Graph Machine Learning
Build machine learning algorithms using graph data and efficiently exploit topological information within your modelsKey Features: Implement machine learning techniques and algorithms in graph dataIdentify the relationship between nodes in order to make better business decisionsApply graph-based machine learning methods to solve real-life problemsBook Description: Graph Machine Learning will introduce you to a set of tools used for processing network data and leveraging the power of the relation between entities that can be used for predictive, modeling, and analytics tasks.The first chapters will introduce you to graph theory and graph machine learning, as well as the scope of their potential use.You'll then learn all you need to know about the main machine learning models for graph representation learning: their purpose, how they work, and how they can be implemented in a wide range of supervised and unsupervised learning applications. You'll build a complete machine learning pipeline, including data processing, model training, and prediction in order to exploit the full potential of graph data.After covering the basics, you'll be taken through real-world scenarios such as extracting data from social networks, text analytics, and natural language processing (NLP) using graphs and financial transaction systems on graphs. You'll also learn how to build and scale out data-driven applications for graph analytics to store, query, and process network information, and explore the latest trends on graphs.By the end of this machine learning book, you will have learned essential concepts of graph theory and all the algorithms and techniques used to build successful machine learning applications.What You Will Learn: Write Python scripts to extract features from graphsDistinguish between the main graph representation learning techniquesLearn how to extract data from social networks, financial transaction systems, for text analysis, and moreImplement the main unsupervised and supervised graph embedding techniquesGet to grips with shallow embedding methods, graph neural networks, graph regularization methods, and moreDeploy and scale out your application seamlesslyWho this book is for: This book is for data scientists, data analysts, graph analysts, and graph professionals who want to leverage the information embedded in the connections and relations between data points to boost their analysis and model performance using machine learning. It will also be useful for machine learning developers or anyone who wants to build ML-driven graph databases. A beginner-level understanding of graph databases and graph data is required, alongside a solid understanding of ML basics. You'll also need intermediate-level Python programming knowledge to get started with this book.
Advances in Cryptology - Eurocrypt 2021
The 3-volume-set LNCS 12696 - 12698 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 40th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Eurocrypt 2021, which was held in Zagreb, Croatia, during October 17-21, 2021.The 78 full papers included in these proceedings were accepted from a total of 400 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Best papers; public-key cryptography; isogenies; post-quantum cryptography; lattices; homomorphic encryption; symmetric cryptanalysis; Part II: Symmetric designs; real-world cryptanalysis; implementation issues; masking and secret-sharing; leakage, faults and tampering; quantum constructions and proofs; multiparty computation; Part III: Garbled circuits; indistinguishability obfuscation; non-malleable commitments; zero-knowledge proofs; property-preserving hash functions and ORAM; blockchain; privacy and law enforcement.
Advances in Cryptology - Eurocrypt 2021
The 3-volume-set LNCS 12696 - 12698 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 40th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Eurocrypt 2021, which was held in Zagreb, Croatia, during October 17-21, 2021.The 78 full papers included in these proceedings were accepted from a total of 400 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Best papers; public-key cryptography; isogenies; post-quantum cryptography; lattices; homomorphic encryption; symmetric cryptanalysis; Part II: Symmetric designs; real-world cryptanalysis; implementation issues; masking and secret-sharing; leakage, faults and tampering; quantum constructions and proofs; multiparty computation; Part III: Garbled circuits; indistinguishability obfuscation; non-malleable commitments; zero-knowledge proofs; property-preserving hash functions and ORAM; blockchain; privacy and law enforcement.
Advances in Cryptology - Eurocrypt 2021
The 3-volume-set LNCS 12696 - 12698 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 40th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques, Eurocrypt 2021, which was held in Zagreb, Croatia, during October 17-21, 2021.The 78 full papers included in these proceedings were accepted from a total of 400 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Best papers; public-key cryptography; isogenies; post-quantum cryptography; lattices; homomorphic encryption; symmetric cryptanalysis; Part II: Symmetric designs; real-world cryptanalysis; implementation issues; masking and secret-sharing; leakage, faults and tampering; quantum constructions and proofs; multiparty computation; Part III: Garbled circuits; indistinguishability obfuscation; non-malleable commitments; zero-knowledge proofs; property-preserving hash functions and ORAM; blockchain; privacy and law enforcement.
