Architect Day in Chicago, October 24, 2011.)
In this lightning talk we will explore one approach to getting multi-stakeholder agreement on Enterprise Architecture decisions focused on a defence in depth security model. Corporate enterprise technology environments can be large and complicated. And when it comes to making changes to the internet facing security environment both rigorousness and resistance to change increase. These increased challenges can be overcome with good project / process management, solid end-to-end architecture, and a comprehensive decision making template. In a nutshell, this talk explores the enterprise architecture decision.
Cloud Security Checklist and Planning Guide Summary Intel IT Center
A summary of the cloud security checklist and practical planning guide to help integrate security planning into cloud computing initiatives—from data center to endpoint devices. Includes encryption, infrastructure security, and trusted compute pools.
Symantec Introduces New Security Solutions to Counter Advanced Persistent Thr...Symantec
Symantec Endpoint Protection 12, optimized for virtual environments, offers organizations the vital protection needed to effectively safeguard information from attackers. Symantec Protection Center 2.0 draws upon correlated visibility from multiple security products to provide relevant actionable intelligence that reduces risks to business.
Cloud security is must for any of the IaaS, PaaS, SaaS or CaaS initiative. this presentation aims to simplify the concept of cloud security with clear steps to achieve it. It also summarize the controls required to implement cloud security.
In this lightning talk we will explore one approach to getting multi-stakeholder agreement on Enterprise Architecture decisions focused on a defence in depth security model. Corporate enterprise technology environments can be large and complicated. And when it comes to making changes to the internet facing security environment both rigorousness and resistance to change increase. These increased challenges can be overcome with good project / process management, solid end-to-end architecture, and a comprehensive decision making template. In a nutshell, this talk explores the enterprise architecture decision.
Cloud Security Checklist and Planning Guide Summary Intel IT Center
A summary of the cloud security checklist and practical planning guide to help integrate security planning into cloud computing initiatives—from data center to endpoint devices. Includes encryption, infrastructure security, and trusted compute pools.
Symantec Introduces New Security Solutions to Counter Advanced Persistent Thr...Symantec
Symantec Endpoint Protection 12, optimized for virtual environments, offers organizations the vital protection needed to effectively safeguard information from attackers. Symantec Protection Center 2.0 draws upon correlated visibility from multiple security products to provide relevant actionable intelligence that reduces risks to business.
Cloud security is must for any of the IaaS, PaaS, SaaS or CaaS initiative. this presentation aims to simplify the concept of cloud security with clear steps to achieve it. It also summarize the controls required to implement cloud security.
Symantec Ubiquity is an award-winning, next generation security technology that is built on community-based reputation for fighting evolving malware. A result of more than four years of development, Ubiquity enables Symantec to harness the anonymous software usage patterns of more than 100 million Symantec customer computers, and deliver protection against micro-distributed, mutating threats, that would otherwise completely evade traditional security solutions.
Definition Micro segmentation: Micro segmentation is the process of making network security more flexible by using software defined policies. Learn more at.https://www.fieldengineer.com/blogs/what-is-micro-segmentation/
At VMworld 2012, Symantec announced new solutions and technical integrations with VMware across its entire product portfolio to ensure higher levels of protection for virtualized environments. Together, Symantec and VMware enable SMBs and enterprises to use the benefits of virtualization without compromising protection.
Symantec announced new offerings to create a trusted ecosystem of applications and partners to help businesses accelerate the execution of their mobility initiatives. The offerings include two new programs – the App Center Ready Program for application developers and the Mobility Solution Specialization Program for channel partners – as well as a single mobile suite spanning device management, application management and mobile security.
Cloud Security: Limitations of Cloud Security Groups and Flow LogsPriyanka Aash
Cloud Security Groups are the firewalls of the cloud. They are built-in and provide basic access control functionality as part of the shared responsibility model. However, Cloud Security Groups do not provide the same protection or functionality that enterprises have come to expect with on-premises deployments. In this talk we will discuss the top cloud risks in 2020, why perimeters are a concept of the past and how in the world of no perimitiers do Cloud Security groups, the "Cloud FIrewalls", fit it. We will practically explore Cloud Security Group limitations across different cloud setups from a single vNet to multi-cloud
Cloud security From Infrastructure to People-wareTzar Umang
Understand Cloud Security in every level from infrastructure to people ware via understanding threats, hardening your servers and creating policies that will users be guided on securing themselves.
