[Presentation] Data Protection and Compliance: Where Encryption Applies
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HYBRID ATTRIBUTE AND RE ENCRYPTION BASED KEY MANAGEMENT FOR SECURE AND SCALABLE MOBILE APPLICATIONS
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Local government CIO Jos Creese has come out in favour of Microsoft over open source alternatives, explaining that it has always proved to be the cheaper option when he has examined the alternatives.
Speaking exclusively to Computing, Creese said: "We use Microsoft [for our desktops]. Each time we've looked at open source for desktop and costed it out, Microsoft has proved cheaper."
He explained that this is because most staff are already familiar with Microsoft products, and that they work well with the thin client model employed at Hampshire council. But it's also partly down to Microsoft itself.
"Microsoft has been flexible and helpful in the way we apply their products to improve the operation of our frontline services, and this helps to de-risk ongoing cost. The point is that the true cost is in the total cost of ownership and exploitation, not just the licence cost. So I don't have a dogma about open source over Microsoft, but proprietary solutions - from Microsoft, SAP to Oracle and others - need to justify themselves and to work doubly hard to have flexible business models to help us further our aims," Creese argued, adding that his organisation does also use open source solutions in some areas.
He said that he'd like more vendors to show greater flexibility over contracts, with an appreciation that longer term deals may need to change over time to suit evolving business needs.
"I want to see greater flexibility over contracts, I expect suppliers to take a long-term view," said Creese. "If it's shared services, suppliers need to allow flexibility over existing contracts to join them together. There's a range of habits and behaviours I expect from big suppliers to justify continuing using any proprietary software."
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has made several speeches championing both open source software, and procurement from SMEs within government. Indeed, Maude has gone on record to state that government should specifically drop the Microsoft Office suite in favour of open source alternatives.
While Creese acknowledged that smaller firms often offer the greatest innovation, there is a risk in a large public body agreeing a significant deal with a smaller player.
"There's a huge dependency for a large organisation using a small organisation. [You need] to be mindful of the risk that they can't handle the scale and complexity, or that the product may need adaptation to work with our infrastructure.
"We look at whether [the vendor] large or small, can support our business ambition and the risks associated. A niche application is sensible in some areas, but you need to plan your exit strategy. If you go for a small supplier because you want to support SMEs and you're not mindful of the risks, you may end up with difficulties later. If we are the largest client of a small company and it gets into [financial] difficulty, what happens if they can't sustain a system that schools are depending on?"
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Introduction to Cryptography
Introduction to Cryptography, includes Modular Arithmetic and Numerical Representation tutorial.
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Cryptography for WebApplication Developers
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UK: Snowden is in a safe place - Julian Assange
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AltCoins
What is Litecoin?
Litecoin is a peer-to-peer Internet currency that enables instant payments to anyone in the world. It differs from its parent Bitcoin in that can be efficiently mined with consumer-grade hardware. Litecoin provides faster confirmations (targeted at every 2.5 minutes on average) and uses memory-hard, scrypt-based mining to target the CPUs and GPUs most people already have. The Litecoin network is scheduled to produce four times as many currency units as Bitcoin.
One of the aims of Litecoin was to provide a mining algorithm that could run at the same time, on the same hardware used to mine bitcoins. With the rise of specialized ASICs for Bitcoin, Litecoin continues to satisify these goals. It is unlikely for FPGA or ASIC mining to take over Litecoin until the currency is widely used.
Namecoin is a peer-to-peer generic name/value datastore system based on Bitcoin technology (a decentralized cryptocurrency). It allows you to:
There are plenty of possible use cases. Read more about Namecoin.
Note: the latest version of this document is at: this github location.
Devcoin is the coin where 90% of the generation goes to open source developers and 10% to the miners.
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Jackson Palmer, co-founder of Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency that uses the Shiba Inu dog character from the "Doge" internet meme as its mascot. Photo: Tony Walters
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Dogecoin, the 140-day-oldcryptocurrency, held its first conference in San Francisco on Friday where hundreds of the currency's devotees turned out to show their support and, of course, "tip" anyone with a QR code handy.
Dogecoin's Sydney-born founder Jackson Palmer gave the keynote during which he discussed the currency's unexpected journey from joke to reality and the future of the cryptocurrency that in just over four months has already become the most widely traded virtual currency in the world.
The dogecoin market has become a networked, self-regulating, peer-to-peer community.
Palmer, who was involved in other cryptocurrency communities at the time, officially launched dogecoin in December of 2013. The currency was quickly embraced by the Reddit community who has collectively given out $US150,000 in dogecoin "tips" to other Reddit users, Palmer said.
During his keynote, the dogecoin founder said that the viability of digital currencies shouldn't depend on its value in US dollars. (Currently, 1 dogecoin is about $US0.0005, according toBitInfoCharts.)
"Unfortunately, a lot of communities around cryptocurrency, that's all they care about," he said. "I don't wake up every day and wonder about what my paycheck is. You shouldn't wake up every day and worry about what Bitcoin is in US dollars or what Dogecoin is in US dollars."
An example of the doge meme.
He said the eventual success of the currency will depend on its widespread adoption by both consumers and businesses.
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Wikileaks Info On Swamy Not Authentic Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
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LEAVENWORTH, KS It never seems to end
Bradley Manning who once was an intelligence anaylst in the military is serving time for one of the largest leaks of classified information ever.
He was convicted for twenty charges, including espionage.
Just when you thought the complicated case couldn`t get any worse, there was a twist the army didn`t see coming.
Mr. Manning is no more no he`s not dead he is now a she.
This week, a Kansas Judge granted the name change she`s been waiting a long time for
Miss Chelsea Manning, who`s currently serving a 35-year sentence at Ft. Leavenworth, isn`t satisfied yet. She`s asking the government to pay for her transgender treatment plan.
but the military isn`t thrilled gender dysphoria usually disqualifies people from joining the military long story short she can`t be dismissed until the prison sentence is served
It`s going to be a long road and support for her gender venture isn`t going to come easy.
Ms. Manning has filed a complaint since her request for specialized gender counseling and hormone replacement therapy has been ignored.
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Judge oks us army soldier Bradley Manning name change to Chelsea