US lab develops gigantic turbine blades to capture vast wind energy

US researchers at Sandia National Laboratories say they are working on a design for gigantic wind turbine blades that are longer than two football fields which could support 50-megawatt-- more than six times the power output of the largest current turbines --offshore wind farms in the future.+More on network World: Energy Dept. wants big wind energy technology in all 50 states+Sandia researchers said most US wind turbines produce power in the 1- to 2-MW range, with blades about 165 feet (50 meters) long, while the largest commercially available turbine is rated at 8 MW with blades 262 feet (80 meters) long. A 50-MW turbine requires a rotor blade more than 650 feet (200 meters) long, two and a half times longer than any existing wind blade, the researchers stated.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Security Requirements Are Driving Identity Management

Anyone familiar with identity management knows that it can be extremely messy – lots of tactical tools, access policies, multiple data repositories, manual processes, etc. Furthermore, user authentication continues to be anchored by user names and passwords making nearly every organization vulnerable to credentials harvesting, identity theft, and cyber attacks.These persistent IAM problems remain, even though identity management is becoming a bigger component of enterprise security. This is true because, as organizations embrace cloud and mobile computing, they lose some control over their IT infrastructure. As one CISO mentioned to me, “when we lose control in some areas we need to get better control over others as compensating controls.” To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

OED Tolls: Linux “at”

Another post on Linux commands, short and simple but very useful: at. The problem As IT pros we are all comfortable with the change window concept. This window usually opens at night or during the week-end and sometimes the change actually just requires a few commands on a Linux machine. The automation The at command […]

April 2016 CCDE Bootcamp

CCDE Bootcamp – This is an Online Cisco CCDE exam preparation training. Probably you all know the success of Orhan Ergun’s CCDE Bootcamps and how it has been helping so many engineer become a better network engineer/designer. If you don’t know, please just take a tour on the website. Check the Success Stories, Why Orhan and […]

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April 2016 CCDE Bootcamp

CCDE Bootcamp – This is an Online Cisco CCDE exam preparation training. Probably you all know the success of Orhan Ergun’s CCDE Bootcamps and how it has been helping so many engineer become a better network engineer/designer. If you don’t know, please just take a tour on the website. Check the Success Stories, Why Orhan and […]

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CCIE Skill Transformation to SDN Survey

I’m conducting “CCIE Skill Transformation to SDN” survey, to capture the perceived impact of SDN & NFV to CCIEs, as well as to understand how CCIEs think about their readiness to these new technologies. The result will be presented during my session at Cisco Live Berlin (BRKSDN-4005) on 16 February 2016. Only those who have passed CCIE lab can participate in the survey (regardless of your current CCIE status e.g. inactive or Emeritus). The information you provide is confidential and will not be disclosed as individual answer. No personal data will be exposed and shared to any parties. Thank you in advance for your support
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ccie-to-sdn

Oracle is planning to kill an attacker’s favorite: the Java browser plug-in

Oracle will retire the Java browser plug-in, frequently the target of Web-based exploits, about a year from now. Remnants, however, will likely linger long after that."Oracle plans to deprecate the Java browser plugin in JDK 9," the Java Platform Group said in a blog post Wednesday. "This technology will be removed from the Oracle JDK and JRE in a future Java SE release."The Java Development Kit (JDK) 9, the reference implementation for the next version of Java SE, is expected to reach general availability in March 2017. By then, however, most modern browsers will no longer accept the Java browser plug-in anyway.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Help! My Boss is Scared of Automation!!!

A reader asked “What can I do if my boss won’t let me automate my tasks?” Sadly some people still have a fear of automating even common, well-understood tasks. They’re worried about automation run amok. They think it’s safer to have a human typing in commands. But you know better. Humans have a place. But that place is not executing the same sequence of steps, over and over.

You need to prepare for change. Continuing to do repetitive tasks manually does not have a future. Either your boss will have a change of heart, or you’re going to change jobs. You have to prepare yourself for either eventuality. Here’s some thoughts on what to do.

Just Do It

First option: Just do it. Don’t bother asking, just get on with automating things you do often. You should be doing this anyway.

Last year we heard the story of a Russian hacker that had taken automation a little further than usual, with gems such as:

  • kumar-asshole.sh – scans the inbox for emails from “Kumar” (a DBA at our clients). Looks for keywords like “help”, “trouble”, “sorry” etc. If keywords are found – the script SSHes into the clients server and rolls back Continue reading

Google’s VirusTotal now picks out suspicious firmware

Google's VirusTotal service has added a new tool that analyzes firmware, the low-level code that bridges a computer's hardware and operating system at startup.Advanced attackers, including the U.S. National Security Agency, have targeted firmware as a place to embed malware since it's a great place to hide. Since antivirus programs "are not scanning this layer, the compromise can fly under the radar," wrote Francisco Santos, an IT security engineer with VirusTotal, in a blog post on Wednesday.Also, malware hidden in firmware often can't be easily erased and can survive reboots and fresh installs of an OS, Santos wrote.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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