This document outlines the steps of the scientific method and types of research. It discusses identifying a problem or question, then designing descriptive or experimental research. Descriptive research involves observation while experimental research tests hypotheses. Key steps are outlined for both, including developing hypotheses, identifying variables, collecting and analyzing data, and drawing conclusions. The goal is to systematically investigate problems and communicate findings.
This is the second of a two part lesson on the scientific method. The earlier lesson was all about variables and this one focuses more on the procedures of the scientific method, at about the 5th and 6th grade level.
This is the second of a two part lesson on the scientific method. The earlier lesson was all about variables and this one focuses more on the procedures of the scientific method, at about the 5th and 6th grade level.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
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.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
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/
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
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.
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/
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.
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.
2. Identify the Problem
• Is there a problem?
• Is there something you want to
figure out?
• What do you want to know?
• What are you curious about?
• Is it interesting to you
3. Identify the Problem Continued
• Examples:
• What fruit will make a clock run longer?
• Which diaper is more absorbant?
• Which battery works longer in a rayovac
flashlight?
4. Scientific Method
• Steps to follow to solve problems.
• Different models may be used depending on
the topic being researched
5. Research Design
• 2 types
• Descriptive Research: answers questions through
observation.
• Experimental Research: answers questions by
testing a hypothesis.
• NOTE: Once you state a problem..the first thing
you should do is research the problem.
6. Descriptive Research
• Utilizes observation
• 1st state the research objective: what you
want to find out.
• 2nd describe the research design: how are
you going to do your research? What steps
will you use? How will the research answer
your question?
7. Descriptive Research
• 3rd Eliminate bias: use numerical results, use
a random sample.
– Random sample: when picking a group to
survey, don’t choose, do it randomly to avoid
bias
• 4th Materials: what will you need to perform
you experiment? Use up to date materials.
• 5th Models: example..solar system model
8. Descriptive Research
• 6th Scientific Measurement: be accurate, use
metric system.
• 7th Data: collect data, make tables to record
data, ensure data is accurate. Check and
recheck.
• 8th Analyze data: make charts and graphs to
show results.
9. Descriptive Research
• 9th Conclusions: what does the data tell
you? What does it mean? Did anything
occur you didn’t expect? Did you learn
anything? What went wrong?
• 10th Communicate: publish conclusions.
Share ideas with others so they can repeat
the experiment.
10. Experimental Research
• Uses experiments to answer a question.
• 1st Hypothesis: an educated guess of what
you think will happen
• 2nd Variables: 3 types of variable
11. Experimental Research
• Variables
– Independent variable: what you change in the
experiment…amount of antibiotic applied to
bacteria
– Dependent variable: what you are
measuring…growth of bacteria
– Constant variable: what stays the same…room
temperature, how much light gets in…
12. Experimental Research
• 3rd control: the independent variable is not
applied…treated like other sample but no
antibiotic is applied
• 4th number of trials: how many times are you
going to test it..for you experiment it must be
done 3 times.
• 5th data collection: what are your
results…put into a table…show a chart
13. Experimental Research
• 6th analyze data: show me what
happened..what does your data tell you?
Don’t explain things, just state what your
results are.
• 7th conclusion/discussion: was your
hypothesis right or wrong? Why was it right
or wrong? Should you have done anything
different? Did anything happen you didn’t
expect?
14. Experimental Research
• 8th Communicate: share you results so
others can learn and repeat. Let everyone
know what you did in a journal, science fair,
etc.
