AI Tech Update

The IoT Files: the call for 5G

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 11/12/2019 Editorials, Editorials in English, Tech Update in English

I have been recently interviewed on 5G issues and this made me realize how confusing is the knowledge and understanding about 5G. Most of the time, when I heard on mainstream media comment about 5G I find form one side apologetic wonders of how this or that vendor with 5G can solve all human problems, form the other side fears related strictly to the fact that 5G today means Chinese or European vendors, for the first time in years the USA is not leading technologically a strategic sector. even lesser I heard about the link between 5G and IoT and what this means. Generally speaking, most of the discussions on IoT are focused…

Please help me to share for my phishing friend sake

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 11/06/2019 AI Tech Update, Editorials, Editorials in English, Tech Update in English

ok, do you know those beautiful phishing emails claiming a bad guy hacked your email and take pictures or videos of you doing bad stuff? I receive tons on my personal accounts, and usually, I answer to them asking to share the videos so I can publish on my socials as well and become famous, rotfl, alas the bad guys never react…. (I know I am so childish) so let me share with you last one: Analyzing the headers I saw my friends sent the email from a chinese address (how nice to be renown from such a distant place)…

Email Defense: Registrazione preventiva di un dominio

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 04/25/2019 Aggiornamenti tecnici in Italiano, AI Tech Update, Editoriali in Italiano, Editorials

Oggi come oggi la maggior parte degli attacchi che riceviamo arrivano via email e via social media. La ragione è ovviamente legata al fatto che sono i due canali di comunicazione piu usati da tutti noi sia a livello personale che a livello aziendale. Nella nostra posta e nei nostri social ci sono amicizie, contatti di lavoro, ropietà intellettuale e chi piu ne ha piu ne metta. Purtroppo la immediata conseguenza del successo di questi canali e l’uso da parte di male intenzionati che sfruttano la facilità estrema con cui è possibile portare attacchi su questi vettori. Mandare una mail…

Guida al GDPR per chi non ne vuol sapere: e se provate a leggerlo il GDPR vi cala la palpebra?

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 07/06/2017 Aggiornamenti tecnici in Italiano, AI Tech Update, Editoriali in Italiano, Editorials

Domanda: Che vuol dire GDPR? Se otteniamo questo tipo di risposte: Grandiosa Donazione Per Riluttanti? Geniale Dono Per Repubblicani? Generosa Dotazione Per Remittenti? … Allora abbiamo un piccolo problemino. GDPR significa General Data Protection Regulation Allora proviamo a capirci: almeno cosa significhi l’acronimo (che non richiede acredine nella lettura) dovrebbe essere assodato. Insomma, ma lo avete sfogliato? Se davvero volete implementarlo sto benedetto GDPR dovreste almeno provare a leggerlo, ma, vi assicuro, è una lettura non proprio amena. Mettiamola così, se riuscite a non addormentarvi dopo la prima pagina siete già a buon punto, ma dopo…

Guida al GDPR per chi non ne vuol sapere: raschia raschia rimane il rischio ?

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 06/15/2017 Aggiornamenti tecnici in Italiano, AI Tech Update, Editoriali in Italiano, Editorials

Ma se ti dico “rischio” tu che mi rispondi? Er… no non intendo la sequela di insulti o le minacce più o meno velate a cu stai quasi sicuramente pensando, stavo cercando di parlare di GDPR… No, no, GDPR non è una parolaccia, calmiamoci. Insomma volevo solo chiedere che cosa associate alla idea di rischio indicata dal GDPR. Ne parlo qui perché ultimamente ho avuto modo di vedere come molti non hanno bene chiaro cosa sia questo fantomatico rischio di cui si parla. Allora cerchiamo di fare un poco di chiarezza ad un livello che persino io possa capire di…

hit by “wannacry” (may be you deserve it) …

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 05/15/2017 AI Tech Update, Editorials, Editorials in English, Tech Update in English

Guys Again a ransomware outbreak on the news. May I say I am not surprised at all? And may I say that the media coverage has been ridiculous and instead of presenting the event as something that should highlight the incompetent behaviour of managers targeted by this issue they claims about “cyberattack” which is a completely different thing. And yet people asking why? how come? how this can be possible? again really? We know that CyberSecurity is always a side though from most of the management no matter where. The proof, beside the claims from CEO, IT Managers and generally speaking CxO,…

