AI/ML Basics Simply defined, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a field of Computer Science where Systems are taught and can simulate intelligent and/or predictive behavior and/or activities using programs and technology. Machine Learning (ML) is a subspecialty of AI by which a computer improves its own performance by continuously incorporating new data into its statistical model. An Artificial Neural…
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QuickGuide: Security on OCI
OCI’s native capability to obtain packet capture and monitor flow data between components Each compute instance in a VCN has one or more Virtual Network Interface Cards (VNICs). The OCI Networking service uses Security Lists to determine what traffic is allowed through a given VNIC. The VNIC is subject to all rules in all security…
Oracle Cloud Announcement June 2021
Are you an Oracle customer? If yes, it’s time to cash in with this awesome program Oracle just launched. For every dollar you spend on OCI, you get a discount of 25 cents on your Oracle Support bill! And the cherry on the top? Oracle will lift your workloads to OCI for free! Oh wait,…
Oracle Data Safe and Consumer Privacy Acts
New consumer data privacy laws are cropping up through out the US. Just like the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), these Acts force the hand of many (but not all) organizations to protect consumers’ data privacy rights. Privacy Acts aim to safeguard consumer privacy and it doesn’t just mean names and addresses, but also…
Installing Kali Linux on OCI
What is Kali Linux? Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at advanced Penetration Testing and Security Auditing. Kali Linux contains several hundred tools which are geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering. Kali Linux is developed, funded and maintained by Offensive Security, a leading information security training company. Installing Kali…
Installing Debian on OCI
Download Debian – Go to https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/OpenStack/9.13.7-20201108/ Download debian-9.13.7-20201108-openstack-amd64.qcow2 Upload Debian to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Login to your OCI Console, for instance, https://console.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/ Go to Object Storage and pick or create a bucket Upload debian-9.13.7-20201108-openstack-amd64.qcow2 to the bucket Import Debian Custom Image – Login to your OCI Console, for instance, https://console.us-ashburn-1.oraclecloud.com/ Go to Compute -> Custom Images and click on Import Image Select Import from Object Storage…
Best Practices on OCI Part 3: Logging & Monitoring
Here are some key recommendations for configuring logging and monitoring on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Ensure audit log retention period is set to 365 days – Log retention controls how long activity logs should be retained. Studies have shown that The Mean Time to Detect(MTTD) a cyber breach is anywhere from 30 days in some sectors to up…
Best Practices on OCI Part 2: Network
Here are some key recommendations for configuring your virtual Network on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Ensure no security lists or network security groups allow ingress from 0.0.0.0/0 to port 22 – Removing unfettered connectivity to remote console services, such as Secure Shell (SSH), reduces a server’s exposure to risk. Ensure no security lists or network security groups…
Best Practices on OCI Part 1: IAM
Here are some key recommendations for Identity and Access Management on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure – Ensure service level admins are created to manage resources of particular service -Creating service-level administrators helps in tightly controlling access to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services to implement the least-privileged security principle. Ensure permissions on all resources are given only to…