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Josh Singh, sales director at Turning Point Technology Services Josh Singh didn’t arrive at Dell Technologies World simply as a partner – he arrived as someone who spent nearly eight years on the vendor side, in Dell sales roles, before crossing over to Turning Point as the company’s sales lead. That dual perspective shapes everything about how Turning Point operates. The Vancouver-based solution provider, founded in 2012, runs exclusively on Dell in the data center – a deliberate, all-in single-vendor bet that Josh frames not as a constraint but as a competitive advantage. Nearly half of the team is ex-Dell, which means when a customer needs an answer fast, Turning Point knows exactly who to call inside Dell’s notoriously complex internal matrix. That navigational fluency, Josh argues, is the kind of differentiation that doesn’t show up in a spec sheet but shows up every time there’s urgency. Turning Point recently formalized that depth by opening what Dell designates as its first official solution center in Canada, in their Vancouver office, giving the team and their clients hands-on access to the full portfolio – including the GB10 for deskside AI development. On AI, Josh’s read is that the “AI factory” framing was right directionally but too large a first step for most of the Canadian market. Dell’s move toward more modular, consumable AI infrastructure – starting at one or two servers, proving a use case, then scaling – is what actually unlocks adoption for SMB customers. Small wins first, then the appetite for something bigger. On security and resilience, Josh drew a clear line: backup is the last line of defense, and if that last line gets hit – or gets frozen by a ransomware insurance claim – you’re rebuilding from scratch. Dell’s Data Domain and its proprietary DDBoost protocol, alongside Veeam, form the core of what Turning Point puts in front of customers who need to actually recover, not just theoretically recover. And rounding it out: the supply chain disruption, compounded by Broadcom‘s reshaping of the virtualization market, is forcing Canadian organizations to plan differently – more external awareness, more budget flexibility, earlier commitment. That’s a challenge across the industry, Josh notes. But for partners who can guide customers through it, it’s also an opening. Read Full Transcript Robert Dutt: Hello and welcome to In The Channel from ChannelBuzz.ca, bringing news and information to the Canadian IT channel community for the last sixteen years. I’m Robert Dutt, editor of ChannelBuzz.ca, and your host for the show. We’re continuing our series from Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas. This week, we’re deep on the partner perspective. Today’s guest brings a point of view you don’t usually get. Nearly a decade inside Dell Technologies, followed by a move to the partner side – specifically to a partner that has made one of the most deliberate, all-in single-vendor bets you’ll find in the Canadian channel. Josh Singh leads the sales team at Turning Point Technology Services, a Vancouver-based solution provider founded in 2012 that operates exclusively on Dell in the data center. Not mostly Dell, not primarily Dell – exclusively. In a channel where diversification is almost reflexively treated as risk management, Turning Point went the other way, and they did it right at the beginning of Dell’s channel investment cycle, which turned out to be good timing. Josh brings to that an unusual lens. He spent almost eight years in Dell’s sales roles, where he learned early that the channel was the key to his success, and that knowing how to navigate Dell’s internal matrix is an advantage that translates directly into faster, better outcomes for customers. Roughly half of Turning Point’s team is ex-Dell. They recently opened what Dell designates as its first official solution center in Canada, right there in their Vancouver office. We talked about what it actually means to make the single-vendor bet and why it’s holding up. How the AI adoption conversation is changing for SMB customers who weren’t ready for the Dell AI Factory, but might be ready for something smaller. The security and data resilience story, and why backup shouldn’t be confused with business continuity. And what the supply chain situation, plus Broadcom’s disruption of the market, is doing to how customers have to plan. Let’s get right into it. My chat with Josh Singh. Josh, thanks for taking the time. I appreciate it. I’m sure it’s been a busy week. Josh Singh: It has been a busy week, and thanks for having me. Robert Dutt: I guess to open it up, I want to start with a question that frames the perspective that you have at an event like this. Turning Point made the explicit call to go all-in on Dell on the infrastructure side, as I understand. A lot of partners diversify, carry multiple vendors, pick and choose their spots. What’s the logic behind that bet? What does a week like this one – where Dell’s making a lot of big moves around AI and the direction of the partner program and all that – feel like for a shop that’s tied its future to the Dell story? Josh Singh: Very good question. I’ve been asked this numerous times, and it’s clear you’ve done your research on us. As you said, Robert, we are 100% Dell-exclusive in the data center. We do have other technologies that are complementary to Dell to give our clients an end-to-end ecosystem of technology, but we have doubled, tripled, and quadrupled down on Dell in the data center. Turning Point was formed in 2012. Three founders – Lee, Sean, and Lauren – they came from a value-added reseller that sold a multitude of technologies. What they found out at the time was Dell had a portfolio that covered the end-to-end, especially in the data center. They branched out, all three of them from [Seven Group – verify company name], and they formed Turning Point. They just realized that Dell was at the beginning of their partner program. You’ll see a legacy fabric still embedded in some aspects of Dell Technologies where they still are partial to selling direct, but they have put a large amount of emphasis and investment in the channel over the last fifteen years. Turning Point was formed at the very beginning of that cycle. Since then, we have had no regrets. Dell has really come to the table as a really solid partner for us, allowing us to offer our clients the end-to-end data center strategy with Dell Technologies. Robert Dutt: Your lens is unique too in that you have some time at Dell EMC – a viewpoint that a lot of partners don’t have in terms of having seen both sides of that fence, especially around the same vendor. What does that vendor-side time teach you about what Dell actually needs and wants from partners, and the reality of what Dell values in a partner? Josh Singh: Yeah, that’s a really good question. I spent almost eight years at Dell in various sales roles. I learned very quickly, and early on in my Dell sales career, that the channel was the key to my success. The core reason why is I’m one individual. I have a solutions engineer, I have some overlays, and we manage a pretty large territory. I found that if I could just introduce a channel partner into the mix, I could lob it over the fence, play quarterback a little bit, get enough updates from the channel partner so I can update my leadership – because that’s really important. But I was able to scale my business significantly when I started to work with the channel. Actually, Turning Point was one of those channel partners that I worked very closely with. So it’s a bit of a full circle moment for me to come back and I lead the sales team at Turning Point. Robert Dutt: I have to imagine the Dell team is happy to have you, because clearly you’ve got that lens for exactly what they are looking for from you as a partner. Josh Singh: Yeah, you know, every vendor has their own methodology and go-to-market culture. And so it does help. Actually, almost half of Turning Point’s team is ex-Dell Technologies employees. So that really gives us a unique perspective on how Dell wants to sell, how to update Dell, what’s important to them – what’s important to each level in the organization, from the sales rep to the manager, to the director, to the senior director, to the president. So we understand what is important to Dell Technologies. And also, for our customers, it’s really important to pick the right technologies. But as we all know, this world is moving so fast and our customers need answers, and they need us to be on their requests in a really time-sensitive way. And so, typically with most vendors, you know your account executive and that individual is the key to the organization. When you come from Dell, you all of a sudden know how to navigate the matrix of Dell. And so when a customer has a question, you know exactly who to call. You can pick up the phone and get that answer in a much more time-sensitive way than navigating the matrix of Dell, which can be large and daunting. Robert Dutt: So the secret sauce is as simple as spending more than half a decade inside the company itself. Josh Singh: Simple. Yeah, easy peasy. Robert Dutt: Big week for AI infrastructure here, and the Dell AI thesis – in so much as they’ve for a while been pulling on the idea of running AI models on-prem and on their infrastructure – was really amplified this week. Between that, desktop agentic AI, and the whole server and storage announcements underneath that, how does what was announced here resonate with what you guys are doing now and what your customers are asking for in terms of technology and how it’s delivered? Josh Singh: Yeah, no, that’s a really good question. So I’ve been at Dell Technologies World almost every year, and I’m finding a big difference in the talk tracks this year. AI was a concept, it was a lot of buzzwords, it was a lot of fluff, to be honest with you as well. Everyone’s trying to chase what AI means to them. But I think this year is the first year where I started to see concepts materialize into practicality, whether it comes to data locality or infrastructure, or really how to go to the next steps of adopting AI. The Canadian market is more pragmatic in their approach to adoption of technology – a little laggard, but not in a negative way, just a bit more conservative. And so what Dell Technologies World enables me and us to do is learn from people actually deploying AI in a much more meaningful and scalable way, for us to then be able to go back to Canada and start to talk about potential use cases, potential outcomes – because it is a very daunting topic, AI, sometimes it can be very overwhelming. So Dell Technologies World allows us to take some key facts about AI, bring them back into our local market, and then help them through that journey. And also, we’re meeting a lot of experts here as well. So it’s not just that we take these concepts and go back to Canada and try to do it ourselves – we’re really supported by the Dell channel ecosystem as well, to help our clients evolve in their AI journey. Robert Dutt: What are the ideas that you’re hearing that specifically are making you think, “All right, this is going to change something in how we do business internally, or this is something I have to take to customer X, customer Y, customer Z,” because it maps to what they’re thinking about or where they should be thinking? Josh Singh: Yeah. I think Dell, when they first wanted to address AI, they came out with the Dell AI Factory, and that was the message. So for a lot of Canadian organizations – which are largely SMB – adoption of an AI Factory is not consumable. It’s too large. They need to prove the model out. And then as soon as they get some small wins and successes, then they can scale out, because the smallest AI Factory was large for them. And this is what we noticed, actually, in the last twelve months. So what Dell is doing now is making it a bit more economical, a bit more consumable – in the AI data platform, starting at one server, maybe two servers, a little PowerScale, and then using that to prove out a use case. And then once we prove out a use case, our customers say, “Hey, there’s really something to this AI thing that everybody keeps talking about.” Now they can really start to invest in a much more scalable, larger way. So I think what Dell has released – very small products with the GB10 all the way up to that massive AI Factory – I mean, you saw when Michael Dell came out with Jensen, and he came out on stage and showed the entire portfolio of AI with a small little itty-bitty – not quite Raspberry Pi size, but not too far from that. Robert Dutt: Really, yeah. Josh Singh: And then having Jensen talk about the next model and how much more powerful that next model is – 100x, 100x, 100x, all the way up to that big AI Factory. So I think it just allows us to be a bit more practical in AI adoption rather than, “Mr. Customer, you have to adopt an AI Factory and that’s how you’re going to achieve AI.” So yeah. Robert Dutt: Has some of the stuff they’re talking about – deskside AI, and specifically deskside agents – when you talk about a GB10 and the lower end of that, and even for more casual users, they would make the case down to the AI-enabled PC – how does that kind of map with how your customers are approaching AI, given that they aren’t going to be going out and buying even a bottom-end, full-on AI Factory experience as a day-one thing? Josh Singh: Yeah. So at Turning Point, we have our data center – it’s actually a solution center. Dell has multiple across the world. There was none in Canada. So actually, with Dell leadership, we opened up Dell’s first solution center in Vancouver in our office. There was a big unveiling with the president of Dell Canada, all Dell leadership came out, and we stood up our solution center in conjunction with Dell. So in that solution center, we have every piece of technology that Dell has – from PowerStore to PowerScale to ObjectScale. And we recently adopted the GB10 so we’re able to actually learn it, use practical use cases that actually help Turning Point, and then we can actually know how to speak to our customers as an adopter ourselves of the GB10 and some of the use cases. So anything from OpenClaw to using different language models and trying to help business productivity in that manner. We serve customers in almost every single vertical. So we are working with healthcare – we’re doing some work right now with healthcare and looking at different use cases when it comes to X-rays and things like that. And then we also work with legal, looking at contractual ways to actually pull out data from thousands or millions of contracts to find commonalities to help an organization improve their operational efficiency. So we’ve got our system in our solution center and we’re actually going through those use cases ourselves so that we can better serve our customers. Robert Dutt: Given that you’ve got that data center and you’ve got that – choose your own analogy, eat your own dog food, drink your own champagne – approach to things, how have you guys approached AI internally, and what have you learned from how you’ve done that over the last year or two? Josh Singh: So it’s a good question. Admittedly, we are a little bit at the beginning of that journey as well. So at Turning Point, as well as many of our customers, we were a bit overwhelmed with what AI meant. And so we have a practice when it comes to consultation to navigate what AI means for them. We do specific workshops to get a client to understand what they want out of AI and to conceptualize what AI is capable of doing. Now we’re really getting into how product is going to help that. So this is the next iteration of our AI journey to help our customers – going over and beyond the consultative nature of how AI works and models and inferencing and all those buzzwords that customers understand but don’t really understand. And then we’ll take whatever is the output from that workshop, and now with our solution center, we’re looking to actually take the results of that and try to replicate it using product and technology and actual outcome. Robert Dutt: How often do you find that the outcome of the workshop – “this is what AI would do best for you” – maps with what they came in thinking AI would do best for them? Josh Singh: It’s fascinating to see, actually, because in a lot of SMB organizations, there is no AI data scientist, there is no AI leader. So it’s essentially decision by committee. And that committee could be a storage admin, a network admin, a compute admin, an application admin, all the way up to leadership, cybersecurity, of course, for governance and compliance. So seeing the different perspectives in these AI committees is really interesting – to watch the customer look at each other and each individual have their own expertise and go, “Oh, that’s interesting. Oh, that’s interesting. Why did I know you viewed the world through the lens of this?” And so coming in with these workshops, it’s typically not one outcome. It’s actually allowing a conversation between these committees at our customer organizations to really help push what AI means for each of those individuals. And then they branch out, actually not with Turning Point but internally, to foster more discussion. And then we come back in and help prod and push in certain areas with our AI knowledge. But really, it’s more contextual. It’s not really about language models and things like that. It’s more about blue sky – like, what do we want to do? And what’s success for you, and what’s success for you, and what’s success for you? You’ll notice that success for each of these individuals is very different. So it’s been fascinating for us to watch. Robert Dutt: It’s funny how often some of these things do – for all the technology behind it – come down to breaking down internal silos. Josh Singh: Yes, yes, yeah. It’s a big part of our job. We help bridge technology to business, to legal, to cybersecurity, all the way up to business goals. So it’s really – it’s an honor to work in this industry and see those conversations play out. Robert Dutt: We saw some fairly significant changes to the partner program and the rollout of the Modern Partner Platform – in terms of the agentic AI stuff that’s rolling into the partner portal and the partner experience, deal registration improvements, a whole bunch of things – especially where you guys are at as a boutique, exclusively Dell-focused operation on the data center side. What did you see in there that really caught your interest – “okay, that’s going to make my life better”? And in a more art-of-the-possible mode, what do you think AI appearing in partner platforms is going to mean in the long run in terms of what you can do, and what you can get from the overall experience you have with key vendors like Dell? Josh Singh: Yeah, good question. So they haven’t fully rolled out the One Dell Way platform yet – they’re chipping away at it. First is with CSG on the client side, and they’re starting that internally. So we haven’t actually seen the result of a lot of that change yet. But I do know theoretically what the plan is for that, and I think it’s going to be really advantageous for us. We are seeing a little bit of the benefits right now where human intervention – as vendors start to consolidate a bit more in sales and back office – the role of the sales rep is changing. There are a lot of tasks that that sales rep now has to do. And so they can sometimes be the bottleneck of operational efficiency. Let’s talk about deal registration, for example: they will get an email, and if they’re busy in meetings, by the time they get to that email and press OK, it could be twenty-four, it could be forty-eight hours, it could be seventy-two hours if that person’s out of town. So then you have to chase – and with how fast IT is moving with our customers, we can’t afford to wait that long. So we’re starting to see a bit more intelligence and automation in how deal registrations are approved. It is a bit of a complicated topic because the channel relies on Dell’s ability to recognize who our accounts are, who our loyal customers are. And so there have been some conflicts since then. But I do see that Dell is on it and they are working it out. And I do love the transparency and honesty from Dell in owning up where mistakes were made and correcting them in the field. So I am seeing some AI adoption when it comes to the partner program, but it’s not fully rolled out yet. So I am looking forward to seeing what they come out with. Robert Dutt: In terms of future state – whether it’s stuff that they’re already discussing or stuff that’s just possible but not yet on the roadmap – what would be the most impactful for you and your organization to move to a more automated, more agentic motion with a key vendor like Dell? Josh Singh: Yeah. I’m sure you’ve heard of Dell Sales Chat. It’s basically their version of GPT, but it references all of Dell’s information – presentations, documents, white papers, service briefs, and things like that. So the Dell rep just types in a query into Dell Sales Chat, and an answer comes out while referencing all Dell documentation. What I really want to see is Dell enabling that for the channel. And so I’ve talked to Dell leadership – specifically people that own this product – and that is the plan. And so I’m really, really excited for that, because especially when we respond to RFPs in public sector, it’s a very time-consuming endeavor. And so for us to be able to type in queries on very specific questions that public sector has about technology would be really valuable. And I do know that there are compliance and governance issues as well. The labeling of documentation has to be accurate – otherwise, the channel would get access to potentially confidential data from Dell Sales Chat. But that’s the biggest thing that I’m waiting for Dell to offer the channel. Robert Dutt: Cool. I wanted to talk a little bit about security and data resilience, because that was another theme here at the event – an area where you guys have a fair bit going on with vCISO and MDR, cyber recovery, all that kind of stuff. Basically, how does the Dell cyber resilience narrative from this week connect with what you’re already doing? Does it strengthen the story you’re telling clients? Does it give you new opportunities? How are you viewing the message here? Josh Singh: Yeah. So I actually come from the security and resilience team at Dell – that’s my most recent role there. So it’s near and dear to me and my heart, and I am seeing a lot of product updates when it comes to security. That’s really exciting for me to see, actually. So Dell has a security and data platform in Data Domain, and there are other partners in the ecosystem like Druva and others. There are some partnerships with CrowdStrike and other MDR companies. And that’s what I really appreciate about Dell – they did have Secureworks for a period of time, which got spun off, but I do appreciate Dell constantly looking at where their gaps are from a technology perspective and then partnering up with other vendors to complete the end-to-end strategy. As I mentioned, each individual product in the technology portfolio – they are releasing a lot of security updates and functionality embedded in PowerStore, more in Data Domain when it comes to immutability and things like that, and PowerScale anomaly detection in each of the different products, end-to-end encryption with secure [HPAs – unclear; possibly “HBAs” or “APIs” – verify]. So there’s a lot of attention right now when it comes to security. And to come back to AI – AI is really cool and it can create a lot of really cool outcomes. That’s if you’re wearing a white hat. If you’re wearing a black hat, it can be equally exciting for them as well. And so Dell has to keep up now with not just asking what are the positive outcomes that can drive more efficiency and unlock human progress, but what are the black hats going to be doing with AI, and how do we respond? Robert Dutt: I was sharing a detail this week that backup infrastructure is kind of a primary target for attacks. Curious – does that kind of match with what you’re seeing? And how do you, especially with customers who are newer to you or just going through the process, help them reconcile what they think they’re protecting with their backup versus what they actually have in terms of protection? Josh Singh: Yeah, this is – I mean, every backup vendor says the same thing. This becomes really difficult, actually, to undo a lot of the conditioning from a lot of the backup vendors. I joined DPS – which is now the SRP, the Security and Resiliency Platform, at Dell – for a very specific reason. I actually used to also work for Secureworks. And I realized that talking to people about managed security services was resonating at the time. But the answer was always, “Hey, we just go back to our backup target and we restore, we recover, we’re up and running within a couple of hours.” So I thought, I could spend the same amount of time with a different team and a different product and achieve much more success, because that’s what most organizations are relying on. So they really rely on backup. Now, backup should not be confused with business continuity. Backup is the last line of defense – and it really is the last line of defense. So when you have a last line of defense, you need to make sure that that is locked down. If you don’t trust your last line of defense, it doesn’t really matter what you do on top of that. You can spend millions of dollars per year operationally on subscriptions and monitoring and things like that. But if you don’t trust your last line of defense, you are hooked. And so Dell’s backup product, Data Domain, is the most secure, purpose-built backup appliance out there in the market – hands down. It’s not even a comparison, from my perspective – and it could be a biased perspective – against other competition and other vendors that also play in the same area. There are just so many features in Data Domain when it comes to immutability and governance and compliance and DDBoost, which is a proprietary protocol – it’s not CIFS, it’s not NFS. A bad actor can scan a CIFS or NFS directory so easily and then just encrypt it. So while we do work very well with PPDM – which is Dell’s backup software – we also use Veeam as well. And so the Veeam-to-Data Domain story is very powerful, and it’s really good for the SMB market as well. So we’re constantly looking at the market and seeing what’s compatible, what plays well with Dell products, and we’re introducing that into our ecosystem as well. Robert Dutt: All right. To wrap it up – sitting where you sit as a partner who’s made a pretty significant single-vendor bet on Dell, what’s the one thing from this week that you sit back and go, “Yeah, that validates the decision”? And also, was there anything that gives you pause – that makes you go, “Okay, I need to learn more about that before I’m sure that we’re aligned”? Josh Singh: Yeah. I mean, I can’t deny that we haven’t been forced to think about more vendor adoption. And as every company needs to iterate and evolve and stay on top of industry trends, we need to constantly be surveying other technologies. And we do. We look at NetApp all the time. We look at Pure. We look at HPE constantly. And what we’ve noticed is we don’t need to take on a different vendor. And especially – one thing I will say about Dell, and I’m not sure if this is an answer to your question, but I do have to mention this – Dell’s supply chain is second to none. So we’re in this world right now which is shifting aggressively to shortages and components and things like that. And that’s where Dell’s really shining right now – in their ability to go to different geographic areas and fast-track product from other areas. So that’s just one thing that I have to plug Dell for: very impressive about what they’re doing there. But from a Dell perspective, they’re constantly innovating. All the thought leaders of the world – in different companies and different partners and vendors – they’re all here. And so if we have that big bet on Dell and they’re constantly innovating and adding new partnerships and are at the forefront of innovation, then that means we are too. And if we are, then we don’t need to look anywhere else – and we’re going to double down on the bet. Robert Dutt: To go back to what you were saying about the supply chain situation – it’s no doubt wild times trying to get infrastructure for everyone on the planet right now. And we hear pretty clearly from Jeff Clarke the idea, the message to customers: put your hand up early – really early, if you can – because that’ll give you the best chances of getting what you want when you want it. If you’re thinking two years out or something, how are you approaching timelines and guidance to customers on – okay, so you want to be here at some point – speccing that out in light of the uncertainty of availability, the uncertainty of price, all the fun stuff that’s going on right now? Josh Singh: We’re living in that world right now and it’s changing the way customers have to respond to their stakeholders in their organizations. Back in the day – and by back in the day, I mean six months ago – a customer needed compute and they would buy compute and they would get it within three weeks, likely two. Now we’re looking at two months, three months, sometimes six-month delays, depending on if they need very specific components. So it is a little bit like the COVID days, where there was a big push to remote connectivity. Now customers are looking at public cloud again in a bigger way because they need immediate resources. So what we’re trying to do as an organization is say, “Yes, you could go to the cloud – that is an option. It always has been an option and always will be an option. But is that the right thing for your organization economically, from a security perspective, from a latency perspective?” There are so many more considerations, especially in the Canadian market with data sovereignty. And so the shift of parts shortages – and this wouldn’t be a current interview unless we talked about Broadcom and the changes they’ve made in the market as well. These two very big changes in our market are now affecting the way that organizations have to respond to their stakeholders and the immediacy of resources. So planning now is critically important. The way that customers are now trying to secure budget within their organizations is changing, because they need to be a bit more adaptable and flexible to what’s externally offered. Previously, it was internal operational methodologies on how they adopted technologies. Now they’re being affected by the external. So they have to be a bit more flexible and adaptable as to how they need to support their growing environment – by way of data, by way of compute resources, and especially AI. Now that I need GPUs and memory and CPUs, which are now in shortage, it is a very big challenge. But it’s not a Dell challenge, it’s a customer challenge. It’s happening across the entire industry. So that’s a good thing for us. If it was a Dell challenge, then we’d have a challenge ourselves and be in a bit of a corner. But it’s a global challenge right now that we are constantly seeing changes to. And I suspect we’ll continue to see changes for the rest of the year. Robert Dutt: It’s wild times when you hear folks who are very intelligent on these things saying this is going to be a multi-year kind of cycle. I guess AI giveth, AI taketh away. Josh Singh: Yes, yes. And geopolitics – we’ve got some leaders in the world right now that are making decisions that are affecting our geopolitical climate as well, which is then downstream affecting IT. So it’s interesting times. Exciting times. And I think we’ll look back on today just like we looked back on COVID – we’ll get through it. We’re all in it together. Robert Dutt: Here’s hoping the war stories end up good at the end of the day. Josh Singh: That’s right. Robert Dutt: Thanks for taking the time. I appreciate it. Josh Singh: Thanks very much, Rob. I appreciate it. Thank you. Robert Dutt: There you have it, Josh Singh from Turning Point Technology Services. I’d like to thank Josh for his time in Las Vegas. The full-circle element of his story – spending years inside Dell, working alongside Turning Point as a channel partner, and then joining the company he was selling through – comes through clearly in how he talks about the business. And I think that perspective showed throughout the conversation. A few things I’d like to take away from this one. First, the single-vendor bet argument. A lot of partners hedge on vendor relationships as a form of risk management, but Turning Point went the other way. And the case Josh makes is essentially that depth beats breadth – that knowing how to navigate a large vendor’s internal matrix quickly is itself a competitive advantage for customers. When someone needs an answer today, knowing exactly who to call inside Dell and getting it done in hours instead of days is a real differentiator. Doesn’t show up in a product spec, but it does show up in the relationship. Second, the AI adoption ladder. The AI Factory is the right concept, but maybe too large a bite for most of the Canadian market. What’s changing now – and what you heard Josh describe with the solution center and the GB10 pilots – is AI becoming consumable at the entry level. Small win, prove the model, scale it up. That’s how it actually gets adopted in the mid-market and SMB space, and the partners who figured out how to structure that journey are the ones who are going to win those accounts. And third, backup is the last line of defense, not the first. Josh put it plainly: if you don’t trust your last line of defense, it doesn’t really matter what you spend on top of it. And if your backup infrastructure gets hit with a ransomware attack – which is increasingly the whole point of the attack – and you’ve filed an insurance claim on top of that, you can’t touch it until the insurance company is done with their analysis. You’re building from scratch. That air gap, clean recovery point is the whole game. Not a nice-to-have. If you’re enjoying the show, please follow or subscribe wherever you listen. We’re on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, the usual suspects. And if you have a moment to leave a rating or review, please do. Until next time, I’m Robert Dutt for ChannelBuzz.ca, and I’ll see you in the channel.

