Today’s software applications are often security-critical, making security testing an essential part of a software quality program. Unfortunately, most testers have not been taught how to effectively test the security of the software applications they validate. Join Jeff Payne as he shares what you need to know to integrate effective security testing into your everyday software testing activities. Learn how software vulnerabilities are introduced into code and exploited by hackers. Discover how to define and validate security requirements. Explore effective test techniques for assuring that common security features are tested. Learn about the most common security vulnerabilities and how to identify key security risks within applications and use testing to mitigate them. Understand how to security test applications—both web- and GUI-based—during the software development process. Review examples of how common security testing tools work and assist the security testing process. Take home valuable tools and techniques for effectively testing the security of your applications going forward.
Security Testing for Testing ProfessionalsTechWell
Today’s software applications are often security critical, making security testing an essential part of a software quality program. Unfortunately, most testers have not been taught how to effectively test the security of the software applications they validate. Join Jeff Payne as he shares what you need to know to integrate effective security testing into your everyday software testing activities. Learn how software vulnerabilities are introduced into code and exploited by hackers. Discover how to define and validate security requirements. Explore effective test techniques for assuring that common security features are tested. Learn about the most common security vulnerabilities and how to identify key security risks within applications, and use testing to mitigate them. Understand how to security test applications—both web- and GUI-based—during the software development process. Review examples of how common security testing tools work and assist the security testing process. Take home valuable tools and techniques for effectively testing the security of your applications going forward.
Your organization is doing well with functional, usability, and performance testing. However, you know that software security is a key part of software assurance and compliance strategy for protecting applications and critical data. Left undiscovered, security-related defects can wreak havoc in a system when malicious invaders attack. If you don’t know where to start with security testing and don’t know what you are—or should be—looking for, this tutorial is for you. Jeff Payne describes how to get started with security testing, introducing foundational security testing concepts and showing you how to apply those concepts with free and commercial tools and resources. Offering a practical risk-based approach, Jeff discusses why security testing is important, how to use security risk information to improve your test strategy, and how to add security testing into your software development lifecycle. You don’t need a software security background to benefit from this important session.
Security Testing for Testing ProfessionalsTechWell
Today’s software applications are often security-critical, making security testing an essential part of a software quality program. Unfortunately, most testers have not been taught how to effectively test the security of the software applications they validate. Join Jeff Payne as he shares what you need to know to integrate effective security testing into your everyday software testing activities. Learn how software vulnerabilities are introduced into code and exploited by hackers. Discover how to define and validate security requirements. Explore effective test techniques for assuring that common security features are tested. Learn about the most common security vulnerabilities and how to identify key security risks within applications and use testing to mitigate them. Understand how to security test applications—both web- and GUI-based—during the software development process. Review examples of how common security testing tools work and assist the security testing process. Take home valuable tools and techniques for effectively testing the security of your applications going forward.
Security Testing for Testing ProfessionalsTechWell
Today’s software applications are often security-critical, making security testing an essential part of a software quality program. Unfortunately, most testers have not been taught how to effectively test the security of the software applications they validate. Join Jeff Payne as he shares what you need to know to integrate effective security testing into your everyday software testing activities. Learn how software vulnerabilities are introduced into code and exploited by hackers. Discover how to define and validate security requirements. Explore effective test techniques for assuring that common security features are tested. Learn about the most common security vulnerabilities and how to identify key security risks within applications and use testing to mitigate them. Understand how to security test applications—both web- and GUI-based—during the software development process. Review examples of how common security testing tools work and assist the security testing process. Take home valuable tools and techniques for effectively testing the security of your applications going forward.
The document provides an overview of ADP/IT position of trust designations required for government contracts involving IT services or access. It defines ADP and IT, outlines the three position levels (I, II, III), and explains the history and basis in public law and directives like DoD 5200.2-R. It also summarizes compliance with standards including DISA STIG, NIST 800-53, and outlines roles and responsibilities that must be defined in contracts to ensure oversight and monitoring of external service providers.
This document provides guidance for lawyers on data security issues and how to help clients meet data security standards. It discusses how lack of security knowledge is common among both personal and enterprise computer users. Various threats like viruses, worms, Trojans, bots, and spyware/adware are described. Examples of data security risks include loss of portable devices containing personal information, insecure home networks that employees access for work, and insecure disposal of physical documents and digital media. The document advises evaluating security controls and investing in tools to detect breaches and audit compliance.
The document provides an overview of information security concepts including confidentiality, integrity, availability, encryption, access control, classification labels, risk management, security policies, business continuity planning, operational security, intrusions and attacks, and cryptography. Key terms like encryption algorithms, internet key exchange, and types of intrusion detection systems are defined. A brief history of cryptography from ancient times to modern ciphers is also presented.
Understanding The Security Vendor Landscape Using the Cyber Defense Matrix (R...Sounil Yu
The Cyber Defense Matrix enables organizations to define clear categories for the range of products and services that are available in the marketplace to solve our various infosec problems. This model removes confusion around the security technologies that we buy and helps organizations align their vendors to have the right suite of capabilities to execute their information security mission.
See the 2019 version at: http://bit.ly/cyberdefensematrixreloaded
See the 2022 version at: http://bit.ly/cyberdefensematrixrevolutions
Security Testing for Testing ProfessionalsTechWell
Today’s software applications are often security critical, making security testing an essential part of a software quality program. Unfortunately, most testers have not been taught how to effectively test the security of the software applications they validate. Join Jeff Payne as he shares what you need to know to integrate effective security testing into your everyday software testing activities. Learn how software vulnerabilities are introduced into code and exploited by hackers. Discover how to define and validate security requirements. Explore effective test techniques for assuring that common security features are tested. Learn about the most common security vulnerabilities and how to identify key security risks within applications, and use testing to mitigate them. Understand how to security test applications—both web- and GUI-based—during the software development process. Review examples of how common security testing tools work and assist the security testing process. Take home valuable tools and techniques for effectively testing the security of your applications going forward.