Cloud Security & Cloud Encryption Explained by Porticor the industry leader in Cloud Data Security. Learn from Porticor the issues for cloud security and how to protect your data in the cloud. Learn more about cloud security at http://www.porticor.com
You are invited learn about award winning MicroTokenization® and MicroEncryption® technology. You will garner an understanding of the new paradigm in secure storage solutions
Simplifying Security for SMBs: Introducing Symantec Endpoint Protection Small...Symantec
Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 2013 gives small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) choice by offering a cloud-managed service and traditional on-premise management in a single endpoint protection product. By simplifying the deployment options, SMBs have the freedom to very easily move to the cloud when they’re ready without adding complexity to their environment. SMBs can also effortlessly protect their information at a time when targeted attacks have doubled against businesses with 250 or fewer employees, climbing to 36 percent of all targeted attacks.
RSA 2012 Virtualization Security February 2012Symantec
At RSA 2012 Symantec and VMware announced five new security integrations with the VMware cloud infrastructure suite designed to deliver extensive protection for virtual and cloud environments along with operational cost savings. With new VMware integrations, Symantec enables joint customers to completely protect their virtual infrastructure and business-critical applications with data loss prevention, IT risk an compliance, data center protection, security information and event management (SIEM) and endpoint protection solutions – delivering unparalleled security, scalability and cost reductions for rapid services delivery and enhanced business agility for the cloud.
Fidelis Endpoint combines rich endpoint visibility and multiple defenses with incident response workflow automation including deep interrogation and recorded playbacks reducing response time from hours to minutes for security analysts. The Fidelis Endpoint module is a component of the Fidelis Elevate platform that delivers automated detection and response.
Here’s some of what we’ll cover:
-Visibility into all threat activity at the endpoint
-Hunting for threats directly on the endpoint, in both file system and memory
-Key event recording and automatic timeline generation
-Automated endpoint response using scripts and playbooks
-Integration with Fidelis Network to improve your team's effectiveness and efficiency
Enterprises face a wide range of threats across their information infrastructure. In order to protect critical systems and information, a comprehensive security approach is necessary. A single layer of defense cannot be considered adequate. Although no system can be considered absolutely secure, a multi-tiered security approach can effectively reduce the overall risk an organization must face.
In this webinar, Tom will illustrate an effective security approach through the image of a castle. He will review many of the different defenses that can be deployed in unison to better secure a network from a range of threats. Tom will also provide examples of improvements that can be made leveraging existing controls to provide an overall increase in organizational security.
Symantec Ubiquity is an award-winning, next generation security technology that is built on community-based reputation for fighting evolving malware. A result of more than four years of development, Ubiquity enables Symantec to harness the anonymous software usage patterns of more than 100 million Symantec customer computers, and deliver protection against micro-distributed, mutating threats, that would otherwise completely evade traditional security solutions.
Definition Micro segmentation: Micro segmentation is the process of making network security more flexible by using software defined policies. Learn more at.https://www.fieldengineer.com/blogs/what-is-micro-segmentation/
At VMworld 2012, Symantec announced new solutions and technical integrations with VMware across its entire product portfolio to ensure higher levels of protection for virtualized environments. Together, Symantec and VMware enable SMBs and enterprises to use the benefits of virtualization without compromising protection.
Symantec announced new offerings to create a trusted ecosystem of applications and partners to help businesses accelerate the execution of their mobility initiatives. The offerings include two new programs – the App Center Ready Program for application developers and the Mobility Solution Specialization Program for channel partners – as well as a single mobile suite spanning device management, application management and mobile security.
Cloud Security: Limitations of Cloud Security Groups and Flow LogsPriyanka Aash
Cloud Security Groups are the firewalls of the cloud. They are built-in and provide basic access control functionality as part of the shared responsibility model. However, Cloud Security Groups do not provide the same protection or functionality that enterprises have come to expect with on-premises deployments. In this talk we will discuss the top cloud risks in 2020, why perimeters are a concept of the past and how in the world of no perimitiers do Cloud Security groups, the "Cloud FIrewalls", fit it. We will practically explore Cloud Security Group limitations across different cloud setups from a single vNet to multi-cloud
Cloud security From Infrastructure to People-wareTzar Umang
Understand Cloud Security in every level from infrastructure to people ware via understanding threats, hardening your servers and creating policies that will users be guided on securing themselves.