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AOBPrime Time reminderVibe codingVegas recapZach PanelQ panel (video not up yet)NEWSVegas Product AnnouncementsBlock launched a new Bitkey hardware wallet with a secure touchscreen and 2-of-3 multisig that removes the need for seed phrases, tying transaction verification directly to the device screen (Bitcoin Magazine).Blockstream released Jade Core, an entry-level open-source hardware wallet with Bluetooth pairing, offline signing, and Blind Oracle PIN protection (Bitcoin Magazine).Lightspark became a Visa principal member and unveiled Grid Global Accounts, connecting Bitcoin-based payments to 175M Visa merchants across 33 countries with plans to reach 100 by year-end (news.bitcoin.com).Block demoed Square NFC tap-to-pay for Bitcoin settled over the Lightning Network with 0% processing fees through 2026, with 800,000+ Square merchants already auto-enrolled (block.xyz).Aven unveiled a Bitcoin-backed Visa credit card with revolving credit lines from $1K to $1M starting at 7.99% APR, 2% cash back, and BitGo custody (GreekReporter).Cash App rolled out auto-conversion of P2P payments into Bitcoin, a 5% Bitcoin Back rewards program at Square merchants, and 5x higher withdrawal limits ($10K/day, $25K/week) (block.xyz).Tether Investments proposed a three-way merger of Twenty One Capital, Strike, and Elektron Energy to combine treasury, mining, lending, and capital markets, with Elektron contributing roughly 5% of global hashrate (BM).Sztorc eCash ForkTopic: Paul Sztorc announced a Bitcoin hard fork called "eCash" set for August 2026 (block 964,000). Copies Bitcoin's ledger but reassigns ~500,000 of Satoshi's forked coins to early investors. 80-85% negative community reaction.Posted: April 24-28, 2026LinkDOJ "Developer Exemptions" Announced at Bitcoin 2026 - But Are They Real?Published: April 27-28, 2026Sources: The Rage | Crypto.newsSummary: Acting AG Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel told Bitcoin 2026 that developers who write code without "knowingly" helping criminals will not be charged. Blanche claimed the DOJ has "fundamentally changed the game" and ended "regulation by prosecution." L0la L33tz at The Rage argues the exemption is performative - the government's existing cases treat receiving a complaint email or reading a news article about misuse as sufficient "knowledge."Keonne Rodriguez Writes from Prison - "Letter #6: Two Years In"Published: April 25, 2026Sources: The Rage | Reason MagazineSummary: Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez published his sixth letter from federal prison, marking two years since his arrest. He's serving 5 years for conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money-transmitting business. Trump said he would "look into" a pardon but has taken no action.Tornado Cash Retrial: DOJ Pushes for October DatePublished: Ongoing (retrial proposed October 2026)Sources: The Rage (April 22)Summary: Prosecutors are pushing for an October 2026 retrial of Roman Storm on money laundering and sanctions charges after a jury deadlocked in August 2025. Storm was convicted on the unlicensed money transmitter charge but the jury couldn't agree on the two more serious counts (up to 40 years combined).Vercel Hack Exposes Crypto Infrastructure Supply Chain RiskPublished: April 20, 2026Source: LINKSummary: Vercel disclosed a breach traced to a compromised Google Workspace connection through a third-party AI tool (Context.ai). The hack exposed environment variables and API keys for numerous Web3 projects. Solana DEX Orca confirmed it rotated all deployment credentials. A cybercrime forum post claimed to be selling Vercel data for $2M.BIP47DBPublished: May 3, 2026Source: LINKSummary: An open protocol for inscribing BIP47 reusable payment codes onto the Bitcoin blockchain using Ordinals inscriptions with compressed binary encoding. The protocol creates a decentralised, censorship-resistant, and publicly verifiable directory of payment codes that eliminates single points of failure in the PayNym ecosystem. Anyone may write to the directory, and all entries are client-side verifiable against the secp256k1 curve.RELEASESZeus v13.0.0 - April 27, 2026Major release: new "node in the phone" using LDK Node, redesigned onboarding, embedded LND channel migration preserving existing channels, Cashu protocol rewrite with offline transaction capabilities, embedded LND upgraded to v0.20.1-beta, revamped amount input with currency selection, Cashu mint review via Nostr social graph, ZEUS Pay+ custom profiles, Android stealth mode. Over 100 merged PRs.Release linkMempool v3.3.0 - April 21, 2026Major release: taproot script tree visualization, sighash highlighting, stale block comparisons, annexes support, sub-1-sat/vB transaction handling, ephemeral dust support, PSBT signature display, Liquid Simplicity support, new API endpoints, Angular framework upgrade. v3.3.1 hotfix same day.Release linkUmbrel 1.7.0 / 1.7.1 - April 27-28, 2026Home screen shortcuts, built-in text editor in Files, advanced networking (hostname customization, static IP), network sharing for external USB drives, 17 new languages. v1.7.1 fixed a false storage error on restart.Release linkBTCPay Server v2.3.8 / v2.3.9 - April 23-24, 2026v2.3.8: Enhanced subscription management with new API routes, improved POS QR code login, LUD-21 support for LNURL-pay verification. v2.3.9: Patch fixing server recovery after plugin crashes and xpub parsing issue.Release linkBULL Bitcoin v6.9.1 - April 21, 2026FSS10 migration fallback for Android, Colombia (COP) deposit support, real-time WebSocket notifications, 11 new languages, Ledger hardware wallet support. Extensive bug fixes.Release linkEnvoy v2.2.14 - April 23, 2026Hardened iOS Bluetooth connectivity, fixes for Passport Prime account display, Magic Backup bug fixes, coin control/fee flow improvements, updated translations.Release linkCake Wallet v6.1.0 / v6.1.2 - April 20-23, 2026Native USDT bridging between Ethereum, Polygon, and Arbitrum. Optimized core engine, improved multi-chain wallet stability, Lightning invoice generation and EVM connectivity fixes.Release linkStart9 v0.4.0-beta.7 - April 29, 2026Beta for the complete StartOS rewrite. Tunnel design refinements, backup reliability fixes with rsync and CIFS support, improved TCP connection timeouts in reverse proxy. Requires careful update process.Release linkLNbits v1.5.4 - April 23, 2026Ability for operators to cap number of users or extensions per instance. AppImage installation fix. 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Cet été, la famille met le cap sur l'Egypte pour réaliser un rêve de longue date : une croisière plongée en mer Rouge !Mais comment préparer une telle expédition quand on part en famille, avec deux plongeurs (Lucie et Papa) et deux non-plongeurs (Gabin et Maman) qui resteront majoritairement en surface ?Pour répondre à toutes nos questions, nous recevons notre ami Sébastien Salingue. Auteur de bandes dessinées et moniteur très expérimenté, Seb arpente les eaux égyptiennes depuis plus de 20 ans.Dans ce premier volet de notre série "Croisière en mer Rouge", il nous décortique l'itinéraire mythique que nous allons emprunter à bord d'un navire Diving Attitude : le fameux itinéraire Nord.D'Hurghada jusqu'aux magnifiques récifs de Safaga, en passant par la pointe du Sinaï et Ras Mohamed, Seb nous explique pourquoi ce parcours est le meilleur choix pour une famille.La grande force de cet itinéraire ? Son accessibilité. Que vous soyez plongeur tech, niveau 1 ou adepte du snorkeling, la topographie des sites permet à chacun de s'émerveiller à sa façon.Lucie a déjà les yeux qui brillent à l'évocation des nombreuses épaves qui jalonnent le parcours. Sébastien nous emmène au cœur du célèbre SS Thistlegorm, coulé en 1941, avec sa cargaison de motos, camions et fusils. Une épave posée bien droite, dont les ponts supérieurs remontent à une vingtaine de mètres, la rendant très lumineuse et passionnante. Il nous parle aussi des impressionnants tombants vertigineux de Ras Mohamed, plongeant en ligne droite jusqu'à plus de 300 mètres, et des fabuleux jardins de coraux de Panorama Reef.Mais la vraie question qui taraude Gabin, c'est de savoir si Maman et lui vont s'ennuyer sur le bateau. Absolument pas ! La majorité des récifs coralliens effleure la surface, pour des sessions de snorkeling grandioses. Cet itinéraire côtier permet aussi d'admirer les montagnes du Sinaï, offrant des levers et couchers de soleil inoubliables. Le tout depuis le confort exceptionnel de l'Altaïr, le tout dernier bateau de Diving Attitude, parfaitement pensé autant pour les plongeurs que pour se détendre avec un bon livre ou une BD.

