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.
This document describes z/Assure, an IBM z/OS vulnerability analysis solution created by security developers. It performs penetration tests on z/OS systems and applications to identify integrity-based software vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can allow attackers to bypass security controls and access sensitive data without authorization. While security systems like RACF aim to prevent this, vulnerabilities in IBM and third-party software leave systems at risk. z/Assure can help organizations identify these vulnerabilities and ensure NIST, PCI, and SOX compliance. Customers can choose to conduct an initial assessment or deploy z/Assure enterprise-wide for ongoing monitoring and remediation of vulnerabilities over time.
The document discusses approaches to building secure web applications, including establishing software security processes and maturity levels. It covers security activities like threat modeling, defining security requirements, secure coding standards, security testing, and metrics. Business cases for software security focus on reducing costs of vulnerabilities, threats to web apps, and root causes being application vulnerabilities and design flaws.
Threat Modeling for the Internet of ThingsEric Vétillard
A presentation made in several public events in 2015 about the threats related to the Internet of Things, and how modeling can be used as a way to manage mitigation methods.
The document discusses Intel's vision for a "Clinic Without Walls" where 50% of healthcare is delivered outside of traditional clinical settings within 10 years. It describes how disruptive technologies like mobile, social, and analytics could support a distributed model of care across locations like homes, workplaces, and vehicles. The document recommends approaches for digital health to be holistic, user-centered, standards-based, and virtual.
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.
This document describes z/Assure, an IBM z/OS vulnerability analysis solution created by security developers. It performs penetration tests on z/OS systems and applications to identify integrity-based software vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can allow attackers to bypass security controls and access sensitive data without authorization. While security systems like RACF aim to prevent this, vulnerabilities in IBM and third-party software leave systems at risk. z/Assure can help organizations identify these vulnerabilities and ensure NIST, PCI, and SOX compliance. Customers can choose to conduct an initial assessment or deploy z/Assure enterprise-wide for ongoing monitoring and remediation of vulnerabilities over time.
The document discusses approaches to building secure web applications, including establishing software security processes and maturity levels. It covers security activities like threat modeling, defining security requirements, secure coding standards, security testing, and metrics. Business cases for software security focus on reducing costs of vulnerabilities, threats to web apps, and root causes being application vulnerabilities and design flaws.
Threat Modeling for the Internet of ThingsEric Vétillard
A presentation made in several public events in 2015 about the threats related to the Internet of Things, and how modeling can be used as a way to manage mitigation methods.
The document discusses Intel's vision for a "Clinic Without Walls" where 50% of healthcare is delivered outside of traditional clinical settings within 10 years. It describes how disruptive technologies like mobile, social, and analytics could support a distributed model of care across locations like homes, workplaces, and vehicles. The document recommends approaches for digital health to be holistic, user-centered, standards-based, and virtual.
ENGINEERING LIFE CYCLE ENABLES PENETRATION TESTING AND CYBER OPERATIONSIJMIT JOURNAL
This document discusses how proper engineering processes and life cycle management are important for cybersecurity operations and penetration testing. Rushing innovation undermines security foundations. Effective engineering adds security even after implementation. Current computer systems fail to manage risks properly and focus too much on reactive responses instead of addressing root causes like lack of planning. Proper system design, monitoring, and maintenance over the full life cycle are needed to build secure and stable systems. Personnel issues around training and risk management priorities also undermine security. Adopting full engineering practices and addressing organizational and human factors are necessary to improve current fragile security postures.
Top 10 tips for effective SOC/NOC collaboration or integrationSridhar Karnam
Top 10 tips for effective SOC/NOC collaboration or integration. In 5 years the security operation center and IT operation center will integrate and bring more context to security events and help to search, store, and analyze machine data for operational intelligence
The document discusses integrating software security into the software development lifecycle. It recommends addressing security as early as possible, including during the requirements phase by performing threat assessments and defining security requirements. During design, it suggests involving security experts, using threat modeling to understand risks, and implementing defenses like isolation, least privilege, and defense in depth. Throughout development and testing, it advises performing security reviews, testing, and activities to find and fix vulnerabilities before deployment.