Adversarial Tradecraft in Cybersecurity
Master cutting-edge techniques and countermeasures to protect your organization from live hackers. Learn how to harness cyber deception in your operations to gain an edge over the competition.Key FeaturesGain an advantage against live hackers in a competition or real computing environmentUnderstand advanced red team and blue team techniques with code examplesLearn to battle in short-term memory, whether remaining unseen (red teams) or monitoring an attacker's traffic (blue teams)Book DescriptionLittle has been written about what to do when live hackers are on your system and running amok. Even experienced hackers tend to choke up when they realize the network defender has caught them and is zoning in on their implants in real time. This book will provide tips and tricks all along the kill chain of an attack, showing where hackers can have the upper hand in a live conflict and how defenders can outsmart them in this adversarial game of computer cat and mouse. This book contains two subsections in each chapter, specifically focusing on the offensive and defensive teams. It begins by introducing you to adversarial operations and principles of computer conflict where you will explore the core principles of deception, humanity, economy, and more about human-on-human conflicts. Additionally, you will understand everything from planning to setting up infrastructure and tooling that both sides should have in place.Throughout this book, you will learn how to gain an advantage over opponents by disappearing from what they can detect. You will further understand how to blend in, uncover other actors' motivations and means, and learn to tamper with them to hinder their ability to detect your presence. Finally, you will learn how to gain an advantage through advanced research and thoughtfully concluding an operation.By the end of this book, you will have achieved a solid understanding of cyberattacks from both an attacker's and a defender's perspective.What you will learnUnderstand how to implement process injection and how to detect itTurn the tables on the offense with active defenseDisappear on the defender's system, by tampering with defensive sensorsUpskill in using deception with your backdoors and countermeasures including honeypotsKick someone else from a computer you are on and gain the upper handAdopt a language agnostic approach to become familiar with techniques that can be applied to both the red and blue teamsPrepare yourself for real-time cybersecurity conflict by using some of the best techniques currently in the industryWho this book is forPentesters to red teamers, security operations center analysts to incident responders, attackers, defenders, general hackers, advanced computer users, and security engineers will benefit from this book. Participants in purple teaming or adversarial simulations will also learn a lot from its practical examples of processes for gaining an advantage over the opposing team.Basic knowledge of Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell, system administration as well as knowledge of incident response in Linux and prior exposure to any kind of cybersecurity knowledge, penetration testing, and ethical hacking basics will help you follow along.Table of ContentsTheory on Adversarial Operations and Principles of Computer ConflictPreparing for BattleInvisible is Best (Operating in Memory)Blending InActive ManipulationReal-Time ConflictThe Research AdvantageClearing the Field
Applied Cryptography and Network Security
The two-volume set LNCS 12726 + 12727 constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, ACNS 2021, which took place virtually during June 21-24, 2021. The 37 full papers presented in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 186 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Cryptographic protocols; secure and fair protocols; cryptocurrency and smart contracts; digital signatures; embedded system security; lattice cryptography; Part II: Analysis of applied systems; secure computations; cryptanalysis; system security; and cryptography and its applications.
Securing Remote Access in Palo Alto Networks
Explore everything you need to know to set up secure remote access, harden your firewall deployment, and protect against phishingKey Features: Learn the ins and outs of advanced Palo Alto features and troubleshoot any situation with easeBecome well-versed with setting up your own lab for continued developmentGain an in-depth understanding of some of the topics that are covered less commonly in the PCNSE examBook Description: This book builds on the content found in Mastering Palo Alto Networks, providing you with the information you need to know to fully understand, deploy, and troubleshoot Palo Alto Networks Strata products.Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and step-by-step instructions, you will gain a solid understanding of how to configure and deploy Palo Alto Networks remote access products. As you advance, you will learn how to design, deploy, and troubleshoot physical and virtual products. Later, you will explore new features and discover how to incorporate them into your environment.By the end of this Palo Alto Networks book, you will have mastered troubleshooting methodologies and have the confidence you need to be able to deploy phishing protection.What You Will Learn: Understand how log forwarding is configured on the firewallFocus on effectively enabling remote accessExplore alternative ways for connecting users and remote networksProtect against phishing with credential detectionUnderstand how to troubleshoot complex issues confidentlyStrengthen the security posture of your firewallsWho this book is for: This book is for anyone who wants to learn more about remote access for users and remote locations by using GlobalProtect and Prisma access and by deploying Large Scale VPN. Basic knowledge of Palo Alto Networks, network protocols, and network design will be helpful, which is why reading Mastering Palo Alto Networks is recommended first to help you make the most of this book.
Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject
What does it mean to be media literate in today's world? How are we transformed by the many media infrastructures around us? We are immersed in a world mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs). From hardware like smartphones, smartwatches, and home assistants to software like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, our lives have become a complex, interconnected network of relations. Scholarship on media literacy has tended to focus on developing the skills to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media messages without considering or weighing the impact of the technological medium-how it enables and constrains both messages and media users. Additionally, there is often little attention paid to the broader context of interrelations which affect our engagement with media technologies.This book addresses these issues by providing a transdisciplinary method that allows for both practical and theoretical analyses of media investigations. Informed by postphenomenology, media ecology, philosophical posthumanism, and complexity theory the author proposes both a framework and a pragmatic instrument for understanding the multiplicity of relations that all contribute to how we affect-and are affected by-our relations with media technology. The author argues persuasively that the increased awareness provided by this posthuman approach affords us a greater chance for reclaiming some of our agency and provides a sound foundation upon which we can then judge our media relations. This book will be an indispensable tool for educators in media literacy and media studies, as well as academics in philosophy of technology, media and communication studies, and the post-humanities.
Essential Enterprise Blockchain Concepts and Applications
Companies are adapting blockchain for improving such sectors as supply chain and other transactions in a secure and innovative way, Blockchain is being combined with existing technologies like cloud computing, Big Data and IoT to make revolutionary outcomes. This book explains essential research in enterprise application and technology.
Hey Cyba
Recent developments in artificial intelligence, especially neural network and deep learning technology, have led to rapidly improving performance in voice assistants such as Siri and Alexa. Over the next few years, capability will continue to improve and become increasingly personalised. Today's voice assistants will evolve into virtual personal assistants firmly embedded within our everyday lives. Told through the view of a fictitious personal assistant called Cyba, this book provides an accessible but detailed overview of how a conversational voice assistant works, especially how it understands spoken language, manages conversations, answers questions and generates responses. Cyba explains through examples and diagrams the neural network technology underlying speech recognition and synthesis, natural language understanding, knowledge representation, conversation management, language translation and chatbot technology. Cyba also explores the implications of this rapidly evolving technology for security, privacy and bias, and gives a glimpse of future developments. Cyba's website can be found at HeyCyba.com.
Introduction to Privacy Enhancing Technologies
This textbook provides a unique lens through which the myriad of existing Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) can be easily comprehended and appreciated. It answers key privacy-centered questions with clear and detailed explanations.Why is privacy important? How and why is your privacy being eroded and what risks can this pose for you? What are some tools for protecting your privacy in online environments? How can these tools be understood, compared, and evaluated? What steps can you take to gain more control over your personal data?This book addresses the above questions by focusing on three fundamental elements: It introduces a simple classification of PETs that allows their similarities and differences to be highlighted and analyzed;It describes several specific PETs in each class, including both foundational technologies and important recent additions to the field;It explainshow to use this classification to determine which privacy goals are actually achievable in a given real-world environment. Once the goals are known, this allows the most appropriate PETs to be selected in order to add the desired privacy protection to the target environment. To illustrate, the book examines the use of PETs in conjunction with various security technologies, with the legal infrastructure, and with communication and computing technologies such as Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Machine Learning (ML).Designed as an introductory textbook on PETs, this book is essential reading for graduate-level students in computer science and related fields, prospective PETs researchers, privacy advocates, and anyone interested in technologies to protect privacy in online environments.
Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject
What does it mean to be media literate in today's world? How are we transformed by the many media infrastructures around us? We are immersed in a world mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs). From hardware like smartphones, smartwatches, and home assistants to software like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, our lives have become a complex, interconnected network of relations. Scholarship on media literacy has tended to focus on developing the skills to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media messages without considering or weighing the impact of the technological medium-how it enables and constrains both messages and media users. Additionally, there is often little attention paid to the broader context of interrelations which affect our engagement with media technologies.This book addresses these issues by providing a transdisciplinary method that allows for both practical and theoretical analyses of media investigations. Informed by postphenomenology, media ecology, philosophical posthumanism, and complexity theory the author proposes both a framework and a pragmatic instrument for understanding the multiplicity of relations that all contribute to how we affect-and are affected by-our relations with media technology. The author argues persuasively that the increased awareness provided by this posthuman approach affords us a greater chance for reclaiming some of our agency and provides a sound foundation upon which we can then judge our media relations. This book will be an indispensable tool for educators in media literacy and media studies, as well as academics in philosophy of technology, media and communication studies, and the post-humanities.