Dans cet épisode, Emmanuelle Le Pichon, directrice du CREFO, rencontre Eric Mijts, professeur à l'Université d'Aruba.Eric Mijts est chercheur et intellectuel engagé dont les travaux portent sur les langues, les écologies linguistiques et les rapports entre langage, savoirs et sociétés. Ses réflexions s'inscrivent dans une approche critique et relationnelle des langues, envisagées comme des pratiques vivantes, situées et profondément liées aux dynamiques culturelles, sociales et environnementales. À travers ses recherches, ses écrits et ses interventions, il explore les enjeux de diversité linguistique, de transmission des savoirs et de responsabilité collective face aux transformations contemporaines.

Le corail est à l'océan ce que les forêts sont aux continents sauf qu'à La Réunion comme dans de nombreuses parties du monde, il est très abîmé. C'est inquiétant car les coraux, qui ne couvrent que 0,2% de la surface de l'océan, abritent un tiers de la biodiversité marine. (Rediffusion du 23/06/23) Il est donc urgent de réagir et c'est l'objectif du projet PAREO initié par Pascale Chabanet de l'IRD. Un projet d'éducation à l'environnement pour la protection des récifs coralliens dans l'océan Indien. Les enfants formés par des scientifiques explorent le lagon et réalisent des œuvres d'art avec l'aide d'artistes pour sensibiliser leur entourage. Cela donne des résultats impressionnants comme vous allez pouvoir le constater dans cette émission.  Pour en savoir plus : le projet PAREO. Avec le soutien de l'Union européenne.  

Le corail est à l'océan ce que les forêts sont aux continents sauf qu'à La Réunion comme dans de nombreuses parties du monde, il est très abîmé. C'est inquiétant car les coraux, qui ne couvrent que 0,2% de la surface de l'océan, abritent un tiers de la biodiversité marine. (Rediffusion du 23/06/23) Il est donc urgent de réagir et c'est l'objectif du projet PAREO initié par Pascale Chabanet de l'IRD. Un projet d'éducation à l'environnement pour la protection des récifs coralliens dans l'océan Indien. Les enfants formés par des scientifiques explorent le lagon et réalisent des œuvres d'art avec l'aide d'artistes pour sensibiliser leur entourage. Cela donne des résultats impressionnants comme vous allez pouvoir le constater dans cette émission.  Pour en savoir plus : le projet PAREO. Avec le soutien de l'Union européenne.  

durée : 00:05:09 - Avec sciences - par : Alexandra Delbot - Dix ans après Tara Pacific, la goélette met le cap sur le Triangle du corail, l'une des régions les plus riches en biodiversité marine. Grâce à un Wet Lab embarqué, cette nouvelle expédition baptisée Tara Coral veut comprendre ce qui rend certains récifs plus résistants au réchauffement. - invités : Paola Furla Co-directrice de la mission Tara Coral, spécialiste de la symbiose des coraux et professeure de l'Université Côte d'Azur

Alors, voici l'essentiel sur l'état critique des récifs coralliens. So, here is the essential information about the critical state of coral reefs.De quoi on parle ? What are we talking about?D'une grosse étude internationale menée par 160 chercheurs. About a major international study led by 160 researchers.Et leur message est clair : attention, les récifs coralliens tropicaux, et bien, ils ont sûrement déjà franchi un point de non-retour. And their message is clear: beware, tropical coral reefs, well, they have surely already crossed a point of no return.Ça, ça veut dire un risque de vrais bouleversements écologiques à l'échelle de la planète. That means a risk of real ecological upheavals on a planetary scale.Déjà, le réchauffement qu'on a là, 1,4 degré de plus qu'avant l'industrie, c'est dévastateur pour eux. Already, the warming we have now, 1.4 degrees more than before the industrial era, is devastating for them.Ce fameux point de non-retour, on y est. That famous point of no return, we are there.L'étude le dit avec quasi certitude. The study states it with near certainty.Les conséquences, elles sont là et elles sont graves. The consequences, they are here and they are serious.Avec le réchauffement actuel, les coraux meurent comme jamais avant. With the current warming, corals are dying like never before.Et attention, si on arrive à 1,5 degré de plus et ça pourrait arriver d'ici quelques années si on ne réduit pas vite les émissions, la grande majorité des coraux sera tout simplement condamnée. And be careful, if we reach 1.5 degrees more, and that could happen within a few years if we don't quickly reduce emissions, the vast majority of corals will simply be doomed. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Le réchauffement climatique ayant franchi des seuils dangereux plus tôt que prévu, les récifs coralliens de la planète sont désormais confrontés à une extinction quasi irréversible.

La vague de chaleur marine de l'été dernier a été la plus importante et la plus intense jamais enregistrée en Australie-Occidentale, selon un nouveau rapport de l'Institut australien des sciences marines. Cette chaleur persistante a provoqué un blanchissement sans précédent des récifs d'Australie-Occidentale, et les experts estiment qu'il faudra peut-être des mois pour connaître l'étendue réelle des dégâts.

Dernier épisode de notre série spéciale Polynésie : direction Rangiroa, un atoll du bout du monde, pour une immersion très différente des îles précédentes. Comme d'habitude, ce récit est mis en voix avec LM Notebook, à partir de mon carnet de voyage sur le blog.

This podcast was not read by synthetic AI generated replicas … although it could be. Live from the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies in Denmark, together with three trained communications professionals, we discuss the future of their field. If there even is one.FARSIGHT podcast host and Head of Publications at the CIFS Casper Skovgaard Petersen, Head of Communications Toke Hanghøj and new CIFS partner, and host Jo Lepore discuss the synthetification of what we create and what we consume.Technology is rapidly upending the traditional media industry. As this happens, we see literacy rates declining and the increasing ease of outsourcing writing and thinking. So too, all of this influences the stories we create and tell about the future. Whether we paint visions as warning for where our vices may take us, or as a mirror to reflect back what parts of humanity we do not want to lose. And of course, there are lessons in looking back at the past and the stories we told each other that no longer hold true.----------More:Looking Outside podcast www.looking-outside.comConnect with host, Jo Lepore on LinkedIn & X & jolepore.comLearn more about Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies Listen to the FARSIGHT podcast & read the publicationFollow Casper & Toke on LinkedIn----------⭐ Follow & rate the show - it makes a difference!----------Looking Outside is a podcast exploring fresh perspectives of familiar topics. Hosted by its creator, futurist and strategist, Jo Lepore. New episodes every 2 weeks. Never the same topic.All views are that of the host and guests and don't necessarily reflect those of their employers. Copyright 2025. Theme songs by Azteca X.

Les Poissons-Papillons sont des “butineurs” des récifs (130 espèces). Ils doivent leur nom à leurs extraordinaires livrées qui rappellent celles des plus beaux papillons et au fait qu'ils "butinent" leur nourriture dans les récifs coralliens. Ils sont le plus souvent rayés en blanc, noir et jaune. La plupart d'entre eux arborent un masque noir de zorro sur les yeux. La robe des juvéniles est souvent très différente de celle des adultes. Nous en verrons bientôt l'utilité.Leur museau tubulaire est doté de petites dents. Leur nom de famille vient d'ailleurs de là : chaetodontidae signifie “dents en forme de mini-poils” en grec. Souvent leur corps porte une grosse tache sombre, un ocelle, qui évoque un œil, ce qui peut effrayer d'éventuels prédateurs. Ces poissons sont inféodés aux récifs tropicaux. Ils se nourrissent de petits invertébrés, de plancton et parfois de corail et d'autres cnidaires, comme les anémones de mer. De nombreuses espèces de Poissons-Papillons sont considérées comme des bioindicateurs de l'état de santé des coraux. Leurs déjections contiennent des microalgues vivantes... que les jeunes coraux récupèrent comme colocs afin de vivre en symbiose.Ces déjections pourraient remédier au blanchiment du corail, phénomène provoqué par le réchauffement climatique. Ce "bleeching" tue le corail et menace à court terme les 3/4 des récifs coralliens de la planète... qui abritent 1/4 des espèces sous-marines connues. Des captures de Poissons-Papillons, dont les ancêtre sont arrivés depuis la mer Rouge via le canal de Suez, ont parfois lieu en Méditerranée, mais demeurent rares (cas de migration “lessepsienne”, du nom de l'ingénieur du canal de Suez). Ces poissons sublimes sont très appréciés dans les aquariums d'eau de mer… mais difficiles à nourrir, car leur alimentation est très spécialisée.___

Le récif corallien est de plus en plus affecté par le réchauffement climatique à la Réunion. Alors face aux défis qui s'annoncent, des spécialistes ont décidé d'enregistrer les sons du récif. Parce que le monde sous-marin est bien moins silencieux qu'on ne le croit. Et grâce à ces enregistrements, ce récif pourra être mieux protégé... Merci pour votre écoute Transversales, c'est également en direct tous les samedis de 12h à 13h00 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes de Transversales sur notre plateforme Auvio.be : https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/492 Retrouvez tous les contenus de la RTBF sur notre plateforme Auvio.beRetrouvez également notre offre info ci-dessous :Le Monde en Direct : https://audmns.com/TkxEWMELes Clés : https://audmns.com/DvbCVrHLe Tournant : https://audmns.com/moqIRoC5 Minutes pour Comprendre : https://audmns.com/dHiHssrLes couleurs de l'info : https://audmns.com/MYzowgwMatin Première : https://audmns.com/aldzXlmEt ses séquences-phares : L'Invité Politique : https://audmns.com/LNCogwP L'édito politique « Les Coulisses du Pouvoir » : https://audmns.com/vXWPcqx L'humour de Matin Première : https://audmns.com/tbdbwoQN'oubliez pas de vous y abonner pour ne rien manquer.Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Protéger les océans en restaurant des écosystèmes côtiers et donner des informations sur l'état des récifs coralliens. C'est la mission de Tēnaka qui envoie des plongeurs effectuer des suivis et des bouées connectées pour collecter des informations photographiques. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SMART IMPACT - Le magazine de l'économie durable et responsable SMART IMPACT, votre émission dédiée à la RSE et à la transition écologique des entreprises. Découvrez des actions inspirantes, des solutions innovantes et rencontrez les leaders du changement.

Protéger les océans en restaurant des écosystèmes côtiers et donner des informations sur l'état des récifs coralliens. C'est la mission de Tēnaka qui envoie des plongeurs effectuer des suivis et des bouées connectées pour collecter des informations photographiques.-----------------------------------------------------------------------SMART IMPACT - Le magazine de l'économie durable et responsableSMART IMPACT, votre émission dédiée à la RSE et à la transition écologique des entreprises. Découvrez des actions inspirantes, des solutions innovantes et rencontrez les leaders du changement.

durée : 00:04:27 - Le Reportage de la rédaction - Les constats sur l'effondrement de la biodiversité se multiplient au niveau mondial. À la Réunion, le recouvrement corallien a ainsi baissé de 40% depuis les années 1980. En cause, le réchauffement climatique, les comportements des usagers, mais aussi, l'impact des activités humaines sur la terre.

durée : 00:04:27 - Le Reportage de la rédaction - Les constats sur l'effondrement de la biodiversité se multiplient au niveau mondial. À la Réunion, le recouvrement corallien a ainsi baissé de 40% depuis les années 1980. En cause, le réchauffement climatique, les comportements des usagers, mais aussi, l'impact des activités humaines sur la terre.

durée : 00:04:55 - Le Reportage de la rédaction - Les constats sur l'effondrement de la biodiversité se multiplient au niveau mondial. À la Réunion, le recouvrement corallien a ainsi baissé de 40% depuis les années 1980. En cause, le réchauffement climatique, les comportements des usagers, mais aussi, l'impact des activités humaines sur la terre.

durée : 00:04:55 - Le Reportage de la rédaction - Les constats sur l'effondrement de la biodiversité se multiplient au niveau mondial. À la Réunion, le recouvrement corallien a ainsi baissé de 40% depuis les années 1980. En cause, le réchauffement climatique, les comportements des usagers, mais aussi, l'impact des activités humaines sur la terre.

Le chorégraphe Simon Ramseier, à la tête de la Compagnie Patiperros, dévoile une nouvelle création inclusive, intitulée Le Chant des Récifs, en collaboration avec l'Association dansehabile. Cette œuvre poétique de danse contemporaine s'inspire de la résilience des récifs coralliens, métaphore de la diversité biologique, mentale, physique et sociale. À travers le mouvement, cette création souligne la force et la beauté de cette diversité, tout en questionnant la fragilité humaine et notre capacité à surmonter les défis. Le spectacle est interprété par des danseurs avec et sans handicap, renforçant ainsi le message d'inclusion et de résilience face aux obstacles. Il établit un parallèle profond entre les récifs coralliens, menacés par le changement climatique, et la condition humaine. Les premières représentations de Le Chant des Récifs auront lieu à Genève du 6 au 10 novembre 2024. Ce spectacle promet d'être un moment fort de réflexion artistique sur les défis contemporains et la manière dont la diversité et la résilience se reflètent dans la danse. Dans cette émission, Simon Ramseier nous livre les coulisses de cette création, ses inspirations et les enjeux de son œuvre.  

Au moins 160 espèces sous-marines sont revenues s'installer dans la calanque de Cortiou, à Marseille, grâce à des récifs artificiels. L'écosystème a été fortement dégradé depuis le 19ᵉ siècle par des rejets polluants. Toutefois, la pertinence d'un tel dispositif fait débat. De notre correspondante à Marseille,Oursins, crustacés, éponges, bryozoaires… et une farandole de poissons ! Au moins 160 espèces sous-marines ont trouvé refuge dans les 36 récifs artificiels immergés de la calanque de Cortiou à Marseille, selon l'Agence de l'eau - Rhône, Méditerranée, Corse. « La vie sous-marine a été très perturbée. On voulait voir si la vie pouvait reprendre, et ces résultats sont très encourageants ! », se félicite Annick Mièvre, directrice régionale Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur et Corse de cette agence.Car dès le 19ᵉ siècle, Cortiou sert de déversoir pour les eaux usées de Marseille et l'afflux de rejets polluants perturbe durement l'écosystème de la calanque. En 1987, une station d'épuration est érigée pour traiter les eaux usées avant de les envoyer vers la calanque : moindre mal pour Cortiou. Mais l'amélioration de la qualité de l'eau ne suffit pas à faire revenir les populations marines.« Biomasse ne veut pas dire qualité écologique »Suggéré notamment par le Parc national des calanques, le projet Rexcor est lancé en 2017. « L'idée était de donner un coup de pouce à la vie marine qui n'était pas revenue d'elle-même », explique Annick Mièvre. Quatre « villages à poissons », constitués de plusieurs récifs chacun, sont immergés entre 10 et 25 mètres de profondeur. Le site le plus proche se situe à 200 mètres du point de rejet polluant, deux autres à 700 mètres et le dernier à 1,5 kilomètre. « Cela permet d'étudier le retour de la vie marine en fonction de la proximité avec le point de pollution », explique Sandrine Ruitton, chercheuse à l'Institut méditerranéen d'océanologie. Les récifs doivent durer au moins 30 ans et résister à une houle de 9 mètres.Sept ans plus tard, tous les sites sont colonisés : « On en a déduit que la vie pouvait reprendre, y compris à proximité du rejet », remarque Annick Mièvre de l'Agence de l'eau. Ce qui, selon elle, pourrait donner naissance à d'autres projets de ce type aux abords de lieux ainsi dégradés.« Attention, pondère Sandrine Ruitton, la présence de biomasse [matière organique végétale ou animale, NDLR] ne veut pas dire qualité écologique ! Il y a des espèces qui prolifèrent, qui sont invasives, mais il peut aussi y avoir la présence de gros prédateurs, comme les congres. » La chercheuse plonge chaque saison pour observer le peuplement des récifs et rappelle que « toute structure immergée se colonise automatiquement, parce qu'elle représente un habitat pour les espèces qui y trouveront à manger, même en zone polluée ». Certaines espèces comme les mérous et les labres, plus sensibles, ne sont pas revenues à proximité du rejet polluant.À lire aussi Journée des océans : les coraux n'ont pas dit leur dernier motDes eaux toujours polluéesCertes, les eaux rejetées répondent désormais aux normes environnementales, mais elles restent sales. « En plus, c'est de l'eau douce : on a donc une modification locale de la salinité de l'eau, ce qui entraîne des modifications de l'environnement », analyse Sandrine Ruitton. Pour elle, « on ne peut pas parler de restauration écologique », car il aurait fallu stopper la pression responsable de la dégradation de l'écosystème. Or dans ce cas, « la source de pollution n'est pas stoppée. »Vu l'état toujours dégradé de la zone, la scientifique interroge la pertinence d'une telle expérimentation. D'autant que lors d'épisodes orageux, la station d'épuration sature et ouvre les vannes sans traiter les eaux usées et en laissant parfois passer des macro-déchets. Alors canettes et bouteilles en plastique se retrouvent au fond de Cortiou.À 1,4 million d'euros, la scientifique s'interroge sur la pertinence du projet « qui ne préserve pas l'environnement » comme auraient pu le faire des actions de sensibilisation ou de protection. « Il ne faut pas perdre de vue que les récifs artificialisent le milieu. Ce n'est pas optimum quand on veut restaurer un écosystème », ajoute-t-elle. 300 tonnes de béton ont ainsi été déposées dans le fond de Cortiou.À écouter dans C'est pas du vent Quand les enfants deviennent les ambassadeurs des récifs coralliens de l'océan Indien

This was my favorite pentest tale of pwnage to date!  There's a lot to cover in this episode so I'm going to try and bullet out the TLDR version here: Sprinkled farmer files around the environment Found high-priv boxes with WebClient enabled Added “ghost” machine to the Active Directory (we'll call it GHOSTY) RBCD attack to be able to impersonate a domain admin using the CIFS/SMB service against the victim system where some higher-priv users were sitting Use net.py to add myself to local admin on the victim host Find a vulnerable service to hijack and have run an evil, TGT-gathering Rubeus.exe – found that Credential Guard was cramping my style! Pulled the TGT from a host not protected with Credential Guard Figured out the stolen user's account has some “write” privileges to a domain controller Use rbcd.py to delegate from GHOSTY and to the domain controller Request a TGT for GHOSTY Use getST.py to impersonate CIFS using a domain admin account on the domain controller (important thing here was to specify the DC by its FQDN, not just hostname) Final move: use the domain admin ccache file to leverage net.py and add myself to the Active Directory Administrators group

Le corail est à l'océan ce que les forêts sont aux continents sauf qu'à La Réunion comme dans de nombreuses parties du monde, il est très abîmé. C'est inquiétant car les coraux, qui ne couvrent que 0,2% de la surface de l'océan, abritent un tiers de la biodiversité marine. Il est donc urgent de réagir et c'est l'objectif du projet PAREO initié par Pascale Chabanet de l'IRD. Un projet d'éducation à l'environnement pour la protection des récifs coralliens dans l'océan Indien. Les enfants formés par des scientifiques explorent le lagon et réalisent des œuvres d'art avec l'aide d'artistes pour sensibiliser leur entourage. Cela donne des résultats impressionnants comme vous allez pouvoir le constater dans cette émission. (Rediffusion du 23/06/2023) Pour en savoir plus : le projet PAREO.Avec le soutien de l'Union européenne.

