September 30, 2022
Kannan Subbiah
FCA | CISA | CGEIT | CCISO | GRC Consulting | Independent Director | Enterprise & Solution Architecture | Former Sr. VP & CTO of MF Utilities | BU Soft Tech | itTrident
Programming directly changes your brain to work in another way, you’re starting to think more algorithmically and solve problems faster, so it really affects other aspects of your life Good programmers not only can learn anything else much faster, especially if we’re talking about tech-related directions, but also they are great examples of entrepreneurs and CEO. Look at Elon Musk, for instance, he was a programmer and built his own game when he was 12. ... As we briefly discussed previously, programming encourages creative thinking and teaches you how to approach problems in the most effective way. But in order to do so, you must first be able to solve a lot of these difficulties and have a passion for doing so; only then will you probably succeed as a developer. If you’ve just started and thought that easy, then you’re completely wrong. You just haven’t figured out genuinely challenging problems, and the more you learn, the more difficult and complex the difficulties get. Because you need to not only solve it, but also solve it in the most effective way possible, speed up your algorithm, and optimize everything.?
WebTransport is a new draft specification for a transport protocol similar to WebSockets that allows the usage of multiple streams per connection.?WebSockets allowed upgrading a whole HTTP TCP/TLS connection to a bidirectional data stream. If you needed to open more streams you’d spend additional time and resources establishing new TCP and TLS sessions. WebSockets over HTTP/2 streamlined this by allowing multiple WebSocket streams to be established over one HTTP/2 TCP/TLS session. The downside here is that because this was still based on TCP, any packets lost from one stream would cause delays for every stream on the connection. With the introduction of HTTP/3 and QUIC, which uses UDP rather than TCP, WebTransport can be used to establish multiple streams on one connection without them blocking each other. For example, consider an online game where the game state is transmitted on one bidirectional stream, the players’ voices for the game’s voice chat feature on another bidirectional stream, and the player’s controls are transmitted on a unidirectional stream.?
Software builders across Amazon require consistent, interoperable, and extensible tools to construct and operate applications at our peculiar scale; organizations will extend on our solutions for their specialized business needs. Amazon’s customers benefit when software builders spend time on novel innovation. Undifferentiated work elimination, automation, and integrated opinionated tooling reserve human interaction for high judgment situations.?Our tools must be available for use even in the worst of times, which happens to be when software builders may most need to use them: we must be available even when others are not.?Software builder experience is the summation of tools, processes, and technology owned throughout the company, relentlessly improved through the use of well-understood metrics, actionable insights, and knowledge sharing.?Amazon’s industry-leading technology and access to top experts in many fields provides opportunities for builders to learn and grow at a rate unparalleled in the industry.?As builders we are in a unique position to codify Amazon’s values into the technical foundations; we foster a culture of belonging by ensuring our tools, training, and events are inclusive and accessible by design.
We take for granted that those who are charged with protecting us are doing so with our best interest at heart. There is no shaving off another few cents just to increase value to shareholders over the life of a person. Lucky for me, there is a shift in the boardrooms and governing bodies to see how socially responsible you are and whether you are acting in the best interest of the people and not just the investors. If the members of the board and governing body are considering these topics when steering a business, isn't it time to relook at how and why we do things? Are we as CISOs not accountable to leadership to impress on them the risk that IOT/internet connectivity poses to critical networks - and especially to healthcare? It is time to be firm in expressing the risk and saying we would rather spend a bit more money and time and do it the safe way. And this should be listed as the top risk in the company. The other big issue I have with this type of network being connected is one of transparency.
A key difficulty, from a cybersecurity perspective, is the fact drug production lines are made up of multiple different technologies, running different operating systems that are often provided by different suppliers. “Integrating multiple systems from different suppliers can provide expanded attack surface that can be exploited by cyber adversary,” continues Mylrea. To address this, Mylrea and Grimes developed what they refer to as “biosecure digital twins”—replicas of manufacturing lines they use to identify potential points of attack for hackers. “The digital twin is essentially a high-fidelity virtual representation of critical manufacturing processes. From a security perspective, this improves monitoring, detection, and mitigation of stealthy attacks that can go undetected by most conventional cybersecurity defenses,” explains Mylrea. “Beyond security, the biosecure digital twin can optimize performance and productivity by detecting when critical systems deviate from their ideal state and correct in real time to enable predictive maintenance that prevent costly faults and safety failures.”
Technology is continually advancing, which will only create more avenues for cybersecurity roles in the future. While it’s essential to inform students about the types of careers in cybersecurity, teachers and career advisors should be aware of the skills and qualities the sector needs beyond technical computer and software knowledge. Once this is achieved, it can shed light on the roles students can go onto. Technical skills are critical in cybersecurity, yet they can be learned, fostered, and evolved throughout a student’s career. Schools need to tap into individual students’ strengths in hopes of encouraging them to pursue cyber positions. Broadly, cybersecurity enlists leaders, communicators, researchers, critical thinking… the list goes on. Having the qualities needed to fulfil various roles in the industry can position a student remarkably when they first start in the industry. Yet, this comes down to their mentors in high school being able to communicate that a student’s inquisitive nature or presenting skills can be applied to various sectors.
Brilliant information.