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Six Easy Steps to Create a Self-Signed Certificate on Ubuntu Server

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A self-signed certificate is an SSL certificate that is signed by the person or organization creating it, rather than a trusted Certificate Authority (CA). You can use a self-signed certificate for testing purposes, or to provide encryption within internal networks. If you are looking into renewing a self-signed SSL, please take a look at How to Renew Self-Signed SSL … [Read more...] about Six Easy Steps to Create a Self-Signed Certificate on Ubuntu Server

What Elon Musk Needs Doing to Make X.com(Twitter) Great Again?

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As of mid-2024, X (formerly Twitter) has undergone significant transformation under Elon Musk's ownership. The platform has rebranded to X, aiming to become an "everything app" similar to WeChat. It has introduced longer posts, video content enhancements, and is working on integrating payment services. Yet, many users still think that Elon Musk could improve it even further by … [Read more...] about What Elon Musk Needs Doing to Make X.com(Twitter) Great Again?

IT Risk Management: A Brief and Essential Overview

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IT risk management involves the process of identifying, assessing, and prioritizing potential risks related to the use, ownership, operation, involvement, influence, and adoption of IT within an organization. The goal is to minimize, monitor, and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities. Here's a summary: … [Read more...] about IT Risk Management: A Brief and Essential Overview

Top 10 Cloud Based Threats

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Cloud-based threats refer to security risks and vulnerabilities that are specifically associated with cloud computing environments. These threats target cloud services, platforms, and infrastructure, as well as the data and applications hosted in the cloud. As organizations increasingly adopt cloud technologies for storage, computing, and other services, understanding these … [Read more...] about Top 10 Cloud Based Threats

Top 10 Steps to Prevent Credentials Harvesting

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Credential harvesting is a cyber attack technique used to collect sensitive login information, such as usernames, passwords, and other authentication credentials, from individuals or systems. These credentials can then be used by attackers to gain unauthorized access to networks, systems, and sensitive data. Credential harvesting is a critical step in many cyber attacks, as it … [Read more...] about Top 10 Steps to Prevent Credentials Harvesting

Top 10 Actions to Prevent Cyber Defence Evasion on AWS Cloud

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  Cyber defence evasion refers to a set of tactics and techniques that attackers use to avoid detection and bypass security measures in order to maintain access to a target network or system. The goal of evasion is to prevent security tools such as firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), antivirus software, and security information and event management (SIEM) … [Read more...] about Top 10 Actions to Prevent Cyber Defence Evasion on AWS Cloud

List to Top 10 Cyber Insurance Companies in the USA

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Based on the latest information available up to September 2024, here are some of the leading cyber insurance companies in the USA, though exact rankings can fluctuate due to market changes, policy offerings, and company performance: Chubb - Known for its extensive coverage options and being one of the largest providers globally. AIG (American International Group) - … [Read more...] about List to Top 10 Cyber Insurance Companies in the USA

Top 10 Reasons Why AWS ECS is Better than Kubernetes

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Both Kubernetes and ECS are now capable of handling complex containerized workloads, and there are times when you might consider comparing them based on specific use cases and organizational needs.Here are some reasons why one might prefer AWS ECS (Elastic Container Service) over Kubernetes: Integration with AWS Ecosystem: ECS is deeply integrated with other AWS services … [Read more...] about Top 10 Reasons Why AWS ECS is Better than Kubernetes

How to Enable Backend Access to AWS Fargate Container Using ECS EXEC

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Unlike AWS ECS  EC2 launch type, Fargate does not allow backend access. To enable backend access, you have to update your task definition and the task role. This post will help you enable docker container access of a fargate task. The only requirement before enabling ecs exec on fargate is that the platform version need to be 1.4. … [Read more...] about How to Enable Backend Access to AWS Fargate Container Using ECS EXEC

How to Setup a Maintenace Page Message in AWS ALB

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AWS application load balaner supports setting up a custom response for specific domain. If you need a easier method to serve a maintnace message from ALB you need to inject  a new rule with fixed response. The fixed response can be a 5xx status code wtih custom html. To add a custom rule using AWS CLI, you need to have AWS CLI installed with the right permission and need  to … [Read more...] about How to Setup a Maintenace Page Message in AWS ALB

How to Install AWS CLI and Terraform in Jenkins Docker Container

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To install a AWS CLI in a Jenkins running on a docker container, you can follow the below steps. But it would be better if you create  a custom  Jenkins docker file with AWS CLI and then create a custom image to spin up the Jenkins container. But sometimes, you may need to install various packages.   Install AWS CLI in Jenkins Docker Container Take a note of the … [Read more...] about How to Install AWS CLI and Terraform in Jenkins Docker Container

How to Resolve Route 53 Privated Hosted zone from a VPC in a different AWS account

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When you have mulitiple AWS accounts and a specific privated DNS  name that you want to resolve from a VPC in a different account you need to allow the hosted zone  to be resolved from a differnet acccount. For example, you have a hosted zone in account A  with several types of records and you want a DNS query for that zone get resovled from a specific VPC in account B. To … [Read more...] about How to Resolve Route 53 Privated Hosted zone from a VPC in a different AWS account

3 Easy Steps to Create EKS(kubernetes) Cluster in AWS

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One of the most easy to use tool for the beginners is that eskctl that help to quickly deploy Kubernetes cluster in AWS. We will share with you easy 3 steps creating a AWS managed EKS cluster with one EC2 worker node. To access the cluster we will install a dashboard using kube proxy that will allow you to access the dashboard from your local machine. install eskctl tool … [Read more...] about 3 Easy Steps to Create EKS(kubernetes) Cluster in AWS