Top Strategies to Capture Security Intelligence for ApplicationsDenim Group
Security professionals have years of experience logging and tracking network security events to identify unauthorized or malicious activity on a corporate network. Unfortunately, many of today's attacks are focused on the application layer, where the fidelity of logging for security events is less robust. Most application logs are typically used to see errors and failures and the internal state of the system, not events that might be interesting from a security perspective. Security practitioners are concerned with understanding patterns of user behavior and, in the event of an attack, being able to see an entire user’s session. How are application events different from network events? What type of information should security practitioners ensure software developers log for event analysis? What are the types of technologies that enable application-level logging and analysis? In this presentation, John Dickson will discuss what should be present in application logs to help understand threats and attacks, and better guard against them.
Key Challenges Facing IT/OT: Hear From The ExpertsTripwire
When you think of Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT), which side are you on? You may not feel that you fall on any side of that technological skirmish, but when you stop to carefully consider the differences in these two disciplines, it is nearly impossible to avoid a tendentious leaning.
However, the time may be upon us when the conflicts of IT and OT will be put to rest for the broader purpose of making businesses more agile, efficient, resilient and ultimately, more profitable. We spoke with experts in the field who offered their insights about the challenges facing IT and OT convergence. Here’s what they shared!
Common 2009 Getting Started On The Road To Complianceimigrnt
This document provides an overview of steps for getting started on the road to compliance for IBM i Security. It discusses establishing a baseline by documenting the starting security configuration, developing a security policy, leveraging built-in security features like user profiles, system values, and action auditing. It also covers securing network access through exit programs, new security options in IBM i V6R1 like password rules and limits on device sessions. The document emphasizes the importance of ongoing compliance monitoring through reporting, policy adherence reviews, and evaluating automated compliance solutions.
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
The document provides an overview of securing Android applications according to the OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) approach. It discusses the OWASP Mobile Security Project, performs a crash course on Android architecture and essentials, demonstrates threat modeling for Android apps, reviews the top 10 mobile risks and associated controls from OWASP, and provides resources for further information.
ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES FOR SECURE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTijesajournal
Diverse types of software are used in almost all sectors of businesses in the modern world. They provide mechanisms that enable buyers and sellers to interact virtually, reduce manual work in businesses and institutions as well as make work a lot easier. Increased demand for software has led to the increased investment that has subsequently attracted numerous security attacks. Millions of resources are held in various software worldwide, cyber-attack criminals have made a career in breaching software security for selfish gains, thus necessitating the development and establishment of secure software. Through a literature review, the work introduces concepts and terms used in secure software development, presents the best practices and provides a review of the models that could be used. Confidentiality, integrity, availability, and non-repudiation are secure software terms that mean it should be secret, safe, and accessible and keeps a record of every activity undertaken. The proposed work advocates for several best practices among them the creation of a secure perimeter that limits access to key segments or parts of the system in addition to reducing attacking surface or rather reducing the opportunities available for cyber-attack. In regard to the engineering of software, the paper recommends that system requirements must be established before the software is created. Additional engineering ought to be done after the system has been evaluated just before the official launch. Moreover, the paper recommends the adoption of strategies that are used by renowned software models such as Microsoft Software Development Life-cycle among others. Those models have put secure software strategies throughout the life-cycle of software development. They recognize the need to put secure engineering systems during the design and utilization of the software because new methods of breaching software security come up every new day. The paper concludes by noting that continued collaborative efforts to guarantee more secure software is still a demanding need. Adherence to basic secure software development and utilization is essential in addition to developing additional engineering that maintains the integrity, confidentially and accessibility of the software.
This document summarizes Fred Seigneur's presentation on computer security innovation at the 2014 Cybersecurity Innovation Forum. The presentation discussed foundational weaknesses in current operating systems and applications due to a lack of built-in security. It proposed that developing a Secure Computing Infrastructure (SCI) using a separation kernel, Erlang virtual machine, and hardware security could help address these weaknesses by building security in from the beginning. A phased approach was outlined to develop an SCI prototype using the Parallella board.
Social Networks and Security: What Your Teenager Likely Won't Tell YouDenim Group
John Dickson's presentation to a group of Chief Security Officers (CSOs) about the security implications of social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. He encourages CSOs to approach social networking as a business issue rather than a security issue if they want to maximize their influence.
Are existing compliance requirements sufficient to prevent data breaches? This session will provide a technical assessment of the 2019 Capital One data breach, illustrating the technical modus operandi of the attack and identify related compliance requirements based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Attendees will learn the unexpected impact of corporate culture on overall cyber security posture.