Le corail est à l'océan ce que les forêts sont aux continents sauf qu'à La Réunion comme dans de nombreuses parties du monde, il est très abîmé. C'est inquiétant car les coraux, qui ne couvrent que 0,2% de la surface de l'océan, abritent un tiers de la biodiversité marine. Il est donc urgent de réagir et c'est l'objectif du projet PAREO initié par Pascale Chabanet de l'IRD. Un projet d'éducation à l'environnement pour la protection des récifs coralliens dans l'océan Indien. Les enfants formés par des scientifiques explorent le lagon et réalisent des œuvres d'art avec l'aide d'artistes pour sensibiliser leur entourage. Cela donne des résultats impressionnants comme vous allez pouvoir le constater dans cette émission. (Rediffusion du 23/06/2023) Pour en savoir plus : le projet PAREO.Avec le soutien de l'Union européenne.

durée : 00:03:38 - Demain l'éco - par : Annabelle Grelier - LineUp Ocean, une jeune entreprise à mission spécialisée dans l'éco conception des aménagements durables du littoral déploiera à l'automne à Palavas-les-Flots des récifs artificiels en béton bas-carbone. Inspirés de la nature, ces modérateurs de houle veulent concilier écologie et tourisme.

Tore Klevjer has been involved with the volunteer charity organisation Cult Information and Family Support (CIFS) since its very formation almost three decades ago, in 1996. Avid listeners of this podcast will know that the end of every episode mentions CIFS. We're lucky in Australia to have this incredibly dedicated group of volunteers who support those impacted by cults and offer a variety of assistance to both former members and the loved ones of those affected. Find out what CIFS does, what it sees as the biggest obstacles facing leavers, how to support its work, and what drives Tore to keep at it after all these years.Full episode page here. You can support us on Patreon or with a one-off donation or merch purchase.Links:Cult Information and Family Support — official websiteStarting Out in Mainstream America — by Livia Bardin (available for free online via the ICSA)With thanks to our episode sponsor, The Finance and Property Survival Guide podcast. If you have been personally affected by involvement in a cult, or would like to support those who have been, you can find support with or donate to Cult Information and Family Support if you're in Australia, or with the International Cultic Studies Association.If you or someone you know is in crisis or needs support right now, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 in Australia, or find your local crisis centre via the International Association for Suicide Prevention website. Subscribe and support the production of this independent podcast, and you can access early + ad-free episodes at https://plus.acast.com/s/lets-talk-about-sects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

durée : 00:51:26 - Sapienza - FB RCFM - Nous plongeons au cœur des océans à la découverte des coraux désormais soumis à ce que l'on nomme l'acidification des eaux et à la pollution plastique, avec le chercheur en biologie et écologie marine Sylvain Agostini en direct depuis l'université de Tsukuba.

Lindy chats again with Tore, president of Cult Information and Family Support Australia. Tore explains some of the supports CIFS offers leavers of cult groups. The two talk about the importance of group support for ex-cultists, why cult leavers need psycho-education about cults, and how critical it is for survivors to talk to someone who understands. Tore explains why therapists need to be trained in the unique impacts of cults in order to deliver therapy which addresses a cult leaver's needs. Show Notes Website: Cult Information and Family Support Australia Event: Regain & Restore Freedom of Mind - Weekend Workshop with Toire Klevyer - 3-5th May 2024 Article: ABC Life in a cult - how I escaped Audio: ABC The psychological tricks that make cults so dangerous Website: International Cultic Studies Association Book: Steve Hassan's Combatting Cult Mind Control Website: Gillie Jenkinson Hope Valley Counselling Book: Walking Free from the Trauma of Coercive, Cultic and Spiritual Abuse - A Workbook for Recovery and Abuse by Gillie Jenkinson

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Aujourd'hui, direction l'océan Pacifique à la rencontre du corail !

Bonjour, avec moi aujourd'hui Sylvain Pioch qui est un spécialiste des récifs artificiels. Est-ce que vous pouvez nous en dire plus sur les récifs artificiels ainsi que sur la différence avec les habitats artificiels ? Alors les récifs en fait servent de support à la faune et à la flore et dès lors qu'on va […]

Bonjour, avec moi aujourd'hui Sylvain Pioch qui est un spécialiste des récifs artificiels. Est-ce que vous pouvez nous en dire plus sur les récifs artificiels ainsi que sur la différence avec les habitats artificiels ? Alors les récifs en fait servent de support à la faune et à la flore et dès lors qu'on va […]

Bonjour, avec moi aujourd'hui Sylvain Pioch qui est un spécialiste des récifs artificiels. Est-ce que vous pouvez nous en dire plus sur les récifs artificiels ainsi que sur la différence avec les habitats artificiels ? Alors les récifs en fait servent de support à la faune et à la flore et dès lors qu'on va […]

Bonjour, avec moi aujourd'hui Sylvain Pioch qui est un spécialiste des récifs artificiels. Est-ce que vous pouvez nous en dire plus sur les récifs artificiels ainsi que sur la différence avec les habitats artificiels ? Alors les récifs en fait servent de support à la faune et à la flore et dès lors qu'on va […]

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Le corail est à l'océan ce que les forêts sont aux continents sauf qu'à La Réunion comme dans de nombreuses parties du monde, il est très abîmé. C'est inquiétant car les coraux, qui ne couvrent que 0,2% de la surface de l'océan, abritent un tiers de la biodiversité marine. Il est donc urgent de réagir et c'est l'objectif du projet PAREO initié par Pascale Chabanet de l'IRD. (Rediffusion) Un projet d'éducation à l'environnement pour la protection des récifs coralliens dans l'océan Indien. Les enfants formés par des scientifiques explorent le lagon et réalisent des œuvres d'art avec l'aide d'artistes pour sensibiliser leur entourage. Cela donne des résultats impressionnants comme vous allez pouvoir le constater dans cette émission.Pour en savoir plus : le projet PAREO.Avec le soutien de l'Union européenne. 

Le corail est à l'océan ce que les forêts sont aux continents sauf qu'à La Réunion comme dans de nombreuses parties du monde, il est très abîmé. C'est inquiétant car les coraux, qui ne couvrent que 0,2% de la surface de l'océan, abritent un tiers de la biodiversité marine. Il est donc urgent de réagir et c'est l'objectif du projet PAREO initié par Pascale Chabanet de l'IRD. (Rediffusion) Un projet d'éducation à l'environnement pour la protection des récifs coralliens dans l'océan Indien. Les enfants formés par des scientifiques explorent le lagon et réalisent des œuvres d'art avec l'aide d'artistes pour sensibiliser leur entourage. Cela donne des résultats impressionnants comme vous allez pouvoir le constater dans cette émission.Pour en savoir plus : le projet PAREO.Avec le soutien de l'Union européenne. 

Parfois les bateaux s'abîment en mer, sur des récifs qu'ils n'ont pas eu le temps de voir, d'où peuvent-ils venir ?Cette légende vous est racontée par Arnaud Guillou. Enregistrement : Studio Module. Montage, création musicale et sonore : Le Phonarium. Illustration : Yuio. Et moi, Mathieu, je l'ai écrite ! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/les-ptites-histoires. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Le corail est à l'océan ce que les forêts sont aux continents sauf qu'à La Réunion comme dans de nombreuses parties du monde, il est très abîmé. C'est inquiétant car les coraux, qui ne couvrent que 0,2% de la surface de l'océan, abritent un tiers de la biodiversité marine. Il est donc urgent de réagir et c'est l'objectif du projet PAREO initié par Pascale Chabanet de l'IRD. Un projet d'éducation à l'environnement pour la protection des récifs coralliens dans l'océan Indien. Les enfants formés par des scientifiques explorent le lagon et réalisent des œuvres d'art avec l'aide d'artistes pour sensibiliser leur entourage. Cela donne des résultats impressionnants comme vous allez pouvoir le constater dans cette émission.  Pour en savoir plus : le projet PAREO.Avec le soutien de l'Union européenne. 

Le corail est à l'océan ce que les forêts sont aux continents sauf qu'à La Réunion comme dans de nombreuses parties du monde, il est très abîmé. C'est inquiétant car les coraux, qui ne couvrent que 0,2% de la surface de l'océan, abritent un tiers de la biodiversité marine. Il est donc urgent de réagir et c'est l'objectif du projet PAREO initié par Pascale Chabanet de l'IRD. Un projet d'éducation à l'environnement pour la protection des récifs coralliens dans l'océan Indien. Les enfants formés par des scientifiques explorent le lagon et réalisent des œuvres d'art avec l'aide d'artistes pour sensibiliser leur entourage. Cela donne des résultats impressionnants comme vous allez pouvoir le constater dans cette émission.  Pour en savoir plus : le projet PAREO.Avec le soutien de l'Union européenne. 

Series ThreeThis episode of #TheNewAbnormal podcast features Lasse Jonasson, Director & Futurist at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS) where he also heads their advisory service. CIFS is a global leader in applying futures studies methodologies to solve strategic challenges within organisations. Their core advisory offerings include megatrend analysis, scenario planning, risk assessment, innovation processes, and strategic foresight. The Institute is a truly global entity, working for and with public, private, and academic organisations around the world. This includes governments and Fortune 500 companies, to startups and NGOs, on a strategic level. Therefore, and as you'll hear, we discuss a wide range of subjects, ranging from the Crisis of Democratic Capitalism to the Future of HR, alongside issues such as navigating complexity and the dynamics of change. And, of course, some implications of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Bard and Baidu's Wenxin Yiyan/Ernie get highlighted...

Dans cet extrait, Amélie, nous décrit par quelles techniques the Coral Planters arrivent à réintroduire des coraux dans le milieu marin, agissant ainsi pour la restauration de cette espèce mais également la préservation de toute une biodiversité environnante. 

Metaverset står overfor en rivende udvikling, hvor grænsen mellem den fysiske og virtuelle verden bliver mere og mere udvisket. Vi får forskellige former for virtuelle verdener, hvor vi kan møde hinanden og digitale objekter i et utal af simulationer. Metaverset vil måske overtage internettet som platform for nye former for underholdning, uddannelse og handel. Det vil give folk ny adgang til socialisering og samarbejde, hvilket potentielt nedbryder barrierer for afstand, natur og kultur. Glæd dig til at lytte til denne episodes gæst fremtidsforsker Sofie Hvidtved, CIFS som er igang med at lave et større Delphi studie der skal kortlægge de mange fremtider som metaverset rummer. Ikke mindst bliver 4 scenarioakser afgørende for vores ejerskab og identitet!Værter: Fremtidsforsker Liselotte Lyngsø - LinkedInIværksætter og forfatter Lars Tvede - LinkedInMedvirkendeFuturist Sofie Hvitved - LinkedInTilrettelægger: Denis Rivin - LinkedInProducent: Kim Pihl-Vester - LinkedIn

Episode #13 - Amélie Carrault, biologiste marin chez The Coral Planters. Restaurer les récifs coralliens  pour préserver la biodiversité marine et nos côtes. Cette semaine nous accueillons à bord Amélie Carrault, biologiste marin chez The Coral Planters. Une association qui œuvre pour la restauration corallienne.  Cet épisode s'inscrit dans un contexte de dégradation massive des récifs coralliens. À l'échelle mondiale, les récifs coralliens sont répartis sur 280 000 km2. Ils recouvrent moins de 0,2 % de la superficie des océans et pourtant, ils abritent un tiers de la biodiversité marine, soit environ 100 000 espèces connues à ce jour. En plus d'être une importante source de biodiversité, les récifs coralliens possèdent d'autres grandes qualités  pour le maintien des équilibres écologiques marins et à ce titre du bien être de l'Homme. Cependant, ces espèces sont confrontées à de nombreuses menaces : artificialisation du territoire, l'aménagement côtier, le rejet des eaux usées, activités agricoles et industrielles et portuaires, les activités liées à la mer, les déchets, et le réchauffement climatique.  Dans cet épisode, nous découvrirons le parcours d'Amélie ainsi que l'histoire et les missions de The Coral Planters pour restaurer les récifs coralliens. The Coral Planters : https://thecoralplanters.org/en/home/ L'épisode est disponible sur toutes les plateformes : Spotify, deezer, Apple podcast et Amazon music !

durée : 00:02:35 - Le billet sciences - Le réchauffement climatique va profiter à certaines espèces animales. Notamment aux hermelles – des vers marins – qui modifient l'aspect de certaines plages.

Les Poissons-Papillons sont des “butineurs” des récifs (130 espèces). Ils doivent leur nom à leurs extraordinaires livrées qui rappellent celles des plus beaux papillons et au fait qu'ils "butinent" leur nourriture dans les récifs coralliens.   Ils sont le plus souvent rayés en blanc, noir et jaune. La plupart d'entre eux arborent un masque noir de zorro sur les yeux. La robe des juvéniles est souvent très différente de celle des adultes. Nous en verrons bientôt l'utilité. Leur museau tubulaire est doté de petites dents. Leur nom de famille vient d'ailleurs de là: chaetodontidae signifie “dents en forme de mini-poils” en grec.   Souvent leur corps porte une grosse tache sombre, un ocelle, qui évoque un œil, ce qui peut effrayer d'éventuels prédateurs.   Ces poissons sont inféodés aux récifs tropicaux. Ils se nourrissent de petits invertébrés, de plancton et parfois de corail et d'autres cnidaires, comme les anémones de mer.   De nombreuses espèces de Poissons-Papillons sont considérées comme des bioindicateurs de l'état de santé des coraux. Leurs déjection contiennent des microalgues vivantes... que les jeunes coraux récupèrent comme colocs afin de vivre en symbiose. Ces déjections pourraient remédier au blanchiment du corail, phénomène provoqué par le réchauffement climatique. Ce "bleeching" tue le corail et menace à court terme les 3/4 des récifs coralliens de la planète... qui abritent 1/4 des espèces sous-marines connues.   Des captures de Poissons-Papillons, dont les ancêtre sonr arrivés depuis la mer Rouge via le canal de Suez, ont parfois lieu en Méditerranée, mais demeurent rares (cas de migration “lessepsienne”, du nom de l'ingénieur du canal de Suez).   Ces poissons sublimes sont très appréciés dans les aquariums d'eau de mer… mais difficiles à nourrir, car leur alimentation est très spécialisée. _______  

Samael Aun Weor claimed that he could remember his own birth, and had identified the only true path to spiritual development. Crucial to his religion was a sexual practice that involved couples never reaching orgasm. Though many who follow his belief system understand sickness to be a result of one's own karma, their master died of stomach cancer in 1977. He claimed that when he died, he would be resurrected. Guest: Lynn Short Full research sources listed here. You can support us on Patreon or Acast+, with a one-off donation, or grab some merch. Sarah Steel's debut book Do As I Say is available on audiobook now. With thanks to Audio-Technica, presenting partner for season 5 of Let's Talk About Sects. Aussie listeners can win some Audio-Technica goodies here! If you have been personally affected by involvement in a cult, or would like to support those who have been, contact Cult Information and Family Support in Australia, or the International Cultic Studies Association outside of Australia.If you or someone you know is in crisis or needs support right now, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 in Australia, or find your local crisis centre via the International Association for Suicide Prevention. Links:Three Mountains — by Samael Aun Weor, Glorian Publishing, 2008Samael Aun Weor — New World Encyclopedia, accessed July 2022The Social Christ — by Samael Aun Weor, 1964Inside the Vestibule of Wisdom — by Samael Aun Weor, 1953Lynn Short - The New Gnostic Society, Sexual Alchemy, & Lucid Dreaming — Trust Me podcast, 6 April 2022Former member of Circle for Investigation of Gnostic Anthropology Aust (CIGA) and Gnosis in Australia — Name Withheld, entry on the CIFS website Subscribe and support the production of this independent podcast, and you can access early + ad-free episodes at https://plus.acast.com/s/lets-talk-about-sects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gabrielle Anctil se demande s'il est possible d'être allergique au crocodile; Charles Prémont nous explique ce qui se produit avec l'eau qui s'échappe de la Terre vers l'espace; Matthieu Dugal s'entretient avec Isabelle Michaud, créatrice de la maison de parfum Monsillage, et Caroline Cormier, enseignante de chimie au Cégep André-Laurendeau, pour comprendre pourquoi le parfum de certaines fleurs ne peut être recueilli; et Véronick Raymond nous présente les travaux de recherche d'Ophélie Tousignant, une étudiante en génie à l'Université de Sherbrooke qui fabrique des récifs de déchets et de bactéries pour lutter contre la contamination et les inondations dans la partie urbaine des cours d'eau.