Your organization is doing well with functional, usability, and performance testing. However, you know that software security is a key part of software assurance and compliance strategy for protecting applications and critical data. Left undiscovered, security-related defects can wreak havoc in a system when malicious invaders attack. If you don’t know where to start with security testing and don’t know what you are—or should be—looking for, this tutorial is for you. Jeff Payne describes how to get started with security testing, introducing foundational security testing concepts and showing you how to apply those concepts with free and commercial tools and resources. Offering a practical risk-based approach, Jeff discusses why security testing is important, how to use security risk information to improve your test strategy, and how to add security testing into your software development lifecycle. You don’t need a software security background to benefit from this important session.
Security Testing for Testing ProfessionalsTechWell
Today’s software applications are often security-critical, making security testing an essential part of a software quality program. Unfortunately, most testers have not been taught how to effectively test the security of the software applications they validate. Join Jeff Payne as he shares what you need to know to integrate effective security testing into your everyday software testing activities. Learn how software vulnerabilities are introduced into code and exploited by hackers. Discover how to define and validate security requirements. Explore effective test techniques for assuring that common security features are tested. Learn about the most common security vulnerabilities and how to identify key security risks within applications and use testing to mitigate them. Understand how to security test applications—both web- and GUI-based—during the software development process. Review examples of how common security testing tools work and assist the security testing process. Take home valuable tools and techniques for effectively testing the security of your applications going forward.
Security Testing for Testing ProfessionalsTechWell
Today’s software applications are often security-critical, making security testing an essential part of a software quality program. Unfortunately, most testers have not been taught how to effectively test the security of the software applications they validate. Join Jeff Payne as he shares what you need to know to integrate effective security testing into your everyday software testing activities. Learn how software vulnerabilities are introduced into code and exploited by hackers. Discover how to define and validate security requirements. Explore effective test techniques for assuring that common security features are tested. Learn about the most common security vulnerabilities and how to identify key security risks within applications and use testing to mitigate them. Understand how to security test applications—both web- and GUI-based—during the software development process. Review examples of how common security testing tools work and assist the security testing process. Take home valuable tools and techniques for effectively testing the security of your applications going forward.
The document provides an overview of ADP/IT position of trust designations required for government contracts involving IT services or access. It defines ADP and IT, outlines the three position levels (I, II, III), and explains the history and basis in public law and directives like DoD 5200.2-R. It also summarizes compliance with standards including DISA STIG, NIST 800-53, and outlines roles and responsibilities that must be defined in contracts to ensure oversight and monitoring of external service providers.
This document provides guidance for lawyers on data security issues and how to help clients meet data security standards. It discusses how lack of security knowledge is common among both personal and enterprise computer users. Various threats like viruses, worms, Trojans, bots, and spyware/adware are described. Examples of data security risks include loss of portable devices containing personal information, insecure home networks that employees access for work, and insecure disposal of physical documents and digital media. The document advises evaluating security controls and investing in tools to detect breaches and audit compliance.
The document provides an overview of information security concepts including confidentiality, integrity, availability, encryption, access control, classification labels, risk management, security policies, business continuity planning, operational security, intrusions and attacks, and cryptography. Key terms like encryption algorithms, internet key exchange, and types of intrusion detection systems are defined. A brief history of cryptography from ancient times to modern ciphers is also presented.
Understanding The Security Vendor Landscape Using the Cyber Defense Matrix (R...Sounil Yu
The Cyber Defense Matrix enables organizations to define clear categories for the range of products and services that are available in the marketplace to solve our various infosec problems. This model removes confusion around the security technologies that we buy and helps organizations align their vendors to have the right suite of capabilities to execute their information security mission.
See the 2019 version at: http://bit.ly/cyberdefensematrixreloaded
See the 2022 version at: http://bit.ly/cyberdefensematrixrevolutions
Information assurance aims to protect data and systems by ensuring availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation. This includes protecting against threats through measures like restoration capabilities, maintaining the CIA triad of confidentiality, integrity and availability, and following policies and guidelines around topics like vulnerability management, security definitions, and the roles and responsibilities of information assurance professionals.
With each passing year, the security threats facing computer networks have become more technically sophisticated, better organized and harder to detect. At the same time, the consequences of failure to block these attacks have increased. In addition to the economic consequences of financial fraud, we are seeing real-world attacks that impact the reliability of critical infrastructure and national security.
Join Lancope's Director of Security Research to learn about five key challenges that computer security professionals face in 2013, including:
1. State-sponsored espionage and sabotage of computer networks
2. Monster DDoS attacks
3. The loss of visibility and control created by IT consumerization and the cloud
4. The password debacle
5. Insider threats
Lessons Learned in Automated Decision Making / How to Delay Building SkynetSounil Yu
There is much talk of topics like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation within the security industry. We are led to believe that these capabilities will revolutionize our security practices. However, we need to be conscious of the limits of these capabilities before we entrust them with matters of importance. To understand the limits, we need to understand what each of these capabilities really mean and how they fit together. Unfortunately, most people combine these capabilities and use the terms almost interchangeably. Doing so is dangerous and can create unintended consequences.
