Every cybersecurity professional must know these libraries — I started my career as a software developer in the 90s. Programming was considered a tedious task at the time because programmers had to know some complicated languages and tools. And those tools were slow and not very user friendly. …

Role of Software BoM in Securing the Software Supply Chain — In July 2021, a ransomware group, R-Evil, attacked a Managed Service Provider, Kaseya. R-Evil hit Ksaeya’s remote monitoring platform. More than 1,000 Kaseya’s customers used the platform. Each of these customers provides services to many other large businesses. By noon, US Eastern time, R-Evil claimed that one million systems were…

Will AI help the DevSecOps process become more efficient or hindered by cyberattacks on the build pipeline? — AI is reinventing the way software development, security, and operational processes are performed within DevSecOps. When I started working as a software engineer/developer in the late 1990s, the software build infrastructure was called “build farm”. Over time, that term changed to build environment, build pipeline, CI/CD pipeline, and DevOps. The…

When I hear the word, Tesla I think of an electric car or Elon Musk. Nikola Tesla never crosses my mind. — Like most people, I knew very little about Tesla. In 1884, at 28, Tesla emigrated to America with a vision to electrify the world. Edison was working on DC power, while Tesla advocated AC. Tesla publicly shocked himself to 250,000 volts to demonstrate AC’s safety. Westinghouse invested in Tesla’s vision.

Will have no requirement, besides paying $5, be enough to produce quality content? I suggest adding two requirements for joining Medium Partner Program Medium is changing the requirements to join the MPP. The 100 followers requirement to join the MPP allowed writers to build community & confidence. Medium is removing…

I am sure you have heard of ChatGPT, a Large Language Model (LLM) that, in its own description states that: ChatgPT is an AI-powered chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pretrained Transformer) language model. …

Find out what happened and what you can do to protect — Last month; The Hacker News revealed that over 100,000 ChatGPT user credentials were stolen and available for sale on the dark web. This is a serious concern as more and more people use AI powered chatbots, ChatGPT, for personal and business use. Hackers getting their hands on the credentials of…

If you don’t know Marconi, you have plenty of company! — In July 1897, Guglielmo Marconi formed the first wireless communication company in the world — 137 years ago this month! In my engineering school, a dorm was named Marconi Hall. I didn’t know much about Marconi at the time. Later, I pursued research in electromagnetic fields, the same area as…

Introducing Our Newest Writer — Tania Jareen — Have you heard about Toastmasters International? It is an organization where people learn or improve their public speaking skills. As most of us can relate, public speaking is not an easy task. When speakers take the stage to address the audience — no matter how small the audience is —…