In 2016 alone, more than 2.2 billion records were exposed in data breaches. Using a password-based authentication with a good hashing scheme like Bcrypt is perfectly fine as long as you can guarantee that your users wont use easy to guess passwords or reuse passwords at many portals. Both of these assumptions turn out to be wrong in a substantial number of cases, however. There … [Read more...] about 5 Multi-factor Authentication Strategies Enterprises Can Use
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5 Reasons Why Enterprises Are Embracing OSS
Enterprises are often characterized as repulsive to open source software, both in usage and offerings. Building enterprise software is not only about building software, but also about building processes. Open source software usually lacks long-lasting patrons that can provide support to such processes and thus present itself as a serious contender to proprietary offerings. … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons Why Enterprises Are Embracing OSS
Where Hadoop Can Use a Tuneup
With Hadoop becoming more versatile and useful to businesses of nearly any type and size, more organizations than ever before have started using this helpful big data tool. Hadoop has been around for more than a decade now, but the rise of big data analytics has placed the magnifying lens squarely over the platform. Its open source nature has allowed Hadoop to evolve over that … [Read more...] about Where Hadoop Can Use a Tuneup
How to Build Open Source Communities: Akka Project
Konrad Malawski from the Akka Project shared his experiences and approach to open source community building and management. Find out what he says and visit the Akka Project channel on Gitter. Tell us about a little bit about yourself and the Akka project community. What is Akka project? How did it all begin? Akka is a toolkit for building highly scalable, concurrent and … [Read more...] about How to Build Open Source Communities: Akka Project
How to Build Open Source Communities: Numenta
We caught up with Matt Taylor from Numenta an organization whose mission is to lead a new era of machine intelligence and build computer systems around the principles of the brain. Matt shared his thoughts and insights on the open source community around their exciting projects. Find out what he says, and check out the Numenta community channel on Gitter. Tell us about a little … [Read more...] about How to Build Open Source Communities: Numenta