Two-factor authentication- A sample writing _ZamanAsad Zaman
This document discusses various authentication methods including passwords, biometrics, tokens, two-factor authentication, and multi-factor authentication. It provides details on each method, including their strengths, weaknesses, and how they provide different levels of security. Multiple authentication factors can be combined to achieve stronger authentication through a multi-factor approach. The document also includes examples of how different authentication methods may be suitable for different access levels and use cases.
Man and Machine -- Forming a Perfect Union to Mature Security Programs -- Key...Inno Eroraha [NetSecurity]
"Man and Machine: Forming a Perfect Union to Mature Security Programs" is a Keynote Address given by Inno Eroraha (NetSecurity) at Global Cyber Security in Healthcare & Pharma Summit in London, UK on 2/6/2020. The presentation highlights the following:
- Securing the enterprise is like protecting the human body
- Complement Penetration Testing with Compromise Assessment and/or Threat Hunting
- Be situationally aware and avoid being blinded by adversarial activities
- Compliance IS NOT Security
- Know ALL your assets and risks faced by each
- Establish a Data Breach Response Capability now
- Create a Matured Security Program and measure success frequently
- Leverage machines and automation to mature your Security Program
- And more
The document discusses security risks and regulations for Mexican brokerage firms. It highlights key findings from an IBM security report, including that attacks continue across security domains like vulnerabilities, malware, and phishing. The document also discusses IBM security solutions like intrusion prevention, data security products, and security consulting services that can help firms address risks and regulatory requirements.
This document discusses information system security. It defines information system security as collecting activities to protect information systems and stored data. It outlines four components of an IT security policy framework: policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines. It also discusses vulnerabilities, threats, attacks, and trends in attacks. Vulnerabilities refer to weaknesses, while threats use tools and scripts to launch attacks like reconnaissance, access, denial of service, and viruses/Trojans. Common attacks trends include malware, phishing, ransomware, denial of service, man-in-the-middle, cryptojacking, SQL injection, and zero-day exploits.
This document provides an overview of the Information Security Governance and Risk Management domain covered by the CISSP certification. It discusses key topics in this domain including information security concepts, risk management, policies, standards, procedures, data classification, risk assessment, and security controls. The document is divided into sections that define learning objectives, reference materials, and describe topics covered within the domain such as information security management, governance, classification, and the role of planning, policies, guidelines, standards, procedures, security training, and risk management practices and tools.
SolarWinds IT Security Survey - February 2013SolarWinds
SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, released the results of a survey on IT security and compliance that emphasize the growing need for powerful and easy-to-use security products focused on the key security concerns plaguing the majority of IT professionals.
The top IT security responsibilities, concerns and priorities revealed that securing today’s IT infrastructure will take a concerted and coordinated effort across all IT functions. Learn more.
CIS14: Physical and Logical Access Control ConvergenceCloudIDSummit
Karyn Higa-Smith,
DHS Science and Technology Directorate
Presentation including a brief demonstration of what is currently going live in a building in Washington, DC, for logical access for hundreds of users with smart cards, using XACML, an OASIS standard to communication between PACS and LACS.
Advanced Persistent Threats (Shining the Light on the Industries' Best Kept S...Security B-Sides
The document provides an agenda for a talk on advanced persistent threats (APTs). It introduces APTs and discusses how they have evolved over time from targeting military and intelligence to also targeting private companies. It notes APTs can be opportunistic attacks that utilize social engineering and technical vulnerabilities. The document contrasts APTs with more sophisticated threats known as subversive multi-vector threats that are willing to exploit people, processes, and technologies to achieve their goals. It provides examples of analyzing suspicious foreign network traffic and discusses challenges with identifying and addressing multi-vector threats.
Separating Fact from Fiction – The realities of Cyber War
By Don Eijndhoven
Multifactor Authentication – A Requirement for the 21st Century By Robert Keeler
Regulatory Compliance under the Indian Cyber Laws
by Sagar Rahurkar
Ride the Dragon: Testing the Desktop by adopting criminal tools and strategies by Stefano MacGalia
Social Engineering by Falgun Rathod
Benefits of Attributionby Sayngeun Phouamkha
Attacking POS: history, technique and a look to the future
I’m probably the last person on earth you’d expect to encourage making insider threat a C-level priority after devoting a decade of my career to external threat and endpoint security, as the for CTO of McAfee and Chief Scientist for Lockheed Martin. But sometimes the best advice comes from the least expected places.
Presentation given by Dr K Subramanian, Director and Professor, Advance Centre for Informatic and Innovative Learning IGNOU on August 3rd, 2011 at eWorld Forum (www.eworldforum.net) in the session Information Management and Security
This presentation delves into the many cybersecurty risks that plague the healthcare industry and how these risks can be mitigated with the help of security solutions that Seqrite offers.
Cyber security hands on-training.
Learn advanced applications of Cyber Security to embedded systems.
It’s all about Cyber and Security.
Proudly presented by: Tonex.Com
Index / Highlights:
Understanding cyber security, risk and action tools.
Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM).
What is Secure Embedded Systems ? How does it protect ?
Advance methods & procedure to analyze, reverse, debug ?
Value of risk assessment methodologies, failure analysis ?
How to set up and measure successful mission control system ?
Which professionals need to learn cyber security approaches ?
Case studies and workshop.
