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Tabla de Contenidos: “…WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition architecture -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Overview -- 1.2.1 WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition architecture -- 1.2.2 Supported topologies -- 1.2.3 Directory structure -- 1.3 Collections, categorizations and scopes -- 1.3.1 Collections -- 1.3.2 Categories -- 1.3.3 Scopes -- 1.3.4 Choosing between categories and scopes -- 1.4 Security considerations -- 1.4.1 Enabling global security in IBM WebSphere Application Server -- 1.4.2 Administrative-level access control -- 1.4.3 Collection-level access control -- 1.4.4 Document-level access control -- 1.4.5 Data encryption security -- 1.5 Processing flow and best practices -- 1.5.1 Configuration flow -- 1.5.2 Run-time flow -- 1.5.3 Query execution flow -- 1.6 Choosing a particular topology -- 1.7 Enterprise search administrator main focus -- Chapter 2. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- We Need More Than Technology -- Part I Why Cybersecurity Needs Better Measurements for Risk -- Chapter 1 The One Patch Most Needed in Cybersecurity -- Insurance: A Canary in the Coal Mine -- The Global Attack Surface -- The Cyber Threat Response -- A Proposal for Cybersecurity Risk Management -- Notes -- Chapter 2 A Measurement Primer for Cybersecurity -- The Concept of Measurement -- A Taxonomy of Measurement Scales -- The Object of Measurement -- The Methods of Measurement -- Notes -- Chapter 3 The Rapid Risk Audit: Starting With a Simple Quantitative Risk Model -- The Setup and Terminology -- The Rapid Audit Steps -- Some Initial Sources of Data -- The Expert as the Instrument -- Supporting the Decision: Return on Controls -- Doing "Uncertainty Math" -- Visualizing Risk With a Loss Exceedance Curve -- Where to Go from Here -- Notes -- Chapter 4 The Single Most Important Measurement in Cybersecurity -- The Analysis Placebo: Why We Can't Trust Opinion Alone -- How You Have More Data than You Think -- When Algorithms Beat Experts -- Tools for Improving the Human Component -- Summary and Next Steps -- Notes -- Chapter 5 Risk Matrices, Lie Factors, Misconceptions, and Other Obstacles to Measuring Risk -- Scanning the Landscape: A Survey of Cybersecurity Professionals -- What Color Is Your Risk? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright and Credits -- Dedication -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Part 1: Introduction to Digital Transformation with Google Cloud -- Chapter 1: Cloud Computing Fundamentals - An Introduction to Digital Transformation -- An introduction to data centers -- The why behind digital transformation -- Infrastructure flexibility -- Ease of R&amp -- D -- Measurable innovation -- Global collaboration -- Customer value -- Agility -- Benefits of digital transformation -- Modernize infrastructure -- Manage data -- Gain insight -- Break down team silos -- Solve business problems -- Realize cost savings -- Hypothetical case study - Acme Inc. -- Summary -- Chapter 2: The Shift to Public Cloud -- The value of adopting public cloud -- Flexibility -- Scalability -- Reliability -- Elasticity -- Agility -- Cost -- The impact of cloud adoption on finance teams -- Private, public, or hybrid? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CSR -- Employee volunteering and donation matching -- Encouraging employee contributions to technical communities -- Partnerships with non-profit organizations -- Overcoming challenges in giving back -- Time management -- Navigating open source contributions -- Understanding societal issues -- Dealing with setbacks -- Balancing personal fulfillment and impact -- The future of giving back -- Leveraging emerging technologies -- Fostering a global community -- Addressing societal challenges -- Promoting inclusivity in tech -- Summary -- Index -- About PACKT -- Other Books You May Enjoy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Author -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Levels of disorder -- Global challenges generate local crises -- Achieving the best possible outcome -- Introduction to the BPO Standard -- Getting the most out of this book -- Pillar I The optimal mindset -- Chapter 1 Lead with a risk mindset -- Risk identification -- Analysing risk -- Likelihood rating: 'highly likely' -- Consequence rating: 'catastrophic' -- Overall risk rating: 'severe' -- Absence of a risk culture -- The value of a risk culture -- Building a risk culture in your organisation -- Risk relates to people -- Reflection activity -- Chapter 2 Ethics and calibrating your moral compass -- Training ethical decision-making -- Military ethical decision-making -- Lethal decisions -- Warning shots are not authorised -- Identify the threat -- The ethical dilemma -- Breaking rules -- How does this relate to your workplace? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Oxana Chi and Layla Zami: Connecting to global Blackness on the move -- Life stories in the lives and works of two artist‐activists -- Oxana Chi - the use of biographies in her work -- Layla - a cosmopolitan presentation of self -- Practising community digitally and in mobility -- Curating life stories at conferences -- Taking time off from performing - self‐care -- The Black activist self, couple and community in mobility -- Conclusion to Part III -- Conclusion -- Forging diasporic identities across generations -- Racialised middle classness - an intersectional approach -- 'Say their names' - listening to and sharing life stories -- Travelling to connect or to practise cultural identity -- Epilogue -- Bibliography…”

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