Social Media Marketing and Blogging for Profit
If you want to turn your business or personal blog into a money making machine, then keep reading! Blogging could be the secret weapon in your arsenal to defeat your competitors once and for all. In fact, studies have shown that social media marketing and blogging have become one of the main tools businesses have to promote their products and services. This should not come as a surprise, considering people are spending the majority of their time browsing the internet. What is not a given, though, is the fact that most companies and personal brands do not have a proper responsive blog. In fact, oftentimes their blog strategy consists of just posting random content on their website, hoping to get some organic traffic and sales. If that could have worked in 2020, this year things are already starting to change. It is time to update your strategy for 2021 and beyond and this book will show you exactly how to do it! In this complete social media marketing and blogging guide, you will discover: The single most important trend for 2021 and how you can take advantage of it to increase salesThe secret principle behind some of the most successful marketing campaigns in history and how you can apply this strategy even if on a low budgetThe best tools to clearly understand your target audience and build the buyer personaThe only way to create an effective content strategy that focuses on generating leads and paying customers, not just likes and commentsThe secret tactics big brands use to rank high on Google and how you can use them tooThe only way to write articles that turn readers into paying customers and sell your products or servicesA step by step guide to create your responsive blog for free in just one hourand much, much more! The beauty of blogging is that it is not relevant how much you can spend on advertising. In fact, since it is a new environment, the entry barrier is not really high. However, this will not last for long and you must take advantage of this opportunity before it is too late. This is the best time to start focusing on your company or personal blog, as people are spending more time than ever on their phones. It is time to turn their attention into sales! Click "Buy Now" and get this book today!
Cyber Threat Intelligence
Understand the process of setting up a successful cyber threat intelligence (CTI) practice within an established security team. This book shows you how threat information that has been collected, evaluated, and analyzed is a critical component in protecting your organization's resources. Adopting an intelligence-led approach enables your organization to nimbly react to situations as they develop. Security controls and responses can then be applied as soon as they become available, enabling prevention rather than response. There are a lot of competing approaches and ways of working, but this book cuts through the confusion. Author Aaron Roberts introduces the best practices and methods for using CTI successfully. This book will help not only senior security professionals, but also those looking to break into the industry. You will learn the theories and mindset needed to be successful in CTI. This book covers the cybersecurity wild west, the merits and limitations ofstructured intelligence data, and how using structured intelligence data can, and should, be the standard practice for any intelligence team. You will understand your organizations' risks, based on the industry and the adversaries you are most likely to face, the importance of open-source intelligence (OSINT) to any CTI practice, and discover the gaps that exist with your existing commercial solutions and where to plug those gaps, and much more. What You Will Learn Know the wide range of cybersecurity products and the risks and pitfalls aligned with blindly working with a vendorUnderstand critical intelligence concepts such as the intelligence cycle, setting intelligence requirements, the diamond model, and how to apply intelligence to existing security informationUnderstand structured intelligence (STIX) and why it's important, and aligning STIX to ATT&CK and how structured intelligence helps improve final intelligence reportingKnow how to approach CTI, depending on your budgetPrioritize areas when it comes to funding and the best approaches to incident response, requests for information, or ad hoc reportingCritically evaluate services received from your existing vendors, including what they do well, what they don't do well (or at all), how you can improve on this, the things you should consider moving in-house rather than outsourcing, and the benefits of finding and maintaining relationships with excellent vendors Who This Book Is For Senior security leaders in charge of cybersecurity teams who are considering starting a threat intelligence team, those considering a career change into cyber threat intelligence (CTI) who want a better understanding of the main philosophies and ways of working in the industry, and security professionals with no prior intelligence experience but have technical proficiency in other areas (e.g., programming, security architecture, or engineering)
Docs for Developers
Learn to integrate programming with good documentation. This book teaches you the craft of documentation for each step in the software development lifecycle, from understanding your users' needs to publishing, measuring, and maintaining useful developer documentation.Well-documented projects save time for both developers on the project and users of the software. Projects without adequate documentation suffer from poor developer productivity, project scalability, user adoption, and accessibility. In short: bad documentation kills projects. Docs for Developers demystifies the process of creating great developer documentation, following a team of software developers as they work to launch a new product. At each step along the way, you learn through examples, templates, and principles how to create, measure, and maintain documentation--tools you can adapt to the needs of your own organization. What You'll Learn Create friction logs and perform user research to understand your users' frustrationsResearch, draft, and write different kinds of documentation, including READMEs, API documentation, tutorials, conceptual content, and release notesPublish and maintain documentation alongside regular code releasesMeasure the success of the content you create through analytics and user feedbackOrganize larger sets of documentation to help users find the right information at the right time Who This Book Is For Ideal for software developers who need to create documentation alongside code, or for technical writers, developer advocates, product managers, and other technical roles that create and contribute to documentation for their products and services.