Request more information
Sign up for Hands-On Cybersecurity Course
https://www.tonex.com/training-courses/cyber-security-embedded-systems-training-bootcamp-hands-on/
CYBERSECURITY - Best Practices,Concepts & Case Study (Mindmap)WAJAHAT IQBAL
This post contains detailed Mindmap related to Complex subject of Cyber security and address critical components summarized as below:
- Cyber Security standards
- SOC (Security Operation Center)
- Cybersecurity Lifecycle
- Hacker Kill Chain
- Malware (Types,Protection Mechanism)
- Cyber Architecture
- CSC (Critical Security Standards)
- Incident Management
- Network Perimeter best security practices
- Final Case Study
I hope the Technical post is appreciated and liked by Security Consultants and Subject Matter experts on Cybersecurity.Your criticals Inputs are appreciated.Thank you
- Wajahat Iqbal
(Wajahat_Iqbal@Yahoo.com)
Ambiguity Reviews: Building Quality RequirementsTechWell
Are you frustrated by the false expectation that we can test quality into a product? By the time an application is delivered to testing, our ability to introduce quality principles is generally limited to defect detection. So how do you begin to shift your team’s perceptions into a true quality assurance organization? Susan Schanta shares her approach to Shift Quality Left by performing ambiguity reviews against requirements documents to reduce requirement defects at the beginning of the project. By helping the business analyst identify gaps in requirements, you can help build quality in and improve the team’s ability to write testable requirements. Learn how to review requirements to identify ambiguities and document the open questions that need to be addressed to make requirements clear, concise, and testable. Susan demonstrates her approach to ambiguity reviews and how she turned lessons learned into a Business Analyst Style Guide to drive quality into the requirements gathering process.
This document provides an overview of a training course on essential test management and planning. The course agenda includes discussions on the culture of testing and quality, an introduction to the Systematic Test and Evaluation Process (STEP) methodology and preventative testing, test levels, and the master test plan. The document outlines the course timing and breaks.
Information assurance aims to protect data and systems by ensuring availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality, and non-repudiation. This includes protecting against threats through measures like restoration capabilities, maintaining the CIA triad of confidentiality, integrity and availability, and following policies and guidelines around topics like vulnerability management, security definitions, and the roles and responsibilities of information assurance professionals.
With each passing year, the security threats facing computer networks have become more technically sophisticated, better organized and harder to detect. At the same time, the consequences of failure to block these attacks have increased. In addition to the economic consequences of financial fraud, we are seeing real-world attacks that impact the reliability of critical infrastructure and national security.
Join Lancope's Director of Security Research to learn about five key challenges that computer security professionals face in 2013, including:
1. State-sponsored espionage and sabotage of computer networks
2. Monster DDoS attacks
3. The loss of visibility and control created by IT consumerization and the cloud
4. The password debacle
5. Insider threats
Lessons Learned in Automated Decision Making / How to Delay Building SkynetSounil Yu
There is much talk of topics like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation within the security industry. We are led to believe that these capabilities will revolutionize our security practices. However, we need to be conscious of the limits of these capabilities before we entrust them with matters of importance. To understand the limits, we need to understand what each of these capabilities really mean and how they fit together. Unfortunately, most people combine these capabilities and use the terms almost interchangeably. Doing so is dangerous and can create unintended consequences.
Two-factor authentication- A sample writing _ZamanAsad Zaman
This document discusses various authentication methods including passwords, biometrics, tokens, two-factor authentication, and multi-factor authentication. It provides details on each method, including their strengths, weaknesses, and how they provide different levels of security. Multiple authentication factors can be combined to achieve stronger authentication through a multi-factor approach. The document also includes examples of how different authentication methods may be suitable for different access levels and use cases.
Man and Machine -- Forming a Perfect Union to Mature Security Programs -- Key...Inno Eroraha [NetSecurity]
"Man and Machine: Forming a Perfect Union to Mature Security Programs" is a Keynote Address given by Inno Eroraha (NetSecurity) at Global Cyber Security in Healthcare & Pharma Summit in London, UK on 2/6/2020. The presentation highlights the following:
- Securing the enterprise is like protecting the human body
- Complement Penetration Testing with Compromise Assessment and/or Threat Hunting
- Be situationally aware and avoid being blinded by adversarial activities
- Compliance IS NOT Security
- Know ALL your assets and risks faced by each
- Establish a Data Breach Response Capability now
- Create a Matured Security Program and measure success frequently
- Leverage machines and automation to mature your Security Program
- And more
The document discusses security risks and regulations for Mexican brokerage firms. It highlights key findings from an IBM security report, including that attacks continue across security domains like vulnerabilities, malware, and phishing. The document also discusses IBM security solutions like intrusion prevention, data security products, and security consulting services that can help firms address risks and regulatory requirements.
This document discusses information system security. It defines information system security as collecting activities to protect information systems and stored data. It outlines four components of an IT security policy framework: policies, standards, procedures, and guidelines. It also discusses vulnerabilities, threats, attacks, and trends in attacks. Vulnerabilities refer to weaknesses, while threats use tools and scripts to launch attacks like reconnaissance, access, denial of service, and viruses/Trojans. Common attacks trends include malware, phishing, ransomware, denial of service, man-in-the-middle, cryptojacking, SQL injection, and zero-day exploits.
This document provides an overview of the Information Security Governance and Risk Management domain covered by the CISSP certification. It discusses key topics in this domain including information security concepts, risk management, policies, standards, procedures, data classification, risk assessment, and security controls. The document is divided into sections that define learning objectives, reference materials, and describe topics covered within the domain such as information security management, governance, classification, and the role of planning, policies, guidelines, standards, procedures, security training, and risk management practices and tools.