Interview de Sylvain Pioch, chercheur au laboratoire LAGAM en tant que professeur associé à l'Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier dans le domaine de l'environnement, de l'urbanisme et de la géographie, dédié aux zones marines et côtières. Son objectif est d'améliorer l'intégration de l'environnement dans les constructions et aménagements humains (ports des villes côtières, éoliennes off-shore, brise-lames, digues...). L'éco-conception est-elle la clé ?  Qu'est-ce que l'ingénierie écologique, l'éco-conception et les solutions fondées sur la nature ? Quels sont les bénéfices et limites de l'éco-conception et de l'ingénierie écologique ?  L'innovation technique contribue t-elle concrètement à la réduction des impacts écologiques ?  Peut-elle réduire, à elle seule, les impacts des activités humaines ?  Le capital technique et technologique peut-il remplacer le capital naturel ?  Références :  United Nations Environment Programme and International Union for Conservation of Nature (2021). Nature-based solutions for climate change mitigation. Nairobi and Gland. Mathieu PINAULT, Sylvain PIOCH, Nicolas PASCAL , “Guide pour la mise en oeuvre des mesures compensatoires et la méthode de dimensionnement MERCI-COR,” Documentation Ifrecor, consulté le 3 septembre 2022, http://ifrecor-doc.fr/items/show/1743. Pinault, Mathieu, Sylvain Pioch, et Nicolas Pascal. Guide pour les études d'impact environnemental en milieux coralliens de France d'outre-mer. Guide, livret 1. Paris-La Défense: IFRECOR, 2017. Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

In this episode of #TheNewAbnormal, I interview Tamira Snell, Senior Advisor at the renowned Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies.  CIFS equip and inspire individuals and organisations, decision-makers and the public, to act on the future, today. She's an expert advisor who guides organisations in exploratory insight and innovation processes.With a background in cultural sociology, her field of passion is people – to understand emerging needs, the drivers and barriers behind why and how we live and think, behave and consume the way we do, and to investigate the behavioural patterns and cultural consequences of broader societal currents. As a result, Tamira helps bridge the gap between the present and the future in order to define new opportunity spaces for innovation.In our interview, we discuss her viewpoints around issues inc Design Thinking, Scenario Planning, Health Futures, mega-trends related to Individualism, Immaterialism, Transformation, the No-touch Economy, and Polarisation.Tamira also outlines her plans to circumnavigate the world in her catamaran. I am, to put it mildly, deeply envious. So, I hope you enjoy your coffee while listening! (Talking of which, you can buy me one here if you like: https://ko-fi.com/thenewabnormal).

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Les 5 minutes Renatura », un podcast destiné aux passionnés de nature et d'environnement, animé par l'ONG Renatura Congo. Au travers du volet Education et Sensibilisation à l'Environnement, Renatura Congo diffuse des chroniques environnementales sur la radio Mucodec. Durant 5 minutes, l'ONG, et ses invités, abordent de manière simple et ludique des questions que tout un chacun peut se poser sur son environnement ou sur le fonctionnement de la nature en général. Dans cet épisode, vous allez découvrir « comment protéger les récifs coralliens ». Retrouvez des chroniques inédites tous les mercredis, à 20h, et tous les samedis, à 11h, sur la radio Mucodec (100.3 FM).

On this weeks episode, Justine and Amanda chat with Kate Judson, the Executive Director of the Center For Integrity In Forensic Sciences.  CIFS is an organization created by renowned attorneys, Keith Findley, Dean Strang, and Jerome Buting to raise awareness and create standards for forensic sciences in the courtroom, because currently there are NONE! Faulty forensics contribute to so many wrongful convictions...need we say... Dr. Michael West and the infamous bitemark evidence.  Kate tells us about the different trends in forensic sciences, and the direction that CIFS is trying to take us to hopefully prevent wrongful convictions based on faulty forensics.  This is a wonderful organization that is bringing reform to the courtrooms.Visit and learn more and consider donating here:https://www.cifsjustice.org/

Les récifs coraliens font partie intégrante de l'écosystème des iles de Polynésie. Leurs utilités sont nombreuses, ils sont un refuge pour les poissons, une source de nourriture pour les hommes, un atout pour le tourisme, et une protection contre les aléas de la mer.  