This talk was presented at RSA Conference 2021 (Session RMG-T15) on May 18, 2021.
Original paper available for download at SSRN: Novaes Neto, Nelson and Madnick, Stuart E. and Moraes G. de Paula, Anchises and Malara Borges, Natasha, A Case Study of the Capital One Data Breach (28/04/2020). https://ssrn.com/abstract=3570138
This document discusses the importance of secure application development and having a security development lifecycle (SDLC). It argues that application security cannot be bolted on after development, and that all developers need to understand security principles. The document outlines key aspects of a secure SDLC, including requirements, design, implementation, testing, code reviews, authorization enforcement, logging, error handling, and conclusions. The core theme is that secure applications start with good, tested code and having a mature development process in place.
PAS: Leveraging IT/OT - Convergence and Developing Effective OT CybersecurityMighty Guides, Inc.
Michael Jacobs recommends three key pieces of advice for a CISO to make an OT/ICS environment more secure:
1. Conduct an accurate inventory of all ICS assets to understand the environment. This can begin with a physical walkthrough and mapping network configurations.
2. Establish good working relationships with OT staff to ensure they take cybersecurity seriously and buy into initiatives.
3. Develop a risk-based threat model to guide prioritized implementation of security controls that address real threats, are practical for the OT environment, and minimize safety and operational risks. Understanding the environment and people is crucial to effective OT security.
What can go wrong?!
Thirty years of commercial information security have taught us to orchestrate perimeter controls, to correctly configure AAA systems, to evaluate risks and manage them.
But when we talk about the supply chain, the context dramatically changes and we risk realising we did not understand it all or we naively transferred our risk to an unaware third party.
Vulnerability Management In An Application Security World: AppSecDCDenim Group
This document provides a summary of a presentation on vulnerability management in application security. It discusses how application vulnerabilities should be treated as software defects and tracked in a defect management system. It also covers how to prioritize vulnerabilities based on a risk calculation considering likelihood, impact, and remediation effort. The presentation provides examples of different vulnerability management challenges and recommendations for improving policies, baselines, prioritization, remediation, and ongoing maintenance of applications.
Hybrid Security Analysis: Bridging the Gap between Inside-Out and Outside-InTechWell
With the rising adoption of the cloud and the mobile revolution, software security is more important and complex than ever. The efforts of developers and testers are frequently disconnected, wasting time and reducing effectiveness. Arthur Hicken describes how hybrid security analysis bridges the gap between static analysis and penetration testing by detecting security vulnerabilities with unprecedented accuracy—and few false positives. Testers receive an instant assessment of where security attacks actually penetrated the application. Unlike traditional penetration testing, this pinpoints where attacks really succeeded—not just areas that may be vulnerable to attack. Hybrid analysis involves running penetration attack scenarios against existing functional test scenarios, monitoring the back-end to determine whether security is actually compromised, and correlating source code with the failed tests so you can trace each error to a particular requirement. Learn the drawbacks of static analysis and penetration testing—and how to turn these drawbacks into strengths.
Have you ever delivered software to testing only to receive unexpected feedback regarding quality issues of interoperability, reliability, usability, or testability? Or worse, delivered to customers a product that fully met its specifications but generated complaints and calls for urgent fixes? Substantial time and effort can be saved by understanding—before coding begins—the important quality factors a software system must have. Join Dawn Haynes to explore quick and effective ideas for defining quality factors for your software. Dawn demonstrates how to create a checklist—using general heuristics, standards, and your own research—to employ as a source of specific quality requirements for your projects. By adding these to your requirements gathering process, you will better develop detailed designs and code. Going beyond the basics, Dawn explains how to reduce reliability and/or security vulnerabilities, increase efficiency, and implement quality factors like testability and maintainability. Steer your code to acceptance rather than to rework.
ENGINEERING LIFE CYCLE ENABLES PENETRATION TESTING AND CYBER OPERATIONSIJMIT JOURNAL
This document discusses how proper engineering processes and life cycle management are important for cybersecurity operations and penetration testing. Rushing innovation undermines security foundations. Effective engineering adds security even after implementation. Current computer systems fail to manage risks properly and focus too much on reactive responses instead of addressing root causes like lack of planning. Proper system design, monitoring, and maintenance over the full life cycle are needed to build secure and stable systems. Personnel issues around training and risk management priorities also undermine security. Adopting full engineering practices and addressing organizational and human factors are necessary to improve current fragile security postures.
