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Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-232: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 13, 201808/20/2018 07:04 AM EDT
Original release date: August 20, 2018
The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Comm -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-232: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 13, 201808/20/2018 07:04 AM EDT
Original release date: August 20, 2018
The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Comm -
Blog postSB18-155: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of May 28, 201806/04/2018 08:16 AM EDT
Original release date: June 04, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) / United States -
Blog postSB18-155: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of May 28, 201806/04/2018 08:16 AM EDT
Original release date: June 04, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) / United States -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
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SB18-134: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of May 7, 201805/14/2018 07:17 AM EDT
Original release date: May 14, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communic -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
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SB18-134: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of May 7, 201805/14/2018 07:17 AM EDT
Original release date: May 14, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communic -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-120: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of April 23, 2018
04/30/2018 06:50 AM EDT
Original release date: April 30, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Comm -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-120: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of April 23, 2018
04/30/2018 06:50 AM EDT
Original release date: April 30, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Comm -
Blog postFrom whatis.com
Natural language generation (NLG) is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) programming to produce written or spoken narrative from a dataset. NLG is related to computational linguistics, natural language processing (NLP) and natural language understanding (NLU), the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) concerned with human-to-machine and machine-to-human interaction.
NLG research often focuses on building computer programs that provide data points with cont -
Blog postFrom whatis.com
Natural language generation (NLG) is the use of artificial intelligence (AI) programming to produce written or spoken narrative from a dataset. NLG is related to computational linguistics, natural language processing (NLP) and natural language understanding (NLU), the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) concerned with human-to-machine and machine-to-human interaction.
NLG research often focuses on building computer programs that provide data points with cont -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-099: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of April 2, 201804/09/2018 06:29 AM EDT
Original release date: April 09, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Integ -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-099: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of April 2, 201804/09/2018 06:29 AM EDT
Original release date: April 09, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Integ -
Blog postZombie VM from whatis .com A zombie VM is a virtual machine that is created, often for a particular purpose, and is forgotten when it is no longer needed for that purpose. As a result, the VM continues to consume resources while performing no useful work. The proliferation of zombie VMs in a data center is one of the main causes of virtualization sprawl.
Virtual machines can be created quickly and easily and only use a very small portion of the physical infrastru -
Blog postZombie VM from whatis .com A zombie VM is a virtual machine that is created, often for a particular purpose, and is forgotten when it is no longer needed for that purpose. As a result, the VM continues to consume resources while performing no useful work. The proliferation of zombie VMs in a data center is one of the main causes of virtualization sprawl.
Virtual machines can be created quickly and easily and only use a very small portion of the physical infrastru -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-099: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of April 2, 201804/09/2018 06:29 AM EDT
Original release date: April 09, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Inte -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-099: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of April 2, 201804/09/2018 06:29 AM EDT
Original release date: April 09, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Inte -
Blog postDummy Words" Have No Meaning But They Do Have a Grammatical Function by Richard Nordquist thoughtco.comUpdated December 06, 2017
In English grammar, a dummy word is a word that has a grammatical function but no specific lexical meaning. Also known as a syntactic expletive or a dummy subject. In English, the verb do is sometimes referred to as the dummy auxiliary or dummy operator.Examples and Observations"That first winter, itrains and rains as if we have moved t -
Blog postDummy Words" Have No Meaning But They Do Have a Grammatical Function by Richard Nordquist thoughtco.comUpdated December 06, 2017
In English grammar, a dummy word is a word that has a grammatical function but no specific lexical meaning. Also known as a syntactic expletive or a dummy subject. In English, the verb do is sometimes referred to as the dummy auxiliary or dummy operator.Examples and Observations"That first winter, itrains and rains as if we have moved t -
Blog post51 Euphemisms for 'You're Fired' by Richard Nordquist Updated April 08, 2017 thoughtco.comA euphemism is a seemingly nice or polite way of expressing a harsh or unpleasant truth. In the Oxford Dictionary of Euphemisms (2007), R.W. Holder observes that euphemism is often "the language of evasion, hypocrisy, prudery, and deceit." To test that observation, consider these 51 alternative ways of saying "You're fired." Dan For