Is Your Firewall Actually Protecting You? What Should You Be Doing? New stats are out this week. So what's the number one vector of attack against us? Our Firewalls. And they're failing. So, what's going on. And what can you do about it? [Automated transcript follows] [00:00:16] And of course, I'm always talking about cyber security, because if you ask me that is one of the biggest problems we have in business. [00:00:27] Today. Well, yeah, you got to find employees. In fact, uh, it's almost impossible to find them in the cyber security space as well. And it's been hard for years. So I try to keep you up-to-date here. We've got boot camps that are coming up and you are really going to like them. We've been working on some supplemental materials for it. [00:00:47] And of course these boot camps are always free, so you can join it. You can have your friends come and learn the. Basics. It's not one of these high sell things. Right. I, I got a little letter in the mail this week saying, Hey, you can come and get a free steak dinner. And of course it's kind of like a timeshare, right? [00:01:09] Jay, you have to listen to the pitch. Yes. Stay over. On us. And you are going to be sitting there for four hours listening to this crazy pitch that's going on. That's not what my bootcamps are. Anybody that's been to. One of them will tell you we work on it. I explain it. You know what you have to do, how you have to do it, the wise, the winds, the wherefores. [00:01:35] So if you would like to learn more for yourself, Make sure you sign up Craig peterson.com sign up for my newsletter. And when a bootcamp is coming up, I will be sure to tell you about it in the newsletter so that you can attend. And it's important to, to understand that this is yeah. Aimed at business, the, these boot camps, but almost everything businesses have to do or shouldn't be doing the same thing applies to you in your. [00:02:08] So, if you are a small business person, if you're someone who has some it experience, and you've been assigned to worry about cyber security, this is for you. If you are a very small business and you're kind of the Jack of all trades, and you've got to worry about cybersecurity, this is for you. And I just got. [00:02:31] This week from someone on my email list who is retired and she was talking about her husband and her, they don't have any kids, no errors. They're trying to protect their financial investments. And of course I responded saying, Hey, I'm not a financial investment advisor, but I can certainly give you some cyber security input, which I did. [00:02:53] And you can ask your questions as well. I'm more than glad to hear them. And you probably, if you've sent them in, you know, I always answer them now. My big man, a few days might take me a week, but I will get around to it. And I try and respond to the emails. Sometimes I answered here on the radio show or on my podcast, but usually it's via email me. [00:03:17] At Craig peterson.com. And of course, that's also on my website, Craig peterson.com. And that's also my name Craig Peters on.com. So let's get into the firewall thing. When you have a network, you are connecting that network to your computers, maybe. To your security cameras, to your printers that you have, maybe there's a lock system. [00:03:44] Maybe there's more, all of this stuff is interconnected and it's all rather well and good. You can have a whole lot of fun with it, but it is not as particularly good if you can't get out to the internet. So what do we do? We hook our network, whether it's home or if it's business to the internet. Now, you know, all of this stuff so far, right? [00:04:06] You're following me. The internet is actually inter connected networks. In case you didn't know, there are now millions of networks that are connected on the internet. There are core networks out there. We were my company like number 10,000. I think it was, uh, a S an R a S number autonomous system. So we were fairly early on. [00:04:32] And of course, as you know, I've been on the internet in various forums since the early 1980s and helping to develop the protocols, but it is important to remember it is an interconnected network of networks. You might ask why? Well, the bottom line is you aren't connecting your network with other networks that have malicious software on them. [00:04:58] Maybe they're just poorly configured. Maybe they're causing a denial of service attack effectively because there's so badly configured. But whatever the case may be, you are still exposed. If you look at the traffic that's coming to your router. So your router is sitting at the edge of your network connected to your internet service provider. [00:05:19] So it might be Comcast or Verizon or a whole slew of others. But your network is connected via a router. Then the router knows how do I get my data from the input to the output or from the output to the input, if you will upstream and downstream data, that's what the router is for. And if you look at the data on your router and most of us can't, but if you were able to, what you will see is hundreds of thousands of internet packets coming to, and from your. [00:05:55] Router your endpoint every day. Usually these are bad guys doing what are called scans. They do port scans. They're primarily looking for services. So what do you, do you have a firewall now in many cases, you'll get a device from your Janette service provider that has a router built in and has a firewall built in, and it has wifi. [00:06:19] All of this stuff, all built in together makes life all nice and warm and fuzzy and Catalina, doesn't it. But in reality, it's not necessarily a good thing to have it all in one, because you're definitely not going to get the best of breed and router or firewall or wifi, but that's a different story. What is that firewall for that router? [00:06:41] Of course, it's getting all this internet traffic and anything that's on the internet that is. I'm trying to get to you is going to go through the. And anything that you are trying to send up to the internet, like for instance, to try and get a web page or something is also going to go up through that router. [00:07:02] So how do you protect yourself time? Was that there wasn't really much of a way to protect yourself. And frankly, there weren't a lot of reasons. To try and protect yourself. And the internet was just this wonderful open thing, lots of fun and played around a lot. Back in the early nineties, it was, it was just a joy in the late eighties to, to be connected up to the internet and then bad guys started doing bad things. [00:07:30] We took the concept of what you have in an automobile and applied it to the. If you're driving your car, your in the passenger compartment and that passenger compartment is hopefully warm in the winter and cool in the summertime. And you are protected from that big mean nasty engine that's in front of you, or if you're driving an electric car from those mean nasty batteries that are probably below you in that car and what's between you and the. [00:08:04] Of course a firewall. And the idea is to keep the nastiness of that engine, all of the heat, the oil, the grime, the wind, everything else is associated with that engine. Keep that away from you so that you can now drive that car just comfortably in that controlled climate of the passenger compartment, that concept was then applied to the inter. [00:08:30] And in fact, I designed and implemented one of the first firewalls ever made way back when and the firewall in the internet Partland is very similar to the car in the car. You have some protrusions through that fire. Don't you, you you've got a steering wheel. How does that get up to the front of the car? [00:08:53] Well, it goes through the firewall and around that steering wheel, of course there's some EBDM, some rubber type stuff that helps stop anything from coming through right next to that steering column. Same, thing's true with the brake pedal and the gas pedal. At least it used to be. Nowadays, it's so much of this as drive by wire, that the only thing going through the firewall is a wire and there's no mechanical linkage. [00:09:24] Unlike my car, which is a 1980 Mercedes-Benz diesel. Where yes, indeed. Direct linkages to everything. So the firewall in the cars protecting you from the nastiness in the engine compartment and the firewall, when it comes to your internet is doing something very similar. Think about your house for a minute, you have a house with doors and windows. [00:09:53] I would hope. And a chimney and maybe a couple of other protrusions that are going outside of the house. Well, you have some similar problems and when it comes to the internet and when it comes to the firewall, With your house, sir. Sure. You could post a guard out front, a whole series of them. You've got a dozen guards out front and they are all guarding that front door. [00:10:19] But if no, one's watching the back door, if no one's paying attention to the windows, there's still ways for the bad guys to get in. And that's what we're going to talk about. How does the internet firewall tie into this analogy of cars and the analogy of your home? Because it's a very important point when you get right down to it. [00:10:44] We need to understand this because the number one tactic reported this week by MITRE and Cisco is exploitation of public facing application. So I'm going to explain what that is. What's your firewall can do for you and what you should do for your firewall. A stick around. We've got a lot more coming up. [00:11:09] I want to invite you to go. Of course, right now, online to Craig peterson.com. Once you're there, just sign up for mind's newsletter. Simple Craig peterson.com. [00:11:25] This week, we found out what the top five tactics are that are most frequently being used by bad guys to attack us. This is done by MITRE and Cisco systems. Number one, public facing applications. What does that mean? [00:11:42] We've been talking about this report, but really what we've been delving into is how data flows on your network, whether it's a home network or maybe it's a business network, how does this whole mess work? [00:11:58] And when miters talks about the biggest problem here, 91% of the time being what's called an exploit of a public facing application, what does that mean? We went through the basics of a firewall and a router. So all of the data coming from the internet, coming into the router, then handed to the firewall. [00:12:24] Any data going out, goes into the firewall. And then the. So that's the pretty simplistic version. And of course the firewall on your network does a similar thing to the firewall in your car. It stops the bad stuff, at least it's supposed to, but your home and your car both have different ways of getting. [00:12:48] Past the firewall in the house. It's your doors and your windows in the car. Of course, it's where the steering column goes through where the brake pedal and the gas pedal go through the clutch, all of that stuff that perch, um, permeates, it goes through. That firewall. And of course, you've probably, if you're been around for awhile, you've had leaks coming through your firewall and, uh, you know, how poorest they can be sometimes. [00:13:18] Well, we have the same type of thing on our internet firewalls. Every home has doors and what we call the doors in on the internet is similar to what they call them. On the, in the Navy, on the water, the reports. So think about a porthole in a boat, or think about a, a door, a port, which is the French word for door. [00:13:45] What happens on the internet? For instance, if you're trying to connect to Craig peterson.com, you are going to connect to a specific port on my server. So the address typically, uh, is going to be resolved by DNS. And then once it gets to the server, you can connect to port 4 43. You might try and connect to port 80, but I'll do a redirect, but that's neither here nor there. [00:14:12] So you're going to connect to that port four 40. So my firewall has to say, Hey, if somebody is coming in and wants to get to port 4 43, which is called a well-known port, that's the port that all web server. Listen on. So if someone's trying to get to my port, my web server on port 4 43, let them in. But if someone's trying to get to another port, don't let them in. [00:14:48] Now there's multiple ways to respond or not respond. I can talk about that right now. That'd be for deep dive workshop, but the idea is. Each application that you are connecting to, or that your providing has. Part of the problem that we've been seen. And this is a very big problem is that people are not changing the administrative passwords on their machines. [00:15:20] So administrative passwords mean things like admin for the username and admin for the password on your firewall. So. Your firewall, if you have what's called when admin enabled, what that means is someone on the wide area network. In other words, The internet, someone on the internet or on the, when can connect to your firewall and control it. [00:15:51] This is, as you can imagine, a very big thing, and it is something that we cover in one of our workshops, explained it all and all of the details and what to do, but most businesses and most people have not properly configured their firewalls. When we're talking about number one, problem, 91% of the time being an exploit against public facing applications. [00:16:18] What that means is they could very well just be trying to connect to the administrative interface on your firewall. Unfortunately, they will often offer. Change the software on your firewall. So they won't just reconfigure. They'll just change it entirely. And they'll do all kinds of evil things. Again, we're not going to get into all of that and what to look for and what can happen. [00:16:44] But number one thing everybody's got to do, and I saw some stats this week as well, that made me want to bring the. Most people and most businesses about two thirds have not changed the default passwords on the hardware that they have. Now it can understand sometimes the kids confusing. No question about. [00:17:07] But if you don't change the password on something that's public facing, in other words, something that can be reached from the internet or again, the wide area network. I know there's a lot of terms for this, but something that someone else can get at from outside your network. And it's the default password like admin admin, you could be in a whole lot of. [00:17:35] So check that right now, please double check that triple check that because even if you have a router from a big internet service provider, again, like the Comcast Verizon's, et cetera of the world, they will almost always have it set up. So you can change that administrative password and Jewish. Now I, again, for clients, I have some different advice than I have for, for just regular users, but make sure you change that. [00:18:09] And here's the second part of the problem. What happens if you have a business and let's say you're not hosting your own website, like I've been doing for a couple of decades and how three 30 years, I guess now. Um, and so you've got your website hosted at some. Web height site, hosting place, you know, Gator or one eye and one eye and one or GoDaddy or whatever. [00:18:35] Okay. So, okay. That's fine. So let's not inside our network. Uh, w we don't worry about the security because that's the vendor's problem. Now we're talking about, okay, what happens. My users who need to work from home. This gets to be a very big problem for so many people, because work from home is important. [00:19:00] So what are you going to do? Well, basically in most cases, unfortunately, businesses are just exposing an application to the internet. So they might, they might. Terribly configured networks, where there is a direct connection that goes right to the files. So you connect to a port on their firewall and it immediately redirects it internally. [00:19:30] Remaps it to the file server. And some people are really, really clever. Alright. Or so they think, because what they'll do is they'll say, okay, well, you know, that, that normal port number. Okay. So I'm going to move. Port number. So you're going to connect to port 17, 17 on my firewall, and it's going to connect you to the file share on my file server so that people from home can just connect to port 17, 17, and ta-da, there are all the files and yeah, we're, we're using passwords, so it'll be okay. [00:20:06] It'll be fine. Um, but, uh, guess what it isn't for a few. Different reasons are we're going to be talking about those here in just a minute. Yeah, I want to encourage you right now. Take a minute. Go online. Craig peterson.com. You'll find lots of information there. I've got 3,500 articles, all searchable, Craig peterson.com. [00:20:32] But more importantly, make sure you sign up for my newsletter. Craig peterson.com/subscribe. So that you can keep up to date on everything that is important in all of our lives. [00:20:51] We're talking about firewalls at home at the office, what it means to have public facing services, really applications, people working from home. How can you make it easy for them and hard for the bad guy? [00:21:15] Many businesses had to quickly change the way their computers were set up because of course the lockdown and people working from home. [00:21:26] And, um, unfortunately. Many mistakes were made. And some of this, in fact, I'm going to talk a lot of this problem up to these managed services providers break, fix shops. My, my fellow information technology contractors, if you will, because they didn't know any. Most of these people have been computer people, their whole lives, right. [00:21:55] They played with PCs when they were young and they might've taken a course or two and wow. MCSC certified. Believe me, this is not something that a straight up MCSC or. And frankly, most of the it certifications can really understand or really handle the cybersecurity can be done, but there's so many things they overlook just like what I was just talking about, exposing a file server directly to the internet. [00:22:29] I mentioned, okay. While they thought it was going to be safe because there's a username and password, but there's a couple of huge problems here. Problem. Number one. When you're exposing a service to the internet, like for instance, the files server, you are exposing software that may have exploitable, but. [00:22:54] And again, going back to those stats from earlier this week, more than half of all of the systems that are out there are not patched to date. It's so bad that president Biden just ordered the federal government agencies to apply patches some as old as three years. So what happens now? Well, the bad guy scan, and guess what they found. [00:23:23] Port that you thought was just so clever because it wasn't the standard port number for that service. Maybe it's SMB or CIFS or something else. And, uh, they found it because they scan, they look, they see what the response is that tells them what type of a server sitting there. And then they try, well, let me see. [00:23:45] There's the zero day exploits, but why bother with those? Let's just start with the good old standard ones. And unfortunately, because so many machines are not patched up at all, let alone properly patched up. You, they end up getting into the machine. It's really that simple, just because it's not patched up. [00:24:08] How does that sound? Huh? Yeah, it's just plain, not patched up. It's not available for anyone to be able to use anybody to be able to access. Right. It there it's not restricted. So the passwords don't matter if you haven't patched your systems. And then the second problem is that. Are brute force attacks against so many servers out there. [00:24:36] And most of the time, what we're talking about is Microsoft, but, you know, there's the share of bugs kind of goes around, but Microsoft and really, they get nailed a lot more than most beet, mainly because they're probably the number one out there that's in use today, not in the server community, certainly, but certainly also in the. [00:24:59] It's been, you know, small businesses, that's all they know. So they just run a Microsoft server and more and more, you kind of have to run it because I, I get it. You know, there's so many apps that depend on the various functions that are provided by the active directory server at Microsoft and stuff. So we, we do that for our customers as well. [00:25:19] So are you starting to see why the brute force against a server will often get them in and the smarter guys figure out what the business is? And then they go to the dark web and they look up those business emails. Addresses that they have that have been stolen along with the passwords that were used. [00:25:43] That's why we keep saying, use a different password on every site because that stolen password now. Is going to be tried against your service, your, your file server. That might be there. You might be trying to have a VPN service that the people are VPN in from home. You might have remote desktop, which has been. [00:26:08] Abject failure when it comes to cybersecurity, it's just been absolutely terrible. So you might have any of those types of things. And if they've got your email address and they've got the passwords you've used on other sites, which they've stolen and they try them, are they going to work? Odds are yes, because most people, I got another set of stats this week. [00:26:36] Most people use the same password for every site out there or every type of site. So they might get a second, most common is they use one password for all of their social media sites. They use another one for all of their banking sites. So we cover this in some depth in our bootcamp so that you understand how to do the whole password thing. [00:27:03] And what I recommend is a piece of software called one password. I don't recommend that you just use one password for everything. I was misunderstood by someone the other day. You mean just w w I use one password for everything. Yeah, you do. And then I talked to them a little bit more because I thought that was an odd question. [00:27:24] And it turned out, he was thinking, you just have the one password, like, like, you know, P at sign SSW, zero RD. Right? You use that everywhere. No, there's a piece of software go to one password.com. That's what I recommend as a password manager. And I show you how to use that and how to use it effectively in my bootcamp. [00:27:48] Absolutely free. Just like the radio is free. I'm trying to get the information out to as many people as possible, but you gotta be on my list. Craig peterson.com. Make sure you go there. So I've explained the basics here of what happens. We have a door open or windows, open ports on our servers, on our firewalls at home. [00:28:15] And at work. So the thing to do, particularly if you're a business, but even if your home user is check that firewall configuration. And let me tell you something that probably won't come as a surprise. Most of these internet server. The providers are in the business to make as much money as possible. And cybersecurity is very much secondary. [00:28:40] They know they talk about it and they talk about software defined networks and things that sound really cool. But in reality, what they give you is. Configured very well and is going to expose you. So make sure you go in, they will set it up. For instance, if they're providing you with television services, they'll set it up so that they can just bypass your firewall and get into the cable box that they installed in your house. [00:29:09] Yeah. Obviously that's not something they should be doing because now they are opening you up to attack. What happens when there's a cybersecurity problem with the cable box? We've seen this problem too, with television vendors where they poke a hole out through your firewall so that they can then gather statistics and do firmer updates and everything else. [00:29:34] It's insane. It really is. These vendors are not thinking about you. They're not thinking about the consequences. It is a very, very sad situation, but now you know what to do and how to do it. Okay. I explained today, firewalls. I explained router. I explained ports, which should be open, which should not be open. [00:29:58] And the reasons why I even mentioned passwords, I get into that in a lot of detail in my bootcamp, Craig peterson.com to get on that waiting list. Craig peterson.com, just subscribe and you'll be kept up to date. [00:30:14] There has been a whole lot of discussion lately about Metta. You might've heard. In fact, you probably did that. Facebook changed its name to Metta and they're aiming for something called the metaverse. So what is it exactly and what's it going to do for or to you? [00:30:32] The metaverse oh my gosh. I had a great discussion this week about the metaverse this came out in, um, and originally anyways, in this novel called the what was it now? [00:30:47] A snow crash. That's what it was 1992, Neil. Stevenson or Steffenson. I'm not sure how he pronounces it, but in this book, which was a cyberpunk model and I've, I've always thought cyber punk was cool. Uh, is the metal versus an imaginary place that's made available to the public over the world wide fiber optics network. [00:31:13] And it's projected onto virtual reality goggles sound familiar yet. And in the. You can build a buildings park signs as well as things that do not exist. In reality, such as vast hovering overhead light show, special neighborhoods were three where the rules of three-dimensional spacetime are ignored and free combat zones where people can go hunt and kill each other. [00:31:42] Great article about this in ARS Technica this week. And, uh, that was a little quote from the book and from the article. Phenomenal idea. Well, if you have read or seen the movie ready player one, and I have seen the movie, but a friend of mine this week said the book is so much better. So I'm going to have to read that book, ready player one. [00:32:06] But in it, you have these people living in. Dystopian future where everything is badly worn down, the mega cities, people building on top of each other and they get their entertainment and relaxation and even make money in. Prison time by being inside this virtual world, they can go anywhere, do anything and play games, or just have fun. [00:32:39] One of the vendors that we work with at my company mainstream has this kind of a virtual reality thing for. I kind of a summit, so people can go and watch this presentation and I think it's stupid, but they, you walk in. And it's, uh, this is just on a screen. They're not using like those Oculus 3d graph glasses, but you walk into an auditorium. [00:33:13] So you've got to make your little avatar walked on. Dun dun, dun dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, and then go to an empty seat. And then you have to make your avatar sit down. Right? I, I have never played a game like this. I never played second life. Never any of that sort of thing. It was kind of crazy to me. And then I was doing a presentation, so I had to go Dundon then, then, then the, up onto the rostrum there and stand behind the podium and, and then put my slides up on this virtual screen. [00:33:49] It was ridiculous. I have a full television production studio here in my, in my lab. Right. And that's, this is where I do the radio show. This is where I do my television appearances. This is where I do pretty much everything. Right. And so what I can do is I can split screen with my face, with the desktop. [00:34:12] You can see my desktop, I can draw on it, circle things, highlight things or whatever I want to do. Right. But no, no, no, no. I was in their virtual reality. And so all I could do is. I have the slides come up. In fact, I had prepared beforehand, pre-taped it? A, the whole presentation, but I couldn't play that video. [00:34:37] No, no, no. I had to show a slide deck, you know, death by PowerPoint. I'm sure you've been there before. It's very, very frustrating in case you can tell for me, well, we've seen this type of thing. I mentioned some of the things like that. I'm in second life. I'm sure you've heard of that before. Sims is another one you've probably heard of before. [00:35:01] These types of semi metaverses have been around a very long time. And, and in fact, all the way on back to the nineties is Habbo hotel. G I don't know if you ever heard of that thing, but it was non-line gaming and social space. I helped to develop one for a client of mine back in the early nineties. [00:35:23] Didn't really go very far. I think it was ahead of its time. It's it's interesting right now, enter. Mark Zuckerberg. Do you remember a few years ago, mark Zuckerberg had a presentation. He was going to make this huge announcement, right? They bought Oculus. What was it? It was like crazy amount of money. And then he came in the back of the hall. [00:35:50] And nobody noticed he walked all the way up to the front and nobody even saw him because they were all wearing these 3d glasses. And of course, today they are huge. They are awkward and they don't look that great, the pictures inside, but the idea is you can move your head around and the figures move as your head moves, almost like you're in the real world. [00:36:13] And that's kind of cool and people thought it was kind of cool and they didn't see Zuckerberg because they all had these things on. And the inside was playing a little presentation about what Facebook was going to do with Oculus. Well, they just killed off the Oculus name anyways here a couple of weeks ago, over at Facebook about the same time that got rid of the Facebook name and went to meta. [00:36:39] The Facebook product is so-called Facebook and it appears what they are going to be doing is taking the concept of a metaverse much, much further than anyone has ever taken it before. They're planning on there's speculation here. Okay. So, you know, don't obviously I don't get invested. I don't give investment advice, investment advice. [00:37:10] Um, but I do talk about technology and, uh, I've been usually five to 10 years. I had so take that as well. They as the grain of salt, but I think what they're planning on doing is Facebook wants to become the foundation for Mehta versus think about things like world of Warcraft, where you've got the. Gain that people are playing. [00:37:39] And it's a virtual reality, basically, right? It might be two D, but some of it's moving into the three-dimensional world. Other games like Minecraft and roadblocks, they have some pretty simple building blocks that people can use network effects and play your creativity to make your little world and the ability. [00:38:04] To exchange and or sell your virtual property. That's where I think Mr. Zuckerberg is getting really interested now because if they can build the platform that everybody else the wants to have a virtual world builds their virtual world on top of. Man, do they have a moneymaker? Now? People like me, we're going to look at this and just poo poo it. [00:38:35] I I'm sure I'm absolutely sure, because it will be another 20 years before you really think it's. You know, some of these scifi shows have talked about it. You know, you can feel someone touching you, et cetera, et cetera. Yeah. That's going to be very crude for a very long time. And now CGI is pretty good. [00:38:57] Yeah. You watch the movies. CGI is great, but that takes weeks worth of rendering time on huge farms, clusters of servers. So it's going to take quite a while. Looking at the normal advancement of technology before this really becomes real. Now there have also been us court cases over who owns what in bad happened with Eve online. [00:39:28] Second life where disagreements over player ownership of the virtual land created by the publisher, which was Linden labs. When. And I've also mentioned in the past how our friends over at the IRS have tried to tax some of the land that you own inside these virtual worlds. So ownership, do you really own it? [00:39:55] Does it really exist? What would non fungible tokens maybe it does. And these non fungible tokens are. Basically just a check, some verification, I'm really oversimplifying of some sort of a digital something rather lately. And initially it was mostly pictures. And so you had a picture of something and you owned that and you could prove it because of the blockchain behind