Top 10 tips for effective SOC/NOC collaboration or integrationSridhar Karnam
Top 10 tips for effective SOC/NOC collaboration or integration. In 5 years the security operation center and IT operation center will integrate and bring more context to security events and help to search, store, and analyze machine data for operational intelligence
The document discusses integrating software security into the software development lifecycle. It recommends addressing security as early as possible, including during the requirements phase by performing threat assessments and defining security requirements. During design, it suggests involving security experts, using threat modeling to understand risks, and implementing defenses like isolation, least privilege, and defense in depth. Throughout development and testing, it advises performing security reviews, testing, and activities to find and fix vulnerabilities before deployment.
Top Strategies to Capture Security Intelligence for ApplicationsDenim Group
Security professionals have years of experience logging and tracking network security events to identify unauthorized or malicious activity on a corporate network. Unfortunately, many of today's attacks are focused on the application layer, where the fidelity of logging for security events is less robust. Most application logs are typically used to see errors and failures and the internal state of the system, not events that might be interesting from a security perspective. Security practitioners are concerned with understanding patterns of user behavior and, in the event of an attack, being able to see an entire user’s session. How are application events different from network events? What type of information should security practitioners ensure software developers log for event analysis? What are the types of technologies that enable application-level logging and analysis? In this presentation, John Dickson will discuss what should be present in application logs to help understand threats and attacks, and better guard against them.
Key Challenges Facing IT/OT: Hear From The ExpertsTripwire
When you think of Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT), which side are you on? You may not feel that you fall on any side of that technological skirmish, but when you stop to carefully consider the differences in these two disciplines, it is nearly impossible to avoid a tendentious leaning.
However, the time may be upon us when the conflicts of IT and OT will be put to rest for the broader purpose of making businesses more agile, efficient, resilient and ultimately, more profitable. We spoke with experts in the field who offered their insights about the challenges facing IT and OT convergence. Here’s what they shared!
Common 2009 Getting Started On The Road To Complianceimigrnt
This document provides an overview of steps for getting started on the road to compliance for IBM i Security. It discusses establishing a baseline by documenting the starting security configuration, developing a security policy, leveraging built-in security features like user profiles, system values, and action auditing. It also covers securing network access through exit programs, new security options in IBM i V6R1 like password rules and limits on device sessions. The document emphasizes the importance of ongoing compliance monitoring through reporting, policy adherence reviews, and evaluating automated compliance solutions.
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
The document provides an overview of securing Android applications according to the OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) approach. It discusses the OWASP Mobile Security Project, performs a crash course on Android architecture and essentials, demonstrates threat modeling for Android apps, reviews the top 10 mobile risks and associated controls from OWASP, and provides resources for further information.
ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES FOR SECURE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENTijesajournal
Diverse types of software are used in almost all sectors of businesses in the modern world. They provide mechanisms that enable buyers and sellers to interact virtually, reduce manual work in businesses and institutions as well as make work a lot easier. Increased demand for software has led to the increased investment that has subsequently attracted numerous security attacks. Millions of resources are held in various software worldwide, cyber-attack criminals have made a career in breaching software security for selfish gains, thus necessitating the development and establishment of secure software. Through a literature review, the work introduces concepts and terms used in secure software development, presents the best practices and provides a review of the models that could be used. Confidentiality, integrity, availability, and non-repudiation are secure software terms that mean it should be secret, safe, and accessible and keeps a record of every activity undertaken. The proposed work advocates for several best practices among them the creation of a secure perimeter that limits access to key segments or parts of the system in addition to reducing attacking surface or rather reducing the opportunities available for cyber-attack. In regard to the engineering of software, the paper recommends that system requirements must be established before the software is created. Additional engineering ought to be done after the system has been evaluated just before the official launch. Moreover, the paper recommends the adoption of strategies that are used by renowned software models such as Microsoft Software Development Life-cycle among others. Those models have put secure software strategies throughout the life-cycle of software development. They recognize the need to put secure engineering systems during the design and utilization of the software because new methods of breaching software security come up every new day. The paper concludes by noting that continued collaborative efforts to guarantee more secure software is still a demanding need. Adherence to basic secure software development and utilization is essential in addition to developing additional engineering that maintains the integrity, confidentially and accessibility of the software.
