Tag: NIST

  • Cloud Blog: New Cassandra to Spanner adapter simplifies Yahoo’s migration journey

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/new-proxy-adapter-eases-cassandra-to-spanner-migration/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: New Cassandra to Spanner adapter simplifies Yahoo’s migration journey Feedly Summary: Cassandra, a key-value NoSQL database, is prized for its speed and scalability, and used broadly for  applications that require rapid data retrieval and storage such as caching, session management, and real-time analytics. Its simple key-value pair structure…

  • CSA: Are Traditional Groups Fit for Cloud Permissions?

    Source URL: https://www.britive.com/resource/blog/group-based-permissions-and-iga-shortcomings-in-the-cloud Source: CSA Title: Are Traditional Groups Fit for Cloud Permissions? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the limitations of traditional identity governance and administration (IGA) solutions in managing permissions in modern cloud environments. It emphasizes the risks associated with over-reliance on group-based permissions, highlighting the need for…

  • Hacker News: Nothing-up-my-sleeve number

    Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing-up-my-sleeve_number Source: Hacker News Title: Nothing-up-my-sleeve number Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides an in-depth exploration of “nothing-up-my-sleeve” numbers in cryptography, examining their importance in ensuring the integrity and security of cryptographic algorithms. This analysis is particularly relevant for professionals in security and compliance, as it highlights…

  • The Register: UK tax collector inks £366M in ERP deals to get systems into cloud

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/18/uk_tax_collector_awards_366/ Source: The Register Title: UK tax collector inks £366M in ERP deals to get systems into cloud Feedly Summary: SAP and Deloitte winners in transition from legacy software to SaaS, which includes housing and transport ministries The UK’s tax collector has awarded contracts worth up to £366 million ($461 million) in an…

  • Wired: Why the US Government Banned Investments in Some Chinese AI Startups

    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/treasury-outbound-investment-china-artificial-intelligence/ Source: Wired Title: Why the US Government Banned Investments in Some Chinese AI Startups Feedly Summary: The Biden administration chose to target only companies developing frontier AI models in China. But Trump could take a more sweeping approach. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The recent restrictions imposed by the US Treasury…

  • Hacker News: You could have designed state of the art positional encoding

    Source URL: https://fleetwood.dev/posts/you-could-have-designed-SOTA-positional-encoding Source: Hacker News Title: You could have designed state of the art positional encoding Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the evolution of positional encoding in transformer models, specifically focusing on Rotary Positional Encoding (RoPE) as utilized in modern language models like Llama 3.2. It explains…

  • Hacker News: A new vulnerability on IPv6 parsing in linux

    Source URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50252 Source: Hacker News Title: A new vulnerability on IPv6 parsing in linux Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details a recently resolved memory leak vulnerability (CVE-2024-50252) in the Linux kernel associated with the `mlxsw` driver when handling remote IPv6 addresses. This vulnerability presents significant implications for IT…

  • Slashdot: NSO, Not Government Clients, Operates Its Spyware

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/24/11/15/2314234/nso-not-government-clients-operates-its-spyware?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: NSO, Not Government Clients, Operates Its Spyware Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The ongoing legal dispute between NSO Group and WhatsApp sheds light on the operational practices of NSO’s hacking software, notably that the company itself is responsible for installing and extracting data from targeted devices,…

  • Cloud Blog: Shift-left your cloud compliance auditing with Audit Manager

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/shift-left-your-cloud-compliance-auditing-with-audit-manager/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Shift-left your cloud compliance auditing with Audit Manager Feedly Summary: Cloud compliance can present significant regulatory and technical challenges for organizations. These complexities often include delineating compliance responsibilities and accountabilities between the customer and cloud provider.  At Google Cloud, we understand these challenges faced by our customers’ cloud…

  • The Register: Cybercriminal devoid of boundaries gets 10-year prison sentence

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/cybercriminal_devoid_of_boundaries_gets/ Source: The Register Title: Cybercriminal devoid of boundaries gets 10-year prison sentence Feedly Summary: The serial extortionist of medical facilities stooped to cavernous lows in search of small payouts A rampant cybercrook and repeat attacker of medical facilities in the US is being sentenced to a decade in prison, around seven years…