NFV network function virtualization security considerations

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 01/11/2017 AI Tech Update, Tech Update in English

I have been asked to write down a few things related to NFV and security. NFV is relatively a new thing in the IT world. It has been on the news in 2012 and since then it has followed the developing path common to the virtualization technologies. Virtualization has made dramatic improvement in the last years. It all started at first with simple virtualization platforms, of course VMware on top of our mind, but not only. The idea was to abstract HW platforms from software ones. Developing the idea, the abstraction growth covering multiple hw platforms moving also to the…

Firewall: Traditional, UTM and NGFW. Understanding the difference

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 12/14/2016 AI Tech Update, Tech Update in English

Firewall: Traditional, UTM and NGFW. Understanding the difference One of the problem nowadays when we talk about firewalls is to understand what actually a firewall is and what means the acronym that are used to define the different type of firewalls. The common definition today recognizes 3 main types of firewalls: • Firewalls • UTM • NGFW But what are the differences (if any) between those things? Let’s start with the very basic: what a firewall is. Firewall: A firewall is software used to maintain the security of a private network. Firewalls block unauthorized access to or from private networks…

Caro HR Manager: Storia di un CV e della sua privacy (GDPR lo dici a tua sorella)

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 12/14/2016 Aggiornamenti tecnici in Italiano, AI Tech Update, Editoriali in Italiano, Editorials

Caro HR Manager: Storia di un CV e della sua privacy (GDPR lo dici a tua sorella) Sono un poco preoccupato, perché la mia impressione è che in Italia, a fronte di una delle legislazioni più severe d’Europa e i nuovi vincoli introdotti od in via di introduzione dal GDPR, il concetto di privacy sia altamente sottovalutato. Il problema ovviamente è insito nella storica sottovalutazione italica dell’impatto delle strutture informatiche all’interno dei processi produttivi, decisionali e manageriali. Insomma non ci si interessa, non si capisce, e non si valuta. Di conseguenza non si correggono comportamenti errati e, allo stesso tempo,…

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)

antonio.ierano@ierano.it 12/13/2016 AI Tech Update, Tech Update in English

Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) Pretty Good Privacy or PGP is a popular program used to encrypt and decrypt email over the Internet, as well as authenticate messages with digital signatures and encrypted stored files. Previously available as freeware and now only available as a low-cost commercial version, PGP was once the most widely used privacy-ensuring program by individuals and is also used by many corporations. It was developed by Philip R. Zimmermann in 1991 and has become a de facto standard for email security. How PGP works Pretty Good Privacy uses a variation of the public key system. In this…

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Antonio Ieranò Evangelist, Manager, BDM, Advisor, Writer, Speaker, Coach HOME: Via Gabriele D'Annunzio, 29, 27010 Vistarino (Pavia) Italy. Mobile phone: +39 347 9293757 E-mail: antonio.ierano@ierano.it; Twitter: @ antonioierano @thepuchiherald Web: http://ierano.it I am an IT professional Manager, BDM, marketing specialist, and tech evangelist with over 16 years of experience serving as a community liaison, subject matter expert, and high-profile trainer for key technologies and solutions. My experience includes acting as the public face of Cisco security technologies; leading pan-European technical teams in development of new Cisco security products; and serving as a key public speaker and trainer on behalf of new high-tech products. My expertise spans IT development and implementation, marketing strategy, legal issues, and budget / financial management. Specialties and Executive Expertise IT Strategy, Technical Audits, Enterprise Architecture & Applications, Technical Sales Liaison, Solution Architecture, Network Design, Architecture, & Security, Vulnerability Assessment & Management, Systems Engineering, TCP / IP, Data Privacy, Cloud Computing, Marketing Strategy, Budget Management, Consultative Sales, Social Media Marketing, High-Impact Presentations, Security and Technical Advisor: I have a strong experience and knowledge in the technology and security areas, I can provide the needed expertise to better direct technical needs, giving indication for cost effective, solid and efficient solutions. Project Management: with a solid background with project delivered with success in different areas I can provide a key support to drive customer projects to success. With a Microsoft Solution Framework background and PMI solid knowledge mixed with communication skills at any level i can lead the project group and it's stakeholders to achieve the desired goals. Business Developement and Marketing: With a deep knowledge of the extended EMEA technology market needs a focus on worldwide security I can drive business developement to a solid and reliable growth being able to relate with all the stakeholders, from production to sales and channel and, of course, customers.