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Blog post51 Euphemisms for 'You're Fired' by Richard Nordquist Updated April 08, 2017 thoughtco.comA euphemism is a seemingly nice or polite way of expressing a harsh or unpleasant truth. In the Oxford Dictionary of Euphemisms (2007), R.W. Holder observes that euphemism is often "the language of evasion, hypocrisy, prudery, and deceit." To test that observation, consider these 51 alternative ways of saying "You're fired." Dan For
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Blog postby Robert Longley Updated March 28, 2018 Is that “empathy” or “sympathy” you're showing? While the two words are often incorrectly used interchangeably, the difference in their emotional impact is important. Empathy, as the ability to actually feel what another person is feeling — literally “walk a mile in their shoes” — goes beyond sympathy, a simple expression of concern for another person’s misfortune. Taken to extremes, deep or extended feelings of empathy can actually be harmful to on
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Blog postby Robert Longley Updated March 28, 2018 Is that “empathy” or “sympathy” you're showing? While the two words are often incorrectly used interchangeably, the difference in their emotional impact is important. Empathy, as the ability to actually feel what another person is feeling — literally “walk a mile in their shoes” — goes beyond sympathy, a simple expression of concern for another person’s misfortune. Taken to extremes, deep or extended feelings of empathy can actually be harmful to on
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Blog postby Robert Longley Updated March 28, 2018 Is that “empathy” or “sympathy” you're showing? While the two words are often incorrectly used interchangeably, the difference in their emotional impact is important. Empathy, as the ability to actually feel what another person is feeling — literally “walk a mile in their shoes” — goes beyond sympathy, a simple expression of concern for another person’s misfortune. Taken to extremes, deep or extended feelings of empathy can actually be harmful to o
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Blog postby Robert Longley Updated March 28, 2018 Is that “empathy” or “sympathy” you're showing? While the two words are often incorrectly used interchangeably, the difference in their emotional impact is important. Empathy, as the ability to actually feel what another person is feeling — literally “walk a mile in their shoes” — goes beyond sympathy, a simple expression of concern for another person’s misfortune. Taken to extremes, deep or extended feelings of empathy can actually be harmful to o
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Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-085: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of March 19, 2018
03/26/2018 01:06 AM EDT
Original release date: March 26, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communicati -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-085: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of March 19, 2018
03/26/2018 01:06 AM EDT
Original release date: March 26, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communicati -
Blog post· In my books, referenced below, I have written extensively about good and bad words to use in your emails. Here is another nice list below. If you have even ever used them, keep this list handy (as well as my book!)
by Richard Nordquist · Updated November 14, 2017
· Purists may tell you that many of the words in the list below -
Blog post· In my books, referenced below, I have written extensively about good and bad words to use in your emails. Here is another nice list below. If you have even ever used them, keep this list handy (as well as my book!)
by Richard Nordquist · Updated November 14, 2017
· Purists may tell you that many of the words in the list below -
Blog postRisk Map from whatis.net
A risk map, also known as a risk heat map, is a data visualization tool for communicating specific risks an organization faces. A risk map helps companies identify and prioritize the risks associated with their business.
The goal of a risk map is to improve an organization's understanding of its risk profile and appetite, clarify thinking on the nature and impact of risks, and improve the organization's risk assessment model. In the enterpr -
Blog postRisk Map from whatis.net
A risk map, also known as a risk heat map, is a data visualization tool for communicating specific risks an organization faces. A risk map helps companies identify and prioritize the risks associated with their business.
The goal of a risk map is to improve an organization's understanding of its risk profile and appetite, clarify thinking on the nature and impact of risks, and improve the organization's risk assessment model. In the enterpr -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
TA18-074A: Russian Government Cyber Activity Targeting Energy and Other Critical Infrastructure Sectors
03/15/2018 09:40 AM EDT
Original release date: March 15, 2018Systems AffectedDomain ControllersFile ServersEmail ServersOverviewThis joint Technical Alert (TA) is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). This alert provides information on Russian gover -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
TA18-074A: Russian Government Cyber Activity Targeting Energy and Other Critical Infrastructure Sectors
03/15/2018 09:40 AM EDT
Original release date: March 15, 2018Systems AffectedDomain ControllersFile ServersEmail ServersOverviewThis joint Technical Alert (TA) is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). This alert provides information on Russian gover -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
Microsoft Releases March 2018 Security Updates
03/13/2018 02:10 PM EDT
Original release date: March 13, 2018Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
NCCIC/US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft's March 2018 Security Update Summary and Deployment Information and apply -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
Microsoft Releases March 2018 Security Updates
03/13/2018 02:10 PM EDT
Original release date: March 13, 2018Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
NCCIC/US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Microsoft's March 2018 Security Update Summary and Deployment Information and apply -
Blog postArtificial Personality (AP) from whatis.com An artificial personality (AP) is a collection of characteristics, tendencies and behavioral quirks assigned to a chatbot, digital assistant, robot or video game character. A primary goal of adding personality to digital entities is to encourage end users to interact with programming on an emotional, as well as a logical, level.