it. [00:40:27] But I think this is where he's really interested because if he can build the base platform. Let the developers come up with the rules of what's it called it a game and come up with what the properties look like and how people can trade them and sell them and what kind of upgrades they can get. Right. [00:40:48] So let's nothing Zuckerberg has to worry about. Uh, Metta or Zuckerberg then worries about, okay. So how do we collect money for these? How do we check with the transactions? Uh, somebody wants to buy those sort of Damocles. How does that transaction work and how do we Facebook Metta? How do we get a slice of the act? [00:41:16] You got to believe that that's where things are going. And if they have the ability to make this base platform and be able to take characters from one part of a developer to another part of the developer, you could have worlds where Gandalf might be fighting bugs bunny. Right? Interesting. Interesting and Warner brothers, all these movie companies would probably be coming out with complete virtual reality. [00:41:49] So when you're watching James Bond, you're not just watching James Bond, you can look around, you can see what's happening. People sneaking up behind. And ultimately you could be James Bond, but that's decades away. I think a good 20 years. All right, everybody. Thanks for sticking around here. Make sure you go online. [00:42:11] Craig peterson.com/subscribe. Get my weekly newsletter. Find out about these free boot camps and other things that I have. So we can keep you up to date and keep you safe. [00:42:25] We already talked about Metta and their name, change the metaverse, but there's something else. Facebook did this last week that surprised a lot of users, something they started in 2010, but has been controversial ever since. [00:42:41] We had a pretty big announcement, frankly, this last week from our friends over at Facebook, not the one where they change their name and the. [00:42:51] Basically trying to create a metaverse platform. That's going to be the one platform that rules the world. Although those are my words by the way. But Facebook has announced plans now to shut down a decade old. Facial recognition system this month. We'll see what they do with this. If they follow through entirely, but they're planning on deleting over 1 billion faces that they have already gone through and analyzed. [00:43:26] You might remember. In 2010, Facebook had a brand new feature. It started announcing, Hey, did you know that so-and-so just posted your picture? Is this you? Is this your friend, is this sewn? So do you remember all of those questions? If you're a Facebook user back in the day? Well, they were automatically identifying people who appeared in digital photos and suggested that users or users tagged them with a click we're going to get to and admitted here. [00:43:57] Uh, and of course that then linked the Facebook account for. The picture that you tagged to the images and let that person know. And of course Facebook's ultimate goal is to get you to stay on long, as long online, as long as possible. Because if you're online, you are going to be looking at ads that are aimed primarily at. [00:44:18] Well, facial recognition has been a problem. We've seen it a worldwide. I just read through a restatement from the electronic frontier foundation, talking about facial recognition and the problems with it, how some people have been arrested based on facial recognition and held for over a day. We'll have cases where the police use to kind of a crummy photograph of them from a surveillance video sometimes also from a police car, in some areas, the police cars are continually taking video and uploading it to the internet, looking for things like license plates, to see if a car. [00:45:00] Parking ticket that hasn't been paid or it hasn't paid us registration all the way through looking at faces, who is this person? And some in law enforcement have kind of thought it would be great to have kind of like Robocop. You remember Robocop, not the ed 2 0 9. There was also in that movie. That's also very scary, but when they look at someone who's on a street at autonomous. [00:45:24] Pops up in their glasses, who it is, any criminal record, if there any sort of a threat to et cetera. And I can understand that from the policemen standpoint. And I interviewed out at the consumer electronic show, a manufacturer of. That technology, it was kind of big and bulky at the time. This was probably about six or eight years ago, but nowadays you're talking about something that's kind of Google glass size, although that's kind of gone by the wayside too. [00:45:54] There are others that are out there that you. Facial recognition. Technology has really advanced in its ability to identify people, but you still get false positives and false negatives. And that's where part of the problem becomes from they have been taking and they been private companies primarily, but also some government agencies they've been taking pictures from. [00:46:21] They can find them. We've talked about Clearview AI before this is a company that literally stole pitchers, that it could get off the internet. They scan through Facebook, Instagram, everywhere. They could find faces and they tied it all back in. They did facial recognition. On all of those photos that they had taken and then sold the data to law enforcement agencies. [00:46:49] There's an app you can get from Clearview AI. That runs on your smartphone and you can take a picture of someone in the street, clear view. AI will run that face through their database and we'll tell you who it is, what their, what their background is, where their LinkedIn page is their Facebook page, wherever it found them online. [00:47:13] Basically what they've been doing. Now Clearview had a problem here this last couple of weeks because the Australian government ordered them to delete all facial recognition, data belonging, to anyone that lives. In Australia. Now that's going to be a bit of a problem for clear view, because it's hard to identify exactly where people live just based on a photograph. [00:47:40] And the United Kingdom is also considering doing this exact same thing. Now, clear views have been sued. They violated the terms of service from Facebook and some of these other sites that I mentioned, but they did it anyway. And clear view was. To destroy all the facial images and facial templates they had retrieved about any Australian. [00:48:08] I think that's probably a pretty good idea. I don't like the idea of this data being out there. Well, if your password is stolen and we're going to be talking about that in our bootcamp, coming up here in a couple of weeks about how to determine if your username or your password is stolen. But, uh, and of course, if you want to get that. [00:48:29] Bootcamp and go to that. There's no charge for it, but you have to know about it. And the only way is to sign up. You have to make sure you're on my email list@craigpeterson.com. But what happens when your email address is stolen or your password, or both are stolen from a web. Oh, typically they end up on the dark web. [00:48:50] They sell personal identification for very little money. In some cases it's only a few dollars per thousand people's identities. It is absolutely crazy. So the bad guys are looking for that information, but you can change your password. You can change your email address, but if your facial information is stolen, Can't change your face. [00:49:18] If your eye print is stolen, you can't change your eye. I have a friend who's pretty excited because he got to go right through the security at the airport ever so quickly. Cause all they had to do was scan his eyeball. Well, that data is valuable data because it cannot be changed. And it can, in some cases be replicated. [00:49:41] In fact, the department of Homeland security and the transportation safety administration had the database of face print stolen from them in 2019. To about 200,000 people's identities were stolen, the face sprints. It's just absolutely crazy. And this was some, a vendor of us customs and border protection. [00:50:05] And it, it, you can't write down to it. I read the detailed report on it just now. And the report that came out of the federal government said, well, it went to a contractor who. Took the data, all of the face prints off site over to their own site. And it wasn't encrypted when they took it over there. But it does mention that it was taken from an un-encrypted system at customs and border protection. [00:50:34] So wait a minute. Now you're blaming the contractor that you hired because it wasn't encrypted and yet you didn't encrypt it yourself either. I, you know, I guess that kind of goes around, but they want to. They want your biometric information just as much as they want anything else. Think about your phones. [00:50:53] Nowadays, apple has done a very good job with the biometrics and the fingerprints and making sure that that information is only ever stored on the phone. It never goes to apple, never leaves the phone it's in what apple calls, the secure long term. And if you mess with it at all, it destroys itself, which is part of the problem with replacing a cracked screen yourself on an iPhone, because you're going to disturb that secure enclave and the phone will no longer work. [00:51:24] That is not true when it comes to many other devices, including most of your Android phones that are out there. It is. So if the bad guys have. Your face print, they, and they can create 3d models that can and do in fact, go ahead and fool it into letting you in that that's information they want. So why are we allowing these companies to like clear view AI? [00:51:52] And others to buy our driver's license photos to the federal government, to also by the way, by our driver's license photos, by them from other sites and also our passport information. It's getting kind of scary, especially when you look into. China has a social credit system. And the Biden administration has made rumblings about the same here in the U S but in China, what they're doing is they have cameras all over the place and your faces. [00:52:27] And they can identify you. So if you jaywalk, they take so many points off of your social credit. If you don't do something that they want you to do or be somewhere, they want you to be, you lose credits again, and you can gain them as well by doing various things that the government wants you to do. And. [00:52:49] And ultimately, if you don't have enough social credit, you can't even get on a train to get to work. But the real bad part are the users. This is a minority in China and China's authorities are using. Us facial recognition, technology and artificial intelligence technology. Hey, thanks Google for moving your artificial intelligence lab to China in order to control and track the users. [00:53:19] Absolutely amazing in the United States law enforcement is using this type of software to aid policing, and we've already seen problems of overreach and mistaken IRS. So Facebook to you're leading a billion of these frameworks. If you will, of people's faces biometrics. Good for them. Hopefully this will continue a tread elsewhere. [00:53:46] Well, we've talked a little bit today about firewalls, what they do, how your network is set up. If you miss that, make sure you catch up online. My podcast@craigpeterson.com, but there's a whole new term out there that is changing security. [00:54:03] It's difficult to set up a secure network. [00:54:07] Let's just say mostly secure because if there's a power plug going into it, there's probably a security issue, but it's difficult to do that. And historically, what we've done is we've segmented the networks. So we have various devices that. Maybe be a little more harmful and on one network, other devices at a different level of security and many businesses that we've worked with, we have five different networks each with its own level of secure. [00:54:38] And in order to get from one part of the network, for instance, let's say you're an accounting and you want to get to the accounting file server. We make sure your machine is allowed access at the network level. And then obviously on top of that, you've got usernames and passwords. Maybe you've got multifactor authentication or something else. [00:54:59] I'll make sense, doesn't it? Well, the new move today is to kind of move away from that somewhat. And instead of having a machine or a network have firewall rules to get to a different network or different machine within an organization. There's something called zero trust. So again, think of it. You've, you've got a network that just has salespeople on it. [00:55:25] You have another network that might have just your accounting people. Another network has your administrative people and other network has your software developers, et cetera. So all of these networks are separate from each other and they're all firewalled from each other. So that only for instance, at county people can get to the accounting server. [00:55:44] Okay, et cetera. Right? The sales guys can enter the sales data and the programmers can get at their programs. And maybe the servers that are running their virtual machines are doing testing on what was zero trust. It is substantially different. What they're doing with zero trust is assuming that you always have to be authentic. [00:56:11] So instead of traditional security, where, where you're coming from helps to determine your level of access, you are assuming that basically no units of trust. So I don't care where you're coming from. If you are on a machine in the accounting department, We want to verify a lot of other information before we grant you access. [00:56:38] So that information probably does include what network you're on. Probably does include the machine you're on, but it's going to all. You as a user. So you're going to have a username. You're going to have an ID. You're going to have a multi-factor authentication. And then we're going to know specifically what your job is and what you need to have specific access. [00:57:04] Because this follows the overall principle of least privilege to get your job done. Now you might've thought in the past that, oh my gosh, these firewalls, they're just so annoying. It's just so difficult to be able to do anything right. Well, zero trust is really going to get your attention. If that's what you've been saying. [00:57:23] But here's an example of the traditional security approach. If you're in the office, you get access to the full network. Cause that's pretty common, right? That's not what we've been doing, but that's pretty common where we have been kind of working in the middle between zero trust and this traditional you're in the office. [00:57:41] So you can potentially get it. Everything that's on the off. And if you're at home while all you have to do is access a specific portal, or as I've explained before, well, you are just connecting to an IP address in a hidden port, which won't remain hidden for. So maybe in a traditional security approach, the bouncer checks your ID. [00:58:08] You can go anywhere inside this club and it's multi floor, right. But in a zero trust approach, getting into the club, having that bouncer look at your ID is only the first check, the bartender or the waiter. They also have to check your ID before you could be served. No matter where you are in the club and that's kind of how they do it right now, though, they'll make a mark on your hand or they'll stamp it. [00:58:35] And now they know, okay, this person cannot get a drink for instance. So think of it that way, where every resource that's available inside the business independently checks whether or not you should have access to. This is the next level of security. It's something that most businesses are starting to move towards. [00:58:57] I'm talking about the bigger guys, the guys that have had to deal with cybersecurity for awhile, not just the people who have a small business, most small businesses have that flat network that. Again about right. The traditional security approach of all you're in the office. So yeah, you can get at anything. [00:59:15] It doesn't matter. And then you, you have the sales guys walking out with your client list and who knows what else is going on? Think of Ferris, Bueller, where he was updating his grades and miss days at high school, from his home computer. And you've got an idea of why you might want to secure. You are network internally because of, again, those internal threats. [00:59:40] So keep an eye out for it. If you're looking to replace your network, obviously this is something that we've had a lot of experience with. Cisco is probably the best one out there for this, but there are a few other vendors that are pretty good. If you want to drop me an email, I'll put together a list of some of the top tier zero. [01:00:02] Providers so that you can look at those. I don't have one right now, but I'd be glad to just email me M e@craigpeterson.com. We can point you in the right direction, but if you have an it person or department, or whether you outsource it to an MSP, a managed services provider, make sure you have the discussion with them about zero. [01:00:28] Now, when I'm looking at security, I'm concerned about a bunch of things. So let me tell you something that Karen and I have been working on the last, oh man, few weeks. I mentioned the boot camp earlier in the show today. And one of the things that we're going to do for those people that attend the bootcamp is I think incredible. [01:00:49] This has taken Karen so much time to dig up. Once she's done is she's worked with me to figure out what are the things that you need to keep tabs on. Now, again, this is aimed primarily at businesses, but let me tell you, this is going to be great for home users as well. And we've put together this list of what you should be doing. [01:01:15] About cybersecurity every week. And in fact, a couple of things that are daily, but every week, every month, every quarter, every six months and every year, it's a full checklist. So you can take this and sit down with it and, you know, okay. So I have to do these things this week and this isn't. Response to anything in particular, it does meet most requirements, but frankly, it's something that every business should be doing when it comes to the cybersecurity. [01:01:53] It includes things like passwords. Are they being done? Right? Did you do some training with your employees on fishing or a few other topics all the way on down to make sure you got some canned air and blew out the fan? In your workstations, you'd be amazed at how dirty they get. And he is the enemy of computers that makes them just fail much, much faster than, than 82, same thing with server. [01:02:22] So it is everything. It is a lot of pages and it is just check she'd made it nice and big. Right. So even I can read it. But it's little check marks that you can mark on doing while you're going through it. So we're doing some more work on that. She's got the first couple of iterations done. We're going to do a couple more, make sure it is completely what you would need in order to help keep your cyber security in. [01:02:50] But the only way you're going to get it is if you are in the BR the bootcamp absolutely free. So it was this list, or of course you won't find out unless you are on my email list. Craig Peterson.com/subscribe. [01:03:06] One of the questions I get asked pretty frequently has to do with artificial intelligence and robots. Where are we going? What are we going to see first? What is the technology that's first going to get into our businesses and our homes. [01:03:22] Artificial intelligence is something that isn't even very well-defined there's machine learning and there's artificial intelligence. [01:03:33] Some people put machine learning as a subset of artificial intelligence. Other people kind of mess around with it and do it the other way. I tend to think that artificial intelligence is kind of the top of the heap, if you will. And that machine learning is a little bit further down because machines can be programmed to learn. [01:03:54] For instance, look at your robot, your eye robot cleans the floor, cleans the carpet. It moves around. It has sensors and it learned, Hey, I have to turn here. Now. I robot is actually pretty much randomly drew. But there are some other little vacuum robots that, that do learn the makeup of your house. The reason for the randomization is while chairs move people, move things, move. [01:04:22] So trying to count on the house, being exactly the same every time isn't isn't exactly right. Uh, by the way, a lot of those little vacuums that are running around are also sending data about your house, up to the manufacturer in the. So they often will know how big the house is. They know where it's located because you're using the app for their robot. [01:04:47] And that, of course it has access to GPS, et cetera, et cetera. Right. But where are we going? Obviously, the little by robot, the little vacuum does not need much intelligence to do what it's doing, but one of the pursuits that we've had for. Really since the late nineties for 20, 25 years are what are called follower robots. [01:05:13] And that's when I think we're going to start seeing much more frequently, it's going to be kind of the first, um, I called it machine learning. They call it artificial intelligence who you really could argue either one of them, but there's a little device called a Piaggio fast forward. And it is really kind of cool. [01:05:34] Think of it almost like R2D2 or BB eight from star wars following you around. It's frankly, a little hard to do. And I want to point out right now, a robot that came out, I think it was last year from Amazon is called the Astro robot. And you might remember Astro from the Jetsons and. This little robot was available in limited quantities. [01:06:01] I'm looking at a picture of it right now. It, frankly, Astro is quite cute. It's got two front wheels, one little toggle wheel in the back. It's got cameras. It has a display that kind of makes it look like kids are face, has got two eyeballs on them. And the main idea behind this robot is that it will. [01:06:23] Provide some protection for your home. So it has a telescoping camera and sensor that goes up out of its head up fairly high, probably about three or four feet up looking at this picture. And it walks around your one rolls around your home, scanning for things that are out of the normal listening for things like windows breaking there, there's all kinds of security. [01:06:50] That's rolled into some of these. But it is a robot and it is kind of cool, but it's not great. It's not absolutely fantastic. Amazon's dubbing the technology it's using for Astro intelligent motion. So it's using location and mapping data to make sure that Astro. Gets around without crashing into things. [01:07:18] Unlike that little vacuum cleaner that you have, because if someone loves something on the floor that wasn't there before, they don't want to run over it, they don't want to cause harm. They don't want to run into your cats and dogs. And oh my maybe lions and bears too. But, uh, they're also using this computer vision technology called visual ID and that is used. [01:07:41] With facial recognition, drum roll, please, to recognize specific members of the family. So it's kind of like the dog right in the house. It's sitting there barking until it recognizes who you are, but Astro, in this case, Recognizes you and then provide you with messages and reminders can even bring you the remote or something else and you just drop it in the bin and off it goes. [01:08:08] But what I am looking at now with this Piaggio fast forward, you might want to look it up online, cause it's really. Cool is it does the following, like we've talked about here following you around and doing things, but it is really designed to change how people and goods are moving around. So there's a couple of cool technologies along this line as well. [01:08:35] That it's not, aren't just these little small things. You might've seen. Robots delivery robots. The Domino's for instance, has been working on there's another real cool one out there called a bird. And this is an autonomous driving power. Basically. It's a kind of a four wheel ATV and it's designed to move between the rows of fruit orchards in California or other places. [01:09:01] So what you do to train this borough robot is you press a follow button on it. You start walking around the field or wherever you want it to go. It's using, uh, some basic technology to follow you, cameras and computer vision, and it's recording it with GPS and it memorizes the route at that point. Now it can ferry all of your goods. [01:09:29] Around that path and communicate the path by the way to other burrow robots. So if you're out doing harvesting or whether it's apples out in the east coast, or maybe as I said out in California, you've got it. Helping you with some of the fruit orchards. It's amazing. So this is going to be something that is going to save a lot of time and money, these things, by the way, way up to 500 pounds and it can carry as much as a half a ton. [01:09:58] You might've seen some of the devices also from a company down in Boston, and I have thought that they were kind of creepy when, when you look at it, but the company's called Boston dynamics and. They were just bought, I think it was Hondai the bought them trying to remember. And, uh, anyway, These are kind of, they have robots that kind of look like a dog and they have other robots that kind of look like a human and they can do a lot of different chores. [01:10:33] The military has used them as have others to haul stuff. This one, this is like the little dog, it has four legs. So unlike a lot of these other robots that are on wheels, this thing can go over very, very. Terrain it can self write, et cetera. And they're also using them for things like loading trucks and moving things around, um, kind of think of Ripley again, another science fiction tie, uh, where she's loading the cargo in the bay of that spaceship. [01:11:05] And she is inside a machine. That's actually doing all of that heavy lifting now. Today, the technology, we have a can do all of that for us. So it is cool. Uh, I get kind of concerned when I see some of these things. Military robots are my favorite, especially when we're talking about artificial intelligence, but expect the first thing for these to be doing is to be almost like a companion, helping us carry things around, go fetch things for us and in the business space. [01:11:40] Go ahead and load up those trucks and haul that heavy stuff. So people aren't hurting their backs. Pretty darn cool. Hey, I want to remind you if you would like to get some of the free training or you want some help with something the best place to start is Craig peterson.com. And if you want professional help, well, not the shrink type, but with cyber security. [01:12:06] email me M E at Craig peterson.com. [01:12:10] Just in time for the holidays, we have another scam out there and this one is really rather clever and is fooling a lot of people and is costing them, frankly, a whole lot of money. [01:12:26] This is a very big cyber problem because it has been very effective. And although there have been efforts in place to try and stop it, they've still been able to kind of get ahead of it. There's a great article on vice that's in this week's newsletter. In my show notes up on the website and it is talking about a call that came in to one of the writers, Lorenzo, B cherry, um, probably completely messy and that name up, but the call came in from. [01:13:03] Supposedly right. Paid pals, uh, fraud prevention system. Someone apparently had tried to use his PayPal account to spend $58 and 82 cents. According to the automated voice on the line, PayPal needed to verify my identity to block the transfer. And here's a quote from the call, uh, in order to secure your account, please enter the code we have sent to your mobile device. [01:13:32] Now the voice said PayPal, sometimes texts, users, a code in order to protect their account. You know, I've said many times don't use SMS, right? Text messages for multi-factor authentication. There are much better ways to do it. Uh, after entering a string of six digits, the voice said, thank you. Your account has been secured and this request has been blocked. [01:13:57] Quote, again, don't worry. If any payment has been charged your account, we will refund it within 24 to 48 hours. Your reference ID is 1 5 4 9 9 2 6. You may now hang up, but this call was actually. Hacker they're using a type of bot is what they're called. These are these automated robotic response systems that just dramatically streamlined the process for the hackers to gain access into your account. [01:14:31] Particularly when you have multi-factor authentication codes where you're using. An SMS messages, but it also works for other types of one-time passwords. For instance, I suggest to everybody and we use these with our clients that they should use something called one password.com. That's really you'll find them online. [01:14:54] And one password.com allows you to use and create one time password, same thing with Google authenticator, same thing with Microsoft authenticator, they all have one-time password. So if a bad guy has found your email address and has found your password online in one of these hacks, how can they possibly get into your PayPal account or Amazon or Coinbase or apple pay or. [01:15:26] Because you've got a one time password set up or SMS, right? Multifactor authentication of some sort. Well they're full and people and absolute victims. Here's what's happening. Th this bot by the way, is great for bad guys that don't have social engineering skills, social engineering skills, or when someone calls up and says, hi, I'm from it. [01:15:51] And there's a problem. And we're going to be doing an upgrade on your Microsoft word account this weekend because of a bug or a security vulnerability. So what, what I need from you is I need to know what username you're normally using so that I can upgrade the right. So we don't, it doesn't cost us a whole bunch by upgrading accounts that aren't being used. [01:16:15] So once the account name that you use on the computer and what's the password, so we can get in and test it afterwards, that's a social engineering type attack. That's where someone calls on the phone, those tend to be pretty effective. But how about if you don't speak English very well? At all frankly, or if you're not good at tricking people by talking to them, well, this one is really great. [01:16:44] Cause these bots only cost a few hundred bucks and anybody can get started using these bots to get around multi-factor authentication. See, here's how it works. In order to break into someone's account, they need your username, email address and password. Right? Well, I already said. Much many of those have been stolen. [01:17:07] And in our boot camp coming up in a few weeks, we're going to go through how you can find out if your username has been stolen and has been posted on the dark web and same thing for your password. Right? So that's going to be part of the. Coming up that I'll announce in the newsletter. Once we finished getting everything already for you guys, they also go ahead and buy what are called bank logs, which are login details from spammers who have already tricked you into giving away some of this information. [01:17:41] But what if you have multi-factor authentication enabled something I'm always talking about, always telling you to do. Well, these bots work with platforms like Twilio, for instance, uh, and they are using other things as well, like slack, et cetera. And all the bad guy has to do with that point is going. [01:18:07] And, uh, say, they're trying to break into your account right now. So they're going to, let's get really, really specific TD bank. That's where my daughter works. So let's say you have a TD bank account. And the hacker has a good idea that you have a TD bank account knows it because they entered in your username and password and TD bank was letting them in. [01:18:32] But TD bank sent you a text message with that six character code, right? It's usually digits. It's usually a number. So what happens then? So the bad guys says, okay, so it's asking me for this six digit SMS