This document summarizes Fred Seigneur's presentation on computer security innovation at the 2014 Cybersecurity Innovation Forum. The presentation discussed foundational weaknesses in current operating systems and applications due to a lack of built-in security. It proposed that developing a Secure Computing Infrastructure (SCI) using a separation kernel, Erlang virtual machine, and hardware security could help address these weaknesses by building security in from the beginning. A phased approach was outlined to develop an SCI prototype using the Parallella board.
Social Networks and Security: What Your Teenager Likely Won't Tell YouDenim Group
John Dickson's presentation to a group of Chief Security Officers (CSOs) about the security implications of social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. He encourages CSOs to approach social networking as a business issue rather than a security issue if they want to maximize their influence.
Are existing compliance requirements sufficient to prevent data breaches? This session will provide a technical assessment of the 2019 Capital One data breach, illustrating the technical modus operandi of the attack and identify related compliance requirements based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Attendees will learn the unexpected impact of corporate culture on overall cyber security posture.
This talk was presented at RSA Conference 2021 (Session RMG-T15) on May 18, 2021.
Original paper available for download at SSRN: Novaes Neto, Nelson and Madnick, Stuart E. and Moraes G. de Paula, Anchises and Malara Borges, Natasha, A Case Study of the Capital One Data Breach (28/04/2020). https://ssrn.com/abstract=3570138
This document discusses the importance of secure application development and having a security development lifecycle (SDLC). It argues that application security cannot be bolted on after development, and that all developers need to understand security principles. The document outlines key aspects of a secure SDLC, including requirements, design, implementation, testing, code reviews, authorization enforcement, logging, error handling, and conclusions. The core theme is that secure applications start with good, tested code and having a mature development process in place.
PAS: Leveraging IT/OT - Convergence and Developing Effective OT CybersecurityMighty Guides, Inc.
Michael Jacobs recommends three key pieces of advice for a CISO to make an OT/ICS environment more secure:
1. Conduct an accurate inventory of all ICS assets to understand the environment. This can begin with a physical walkthrough and mapping network configurations.
2. Establish good working relationships with OT staff to ensure they take cybersecurity seriously and buy into initiatives.
3. Develop a risk-based threat model to guide prioritized implementation of security controls that address real threats, are practical for the OT environment, and minimize safety and operational risks. Understanding the environment and people is crucial to effective OT security.
What can go wrong?!
Thirty years of commercial information security have taught us to orchestrate perimeter controls, to correctly configure AAA systems, to evaluate risks and manage them.
But when we talk about the supply chain, the context dramatically changes and we risk realising we did not understand it all or we naively transferred our risk to an unaware third party.
Vulnerability Management In An Application Security World: AppSecDCDenim Group
This document provides a summary of a presentation on vulnerability management in application security. It discusses how application vulnerabilities should be treated as software defects and tracked in a defect management system. It also covers how to prioritize vulnerabilities based on a risk calculation considering likelihood, impact, and remediation effort. The presentation provides examples of different vulnerability management challenges and recommendations for improving policies, baselines, prioritization, remediation, and ongoing maintenance of applications.
Hybrid Security Analysis: Bridging the Gap between Inside-Out and Outside-InTechWell
With the rising adoption of the cloud and the mobile revolution, software security is more important and complex than ever. The efforts of developers and testers are frequently disconnected, wasting time and reducing effectiveness. Arthur Hicken describes how hybrid security analysis bridges the gap between static analysis and penetration testing by detecting security vulnerabilities with unprecedented accuracy—and few false positives. Testers receive an instant assessment of where security attacks actually penetrated the application. Unlike traditional penetration testing, this pinpoints where attacks really succeeded—not just areas that may be vulnerable to attack. Hybrid analysis involves running penetration attack scenarios against existing functional test scenarios, monitoring the back-end to determine whether security is actually compromised, and correlating source code with the failed tests so you can trace each error to a particular requirement. Learn the drawbacks of static analysis and penetration testing—and how to turn these drawbacks into strengths.
