Gartner’s 7 Predictions for the Future of Australian & Global Cloud Computing

An explosion in AI computing, a big shift in workloads to the cloud, and difficulties in gaining value from hybrid cloud strategies are among the trends Australian cloud professionals will see to 2028. Continue reading Gartner’s 7 Predictions for the Future of Australian & Global Cloud Computing

Living brain-cell biocomputers are now training on dopamine

Current AI training methods burn colossal amounts of energy to learn, but the human brain sips just 20 W. Swiss startup FinalSpark is now selling access to cyborg biocomputers, running up to four living human brain organoids wired into silicon chips.Co… Continue reading Living brain-cell biocomputers are now training on dopamine

Critical Fluent Bit flaw affects major cloud platforms, tech companies’ offerings (CVE-2024-4323)

Tenable researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-4323) in Fluent Bit, a logging utility used by major cloud providers and tech companies, which may be leveraged for denial of service, information disclosure, or remote code executi… Continue reading Critical Fluent Bit flaw affects major cloud platforms, tech companies’ offerings (CVE-2024-4323)

Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) what is the impact of a exposed or leaked fcm_token?

When an attacker obtains such a token (via a broken webapp or jailbroken mobile phone), what would be the consequences?
Would it be possible for an attacker to obtain messages with sensitive info (when the associated app’s server sends a m… Continue reading Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) what is the impact of a exposed or leaked fcm_token?

Learnings from Australian Health Insurer Nib’s Epic 9-Year Cloud Migration to AWS

The completion of nib’s AWS migration puts it among the Australian health insurance sector’s leading cloud adopters. The insurer has learnings to share, including being prepared to prioritise to get migrations done. Continue reading Learnings from Australian Health Insurer Nib’s Epic 9-Year Cloud Migration to AWS

With a mysterious surveillance target identified, calls for Congress to change course

Civil liberties advocates want to narrow the scope of an amendment to a controversial surveillance law.

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How to Use Role-Based Access Control with Windows Admin Center

In this article, I’ll explain what role-based access control (RBAC) is and how to configure it in Windows Admin Center. Next, I will cover topics such as creating roles, assigning permissions, and adding users and groups. I’ll include best practices and tips for managing access to your resources with Windows Admin Center. Windows Admin Center…

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Preserving network segmentation for cloud web app in a user friendly way

Assuming a team maintaining multiple simple cloud web apps with associated secret key stores.
The control plane for the app needs to access secrets, and we don’t want to expose the secret store on the internet, thus we put both resources i… Continue reading Preserving network segmentation for cloud web app in a user friendly way

Cloud security evolution: Years of progress and challenges

Over a decade since its advent, cloud computing continues to enable organizational agility through scalability, efficiency and resilience. As clients shift from early experiments to strategic workloads, persistent security gaps demand urgent attention even as providers expand infrastructure safeguards. The prevalence of cloud-native services has grown exponentially over the past decade, with cloud providers consistently […]

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