SolarWinds IT Security Survey - February 2013SolarWinds
SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, released the results of a survey on IT security and compliance that emphasize the growing need for powerful and easy-to-use security products focused on the key security concerns plaguing the majority of IT professionals.
The top IT security responsibilities, concerns and priorities revealed that securing today’s IT infrastructure will take a concerted and coordinated effort across all IT functions. Learn more.
CIS14: Physical and Logical Access Control ConvergenceCloudIDSummit
Karyn Higa-Smith,
DHS Science and Technology Directorate
Presentation including a brief demonstration of what is currently going live in a building in Washington, DC, for logical access for hundreds of users with smart cards, using XACML, an OASIS standard to communication between PACS and LACS.
Advanced Persistent Threats (Shining the Light on the Industries' Best Kept S...Security B-Sides
The document provides an agenda for a talk on advanced persistent threats (APTs). It introduces APTs and discusses how they have evolved over time from targeting military and intelligence to also targeting private companies. It notes APTs can be opportunistic attacks that utilize social engineering and technical vulnerabilities. The document contrasts APTs with more sophisticated threats known as subversive multi-vector threats that are willing to exploit people, processes, and technologies to achieve their goals. It provides examples of analyzing suspicious foreign network traffic and discusses challenges with identifying and addressing multi-vector threats.
Separating Fact from Fiction – The realities of Cyber War
By Don Eijndhoven
Multifactor Authentication – A Requirement for the 21st Century By Robert Keeler
Regulatory Compliance under the Indian Cyber Laws
by Sagar Rahurkar
Ride the Dragon: Testing the Desktop by adopting criminal tools and strategies by Stefano MacGalia
Social Engineering by Falgun Rathod
Benefits of Attributionby Sayngeun Phouamkha
Attacking POS: history, technique and a look to the future
I’m probably the last person on earth you’d expect to encourage making insider threat a C-level priority after devoting a decade of my career to external threat and endpoint security, as the for CTO of McAfee and Chief Scientist for Lockheed Martin. But sometimes the best advice comes from the least expected places.
Presentation given by Dr K Subramanian, Director and Professor, Advance Centre for Informatic and Innovative Learning IGNOU on August 3rd, 2011 at eWorld Forum (www.eworldforum.net) in the session Information Management and Security
This presentation delves into the many cybersecurty risks that plague the healthcare industry and how these risks can be mitigated with the help of security solutions that Seqrite offers.
Cyber security hands on-training.
Learn advanced applications of Cyber Security to embedded systems.
It’s all about Cyber and Security.
Proudly presented by: Tonex.Com
Index / Highlights:
Understanding cyber security, risk and action tools.
Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM).
What is Secure Embedded Systems ? How does it protect ?
Advance methods & procedure to analyze, reverse, debug ?
Value of risk assessment methodologies, failure analysis ?
How to set up and measure successful mission control system ?
Which professionals need to learn cyber security approaches ?
Case studies and workshop.
Request more information
Sign up for Hands-On Cybersecurity Course
https://www.tonex.com/training-courses/cyber-security-embedded-systems-training-bootcamp-hands-on/
CYBERSECURITY - Best Practices,Concepts & Case Study (Mindmap)WAJAHAT IQBAL
This post contains detailed Mindmap related to Complex subject of Cyber security and address critical components summarized as below:
- Cyber Security standards
- SOC (Security Operation Center)
- Cybersecurity Lifecycle
- Hacker Kill Chain
- Malware (Types,Protection Mechanism)
- Cyber Architecture
- CSC (Critical Security Standards)
- Incident Management
- Network Perimeter best security practices
- Final Case Study
I hope the Technical post is appreciated and liked by Security Consultants and Subject Matter experts on Cybersecurity.Your criticals Inputs are appreciated.Thank you
- Wajahat Iqbal
(Wajahat_Iqbal@Yahoo.com)
Ambiguity Reviews: Building Quality RequirementsTechWell
Are you frustrated by the false expectation that we can test quality into a product? By the time an application is delivered to testing, our ability to introduce quality principles is generally limited to defect detection. So how do you begin to shift your team’s perceptions into a true quality assurance organization? Susan Schanta shares her approach to Shift Quality Left by performing ambiguity reviews against requirements documents to reduce requirement defects at the beginning of the project. By helping the business analyst identify gaps in requirements, you can help build quality in and improve the team’s ability to write testable requirements. Learn how to review requirements to identify ambiguities and document the open questions that need to be addressed to make requirements clear, concise, and testable. Susan demonstrates her approach to ambiguity reviews and how she turned lessons learned into a Business Analyst Style Guide to drive quality into the requirements gathering process.
This document provides an overview of a training course on essential test management and planning. The course agenda includes discussions on the culture of testing and quality, an introduction to the Systematic Test and Evaluation Process (STEP) methodology and preventative testing, test levels, and the master test plan. The document outlines the course timing and breaks.
Billion Dollar Bugs: When and How to Test a SpreadsheetTechWell
Gregory Pope from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory presented on spreadsheet errors and testing. Some key points:
1) Several high-profile spreadsheet errors have cost companies and organizations billions of dollars due to things like missing minus signs, cut-and-paste errors, and incorrect formulas. Independent checks of spreadsheets are critical to avoid costly mistakes.
2) Studies show that even "finished" spreadsheets have error rates around 40-70%, which is 10 times higher than software error rates. However, spreadsheets are often not rigorously tested due to a lack of testing culture and skills.