Have you ever delivered software to testing only to receive unexpected feedback regarding quality issues of interoperability, reliability, usability, or testability? Or worse, delivered to customers a product that fully met its specifications but generated complaints and calls for urgent fixes? Substantial time and effort can be saved by understanding—before coding begins—the important quality factors a software system must have. Join Dawn Haynes to explore quick and effective ideas for defining quality factors for your software. Dawn demonstrates how to create a checklist—using general heuristics, standards, and your own research—to employ as a source of specific quality requirements for your projects. By adding these to your requirements gathering process, you will better develop detailed designs and code. Going beyond the basics, Dawn explains how to reduce reliability and/or security vulnerabilities, increase efficiency, and implement quality factors like testability and maintainability. Steer your code to acceptance rather than to rework.
The document is a presentation on distributed agile testing given by Janet Gregory. It discusses challenges with distributed teams such as communication difficulties due to time zone differences and lack of face-to-face interaction. It provides strategies for effective collaboration and communication when teams are distributed, including using video conferencing, pairing remotely, and integrating testing with development. The presentation emphasizes the importance of experimentation and adapting practices to overcome issues unique to distributed teams.
Reports of the Death of Testing Have Been Greatly ExaggeratedTechWell
Have you heard? It’s all over the social media. We are the “last generation of testers.” Testing is dead. No more classical testing—too much inflexible process. Context driven? That is a code phrase for do whatever. Agility? Developers do testing, and testers become developers. DevOps? Development and operations join forces—and test is not in the picture. And, companies don’t test anymore—they outsource. Ruud Teunissen believes we must save the indispensable craft of testing. Non-functional tests require special skills; new paradigms like cloud and mobile must be explored and tested; Enterprise-to-enterprise integration tests become more vital as systems grow larger and more complex. And who’s going to do that testing? Testing skills are needed to work effectively and efficiently in these new contexts. Learn to save the testing skills within your organization and do what you’ve always done best—save the day by preventing defects from going live.
Cutting-edge Performance Testing on eCommerce WebsitesTechWell
Having problems with your website’s performance? Does it take too much time and effort to determine the cause of a particular page’s poor performance? Would you like to find the root cause of client-side issues in an automated way? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this session is for you. At GSI Commerce, an eBay company, Ron Woody manages a large team of performance engineers working on nearly nearly 100 eCommerce websites. Ron and his team have developed cutting-edge approaches for automating client- and server-side performance testing. Learn the specific approaches Ron’s team uses today for pre-release performance tests, production performance management, and website optimization. Find out the ways they’ve automated cross-browser performance testing—and analysis—to increase productivity and efficiency. Covering these and additional topics Ron shares a toolkit of performance testing ideas and approaches your team can use to ensure optimal application performance and a better user experience.
The Challenges of BIG Testing: Automation, Virtualization, Outsourcing, and MoreTechWell
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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.
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Select a process of your choice and create a SIPOC for this process. Explain the utility of a SIPOC in the context of project management.
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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
· Security check web APIs and world wide web services that support your enterprise
· Effortlessly organize, view and share security-test outcomes and histories
· Endow broader lifecycle adoption th ...
JavaOne2013: Secure Engineering Practices for JavaChris Bailey
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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
This document discusses shift left security, which is an approach to applying security practices earlier in the software development lifecycle rather than after deployment. The key aspects of shift left security are designing security into applications from the planning phase, implementing secure coding practices, and testing for security vulnerabilities earlier. Adopting shift left security reduces costs compared to fixing issues later and better protects applications, data, and organizations from security threats.
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This chapter covers the important security considerations that should be part of the development cycle of web applications, client applications, and remote administration, illustrating potential security issues and how to solve them.
After an application is written, it is deployed into an environment of some sort, where it remains for an extended period of time with only its original features to defend it from whatever threats, mistakes, or misuse it encounters. A malicious agent in the environment, on the other hand, has that same extended period of time to observe the application and tailor its attack techniques until something works. At this point, any number of undesirable things could happen. For example, there could be a breach, there could be a vulnerability disclosure, malware exploiting the vulnerability could be released, or the exploit technique could be sold to the highest bidder.
Most of these undesirable things eventually lead to customers who are unhappy with their software vendors, regardless of whether or not the customers were willing to pay for security before the incident occurred. For that reason, security is becoming more important to organizations ...
