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Harden services with systemd

Systemd comes with a metric for determining the security of your system, letting you track how any service can be secured step-by-step in a sandbox.
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Photo by Kyle Head on Unsplash

Exploiting, detecting, and correcting IAM security misconfigurations

Three IAM security misconfiguration scenarios are rather common: allowing the creation of a new policy version, the modification of a role trust policy, and the creation of EC2 instances with role passing. We look at ways to avoid and detect IAM security holes.
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Photo by Jack Dong on Unsplash

Zero Trust as a security strategy

Acceptance of zero trust models like BeyondCorp by Google or LISA by Netflix lags in Europe, where endpoint security is king. We examine why this situation must change by looking into the principles of modern zero trust concepts.
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Lead Image © Davorr, Fotolia.com

Workspace ONE for endpoint management

VMware Workspace ONE provides a secure and user-friendly digital workplace. We look at the features, components, and architecture of Workspace ONE, as well as application management and simplification of the integration of end devices through user self-enrollment.
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Photo by Beau Runsten on Unsplash

Clustering with the Nutanix Community Edition

The free Community Edition of the Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructure, Nutanix on-premises cloud, is offered alongside its commercial product for those looking to take their first steps in the environment.
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Lead Image © Lucy Baldwin, 123RF.com

Data Compression as a CPU Benchmark

Data compression is a more realistic compute benchmark than number crunching.
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Lead Image © Jeff Metzger, 123RF.com

Hardware-enhanced security

Nitrokey hardware authentication devices aim to raise data encryption, key management, and user authentication security to the next level.
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Photo by NoWah Bartscher on Unsplash

Gatling load-testing tool

Generate load on servers and services with the Gatling load-testing tool.
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Photo by Simon Moog on Unsplash

Secure email communication

DMARC combines the abilities of SPF and DKIM to safeguard and protect against spam and phishing and allows targeted configuration according to company policy.
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Photo by Artem Bryzgalov on Unsplash

Attack and defense techniques

The MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND knowledge databases provide useful techniques for securing your IT infrastructure.
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