Security Hardening Open Source Projects

Posted by Jon Reid on October 31, 2012 Best Practices, Data Security, Development Best Practices, Development, Drupal

A client recently had a stream of attacks on several of their online applications. Thanks to excellent monitoring, solid architecture and nice, clean installations, the attacks were easily rebuffed. Cheers to all involved. Just the same, the attacks gave me some insights on what a typical attack vector looks like to an online intruder. There were certainly some patterns in the commands directed at each server or application. As I said, the client faired very well. However, the incident gave us an excellent opportunity to review our monitoring efforts and even more interesting, our security...

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What is this whole GST Site Foundation thing?

Posted by Tony Field on October 26, 2012 Web Experience Management, Best Practices, Cool Tools, Development FatWire, GSF, support

You've heard about it... the GST Site Foundation.  Maybe you've heard of it as the "GSF".  But what is it?

The GSF is a set of core architectural patterns and tools that support building websites with WebCenter Sites.

Think WebCenter Sites on Rails.

So why does it exist?  Well, WebCenter Sites provides very flexible and powerful APIs.  They are so powerful that the entire editorial interface, asset infrastructure, and all of the tools that are part of the application itself are built on the same APIs that we can use on our own websites.  Don't get me wrong,...

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Planning for Success

Posted by Avani Cheriathundam on October 23, 2012 Best Practices Best Practices, planning, project management

Oftentimes during the course of a project, you may encounter schedule changes, new requirements or requirement changes, and risks.  When these things happen, it is still possible to complete the project however, without a project plan, it’s almost impossible to do so successfully.  A well-structured, clear, and concise project plan can always help to ensure that everything goes smoothly, no matter how many bumps you may encounter along the way.

According to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, a project plan is defined as a “formal, approved document used to guide both project...

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Splunk Data Input Pipeline and Processors

Posted by Rupak Pandya on October 09, 2012 Operational Intelligence, Best Practices Analytics, Best Practices, Data Inputs

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I was a recent attendee of Splunk’s worldwide user’s conference .conf 2012. It was held at the ultra modern and chic Cosmopolitan Hotel located in the heart of Las Vegas, Nevada.  Over 1000 people attended the conference and there were 90+ information sessions geared towards a wide range of Splunk user levels. At any given moment over the 3-day conference, there were 12-16 sessions going on at the same time. There was literally a world of knowledge being handed out to anyone who...

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