Cloud Security & Cloud Encryption Explained by Porticor the industry leader in Cloud Data Security. Learn from Porticor the issues for cloud security and how to protect your data in the cloud. Learn more about cloud security at http://www.porticor.com
You are invited learn about award winning MicroTokenization® and MicroEncryption® technology. You will garner an understanding of the new paradigm in secure storage solutions
Simplifying Security for SMBs: Introducing Symantec Endpoint Protection Small...Symantec
Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 2013 gives small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) choice by offering a cloud-managed service and traditional on-premise management in a single endpoint protection product. By simplifying the deployment options, SMBs have the freedom to very easily move to the cloud when they’re ready without adding complexity to their environment. SMBs can also effortlessly protect their information at a time when targeted attacks have doubled against businesses with 250 or fewer employees, climbing to 36 percent of all targeted attacks.
RSA 2012 Virtualization Security February 2012Symantec
At RSA 2012 Symantec and VMware announced five new security integrations with the VMware cloud infrastructure suite designed to deliver extensive protection for virtual and cloud environments along with operational cost savings. With new VMware integrations, Symantec enables joint customers to completely protect their virtual infrastructure and business-critical applications with data loss prevention, IT risk an compliance, data center protection, security information and event management (SIEM) and endpoint protection solutions – delivering unparalleled security, scalability and cost reductions for rapid services delivery and enhanced business agility for the cloud.
Fidelis Endpoint combines rich endpoint visibility and multiple defenses with incident response workflow automation including deep interrogation and recorded playbacks reducing response time from hours to minutes for security analysts. The Fidelis Endpoint module is a component of the Fidelis Elevate platform that delivers automated detection and response.
Here’s some of what we’ll cover:
-Visibility into all threat activity at the endpoint
-Hunting for threats directly on the endpoint, in both file system and memory
-Key event recording and automatic timeline generation
-Automated endpoint response using scripts and playbooks
-Integration with Fidelis Network to improve your team's effectiveness and efficiency
Enterprises face a wide range of threats across their information infrastructure. In order to protect critical systems and information, a comprehensive security approach is necessary. A single layer of defense cannot be considered adequate. Although no system can be considered absolutely secure, a multi-tiered security approach can effectively reduce the overall risk an organization must face.
In this webinar, Tom will illustrate an effective security approach through the image of a castle. He will review many of the different defenses that can be deployed in unison to better secure a network from a range of threats. Tom will also provide examples of improvements that can be made leveraging existing controls to provide an overall increase in organizational security.
Defense in Depth: Implementing a Layered Privileged Password Security Strategy BeyondTrust
Tune in to the full webinar recording here: https://www.beyondtrust.com/resources/webinar/defense-depth-implementing-layered-privileged-password-security-strategy/?access_code=eb6de71b465f16507cadfb2347a9d98f
In this presentation from the live webinar of security expert and TechVangelist Founder/Chief, Nick Cavalancia explores how to apply the defense-in-depth, layered security approach to enterprise password management. Also included in this webinar is an overview of BeyondTrust's PowerBroker Password Safe, the leading solution for enterprise password management.
Cybercrime Threat Landscape: Cyber Criminals Never SleepIBM Security
A Glimpse into the Cybercrime Underground
In this session, Trusteer’s senior fraud prevention strategist, Etay Maor, will dive into the latest tools, techniques and threats developed and utilized by cybercriminals. The presentation will include a market overview of the latest offerings from the criminal underground, with a deep dive into some of the techniques discussed by cybercriminals, and review how they manifest as real attacks with real examples and case studies. A share of the presentation will also be dedicated to possible mitigation strategies and techniques.
During this webinar you will learn about:
- New malware attack and evasion techniques
- The latest underground offerings on the “fraud as a service” market
- The latest rumors and discussions around malware and malware authors from the underground
- Real-time intelligence and adaptable counter measures
This presentation gives an introduction to security of smart grid and reviews the most important related guidelines like NISTIR 7628 and IEEE 2030. At the final section, it reviews the US cyber security program for the energy sector as a case study.