3) Sarbanes-Oxley regulations require top management to certify the accuracy of financial information, increasing the need
Testing the Data Warehouse―Big Data, Big ProblemsTechWell
Data warehouses have become a popular mechanism for collecting, organizing, and making information readily available for strategic decision making. The ability to review historical trends and monitor near real-time operational data has become a key competitive advantage for many organizations. Yet the methods for assuring the quality of these valuable assets are quite different from those of transactional systems. Ensuring that the appropriate testing is performed is a major challenge for many enterprises. Geoff Horne has led a number of data warehouse testing projects in both the telecommunications and ERP sectors. Join Geoff as he shares his approaches and experiences, focusing on the key “uniques” of data warehouse testing including methods for assuring data completeness, monitoring data transformations, and measuring quality. He also explores the opportunities for test automation as part of the data warehouse process, describing how it can be harnessed to streamline and minimize overhead.
Leaping over the Boundaries of Boundary Value AnalysisTechWell
Many books, articles, classes, and conference presentations tout equivalence class partitioning and boundary value analysis as core testing techniques. Yet many discussions of these techniques are shallow and oversimplified. Testers learn to identify classes based on little more than hopes, rumors, and unwarranted assumptions, while the "analysis" consists of little more than adding or subtracting one to a given number. Do you want to limit yourself to checking the product's behavior at boundaries? Or would you rather test the product to discover that the boundaries aren't where you thought they were, and that the equivalence classes aren't as equivalent as you've been told? Join Michael Bolton as he jumps over the partitions and leaps across the boundaries to reveal a topic far richer than you might have anticipated and far more complex than the simplifications that appear in traditional testing literature and folklore.
A test strategy is the set of ideas that guides your test design. It's what explains why you test this instead of that, and why you test this way instead of that way. Strategic thinking matters because testers must make quick decisions about what needs testing right now and what can be left alone. You must be able to work through major threads without being overwhelmed by tiny details. James Bach describes how test strategy is organized around risk but is not defined before testing begins. Rather, it evolves alongside testing as we learn more about the product. We start with a vague idea of our strategy, organize it quickly, and document as needed in a concise way. In the end, the strategy can be as formal and detailed as you want it to be. In the beginning, though, we start small. If you want to focus on testing and not paperwork, this approach is for you.
Have you ever needed a way to measure your leadership IQ? Or been in a performance review where the majority of time was spent discussing your need to improve as a leader? If you have ever wondered what your core leadership competencies are and how to build on and improve them, Jennifer Bonine shares a toolkit to help you do just that. This toolkit includes a personal assessment of your leadership competencies, explores a set of eight dimensions of successful leaders, provides suggestions on how you can improve competencies that are not in your core set of strengths, and describes techniques for leveraging and building on your strengths. These tools can help you become a more effective and valued leader in your organization. Exercises help you gain an understanding of yourself and strive for balanced leadership through recognition of both your strengths and your “development opportunities.”
Getting Your Message Across: Communications Skills for TestersTechWell
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Many projects implicitly use some kind of risk-based approach for prioritizing testing activities. However, critical testing decisions should be based on a product risk assessment process using key business drivers as its foundation. For agile projects, this assessment should be both thorough and lightweight. PRISMA (PRoduct RISk MAnagement) is a highly practical method for performing systematic product risk assessments. Learn how to employ PRISMA techniques in agile projects using risk-poker. Carry out risk identification and analysis, see how to use the outcome to select the best test approach, and learn how to transform the result into an agile one page sprint test plan. Practical experiences are shared and results achieved employing product risk assessments. Learn how to optimize your test effort by including product risk assessment in your agile testing practices.
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The document outlines an upcoming half-day tutorial on security testing for test professionals presented by Jeff Payne of Coveros, Inc., and brought to you by SQE. The tutorial will provide an introduction to security testing, discuss security requirements and planning, and cover testing to mitigate common attacks while integrating security testing into the software process. The trainer, Jeff Payne, is the CEO and founder of Coveros and has extensive experience in software security and quality assurance.
This document provides an overview of a presentation titled "Security Testing for Test Professionals" given by Jeff Payne of Coveros, Inc. The presentation introduces concepts of information security, software security, risk assessment and security testing. It discusses security requirements including functional security requirements and non-functional security requirements. The presentation also covers testing for common attacks and integrating security testing into the software development process. Sample exercises are provided to help identify threats, assets, and risks for an application and to define security requirements and test cases.
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Developing programs that are inherently immune to attack requires sound software engineering practices. This session looks at the overall software engineering lifecycle and the critical points at which software security is a specific consideration. From the requirements for third-party suppliers to in-house development, your process must offer a level of confidence that the software functions as intended and is free of vulnerabilities. The presentation shows how using threat models, code pattern analysis tooling, targeted reviews, and more enhances Java security.
Originally presented at JavaOne 2013 San Francisco
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Large enterprises of a thousand persons or more often have distinctly distinct data security architectures than lesser businesses. Typically they treat their data security as if they were still little companies.
This paper endeavors to demonstrate that not only do large businesses have an entire ecology of focused programs, specific to large businesses and their needs, but that this software has distinct security implications than buyer or small enterprise software. identifying these dissimilarities, and analyzing the way this can be taken advantage of by an attacker, is the key to both striking and keeping safe a large enterprise.
The Web applications are the important part of your business every day, they help you handle your intellectual property, increase your sales, and keep the trust of your customers. But there's the problem that applications re fast becoming the preferred attack vector of hackers. For this you really need something that makes your application secure.