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CMIT 321 Executive Proposal Project
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the student’s ability to research and evaluate security testing software and present a proposal for review by executive team members. By completing the document the student will also gain practical knowledge of the security evaluation documentation and proposal writing process. The project will enable the student to identify and understand the required standards in practice, as well as the details that should be covered within a proposal.
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· Using the Case Study presented in this document, to complete an executive proposal.
· Provide a three to five page proposal summarizing purpose and benefit of chosen security software to the executive management team.
· The student will evaluate and test security testing software for purposes of testing corporate network security. The purpose of the software is to measure the security posture of the organization by identifying vulnerabilities and help prevent future attacks and deter any real-time unknown threats.
· The proposal should effectively describe the software in a manner that will allow the executive team members to understand the purpose and benefits of the software to approve purchase.
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· Evaluate and select a security tool for recommendation that you learned about in the iLabs modules or the EC-Council text books.
· The proposal document must be 3 to 5 pages long, conforming to APA standards. See "Writing Guideline" in WebTycho where you'll find help on writing for research projects.
· At least three authoritative, outside references are required (anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable). These should be listed on the last page titled "References."
· Appropriate citations are required. See the syllabus regarding plagiarism policies.
· This will be graded on quality of research topic, quality of paper information, use of citations, grammar and sentence structure, and creativity.
· The paper is due during Week 7 of this course.
Project Description
The purpose of project is to write an executive proposal for a fictitious company called Information Assurance Research. The goal of the proposal is to persuade the executive management team to approve purchase of security testing software that can benefit the company’s corporate network security by testing and identifying vulnerabilities before they are exploited by hackers. The proposal must include a detailed description of the software, its purpose and benefits.
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1. Research a security testing software tool that you practiced using in the EC-Council iLabs or from the textbook.
2. Determine whether the tool would be beneficial in testing the security of a corporate network.
3. Use the vendor’s website to collect necessary information about the tool to be able to explain its purpose and benefit.
4. Include 3rd party endorsements and case studies about the tool.
5. Integrate the information from your own ex ...
Information security software security presentation.pptxsalutiontechnology
This document discusses software security. It defines software security as practices that help protect applications from attackers by incorporating security techniques into development. It explains why software security is important for protecting critical data and system vulnerabilities. It also lists common software security vulnerabilities like bugs, data exposure, and injection flaws. The document outlines major security concerns like phishing, DDoS attacks, and supply chain attacks. It discusses tools for software security testing and best practices like access control, encryption, authentication, and employee training.
Selecting an App Security Testing Partner: An eGuideHCLSoftware
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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.
The document provides guidelines for a CMIT 321 Executive Proposal Project. The goal of the project is for students to evaluate security testing software, conduct hands-on testing, and write a 3-5 page proposal to recommend purchasing the software for a fictitious company called Advanced Research. The proposal must describe the software, its purpose, benefits, costs, and how it could test for vulnerabilities in Advanced Research's network to improve security and prevent attacks. The student taking on the role of IT Manager at Advanced Research is tasked with researching tools, testing one in a lab, and presenting the proposal to the executive team to gain approval to purchase the recommended software.
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/
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A hierarchy is an organizational network that has a top and a bottom, and where position is determined by rank, importance, and value. A holarchy is a network that has no top or bottom and where each person’s value derives from his ability, rather than position. As more companies seek the benefits of agile, leaders need to build and sustain delivery capability while scaling agile without introducing unnecessary process and overhead. The Agile Performance Holarchy (APH) is an empirical model for scaling and sustaining agility while continuing to deliver great products. Jeff Dalton designed the APH by drawing from lessons learned observing and assessing hundreds of agile companies and teams. The APH helps implement a holarchy—a system composed of interacting organizational units called holons—centered on a series of performance circles that embody the behaviors of high performing agile organizations. Jeff describes how APH provides guidelines in the areas of leadership, values, teaming, visioning, governing, building, supporting, and engaging within an all-agile organization. Join Jeff to see what the APH is all about and how you can use it in your team and organization.