Security is high on the list of concerns for many organizations as they evaluate their cloud computing options. This session will examine security in the context of the various forms of cloud computing. We'll consider technical and non-technical aspects of security, and discuss several strategies for cloud computing, from both the consumer and producer perspectives.
Cyber & Process Attack Scenarios for ICSJim Gilsinn
Presented at the OPC Foundation's "The Information Revolution 2014" in Redmond, WA August 5-6, 2014
This presentation discusses the modes and methodologies an attacker may use against an industrial control system in order to create a complex process attack. The presentation then discusses some specific examples, both real and hypothetical. The presentation finishes with a description of some common ways in which an organization could defend itself against these types of attacks.
FFIEC and NIST: What You Need to Know About Two Prevalent New IT Security Com...West Monroe Partners
Cybersecurity is an area of growing concern for financial institutions, especially in the face of recent high-profile data breaches. In June of this year, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released its Cybersecurity Self Assessment Tool (CAT) to help institutions determine their risks and evaluate their preparedness.
Wireless LAN Security, Policy, and Deployment Best PracticesCisco Mobility
The current state of wireless security, covering wireless device access, preventing rogue threats and addressing wireless attacks. Special focus on device profiling and policy covering how to prevent unauthorized (such as smartphones and tablets) from accessing the network. Learn More: http://www.cisco.com/go/wireless
Keeping data private and secure has always been a business imperative for data privacy and regulatory compliance reasons, and as businesses seriously consider migrating to the cloud, data security is one of the most significant concerns. Once data is moved to the cloud, it becomes vulnerable to a number of new threats, and data security must be addressed jointly by the cloud provider and the customer itself. In our presentation we will discuss the shared responsibility module, review the pros and cons of current approaches to cloud data security, and discuss new and emerging technologies such as split-key encryption and partially homomorphic key encryption that enables organizations to maintain data privacy in a public cloud environment.
This presentation brought to you by Ariel Dan, Co-Founder VP sales & Marketing at Porticor cloud security.
How do you secure your most sensitive data in the cloud? How can you provide the right level of authentication controls or encryption services? These are some of the key challenges of virtualization in the cloud. Intel IT responded by creating an architecture called a High Trust Zone (HTZ). This architecture greatly increases flexibility and focuses on rapid detection of compromise and survivability. In particular, it uses zones of trust that provide more flexible, dynamic, and granular controls than do traditional enterprise security models.
(ATS4-GS03) Partner Session - Intel Balanced Cloud Solutions for the Healthca...BIOVIA
Healthcare/Pharmaceutical -IT departments, under constant pressure to do more with less, face an ever increasing volume of regulatory requirements, infrastructure challenges, and demands from clinical end-users to support applications anytime, anywhere, on any device. Healthcare/Pharma CIOs have a hard enough time “keeping the lights on” and find it difficult to drive strategic initiatives that improve patient care or support growth.
Cloud computing can improve the efficiency of IT, increase organizational agility, and control costs, but how do organizations adopt interoperable, scalable solutions while minimizing industry concerns such as vendor lock-in and data breach?
In this session, attendees will learn about the key trends that are driving healthcare organizations toward cloud solutions that “balance” compute, network and storage concerns based on open, scalable infrastructure. We will look at real-world examples of how healthcare organizations are using the cloud today. Finally, we will discuss how healthcare cloud solutions can be improved with Intel platform capabilities.
IBM Smarter Business 2012 - BYOD: "So what?" – Enabling mobile and mixed endp...IBM Sverige
Wouldn't it be nice to say "yes" when the employees wish to access company information using their iPads or other devices they bring? To attract and retain top talent, we need to be open to new working practices, and deal with the challenges that brings. With the User and Network Carrier being in control of that device, we need new ways to manage the risk. For example, how can you prevent business critical information being stolen from a lost smartphone? How do you enforce mobile security standards ? Distribute recommended mobile applications?
Keith Poyser joined IBM with the BigFix acquisition, and in this presentation he will be outlining how IBM has been able to help different type of companies solving BYOD and other endpoint management issues using BigFix, now known as IBM Endpoint Manager," from datacenter, to desktop, to device."
Talare: Keith Poyser, IBM Europe Sales Leader, Mobility and Endpoint Management
Besök http://smarterbusiness.se för mer information.