And, with the persistent condition of today's attacks, applications can easily be get infected when security is not considered and scoped into each phase of the software development life cycle, from design to development to testing and ongoing maintenance of the application. When you take a holistic approach to your application security, you actually enhance your ability to produce and manage stable, secure applications. Applications need training and testing from the leading team of ethical hackers, for this there should be an authentic plan to recover these issues that can help an organization to plan, test, build and run applications smartly and safely.
Large enterprises of a thousand people or even more have distinctly different information security architectures than many other smaller companies. Actually, they treat their information security as if they were still small companies.
We are going to discuss some attempts to demonstrate that not only do large companies have an entire ecology of specialized software, specific to large companies and their needs, but that this software has different security implications than consumer or small business software for the applications. Recognizing these differences, and examining the way this can be taken advantage of by an attacker, is the key to both attacking and defending a large enterprise. It’s really important to cover up the security procedures in the large enterprise.
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· Web application security checking from development through output
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ISE 510 Final Project Scenario Background Limetree Inc. is a research and development firm that engages in multiple research projects with the federal government and private corporations in the areas of healthcare, biotechnology, and other cutting-edge industries. It has been experiencing major growth in recent years, but there is also a concern that information security lapses are becoming rampant as the company grows. Limetree Inc. is working to establish a strong reputation in the industry, and it views a robust information security program as part of the means to achieving its goal. The company looks to monitor and remain compliant to any regulation impacting its operations.
Limetree Inc. recently experienced a security breach; it believes confidential company data has been stolen, including personal health information (PHI) used in a research study. Limetree Inc. believes the breach may have occurred because of some security vulnerabilities within its system and processes.
Limetree Inc.’s virtual environment is presented in the Agent Surefire: InfoSec educational video game. The rest of the environment is presented via an interview with the security manager, Jack Sterling.
Highlight of Interview with Jack Sterling
Interview with Jack Sterling revealed the following about Limetree Inc.’s system and processes:
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Desktop Apps: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, MS Office, Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat
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Browser – Browser in use is Internet Explorer and browser security setting was set to low. Browsers allow remote installation of applets, and there is no standard browser for the environment.
Virus Software – MacAfee is deployed locally on each user's machine and users are mandated to update their virus policy every month.
SQL Database – Ordinary users can escalate privilege via SQL Agent. Disk space for SQL database log is small and is overwritten with new information when it is full. Limetree Inc. is not using any encryption for sensitive data at rest within the SQL server environment.
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The network comprises the following: three web/applications servers, three email servers, five file and printer servers, two proxy servers, seven remotely manageable Cisco switches, 250 desktops, three firewall devices, one gateway (router) device to the internet, and three wireless access points.
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Wireless – Wireless network is available with clearly advertised SSID, and it is part of the local area network (LAN). There is no segmentation or authentication between the wireless and wired LAN. Visitors are provided access code to the wireless network at the front desk to use the internet while they wait to be attended to.
Managed switches – There is no logging of network activities on any of the switches.
Web server – Public-facing web server is part of the LAN. This is where internet users get needed information on the company. The web servers are running the f.
Phi 235 social media security users guide presentationAlan Holyoke
The document provides an overview of various cyber security solutions and concepts. It discusses 13 sections related to cyber security including access control solutions, vulnerability analysis, gap analysis, penetration testing, web application security, log analysis, network traffic analysis, information security policy design, and security products identification. Each section provides 1-3 paragraphs explaining the topic and key considerations.
Information Technology Security BasicsMohan Jadhav
The document discusses various topics related to IT security basics. It begins by providing two examples of security breaches to illustrate why security is important. It then discusses the four virtues of security and the nine rules of security. The document also defines information security, its goal of ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of systems, and the potential impacts of security failures. Additionally, it outlines common security definitions, 10 security domains, and provides an overview of access control and application security.
Complete network security protection for sme's within limited resourcesIJNSA Journal
The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive budget conscious security plan for smaller
enterprises that lacksecurity guidelines.The authors believethis paper will assist users to write an
individualized security plan. In addition to providing the top ten free or affordable tools get some sort of
semblance of security implemented, the paper also provides best practices on the topics of Authentication,
Authorization, Auditing, Firewall, Intrusion Detection & Monitoring, and Prevention. The methods
employed have been implemented at Company XYZ referenced throughout.
COMPLETE NETWORK SECURITY PROTECTION FOR SME’SWITHIN LIMITED RESOURCESIJNSA Journal
The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive budget conscious security plan for smaller enterprises that lacksecurity guidelines.The authors believethis paper will assist users to write an individualized security plan. In addition to providing the top ten free or affordable tools get some sort of semblance of security implemented, the paper also provides best practices on the topics of Authentication, Authorization, Auditing, Firewall, Intrusion Detection & Monitoring, and Prevention. The methods employed have been implemented at Company XYZ referenced throughout.
Vskills Certified Network Security Professional Sample MaterialVskills
The document discusses security planning and policies. It begins by defining a security policy and information security management system (ISMS). It then discusses the importance of security planning, which involves risk assessment to identify assets, threats, and risks. The key aspects of risk assessment covered are identifying assets, risks to assets, and risk sources. It also discusses identifying security threats and contingency planning. Finally, it discusses different types of security policies an organization can implement, including password, email, internet, backup and access policies. The overall document provides guidance on developing a comprehensive security program through planning, policies and procedures.
Best Practices, Types, and Tools for Security Testing in 2023.docxAfour tech
To learn more about our Security Testing and how we, as a software development company, can assist you, contact us at contact@afourtech.com to book your free consultation today.