A Business-First Approach to DevOps ImplementationTechWell
DevOps is a cultural shift aimed at streamlining intergroup communication and improving operational efficiency for development and operations groups. Over time, inclusion of other IT groups under the DevOps umbrella has become the norm for many organizations. But even broadening the boundaries of DevOps, the conversation has been largely devoid of the business units’ place at the table. A common mistake organizations make while going through the DevOps transformation is drawing a line at the IT boundary. If that occurs, a larger, more inclusive silo within the organization is created, operating in an informational vacuum and causing operational inefficiency and goal misalignment. Sharing his experiences working on both sides of the fence, Leon Fayer describes the importance of including business units in order to align technology decisions with business goals. Leon discusses inclusion of business units in existing agile processes, benefits of cross-departmental monitoring, and a business-first approach to technology decisions.
Databases in a Continuous Integration/Delivery ProcessTechWell
The document summarizes a presentation about including databases in a continuous integration/delivery process. It discusses treating database code like application code by placing it under version control and integrating databases into the DevOps software development pipeline. This allows databases to be built, tested, and released like other software through continuous integration, delivery, and deployment.
Mobile Testing: What—and What Not—to AutomateTechWell
Organizations are moving rapidly into mobile technology, which has significantly increased the demand for testing of mobile applications. David Dangs says testers naturally are turning to automation to help ease the workload, increase potential test coverage, and improve testing efficiency. But should you try to automate all things mobile? Unfortunately, the answer is not always clear. Mobile has its own set of complications, compounded by a wide variety of devices and OS platforms. Join David to learn what mobile testing activities are ripe for automation—and those items best left to manual efforts. He describes the various considerations for automating each type of mobile application: mobile web, native app, and hybrid applications. David also covers device-level testing, types of testing, available automation tools, and recommendations for automation effectiveness. Finally, based on his years of mobile testing experience, David provides some tips and tricks to approach mobile automation. Leave with a clear plan for automating your mobile applications.
Cultural Intelligence: A Key Skill for SuccessTechWell
Diversity is becoming the norm in everyday life. However, introducing global delivery models without a proper understanding of intercultural differences can lead to difficulty, frustration, and reduced productivity. Priyanka Sharma and Thena Barry say that in our diverse world, we need teams with people who can cross these boundaries, communicate effectively, and build the diverse networks necessary to avoid problems. We need to learn about cultural intelligence (CI) and cultural quotient (CQ). CI is the ability to relate and work effectively across cultures. CQ is the cognitive, motivational, and behavioral capacity to understand and respond to beliefs, values, attitudes, and behaviors of individuals and groups. Together, CI and CQ can help us build behavioral capacities that aid motivation, behavior, and productivity in teams as well as individuals. Priyanka and Thena show how to build a more culturally intelligent place with tools and techniques from Leading with Cultural Intelligence, as well as content from the Hofstede cultural model. In addition, they illustrate the model with real-life experiences and demonstrate how they adapted in similar circumstances.
Turn the Lights On: A Power Utility Company's Agile TransformationTechWell
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.
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Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
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.
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
Building Production Ready Search Pipelines with Spark and MilvusZilliz
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Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
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This video focuses on integration of Salesforce with Bonterra Impact Management.
Interested in deploying an integration with Salesforce for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Introduction of Cybersecurity with OSS at Code Europe 2024Hiroshi SHIBATA
I develop the Ruby programming language, RubyGems, and Bundler, which are package managers for Ruby. Today, I will introduce how to enhance the security of your application using open-source software (OSS) examples from Ruby and RubyGems.
The first topic is CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures). I have published CVEs many times. But what exactly is a CVE? I'll provide a basic understanding of CVEs and explain how to detect and handle vulnerabilities in OSS.
Next, let's discuss package managers. Package managers play a critical role in the OSS ecosystem. I'll explain how to manage library dependencies in your application.
I'll share insights into how the Ruby and RubyGems core team works to keep our ecosystem safe. By the end of this talk, you'll have a better understanding of how to safeguard your code.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
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How to Interpret Trends in the Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart.pdf
Security Testing for Testing Professionals
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AM Tutorial
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Security Testing for Testing
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2. Jeff Payne
Jeff Payne is CEO and founder of Coveros, Inc., a software company that builds secure software
applications using agile methods. Since its inception in 2008, Coveros has become a market leader in
secure agile principles and has been recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest growing private
US companies. Prior to founding Coveros, Jeff was chairman of the board, CEO, and cofounder of Cigital,
Inc., a market leader in software security consulting. Jeff has published more than thirty papers on
software development and testing, and testified before Congress on issues of national importance,
including intellectual property rights, cyberterrorism, and software quality.