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The Consolidation of Networking Tasks in Engineering

Kentik

In recent years, the rapid development of cloud-based networking, network abstractions such as SD-WAN, and controller-based campus networking has meant that basic, day-to-day network operations have become easier for non-network engineers. The new role of the network expert So, what’s left?

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The 10 most in-demand tech jobs for 2023 — and how to hire for them

CIO

Front-end developers write and analyze code, debug applications, and have a strong understanding of databases and networks. This position involves a lot of time spent troubleshooting, and network and computer systems administrators typically need to be on call in case of an emergency or failure.

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Top 5 Network Security Challenges in 2020 and Beyond

Firemon

There are a lot of theories about which network security challenge is the most important at any given time. But in the end, what matters is that organizations properly align and continuously adjust their activities so they can mitigate or even prevent the most prevalent threats to network security. 5 Key Challenges in Network Security.

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Cloud Infrastructure Operations: Why You Should Use AWS Systems Manager

Blue Sentry

Inventory This subservice front systems manager provides visibility into ec2 and on-premises compute environments. By collecting resource metadata as instance operating system details, network configuration, installed software and packages, or any custom data about these managed instances and storing that information in S3.

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

Mentormate

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. That takes significant effort from a system administration perspective. How does a bastion host fit into cloud computing?

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Averting turbulence in the air

CIO

is asking all merchants to have an “automated” technical solution for their public-facing web applications—meaning a web-based application firewall (WAF) is now a must. PCI DSS states that all in-between systems that “touch” cardholder data must be included as part of the merchant environment—and this is where most airlines would struggle.

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Infrastructure Engineer: Key Duties, Skills, and Background

Altexsoft

Companies often take infrastructure engineers for sysadmins, network designers, or database administrators. The networking layer is a combination of hardware and software elements and services like protocols and IP addressing that enable communications between computing devices. Network infrastructure engineer.