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Happy Leap Day!

The Pragmatic Engineer

But first, a few current cases of systems whose developers didn’t: In Sweden, card payments are down at a leading supermarket chain. Airline Avianca printed tickets dated as 3/1 instead of 2/29, thanks to their system not accounting for the leap day. The system was almost fully restored before noon.”

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Top Hacking Techniques Explained For Beginners – 2024 Guide

Edureka

Since hackers are capable of doing substantial security and financial damage, finding ways to shield your network and systems against them is a necessity now. With escalating reliance on digital technologies, robust cybersecurity measures need to establish an equally strong defence system against cyber attacks. System Hacking 3.

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Rockset Is Now SOC 2 Type II Compliant

Rockset

SOC is one of several System and Organization Controls audits developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the world’s largest member association of accountants. Each SOC test evaluates the validity of a business or service provider’s security controls and the operational effectiveness of their systems. What is SOC 2 Type II?

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Top 18 Famous Ethical Hackers: The World Has Ever Known

Knowledge Hut

While hacking is illegal, ethical hacking is a legal method of breaching a security system to detect potential security threats. He wants to be simple and have fun while creating the best operating system. Whether or not they had malicious intent, Bevan and Pryce showed that even military systems are accessible.

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The Pulse: VanMoof files for bankruptcy protection

The Pragmatic Engineer

Image source: Bicycling magazine This change made a major difference : “In 2015 we began shipping our bikes to the USA. At first, the company blamed the pause of sales on a bug in their system, then confirmed that pausing sales was intentional. Just don’t tell the carriers!

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Celebrating Failure? by Louise Wilson

Scott Logic

Organisations often rely on tools to collate learning with the hopes that this repository is reviewed for future work; if you log a learning-from-experience event into the company system of choice, job done! The results of this total honesty and subsequent pivot speak for themselves.

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CPE for CISA certifications - Ways to Earn CPEs

Knowledge Hut

Sometimes, a Bachelor's degree is not enough to attain your desired position and salary in the arena of information security systems. The Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) offers various courses like Certified information System Audit (CISA) that helps professionals to earn skill in their field.