Meeting the business and technical challenges of today's organizations requires an architectural approach. The Cisco Borderless Network Architecture is the technical architecture that allows organizations to connect anyone, anywhere, anytime, and on any device - securely, reliably, and seamlessly. It is built on an infrastructure of scalable and resilient hardware and software. Components of the architecture come together to build network systems that span your organization from network access to the cloud. Intelligent network, endpoint, and user services provide the flexibility, speed, and scale to support new devices, applications, and deployment models.
The impact of the consumerization of IT and mobility cannot be understated. The impact that these two key business elements have on the evolution of Enterprise Architecture and for Service Provider's ability to offer services to Enterprises, Governments, and Consumers will be addressed in this webinar. We will talk about the importance of the shift and movement of the secure network edge leads to a very close examination of the changing threat vectors and vulnerabilities impacting your businesses today. We will also detail service delivery and consumption on the three 'service horizons,' (Mobile Endpoint and CPE, Virtualized Network Edge/Data Center Edge, and the Cloud).
Similar to Rationalization and Defense in Depth - Two Steps Closer to the Cloud (20)
Business Integration for the 21st Century Bob Rhubart
Service Oriented Architecture has evolved from concept to reality in the last decade. The right methodology coupled with mature SOA technologies has helped customers demonstrate success in both innovation and ROI. In this session you will learn how Oracle SOA Suite's orchestration, virtualization, and governance capabilities provide the infrastructure to run mission critical business and system applications. And we'll take a special look at the convergence of SOA & BPM using Oracle's Unified technology stack.
Cloud initiatives are beginning to dominate enterprise IT roadmaps. Successful adoption of Cloud and the subsequent governance challenges warrant a Cloud reference architecture that is applied consistently across the enterprise. This presentation will answer questions such as what exactly a Cloud is, why you need it, what changes it will bring to the enterprise, and what the key capabilities of a Cloud infrastructure are - using Oracle's Cloud Reference Architecture, which is part of the IT Strategies from Oracle (ITSO) Cloud Enterprise Technology Strategy (ETS).
Innovations in Grid Computing with Oracle CoherenceBob Rhubart
Learn how Coherence can increase the availability, scalability and performance of your existing applications with its advanced low-latency data-grid technologies. Also hear some interesting industry-specific use cases that customers had implemented and how Oracle is integrating Coherence into its Enterprise Java stack.
Cloud Computing - A Pragmatic Approach to Cloud AdoptionBob Rhubart
The road to Cloud Computing is not without a few bumps. This session will help to smooth out your journey by tackling some of the potential complications. We'll examine whether standardization is a prerequisite for the Cloud. We'll look at why refactoring isn't just for application code. We'll check out deployable entities and their simplification via higher levels of abstraction. And we'll close out the session with a look at engineered systems and modular clouds.
High Availability Infrastructure for Cloud ComputingBob Rhubart
Infrastructure high availability is extremely critical to Cloud Computing. In a Cloud system that hosts a large number of databases and applications with different SLAs, any unplanned outage can be devastating, and even a small planned downtime may be unacceptable. This presentation will discuss various technology solutions and related best practices that system architects should consider in cloud infrastructure design to ensure high availability.
Engineered Systems: Oracle's Vision for the FutureBob Rhubart
Oracle's Exadata and Exalogic are impressive products in their own right. But working in combination they deliver unparalleled transaction processing performance with up to a 30x increase over existing legacy systems, with the lowest cost of ownership over a 3 or 5 year basis than any other hardware. In this session you'll learn how to leverage Oracle's Engineered Systems within your enterprise to deliver record-breaking performance at the lowest TCO.
Manage and Monitor Oracle Applications in the CloudBob Rhubart
Oracle offers a broad portfolio of software and hardware products and services to enable public, private and hybrid clouds to power the enterprise. However, enterprise cloud computing presents new management challenges that need to be addressed to realize the economic benefits of cloud computing. In this session you will learn about the methods and tools you can use to proactively monitor your end-to-end Oracle Applications environment in the cloud, define service-level objectives, gain insight into end users, and troubleshoot performance problems from a single console.
(As presented by Basheer Khan of Innowave Technology at Oracle Technology Network Architect Day in Chicago, October 24, 2011.)
