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Fed Tech News Roundup 8 July 2015

CTOvision

Information Security: Cyber Threats and Data Breaches Illustrate Need for Stronger Controls across Federal Agencies, July 08, 2015 GAO Info Security (Today) - What GAO FoundFederal systems face an evolving array of cyber-based threats. Securities and. Some are already. Marine Corps, Interior Dept.

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Breathe New Life into Your Devices: Prepare for Windows 7 End of Life

Datavail

Your Windows 7 devices will still operate normally after January 14, but Microsoft won’t provide technical support, software updates, or security updates and fixes. Microsoft can’t afford to continue to maintain an outdated version of their operating system. Cybersecurity Risks. What Does Windows 7 End of Life Mean?

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Bastion Host: What Is It and Do You Really Need It?

Mentormate

The concept of a bastion host first appeared in a 1990 article written by the cybersecurity researcher Marcus J. In that article about firewalls, he defined bastion hosts as “a system identified by the firewall administrator as a critical strong point in the network security. A Bastion-less Security Solution.

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Technology Trends for 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Software is packaged in containers, and the containers themselves run as virtual Linux instances, but developers don’t need to know how to find and kill out-of-control processes, do a backup, install device drivers, or perform any of the other tasks that are the core of system administration. That’s just a start.

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A Deep Dive into Docker – The Container Revolution!

RapidValue

For running a Tomcat server, an entire Windows Operating System needs to be installed. – Benefiting both Developers and System Administrators . Once it is moved to QA, it will be running in Windows Server 2016 and the production will have multiple Windows Server machines in a clustered manner. How does Docker Work?

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6 cybersecurity revelations from the redacted Mueller report

The Parallax

From the earliest moves by Russian hackers to influence the 2016 U.S. READ: Robert Mueller’s report on Russian Election 2016 interference. The report also contains several important new cybersecurity revelations regarding interference by Russia in the 2016 election, and by the Trump administration in the ensuing investigation.

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Mueller’s indictment of election hackers a cybersecurity ‘wake-up call’

The Parallax

The 10th count charges all defendants with conspiracy to launder more than $95,000 in cryptocurrency, earned during 2015 and 2016, with the intention of supporting illegal activity. political campaigns. The 29-page indictment is vast in scope and deep in detail. Mueller charged the 12 GRU officers with 11 counts of computer crimes.

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