The document covers security governance which seeks to mitigate risk and align security with business objectives. It discusses the impact of organizational structure on security and the roles of the CISO in understanding the business, developing security programs, ensuring compliance and reporting on security
In today’s agile world, every organization is prone to cyber-attacks, as most of the applications have been developed and deployed with more focus on functionality, end user experience and with minimal attention given to security risks. http://www.karyatech.com/blog/security-testing-in-the-secured-world/
Mobile Security: 5 Steps to Mobile Risk ManagementDMIMarketing
Hundreds of companies, and the most demanding Federal agencies rely on DMI for Mobile Security services and solutions. And with more than 500,000 devices under management, we know how to do it right.
Now we’ve distilled 9 years of Mobile Security best practices into a white paper you can download. The paper lays out a smart, sensible approach to managing mobile risk without unnecessary cost and business disruption.
Please be our guest and check out the white paper. You’ll learn:
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Proatively Engaged: Questions Executives Should Ask Their Security TeamsFireEye, Inc.
Jim Aldridge from FireEye discusses what executives should ask their security teams. This is available on the FireEye Blog www.fireeye.com/blog/executive-perspective/2015/11/proactively_engaged.html
Security threats and controls were discussed, including cryptography and access control. An expert trainer profile was provided, detailing qualifications and experience in IT security management and implementation of standards such as ISO 27001, COBIT 5, and ITIL. Key security concepts such as the CIA triad of confidentiality, integrity and availability were explained.
A sneak peek into the top 5 network security solutions.docxNeilStark1
Nowadays, when the use of computers has become quite common in our daily lives, the security of computer networks, whether for personal use or professional use, has become crucial.
A sneak peek into the top 5 network security solutions.pdfNeilStark1
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Why would a century-old utility with no direct competitors take on the challenge of transforming its entire IT application organization to an agile methodology? In an increasingly interconnected world, the expectations of customers continue to evolve. From smart meters to smart phones, IoT is creating a crisis point for industries not accustomed to rapid change. Glen Morris explains that pizzas can be tracked by the minute and packages at every stop, and customers now expect this same customer service model should exist for all industries—including power. Glen examines how to create momentum and transform non-IT-focused industries to an agile model. If you are struggling with gaining traction in your pursuit of agile within your business, Glen gives you concrete, practical experiences to leverage in your pursuit. Finally, he communicates how to gain buy-in from business partners who have no idea or concern about agile or its methodologies. If your business partners look at you with amusement when you mention the need for a dedicated Product Owner, join Glen as he walks you through the approaches to overcoming agile skepticism.
Infrastructure Challenges in Scaling RAG with Custom AI modelsZilliz
Building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems with open-source and custom AI models is a complex task. This talk explores the challenges in productionizing RAG systems, including retrieval performance, response synthesis, and evaluation. We’ll discuss how to leverage open-source models like text embeddings, language models, and custom fine-tuned models to enhance RAG performance. Additionally, we’ll cover how BentoML can help orchestrate and scale these AI components efficiently, ensuring seamless deployment and management of RAG systems in the cloud.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
AI 101: An Introduction to the Basics and Impact of Artificial IntelligenceIndexBug
Imagine a world where machines not only perform tasks but also learn, adapt, and make decisions. This is the promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a technology that's not just enhancing our lives but revolutionizing entire industries.
HCL Notes and Domino License Cost Reduction in the World of DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-and-domino-license-cost-reduction-in-the-world-of-dlau/
The introduction of DLAU and the CCB & CCX licensing model caused quite a stir in the HCL community. As a Notes and Domino customer, you may have faced challenges with unexpected user counts and license costs. You probably have questions on how this new licensing approach works and how to benefit from it. Most importantly, you likely have budget constraints and want to save money where possible. Don’t worry, we can help with all of this!
We’ll show you how to fix common misconfigurations that cause higher-than-expected user counts, and how to identify accounts which you can deactivate to save money. There are also frequent patterns that can cause unnecessary cost, like using a person document instead of a mail-in for shared mailboxes. We’ll provide examples and solutions for those as well. And naturally we’ll explain the new licensing model.
Join HCL Ambassador Marc Thomas in this webinar with a special guest appearance from Franz Walder. It will give you the tools and know-how to stay on top of what is going on with Domino licensing. You will be able lower your cost through an optimized configuration and keep it low going forward.
These topics will be covered
- Reducing license cost by finding and fixing misconfigurations and superfluous accounts
- How do CCB and CCX licenses really work?
- Understanding the DLAU tool and how to best utilize it
- Tips for common problem areas, like team mailboxes, functional/test users, etc
- Practical examples and best practices to implement right away
Best 20 SEO Techniques To Improve Website Visibility In SERPPixlogix Infotech
Boost your website's visibility with proven SEO techniques! Our latest blog dives into essential strategies to enhance your online presence, increase traffic, and rank higher on search engines. From keyword optimization to quality content creation, learn how to make your site stand out in the crowded digital landscape. Discover actionable tips and expert insights to elevate your SEO game.
Let's Integrate MuleSoft RPA, COMPOSER, APM with AWS IDP along with Slackshyamraj55
Discover the seamless integration of RPA (Robotic Process Automation), COMPOSER, and APM with AWS IDP enhanced with Slack notifications. Explore how these technologies converge to streamline workflows, optimize performance, and ensure secure access, all while leveraging the power of AWS IDP and real-time communication via Slack notifications.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
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magazine as one of the fastest growing private US companies. Prior to founding
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market leader in software security consulting. Jeff has published more than thirt
papers on software development and testing, and testified before Congress on issue
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software quality.