Datanauts 163: Hybrid Cloud DNS Design With AWS Route 53
Why is hybrid cloud DNS with AWS hard? What has AWS recently done to make it better? Should we use the new Route 53 Resolver features? The Datanauts tackles these questions and other cloud DNS issues with guest Matt Adorjan. We also explore Matt's CloudPing utility that measures inter-region latency in AWS.
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The Internet of Things: Why ‘Trust By Design’ Matters
As we have seen vividly in recent years, inadequate security and privacy protections in the Internet of Things (IoT) can have devastating impacts – on Internet users and core infrastructure. The high profile Mirai botnet distributed denial of service (DDoD) attack in 2016 was a dramatic example of the effects of poor security in IoT devices, and CloudPets connected teddy bears were withdrawn from sale by most retailers after it was revealed that millions of voice recordings between parents and their children were exposed. But the threats from these insecure devices don’t vanish when they are updated or recalled, since there is often a large number of them still in service, and still vulnerable.
Because of this, the Internet Society is particularly focused on improving the security and privacy of consumer IoT. As a rapidly growing area, it is especially vulnerable and has been exploited by malicious actors.
That’s why we’re encouraging manufacturers to adopt Trust by Design.
“Trust by Design” – an umbrella term that includes Privacy by Design and Security by Design – is an essential component of a healthy IoT ecosystem. It has significant implications beyond IoT for the health of the Internet as a whole, and Continue reading
RSS and Medium blogs
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Cisco Live 2019 Testing Center
One of the awesome benefits of Cisco Live is the free Cisco Pearson Vue testing that takes place during the …
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IaC – unit tests with jSNAPy and Ansible
JSNAPY is an open source tool released by Juniper Networks circa 2015 that is the Python version of the Juniper Snapshot Administrator. This tool in the most simplest sense gives us the ability to have unit-tests when working with Junos, much in the same way a developer would write tests against their code. JSNAPy creates snapshots of a device’s operational or configurational state, the content of which depends on tests. JSNAPy then can diff and check these snapshots, which when combined with your test logic, means you can detect when things change or don’t change as per your desire. It’s a simple but effective tool when working with Junos. In fact, if you have another system to take the snapshot, JSNAPy is really an XML snippet checking tool and thus, it can be used for multi-vendored environments!!!
JSNAPy is a great tool for not only dealing with operational changes, but also also for steady state change operations too through the use of both
preand
posttests and the logical operators JSNAPy supports. It’s worth mentioning you can call the snaps and tests anything you want. Bob and Alice are both valid examples of a snap name, but the advice Continue reading
How Common Are Data Center Meltdowns?
We all know about catastrophic headline-generating failures like AWS East-1 region falling apart or a major provider being down for a day or two. Then there are failures known only to those who care, like losing a major exchange point. However, I’m becoming more and more certain that the known failures are not even the tip of the iceberg - they seem to be the climber at the iceberg summit.
Read more ...Heavy Networking 444: Silver Peak And Zscaler Team Up On SD-WAN Security (Sponsored)
On today's Heavy Networking, we explore with sponsor Silver Peak the combination of SD-WAN and security; namely, how Silver Peak has partnered with Zscaler for cloud-based security scanning. We talk with a Silver Peak customer for an on-the-ground perspective, then drill into the tech details of the partnership, including encryption, policy enforcement, and operational impacts.
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HPE’s Liz Joyce Talks Cybersecurity, Cookies, and How Diversity Helps Beat the Baddies
“Cybersecurity is a big challenge,” Joyce said. “And if you don’t have diversity, you’re...
Verizon’s 5G Future Tied to Spectrum, Technology Advances
Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg declined to say which spectrum bands it will bring to 5G, but he did...
Sylabs Slides Singularity Updates Into Its Enterprise Pro Package
Sylabs’ platform uses the Linux-based Singularity container platform, which its CEO developed in...
The Internet Society’s African Chapters Join the African Union and Other Partners to Discuss IoT Security, Privacy, and Digital ID in Africa
In collaboration with the Africa Union Commission (AUC), the Africa Telecommunication Union (ATU), and Omidyar Network, from 8-11 April 2019 the Africa Regional Bureau successfully gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 103 participants comprising Internet Society Chapter leaders, African Regional economic bodies, privacy experts, regulators, and data protection agencies to a two-day workshop on IoT Security, Privacy, and Digital ID followed by the 2019 African Chapters Advocacy Meeting.
The first day of the workshop focused on IoT opportunities and security considerations. It explored the IoT landscape in Africa and shared active deployments and chapter-led projects. The day also discussed IoT security and privacy considerations with emphasis on frameworks that could be implemented to ensure the security and safety of IoT devices. A dedicated session on aligning policy and IoT security needs shared the experience of the Senegal multistakeholder IoT security process and motivated member states to initiate a similar process in their countries.
The second day focused on localizing the AUC and Internet Society Personal Data Protection Guidelines. Our partners AUC, Omidyar Network, Mozilla Foundation, and UNECA unpacked issues related to digital identity, personal data protection and privacy in the region. The meeting explored the nature of policies in place to Continue reading
NetElastic Combines SD-WAN, Application Visibility on New Enterprise Router
The three-year old startup first made its way into SD-WAN in 2018, developing a carrier-centric...
China Unicom Signals Intent to Be Among First With 5G
The Chinese operator plans 5G trials in seven major cities as Qualcomm announces its support for...
Girls in ICT Day: Attend the Global Marathon in Digital Skills Development
There’s a lack of gender diversity at all levels in the technology sector. This is partly because the number of female students in mathematics, engineering, computer science, and science is disproportionately low around the world. So how do we close this gap?
Support for the education of women and girls in the ICT sector is consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – in particular SDG 5, aimed at achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls through, among other things, information and communication technologies.
The Women’s Special Interest Group (Women SIG) of the Internet Society is committed to promoting the participation of women in the Internet ecosystem, especially considering the importance to increase the participation of girls and adolescents in Information Technology and Communication.
This April 25, International Day of Girls in ICT, promoted by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), aims to reduce the digital gender gap and to encourage and motivate girls to participate in technology careers. With the support of the Internet Society Chapters and local civil society organizations, we’re planning to celebrate the day with a global marathon of training in digital skills development. We want to motivate girls and teenagers to study and Continue reading