Introduction to Terraform and ACI – Part 3

Introduction to Terraform and ACI – Part 3

If you haven’t already seen the previous Introduction to Terraform posts, please have a read through. This “Part 3” will provide an explanation of the various configuration files you’ll see in the Terraform demo. Introduction to Terraform Terraform and ACI​​​​​​​ Explanation of the Terraform configuration files Terraform Remote State and Team Collaboration Terraform Providers – How are they built? Code Example https://github.com/conmurphy/terraform-aci-testing/tree/master/terraform Configuration Files You could split out the…

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Welcome to the IoT Industry Roundtable on IoT and the Circular Economy – Cisco Blogs

Welcome to the IoT Industry Roundtable on IoT and the Circular Economy – Cisco Blogs

“We are committed to moving from a linear economy, where products are used and then thrown away, to a circular economy that makes better use of our limited natural resources.” Cisco We’ve seen amazing stories from our Cisco IoT (Internet of Things) customers of how they are leveraging IoT technologies to create a more sustainable future – from sensors that extend product life through IoT-enabled utility grids for renewable resource management and more. Equally important…

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Study Finds Delays in Revoking System Access

Study Finds Delays in Revoking System Access

Organizations in the United States are impacting their security by dilly-dallying when it comes to granting and revoking system access, according to new research.  A study published today by the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA) uncovered significant delays in giving and rescinding access to corporate systems, impacting operations and increasing potential risk to the organization. The non-profit’s report, “Identity and Access Management: The Stakeholder Perspective,” found that for the majority of companies (72%) it takes…

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Cisco AppDynamics software melds security, application management

Cisco AppDynamics software melds security, application management

Cisco AppDynamics is making it easier for customers to integrate security features with application development to help customers detect threats, identify non-standard application behavior, and block attacks. The company is adding software, called Cisco Secure Application, to the AppDynamics platform to correlate security and application information by scanning code execution for known exploits. Vulnerability data is shared with application and security operations teams so that together they can prioritize, execute, and track remediation efforts. Applications…

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Automated Tools Increasingly Used to Launch Cyber-Attacks

Automated Tools Increasingly Used to Launch Cyber-Attacks

Cyber-criminals are increasingly making use of automation and bots to launch attacks, according to a new analysis by Barracuda Networks. In its new report, Threat Spotlight: Automated attacks on web applications, the cybersecurity firm revealed that over half (54%) of all cyber-attacks it blocked in November and December were web application attacks which involved the use of automated tools. The most prevalent form was fuzzing attacks, making up around one in five (19.5%). This uses…

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IBM Announces Cybersecurity Grants for US Schools

IBM Announces Cybersecurity Grants for US Schools

American technology company IBM announced today that it will be making $3m available to US public schools in the form of cybersecurity grants. Grants in the form of in-kind services will be awarded to six school districts to sponsor “teams of IBMers” from the company’s Service Corps Program who will help schools proactively prepare for cyber-attacks and learn how to mitigate them.  The announcement comes after an IBM-sponsored study revealed that nearly 60% of school staff are unprepared…

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Conversation with a networking prodigy – Cisco Blogs

Conversation with a networking prodigy – Cisco Blogs

Valery Linkov built his first radio at age six, assembled his first computer at 12, won a national competition at age 18, and today, at 21, is a Cisco Networking Academy instructor. Valery was interested in computers as far back as he can remember – but living in his hometown of Moscow, Russia made it challenging for him to access to the necessary tools or equipment. I had an opportunity to talk with Valery to…

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New Year, New Pipeline. Jumpstart your 2021 with Cisco MDR – Cisco Blogs

New Year, New Pipeline. Jumpstart your 2021 with Cisco MDR – Cisco Blogs

With 2020 in the rear-view mirror and 2021 underway, we can already see this is another year of change. And where there’s change, there’s opportunity. With the massive shift in remote working, security attacks from tenacious hackers, and the ever-present need to keep businesses running securely, cybersecurity has taken center stage. Customers worldwide are hyper-aware of the need for cybersecurity, but not all are prepared or can afford it. The question to you, our valued…

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Sloppy patches are a breeding ground for zero-day exploits

Sloppy patches are a breeding ground for zero-day exploits

Security researchers at Google have claimed that a quarter of all zero-day software exploits could have been avoided if more effort had been made by vendors when creating patches for vulnerabilities in their software. In a blog post, Maddie Stone of Google’s Project Zero team says that 25% of the zero-day exploits detected in 2020 are closely related to previously publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, and “potentially could have been avoided if a more thorough investigation and…

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Donating Docker Distribution to the CNCF – Docker Blog

Donating Docker Distribution to the CNCF – Docker Blog

We are happy to announce that Docker has contributed Docker Distribution to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Docker is committed to the Open Source community and open standards for many of our projects, and this move will ensure Docker Distribution has a broad group maintaining what is the foundation for many registries.  What is Docker Distribution? Distribution is the open source code that is the basis of the container registry that is part of Docker…

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