21st Century Service Oriented ArchitectureBob Rhubart
Service Oriented Architecture has evolved from concept to reality in the last decade. The right methodology coupled with mature SOA technologies has helped customers demonstrate success in both innovation and ROI. In this session you will learn how Oracle SOA Suite’s orchestration, virtualization, and governance capabilities provide the infrastructure to run mission critical business and system applications. And we’ll take a special look at the convergence of SOA & BPM using Oracle’s Unified technology stack.
(As presented by Samrat Ray at Oracle Technology Network Architect Day in Chicago, October 24, 2011.)
Application-Driven Virtualization technologies offer new capabilities for optimizing data centers and enabling new IT operating models. This session will review the architectural strategies for getting the most of virtualization technology in a cloud environment.
(As presented by Ken Ellis at Oracle Technology Network Architect Day in Chicago, October 24, 2011.)
Oracle Enterprise Manager (EM) provides complete lifecycle management for the cloud - from automated cloud setup to self-service delivery to cloud operations. In this session you’ll learn how to take control of your cloud infrastructure with EM features including Consolidation Planning and Self-Service provisioning with Metering and Chargeback. Come hear how Oracle is expanding its management capabilities into the cloud!
(As presented by Adeesh Fulay at Oracle Technology Network Architect Day in Chicago, October 24, 2011.)
Engineered Systems: Oracle’s Vision for the FutureBob Rhubart
Oracle’s Exadata and Exalogic are impressive products in their own right. But working in combination they deliver unparalleled transaction processing performance with up to a 30x increase over existing legacy systems, with the lowest cost of ownership over a 3 or 5 year basis than any other hardware. In this session you’ll learn how to leverage Oracle’s Engineered Systems within your enterprise to deliver record-breaking performance at the lowest TCO.
(As presented by Kelly Goetsch at
Innovations in Grid Computing with Oracle CoherenceBob Rhubart
Learn how Coherence can increase the availability, scalability and performance of your existing applications with its advanced low-latency data-grid technologies. Also hear some interesting industry-specific use cases that customers had implemented and how Oracle is integrating Coherence into its Enterprise Java stack. (As presented by Craig Blitz at Oracle Technology Network Architect Day in Chicago, October 24, 2011.)
The road to Cloud Computing is not without a few bumps. This session will help to smooth out your journey by tackling some of the potential complications. We’ll examine whether standardization is a prerequisite for the Cloud. We’ll look at why refactoring isn’t just for application code. We’ll check out deployable entities and their simplification via higher levels of abstraction. And we’ll close out the session with a look at engineered systems and modular clouds.
(As presented by Dr. James Baty at Oracle Technology Network Architect Day in Chicago, October 24, 2011.)
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.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
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/
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/
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
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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:
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2. Rationalization and
Defense in Depth -
Two Steps Closer to
the Clouds
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3. Perimeter Security
DB
All network traffic All network traffic blocked
blocked except for except from the proxy.
specific ports.
Web Server Application Message Mainframe
(app Proxy) Server Queue Application
Client
Firewall Firewall
DB DB
DMZ
Unprotected Zone Perimeter Protected Zone(s)
• Can establish multiple perimeters • Alone, often involves a lot of implied trust
• Each perimeter can be more restrictive • Modern environments don’t have such a clearly
• Perimeters can be at varying degrees of granularity defined perimeter
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4. Defense in Depth
• Military defensive strategy to secure
a position using multiple defense "Krak des Chavaliers“, Syria
mechanisms.
• Less emphasis is placed on a single
perimeter wall
• Several barriers and different types
of fortifications
• Objective is to win the battle by
attrition. The attacker may overcome
some barriers but can’t sustain the
attack for such a long period of time.
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5. Several Layers of Defense
Data
Each layer introduces Each layer can contain
Application
additional security multiple levels of
measures Host control
Internal Network
Perimeter
Physical
Policies, Procedures, & Awareness
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6. Defense in Depth: Greater Control
Many enforcement points
Data
Application / Service
Host
Internal Network
Perimeter
Physical
Policies & Procedures
Consistent set of policies & procedures
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7. Security Silos
Support • Application silos with their own
standalone security architecture
• Integration is hard enough
without security
!
