The need for comprehensive cybersecurity has never been higher in our linked world, where data travels freely and systems are more entangled than ever before. Threats emerge in tandem with the digital ecosystem. Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS) are mainstays in the battle against cyber attacks among the various tools and tactics available to cybersecurity experts. In this detailed guide, we dig into the realm of IDPS, investigating their role, kinds, implementation, problems, and the ever-changing cybersecurity landscape.
The Growing Need for Cybersecurity
The digital revolution has transformed the way we work and live. It’s redefined the boundaries of communication, commerce, and connectivity. However, this transformation has brought with it new challenges. As our dependence on the digital realm increases, so too does our exposure to cyber threats.
Last year, I wrote my first yearly retrospective. I liked the experience, so I'm trying one more time. Let the future decide if it will become a trend or not.
Before diving into our safe technological world, my thoughts go to Ukraine, to my friends who had to flee their own country, to other friends who fought on the front to defend it from imperial power, and to all victims of an old kleptocrat who clings to power despite the cost to others. The free world needs to support Ukraine more. I hope 2024 will be the year of Ukrainian victory.
The term “whistleblower” can carry wildly different connotations depending on who you’re talking to. While some see the practice as noble, others may associate it with disgruntled employees seeking revenge on their employers. Despite the potential controversy, whistleblowers are an essential part of cybersecurity.
Corporate leaders may be uncomfortable with insiders calling them out on their missteps. But when you take an objective, security-minded stance, you’ll see that true whistleblowers do more good than harm. Here are three reasons why.
Asymmetric encryption, commonly known as public-key encryption, is an important technique for safeguarding data transport and storage. It uses a pair of keys for encryption and decryption: a public key for encryption and a private key for decryption. Let’s look at the process, the individuals involved, the benefits and drawbacks, use cases, and products that use asymmetric encryption.
The “switch” is a pretty common design pattern on the web. It’s pretty much a checkbox. In fact, under the HTML hood, it really ought to be an <input type="checkbox"> or perhaps a <select> with just two <option>s (or a third if there is an indeterminate state).
But unfortunately, the web doesn’t give us any primitive that looks particularly switch-like, as in, some kind of knob that is flipped one way or the other. So we use CSS. For example, we hide the checkbox one way or another, making sure there is still a discoverable clickable area, then with the :checked selector, style something that looks switch-like.
Marcus Burnette nicely re-creating the iOS toggle look
I’m sure you could imagine using that for, say, toggling email notification settings on an off for some sort of app. We use them here on CodePen quite a bit, for stuff like toggling the privacy of a Pen. Or you might use a toggle to switch a site between dark mode and light mode.
Speaking of that, Aleksandr Hovhannisyan has a solid article about the struggles of a dark mode toggle. You’d think it would be pretty straightforward, but it really isn’t. Consider that users have system-level preferences in addition to your site-level preference, and you have to honor them in the proper order. Plus you have to set the controls properly as well as actually style the site accordingly, ideally without temporarily flashing the wrong colors. (FART). Aleksandr does a good job of it and links to other posts that have done a similarly good job. It’s always way more code than you want it to be, leading me to think browsers and standards could and should get more involved, but I also admit I don’t have a perfect idea on what they should do. Chrome has played with Auto Dark Mode, but it’s not clear how that trial went. (And speaking of Dark Mode, this gallery is pretty nicely done.)
Anyway, I was trying to talk about switches!
I saw Jen Simmons note that Safari is playing with a native switch. Here’s the HTML:
<input type="checkbox" switch>
Nice.
And here’s what it looks like by default:
No big surprise there! It’s the native iOS toggle come to life. It respects accent-color in CSS like other form controls, which is great. But better, it has really sensible pseudo elements you can grab and style. You get ::thumb and ::track elements (nice clear naming) plus ::before and ::after work on the element itself, so there are a lot of possibilities.
Tim Nguyen has demos that do a good job of showing off the possibilities with clean readable CSS.
The best part of browsers providing this kind of thing for us, to me, is that now you don’t have to worry about dinking up the accessibility. Now, as long as you follow the normal HTML structure of a labelled checkbox in a form, you’re good. No worries about the way you hid the original checkbox screwing things up. You are taking visual control though, so do take care to make sure the checked and unchecked values are at least as clear as a checked or unchecked checkbox.
In this text, the final summary of my categories theory series, I will use my spotlight and take a closer look at the relations between all three previously described functional containers, namely: Functor, Monad, and Applicative.
Below, you will find a comparison of them in terms of:
SingleStoreDB has supported vector functions since 2017. In this article, we'll see examples of using Dot Product, Euclidean Distance, and Cosine Similarity in SingleStoreDB to assess vector relationships. New vector capabilities will be available in the next major release of SingleStoreDB - stay tuned.
The Dot Product
The Dot Product is a mathematical procedure combining two numbers lists into a single value. This is achieved by multiplying corresponding numbers from each list and then adding up the products. This operation is useful for tasks like measuring the commonality between two sets of values or assessing the influence of one set on another.
A wide swath of professionals—including website owners, SEO specialists, and DIY SEO hotshots—are unknowingly wasting their time optimizing websites with …
Consistency and efficiency are crucial to success in the dynamic and ever-evolving world of content creation and management—interestingly, systems that streamline content creation can improve both. One such system is a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP),...
The new release from AIOS has improved key features of the UI, leading to a smoother experience and a more intuitive, easy to use interface for users. Important elements which have been updated include a complete overhaul of the scanner page, as well as a number of new user interface widgets. Multiple admin menus have […]
As I worked through the homework challenge round at one of the companies I interviewed at (a company that was very WordPress centric), I found myself struggling with literally every step – trying to find shreds of information on how to do the most basic things. Things like building a simple local test environment.
According to a recent survey, 74% of IT decision-makers have expressed concerns about the cybersecurity risks associated with LLMs, such as the potential for spreading misinformation.
The world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is booming with new capabilities, mainly owing to generative AI and its popular subset—Large Language Model (LLM).
In the realm of data manipulation and analysis, the terms "pivoting" and "un-pivoting" play crucial roles in transforming raw data into meaningful insights.
These operations are fundamental to reshaping datasets for better visualization, analysis, and interpretation. In this blog post, let's kick back, sip some coffee, and demystify these concepts that make your data dance to the right tunes.
In today’s dynamic digital landscape, where operations are ever-growing and teams are getting more diverse, collaboration is key to achieving business success. As per a McKinsey report, innovative business collaboration techniques can improve your company’s productivity by 20-30%.
However, as your business scales, teams begin to drift apart from one another, leading to miscommunication and organizational silos. This results in employee burnout and contributes significantly to disjointed customer experiences.