When disgraced pastor Frank Houston left the Hillsong off shoot church he'd been sent to, Nathan Zamprogno did soon after, too.  But not before he'd seen the harsh reality of where church and state collided. Nathan shares his story of leaving Hillsong and how a political party that was supposed to have nothing to do with the church, made its influence very clear.  Join us for Part 2 of a Bald - faced Lie, There were some tech difficulties with a previous version so if you missed the details: Nathan has been a social commentator on the intersections of faith and politics for many years. You can follow him on line on Facebook and his website councillorzamprogno.info   Google his name, and his surname is spelled Z-A-M-P-R-O-G-N-O, and you'll be sure to find it, or look in the show notes on the Leaving Hillsong website or your favourite podcast player.   If events depicted in this episode are distressing, there is help available. Nathan has been involved with the Cult Information and Family Support network for 12 years, and they're at CIFS.org.au    

Pascale Joannot est océanographe, membre de la Fondation de la mer, ancienne directrice du pôle des expéditions scientifiques du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle et membre du comité scientifique de "SOS Corail", une opération de levée de fonds pour la protection des récifs coralliens. À l'échelle de la Terre, 50% d'entre eux ont déjà disparu, alors qu'un quart des espèces marines en dépend, mais rien n'est perdu, estime la scientifique, à condition que chacun prenne ses responsabilités. 

La semaine dernière, je vous parlais du corail, cet incroyable être vivant à la fois animal, minéral et végétal. Aujourd'hui, je vous propose de découvrir les menaces qui planent sur le corail et surtout, comment les protéger.>>> Les références données dans l'épisode :Plateforme de financement participatif Sos corail : www.soscorail.org.Parrainer un corail : coralguardian.org.L'appli de la Nasa pour recenser les coraux : nemonet.info. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

durée : 00:04:18 - Les Savanturiers - par : Fabienne Chauvière - On a beaucoup parlé de la mer cette semaine à l'occasion de la journée mondiale des océans mardi dernier. Cette fois-ci, il est question avec Fabienne Chauvière des récifs coralliens.

Auf welche Randbedingungen sowie Funktionsmerkmale sollten Unternehmen bei der Evaluierung von Objektspeicherlösungen besonders achten? Katalysatoren für den Einsatz von Objekt-Speichersystemen sind das rasche Datenwachstum und neue Anwendungen, was verstärkte Investitionen in hybride Cloud-Implementierungen nach sich zieht. Traditionelle Dateisysteme spielen ebenfalls eine wichtige Rolle, um Objektstorage zu nutzen ohne bewährte Anwendungen aufwändig zu modifizieren, die im Zusammenhang mit CIFS- oder NFS-Zugriffen entwickelt wurden...

Rrreefs, c'est le nom du projet de deux jeunes Suissesses qui ont développé un système de briques en argile, imprimées en 3D. Le 1er prototype sera installé prochainement au large du Nicaragua. Marie Griesmar, artiste et communicatrice scientifique, présente son projet élaboré avec Ulrike Pfreundt. Un sujet de Stéphane Délétroz.

durée : 00:04:09 - Chroniques littorales - par : Jose Manuel Lamarque - Après la Covid 19, le chlordécone, la Martinique doit faire face à une nouvelle menace...

durée : 00:02:57 - De la musique pour sauver les récifs de corail ? - par : Suzanne Gervais - Une belle initiative pour finir l'année ! Plongeons, en ce dernier jour de 2020, au cœur de l'océan où une équipe de scientifiques britannique diffuse de la musique au-dessus des récifs coralliens endommagés... pour attirer les poissons.

Ros Hodgkins set up Cult Information and Family Services in the early 1990s after her daughter became involved with a religious organisation in the US. For the past 30 years she has, through CIFS, been helping people leave organisations like the Plymouth Brethren and providing support as they adjust to a new life on the ‘outside'.But there's so much more that needs to be done, she says.www.cifs.org.auStory by Brendan CrewWritten, produced and edited by Ali Aitken See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sébastien Krebs, Paul Lahcène et Ombline Roche vous proposent un tour de l'actualité du jour.

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.08.21.261222v1?rss=1 Authors: Zhang, M., Alamatsaz, N., Ihlefeld, A. Abstract: Suppressing unwanted background sound is crucial for aural communication. Public spaces often contain a particularly disruptive background sound, called informational masking (IM). At present, IM is identified operationally: when a target should be audible, based on suprathreshold target/masker energy ratios, yet cannot be heard because perceptually similar background sound interferes. Here, behavioral experiments combined with functional near infrared spectroscopy identify brain regions that predict individual vulnerability to IM. Results show that tasked-evoked blood oxygenation changes near the superior temporal gyrus (STG) and behavioral speech detection performance covary for same-ear IM background sound, suggesting that the STG is part of an IM-dependent network. Moreover, listeners who are more vulnerable to IM show an increased metabolic need for oxygen near STG. In contrast, task-evoked responses in a region of lateral frontal cortex, the caudal inferior frontal sulcus (cIFS), do not predict behavioral sensitivity, suggesting that the cIFS belongs to an IM-independent network. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

Rory O’Connor (Rorys Stories) is one of Ireland's most famous and well recognised online comedians. Rory shares his very honest story from how the idea started, how he grew it to 500,000 + followers and what's next. Rory is also the CIFs ambassador for health & safety and shares his experience with mental health in the construction industry. Hosted by Ciaran Brennan, co-founder of Livecosts.com Listen back to this episode and previous on: https://livecosts.com/podcasts/rorys-stories/

Impuestos en Amazon FBA ¿Qué verás en este Vídeo Podcast? Comentamos una parte importante de todo lo que engloba vender en Amazon, el tema fiscal, y como abordar este tema de cara a vender en otros Paises. Te cuento todos los detalles en este videopodcast Te dejo el curso aquí: https://victorgbarco.com/curso-amazon-online/ Código de descuento: aquiteayudamos Nuestra Agencia Especializada en Marketplaces: - En Alicante: https://avafaconsulting.com/ - En México: https://avafaconsulting.com.mx/ Nuestro Canal de Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtQoNz-GSZ14sdGPWgpKYsw Mi Web de Consultor Especialista en Amazon: https://www.victorgbarco.com/ Mi Web de Consultor SEO en Valladolid y Alicante: https://victorgb.com/

In this episode, I interview Carsten Beck, who heads up research at the famous Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS). I've known him for years, and we've given speeches together in various parts of the world over the last decade. He also kindly gave highly insightful quotes for my books. CIFS specialises in scenario planning and trend analysis for clients in a wide number of countries inc: the US, Norway, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, The Czech Republic, Dubai, China and Japan. (In the podcast, we discuss his 'tech optimism' in a C19 world where trust is of paramount importance, and of his views regarding a wide array of trend forecasting issues...) Contact him via www.cifs.dk.

Audio grabado simultáneamente del directo de Youtube. Prepárate para una explosión mental. El almacenamiento conectado en red, Network Attached Storage (NAS), es el nombre dado a una tecnología de almacenamiento dedicada a compartir la capacidad de almacenamiento de un computador/ordenador (servidor) con computadoras personales o servidores clientes a través de una red (normalmente TCP/IP), haciendo uso de un sistema operativo optimizado para dar acceso con los protocolos CIFS, NFS, FTP o TFTP. También se podría considerar un sistema NAS a un servidor (Microsoft Windows, Linux, etcétera) que comparte sus unidades por red, pero la definición suele aplicarse a sistemas específicos. Los protocolos de comunicaciones NAS están basados en archivos por lo que el cliente solicita el archivo completo al servidor y lo maneja localmente, por lo que están orientados a manipular una gran cantidad de pequeños archivos. Los protocolos usados son protocolos de compartición de archivos como Network File System (NFS) o Microsoft Common Internet File System (CIFS).

An airhacks.fm conversation with Markus Karg (@mkarg) about: Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k, the colourful rubber keys, hacking while parents where sleeping, saving code with sequences, the king of go-sub, the 8h day of 12 year old, starting a business with 14, writing business applications with XT pc, going to German Air Force, data transfer from radar stations to nuclear rockets, working as waiter with ministers, ZDV, studying computer science over repairing cars, state certified programmer, passing the exams with distinction, starting with Java in 1997, submitting a PowerBuilder conference talk, learning about EJB 1.0, deployment descriptors, Java and XML - the evil book, converting a DB into XML, Borland Enterprise Server, friendly Jonas Application Server team, even friendlier GlassFish application server team, EclipseLink contributions, writing extensions for Jersey, the user vs. vendor perspective, gathering production data, the problem with IIOP and firewalls, CIFS evaluation, writing WebDAV extension for Jersey, Wolfgang Weigend, Aurora at Oracle DB, Oracle IFS, APIs over SPIs, Markus Karg on twitter: @mkarg, and Markus' blog: https://headcrashing.wordpress.com/

A 16-year-old critical vulnerability has been discovered in PPP, iXsystems is merging FreeNAS and TrueNAS, GCompris moves to Patreon for funding, and Samba makes big changes to its cryptography implementation.

durée : 00:12:50 - Escale verte - par : Aurélie Luneau - Escale verte avec Alexis Rosenfeld, photo-journaliste et plongeur professionnel - invités : Alexis Rosenfeld Photographe spécialiste de l’univers sous-marin

Fresh init system controversy at the Debian project, a more scalable Samba, and a big release for LLVM. Plus GitHub's latest security steps and a new version of OBS Studio.

In this episode I answer a question about how to use external volume storage with docker and swarm.

durée : 00:01:58 - Le décryptage de l'actu dans les Landes -

Dans les années 80, le scientifique Kim Conway a participé à une expédition pour cartographier le plateau continental dans l'océan Pacifique. Pendant cette mission, il a fait une découverte fascinante et inattendue – des récifs bien particuliers que l'on croyait disparu depuis longtemps. Un collègue Kim, Philip Hill, nous explique l'importance de cette découverte, et ce que ceci signifie pour la science. Zone de protection marine des récifs d'éponges siliceuses du détroit d'Hécate et du bassin de la Reine Charlotte : http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/mpa-zpm/hecate-charlotte/index-fra.html Initiative de conservation des récifs d'éponges siliceuses dans le détroit de Géorgie et la baie Howe : http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/ceccsr-cerceef/closures-fermetures-fra.html

Download for offline listening. Customer analytics has come a long way since banks first started building Customer Information Files in the 1990s. “CIFs”, as they were called, were the primitive forerunner to what we now call “data lakes”. Just getting access to data was the main barrier back then – closely rivalled by the suspect quality of the contact data. Today the biggest analytical challenge for banks isn’t the limitations of technology: it’s embedding data-driven decision-making into the operational DNA of the bank. Most banks still limit their analytical muscle to product cross-selling, risk management and fraud detection. But as banks face stiffening competition from fintech interlopers, eager to capitalize on the mass migration of customers toward web and mobile banking, they can see the smoke signals: either they make it easier for customers to do business with them across multiple touchpoints, or they face the likelihood of losing them to less costly providers. Lori Bieda, who heads up the Analytical Centre of Excellence at Bank of Montreal, believes that banks can only succeed if they master the science of journey analytics. People crave both the convenience of online banking and personal attention from their local branch. They expect to be able to easily open an account, apply for a loan, pay a bill, cash a cheque, or monitor their investments using any channel or device of their choice, at any time. Identifying the breakpoints in that experience – where the journey is interrupted or disconnected due to faulty wiring - is crucial to customer loyalty and retention. “I’m a huge advocate of journey analytics”, she says. Lori’s mandate stretches far beyond journey optimization. She’s also focused on cultivating a data culture at the bank: one where analytical literacy and data fluency are found at all levels of the company, not simply concentrated in a “genius” pool of data scientists. Which explains her missionary work on the speaking circuit. She’s an eloquent ambassador of analytics, promoting it as a strategic tool for converting insight into business outcomes, whether that’s higher satisfaction scores or attrition reduction or simply increasing the average number of accounts. But realizing the full value of analytics, according to Lori, means looking at many different types of data horizontally – events, click paths, transactions, interactions – to isolate the moments that make or break an experience. With a wealth of experience in the analytical field – from her formative years at the database marketing agency Rapp Collins to heading up Client Insight at both CIBC and TD to serving as Executive Lead of Customer Intelligence at SAS – Lori has the rare ability to connect data science to business strategy. In short, she is the ultimate business translator, as she demonstrates in this insightful (excuse the pun) interview.

Jeff Saunders, Director at the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies, joins Ian for part 2 of the Workplace Matters Danish workplace mini-feature. CIFS, who have been around since the 60s, recently completed a seven-year six book collaboration with facilities services giant ISS with the publication of their ‘Future of Work, Workforce and Workplace’ capstone white book. Enjoy! They discuss a particular future scenarios matrix which is developed in the first book, and then revisited in the sixth capstone book. It shows four possible futures, considering primarily the extent of automation versus the prioritisation of sustainability, which are called ‘fragmented world’, ‘capitalism reinvented’, ‘sustainable business’ and ‘the great transformation’. As Jeff explains, these are possible scenarios which were created at the beginning of the collaboration to engage with future issues. They’re revisited in the most recent capstone book to reflect longitudinally about changes and timescales. Well worth a look... Some links to take you deeper: Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies website ISS 2020 vision white book series plus lots of other content from servicefutures.com ISS business forum video (with Peter, Ian and Jeff all speaking, with others) here BIFM manifesto for change information

Mike Gil espionne les poissons : utilisant une nouvelle génération de système à multi-caméras et de vision par ordinateur, ce TED Fellow et ses collègues enquêtent sur la manière dont les poissons se comportent, socialisent et affectent leur écosystème. Apprenez comment des poissons de différentes espèces communiquent au sein de leur communauté -- et à quel point ces réseaux peuvent bouleverser l'environnement fragile des récifs, qui aident à nourrir des millions d'entre nous et supportent l'économie mondiale.

Les récifs coralliens dans le Pacifique sont en train de mourir à un rythme inquiétant, notamment à cause du blanchissement engendré par le réchauffement de l'eau. Cependant, il n'est pas trop tard pour agir, nous dit Kristen Maharver, membre TED. Elle prend l'exemple des Antilles, où avec du temps, des températures stables et des mesures de protection, les coraux ont montré qu'ils étaient capables de se remettre de ce traumatisme. Marhaver nous rappelle pourquoi nous devons continuer à protéger les précieux coraux qu'il nous reste. « Les coraux ont toujours été pleins de ressources, » dit-elle, « et nous aussi. »

This is Episode #186 of Linux in the Ham Shack. In this episode, topics include driving while using your amateur radio in Canada, UHF regulations in The Netherlands, amateur radio testing, Samba, tickr, Arch Linux, GeckoLinux and a whole lot more. Thank you so much for listening. We appreciate each and every one of you. [...]

The coral reefs of the world’s oceans are in mortal danger but, as is often the case with environmental concerns, few people seem to appreciate that the dangers are imminent. That is the focus of our lesson this time.

With SMB 3.0., Microsoft changed the game for how applications like SQL and Hyper-V could be deployed. Continuously available file shares allow organizations to deploy business critical workloads with all the performance and availability traditionally associated with block based storage (iSCSI/FCP), but with the ease of use of a file share. Microsoft and NetApp have been partnering for years to provide enterprise class file storage. Clustered Data ONTAP’s implementation of SMB is the best iteration yet. On this week’s pre-recorded episode, the guys hop into a time bubble with Marc Waldrop to discuss all things SMB – starting with answering the age old, often debated question “CIFS or SMB?”. The guys leave no stone unturned. If you work in or around Microsoft products in any way, then you should check out this episode!

David Mouillot propose une analyse des récifs coraliens en matière de biodiversité et de productivité. Il cherche à préciser l'importance des habitats coraliens pour le développement de larges réseaux trophiques, pouvant être utilisés de manière durable par les populations humaines des littoraux concernés.

The upside to storage today is there are more options available than ever before. The downside is many of these options increase complexity. One solution is Unified Storage. Host Elisa Steele talks with Rich Clifton, VP and GM of Network Storage Business Unit at NetApp who explains what Unified Storage is and how companies can use it to simplify their environments.