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Big Tech Plans to Work with the Public Sector for Cybersecurity

Big Tech Plans to Work with the Public Sector for Cybersecurity

Both Microsoft, Inc. and Alphabet, Inc. will put a combined $30 billion dollars into cybersecurity over the next five years and work with the public sector on several initiatives to help improve cybersecurity.

  • Traven West
Traven West Aug 26, 2021 • 2 min read
What's Coming in Java 18
Programming

What's Coming in Java 18

The newest version of Java is roughly around six months away right now. The release is starting to take shape with two very good, important feature proposals so far. They are record and array patterns and character sets. [Read More! Java 17 is Officially Released] As of right now, the

  • Traven West
Traven West Aug 23, 2021 • 2 min read
Part II: Implementing RSA in Python from Scratch
Programming

Part II: Implementing RSA in Python from Scratch

Part I: Implementing RSA in Python from ScratchI’m sure many programmers, particularly web developers have heard of the RSA cryptography system. RSA is an asymmetric cryptography system, meaning that one key is used for encryption and the other for decryption. I’ve seen a lot of articles explaining the

FranX1024 Aug 21, 2021 • 5 min read
Package Source (pkgsrc): An Introduction

Package Source (pkgsrc): An Introduction

Package source, AKA pkgsrc, is an interesting project that is developed primarily by the NetBSD team. But, why would you even use it, and honestly, what even is it?

Todd Martin Aug 19, 2021 • 3 min read
Part I: Implementing RSA in Python from Scratch
Programming

Part I: Implementing RSA in Python from Scratch

Part II: Implementing RSA in Python from ScratchPart I: Implementing RSA in Python from ScratchI’m sure many programmers, particularly web developers have heard of the RSA cryptography system. RSA is an asymmetric cryptography system, meaning that one key is used for encryption and the other for decryption. I’ve

FranX1024 Aug 19, 2021 • 6 min read
Installing LetsEncrypt Certbot on Debian-based Distributions
Systems Administration

Installing LetsEncrypt Certbot on Debian-based Distributions

LetsEncrypt is one of many Certificate Authorities (CAs) that provide genuine SSL/TSL Certificates to people who want to secure the connection to their website. This allows people to access a website via encrypted HTTPS traffic. The process to make a certificate with LetsEncrypt's Certbot is pretty simple overall. This

  • Traven West
Traven West Aug 18, 2021 • 4 min read
Angular 13 is Officially Released
Web Development

Angular 13 is Officially Released

Angular 13 – a new version of Google's popular TypeScript language web framework – is now starting to take shape. The two beta releases were released on August 4th and August 11th respectfully. They are both accessible on accessible on GitHub introducing changes to forms and the router. For the changes made

  • Traven West
Traven West Aug 14, 2021 • 1 min read
Important NGINX Directories and Files for Easy Referencing
Systems Administration

Important NGINX Directories and Files for Easy Referencing

When it comes to running a web server for all of my online projects, NGINX is the first that comes to mind for me. By default, it follows my guidelines of running a piece of software – meaning that the software is security-minded, performance-driven, and honestly, really easy to manage all

  • Traven West
Traven West Aug 14, 2021 • 3 min read
Installing NGINX on Debian-based Linux Distributions
Systems Administration

Installing NGINX on Debian-based Linux Distributions

When it comes to running a web server for all of my online projects, NGINX is the first that comes to mind for me. By default, it follows my guidelines of running a piece of software – meaning that the software is security-minded, performance-driven, and honestly, really easy to manage all

  • Traven West
Traven West Aug 14, 2021 • 4 min read
Introduction to the BSD World

Introduction to the BSD World

Almost everyone in the tech sector is familiar with Linux in some capacity. However, there is a lesser known group of Free and Opened Sourced operating system out there in the wild that is often forgotten about or misunderstood: the Berkeley Standard Distribution (BSD) based operating systems.

Todd Martin Aug 14, 2021 • 4 min read
TypeScript 4.4 is Officially Released
Web Development

TypeScript 4.4 is Officially Released

Microsoft has just released a beta preview of it's popular typed version of JavaScript with control flow analysis and some good performance improvements. TypeScript can now cache whether internal symbols are accessible in different types of contexts – along with how specific types are printed. This will overall improve performance in

  • Traven West
Traven West Jul 29, 2021 • 1 min read
Java 17 is Officially Released
Programming

Java 17 is Officially Released

The newest release set for Java 17 is now officially frozen. This next version has around ten new features, two removals, and even two deprecations. Among some of the set for Version 17 are context specific deserialization for filter support, which is a huge security enhancement, and a preview of

  • Traven West
Traven West Jul 28, 2021 • 7 min read
New Potential Cybersecurity Bills in front of Congress
Cybersecurity

New Potential Cybersecurity Bills in front of Congress

There are an alarming amount of cybersecurity incidents that are happening right now. The Biden Administration is taking swift action within the first six months, which has also prompted the United States Congress to introduce several cybersecurity bills.

  • Traven West
Traven West Jul 27, 2021 • 5 min read
Unhackable and Bug Free Coding is a Marketing Lie
Cybersecurity

Unhackable and Bug Free Coding is a Marketing Lie

One thing that I have learned in my life is that everyone lies – to an extent. That even means people can make up little white lies to protect peoples' feelings or hide the absolute truth. Some of the lies can be acts of commission – a deliberate statement of untruth – whereas

  • Traven West
Traven West Jun 3, 2021 • 4 min read
Denial of Service Attacks are Returning to use for Extortion
Cybersecurity

Denial of Service Attacks are Returning to use for Extortion

Ransomware has taken the scene again in the Cybercrime ecosystem that has caused over one billion dollars in the last year worth of losses for companies.

  • Traven West
Traven West May 18, 2021 • 6 min read
Several Tips to Help Speed Up Python's Performance
Programming

Several Tips to Help Speed Up Python's Performance

Programmers tend to turn to Python for applications due to the convenience and it usually being programmer friendly – not exactly because it's a fast language or performs the best when you need performance.

  • Traven West
Traven West May 14, 2021 • 5 min read
Python 3.10 is Released
Programming

Python 3.10 is Released

Here’s a rundown of all of the major new features in Python 3.10 with me including how they should be able to help your code.

  • Traven West
Traven West May 10, 2021 • 2 min read
JDK 17 is Officially Released
Programming

JDK 17 is Officially Released

Even though we are a few months ahead of schedule, Java 17 is now taking shape and worth talking about. There are four really good features planned for the upgrade to Java.

  • Traven West
Traven West May 1, 2021 • 3 min read
Mobile Security needs to be fixed in the Post-COVID Workplace

Mobile Security needs to be fixed in the Post-COVID Workplace

Due to COVID-19 changing the workplace environments for a lot of companies and enterprises there has been forced corner-cutting in cybersecurity.

  • Traven West
Traven West Apr 27, 2021 • 4 min read
Important Failures to Watch out for in DevSecOps
Cybersecurity

Important Failures to Watch out for in DevSecOps

Companies are adopting development security operations (DevSecOps) for several important reasons: to deliver value faster, to gain an advantage, to low the cost of security for clients, and more.

  • Traven West
Traven West Apr 25, 2021 • 4 min read
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