! • End users have many
logins & passwords
End User
Security Administrator
• Administration is time-
consuming and error-prone
• Auditing is inaccurate
? and/or impossible
Finance
Sales
Security Auditor
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8. Security Framework Support
• Security is part of the foundation,
not an inconvenient afterthought
• Users have one
identity and a set of
roles & attributes that
govern access End User
Security Security Administrator
• Administration
operator-centric, not Framework
system-centric
• Auditing is possible
and realistic Finance
Sales
Security Auditor
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9. Security Framework High Level Architecture
Information Processing: Information Management:
• Provides a secure run-time environment • Provides confidentiality, integrity, and
• Offer security services to business logic availability for information management
• Allow solution-level security admin • Allow db-level security administration
Security Framework:
Development &
Administration
Business • Provides shared security services
Information
Design &
Logic • Manage security data for the enterprise
• Allow enterprise-level security admin
Information
Security Interfaces
Management
Processing
Security Interfaces:
Security Services • Provide consistent access to security
Shared Security Services
services
• Embrace open, common industry
Enterprise Security Information standards
Security Management & Administration
Enterprise Security Framework
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10. Container-Based Computing Platform
• Container enforces security on behalf
of the protected resources
Inbound
Requests • Access to security services via
Web Business
Client Pages Logic standard APIs & libraries
Protected Resources
• Plug-in framework allows one to
Container
configure multiple providers for each
Standard Security APIs & Libraries
security service
Platform Security Plug-in Framework • Providers may be selected and
Security Providers
configured based on the needs of the
solution
Security Services
Authentication Authorization Credential Mapping • Providers can be included with the
Role Mapping Auditing Encryption … platform or custom written for a
specific purpose
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11. Database Platform Security
• Transactional
• Historical
Administration
• Unstructured Information
Design &
Administrative
• Audit
• Access Control
• Security
Information • SoD Rules & Controls
• Realms
Management
• Auditing
Security Services
Access Control Encryption & Masking Auditing & Availability
• Multi-Factor AuthN • Network • Central collection & control
• Label Security • Persistence • Local online archive
• Table Policies • Backup
Firewall
• Connection Id • Dev & Test Masking
• SQL inspection & rejection
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13. SOA Scenario
Policy Manager
App Server App Server
Service WSS WSS Service
Consumer Agent Agent Provider
Platform Security Id CM Mediation AAA Id Platform Security
WSS Agent
Legacy DB
Platform Service
Firewalls Security Provider
DMZ
Security
External WSS AuthN AuthZ Audit
Token
Consumer Gateway Service Service Service
Service
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15. (Some of) The Good…
• Cloud providers have a deep vested interest in
security
• Must prove themselves to the market
• Often much greater investment and attention to detail than
traditional IT
• Cloud homogeneity makes security auditing/testing
simpler
• Shifting public data to an external cloud
reduces the exposure of the internal
sensitive data
• Data held by an unbiased party
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/cloud-computing-v26.ppt
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16. …The Bad…
• Multi-tenancy; need for isolation management
• High value target for hackers
• Fragmentation; creation of more silos
• Data dispersal and international privacy laws
• EU Data Protection Directive and U.S. Safe Harbor program
• Exposure of data to foreign government and data subpoenas
• Data retention issues
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/cloud-computing-v26.ppt
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17. …& The Ugly
• Trusting another vendor’s security model
• Proprietary implementations
• Audit & compliance
• Availability: Relying on a vendor to stay in business
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/cloud-computing/cloud-computing-v26.ppt
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18. SaaS Patterns Authorization Authorization
Access Policy Access Policy
Management Management
Provider
B Identity
Provider
Management
A
Provider
SAML C
User id & attributes
User Id
SPML
SAML
Authentication
Authorization
Authentication Authorization STS Identity
Provider
D Management
Identity Access Policy
Management Management SAML, WS-Trust, Access Policy
WS-Federation Management
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19. Recommendations
1. Assess your risks
2. Classify your information
3. Define policies and procedures
4. Maintain most sensitive data in house
5. Don’t outsource your security management
6. Follow a security architecture / roadmap
7. Design patterns for cloud computing
8. Choose a secure platform
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20. Takeaways (Cloud or not)
Deploy Defense in Depth
• Good general strategy to protect highly distributed
systems (SOA, BPM, Cloud, etc.)
• Limit your risks
Rationalize & Consolidate
• Standardized frameworks, services, & technologies
• Implement processes & policies
Plan Ahead
• Classification strategy: know your systems & data
• Cloud strategy: know your options & vendors
• Risk management: choose wisely & CYA
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