Personalities are especially significant for voice-activated digital assistants such as Apple's S -
Blog postArtificial Personality (AP) from whatis.com An artificial personality (AP) is a collection of characteristics, tendencies and behavioral quirks assigned to a chatbot, digital assistant, robot or video game character. A primary goal of adding personality to digital entities is to encourage end users to interact with programming on an emotional, as well as a logical, level.
Personalities are especially significant for voice-activated digital assistants such as Apple's S -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-064: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 26, 2018
03/05/2018 12:48 AM EST
Original release date: March 05, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and C -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-064: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 26, 2018
03/05/2018 12:48 AM EST
Original release date: March 05, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and C -
Blog postDNS Redirection DNS redirection was the controversial practice of serving a Web page to a user that is different from either the one requested or one that might reasonably be expected. In the early days of the internet, an ISP would typically serve an ad-based page when the user mistyped a URL, rather than a 404 error message,
In July 2009, Comcast announced it would test DNS redirection, under the name "Domain Name Helper Service," in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon -
Blog postDNS Redirection DNS redirection was the controversial practice of serving a Web page to a user that is different from either the one requested or one that might reasonably be expected. In the early days of the internet, an ISP would typically serve an ad-based page when the user mistyped a URL, rather than a 404 error message,
In July 2009, Comcast announced it would test DNS redirection, under the name "Domain Name Helper Service," in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-057: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 19, 2018
02/26/2018 12:12 AM EST
Original release date: February 26, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity an -
Blog postNational Cyber Awareness System:
SB18-057: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 19, 2018
02/26/2018 12:12 AM EST
Original release date: February 26, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity an -
Blog postby Kenneth Beare Updated February 22, 2018 During the job interviewing process it's important to use verbs that precisely describe your duties and responsibilities at your present and past positions. The following list provides verbs that are both precise and commonly used in an English-speaking workplace. These verbs are used to express responsibilities and tasks performed.
Great Action Words for Your RésuméA
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Blog postby Kenneth Beare Updated February 22, 2018 During the job interviewing process it's important to use verbs that precisely describe your duties and responsibilities at your present and past positions. The following list provides verbs that are both precise and commonly used in an English-speaking workplace. These verbs are used to express responsibilities and tasks performed.
Great Action Words for Your RésuméA
VerbExample Sentenceaccomplished I've -
Blog postThe following excerpt is from my books, noted below and which can be purchased from Amazon.com.
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Business email closings:
· My sincere thanks for your consideration· Sincerely· Cordially· Best regards/wishes for our mutual success· & -
Blog postThe following excerpt is from my books, noted below and which can be purchased from Amazon.com.
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Business email closings:
· My sincere thanks for your consideration· Sincerely· Cordially· Best regards/wishes for our mutual success· & -
Blog postNetiquette IQ Security Bulletin - NSB18-050: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 12, 2018Original release date: February 19, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) / United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team(US-CERT). For modified or updated entries, please vis
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Blog postNetiquette IQ Security Bulletin - NSB18-050: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 12, 2018Original release date: February 19, 2018 The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) / United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team(US-CERT). For modified or updated entries, please vis
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Blog postby Stacy Jagodowski Updated February 16, 2018 via thoughtco.comWord lovers and Scrabble players alike often seek out and celebrate weird and interesting words, challenging themselves to include these unusual terms in their everyday speech. We've amassed 11 of those weird words here; challenge yourself to use some of them in your conversations this week and see how your friends and teachers react.01of 11Bamboozled
adjective bam·boo·zled \ bam-ˈbü-zəld \Definit
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