Dynamically Enabled Cyber Defense
The book puts forward dynamically enabled cyber defense technology as a solution to the system homogenization problem. Based on the hierarchy of the protected information system entity, the book elaborates on current mainstream dynamic defense technologies from four aspects: the internal hardware platform, software service, information data and external network communication. It also ascertains their possible evolution routes, clarifies their relationship with existing security products, and makes macro analyses and discussions on security gain and overall system efficiency of these technologies.This book can be used as both a textbook for graduate courses related to electronic information as well as a reference for scientific researchers engaged in relevant research. It helps graduate students majoring in electronics and information sciences to gain an understanding in dynamically-enabled cyber defense. Scientists and engineers specialising in network security research should also find this book to be a useful guide on recent developments in network security.
Internet of Energy Handbook
This handbook of research on Internet of Energy provides knowledge in the field of energy management with an Internet of Things perspective. It covers the technological developments for energy management leading to reduction in energy consumption through topics like smart energy systems, sensors, communication, techniques and utilization.
Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning for Developers
This book is for developers who are looking for an introduction to basic concepts in NLP and machine learning. Numerous code samples and listings are included to support myriad topics. The first two chapters contain introductory material for NumPy and Pandas, followed by chapters on NLP concepts, algorithms and toolkits, machine learning, and NLP applications. The final chapters include examples of NLP tasks using TF2 and Keras, the Transformer architecture, BERT-based models, and the GPT family of models. The appendices contain introductory material (including Python code samples) for various topics, including data and statistics, Python3, regular expressions, Keras, TF2, Matplotlib and Seaborn. Companion files with source code and figures are included. FEATURES: Covers extensive topics related to natural language processing and machine learningIncludes separate appendices on data and statistics, regular expressions, data visualization, Python, Keras, TF2, and moreFeatures companion files with source code and color figures from the book.The companion files are available online by emailing the publisher with proof of purchase at info@merclearning.com.
The Ask Leo! Guide to Staying Safe on the Internet - Expanded 5th Edition
Not a day goes by where we don't hear about everything from hacked accounts and computers, to viruses, spyware and other forms of malware to large data breaches that threaten our online information."Internet Safety" indeed.You can use the internet safely!In this book I cover the the things you must do, the software you must run and the concepts you need to be aware of - to keep your computer and your data safe as you use the internet.It's really not that hard, and once things are in place it's not even that time consuming.But it is necessary.The Ask Leo! Guide to Staying Safe on the Internet is a thoroughly revised and greatly expanded version of the popular Ask Leo! ebook Internet Safety: Keeping Your Computer Safe on the Internet already downloaded and in the hands of thousands.The Ask Leo! Guide to Staying Safe on the Internet expands to cover not just your computer, but all the important aspects of your online life.Five major areas are covered to keep you safe: Never lose precious files, emails or data again: Protect your data.Reduce the chances of malware ever impacting you dramatically, and recover quickly and easily if it ever does: Protect your computer.Travel worry-free with your laptop and its data protected, as well as securing your internet access wherever you may be: Protect your laptop.Prevent account hacks and how to recover quickly when they happen through no fault of your own: Protect your online world.Learn what we mean by common sense and never fall for scams and scammers again: Protect yourself.Yes, you can use the internet with confidence and peace of mind.Once you register your purchase using the link that's present only in the book, you'll get immediate access to: A downloadable PDF version that you can read on any device capable of displaying PDF files.A downloadable MOBI version of the book, ideal for Kindle.A downloadable EPUB version of the book, ideal for a variety of other ebook readers.Prioritized support and contact to get your questions answered.
WTF is My Password
If you are looking for a great password logbook at a reasonable price, This is the perfect book to keep all your password information together. The password book is designed to keep all your important website addresses, email, banking, social media. Security you can use the notes row to write username, email, password, contact, notes, last updated. This book has a total of 100 pages, contains 2 inner cover and 98 Password Log pages.
Because You Can
As cyberattacks dominate headlines, cybersecurity experts are increasingly becoming among the most sought-after professionals. Cybersecurity is one of the hottest jobs on the market today, with comparatively high wages and unparalleled growth opportunities. With the organic move to the cloud, digital-first initiatives, and the socioeconomic pressures from the pandemic, the cybersecurity talent demand is unprecedented. Contrary to popular belief, roles in cybersecurity range from non-technical to technical and a blend of both. As a result, organizations are expanding their recruitment reach to include diversity across varying levels of education, experience and, above all, passion for thriving on the frontlines of cyber defense and offense against advanced threat actors. The bottom line: The cybersecurity profession needs you! This book offers: Field-tested insights to entering and thriving in a high-demand, high-impact cybersecurity career: With years of educating, hiring and coaching hundreds of cybersecurity professionals and enthusiasts, the authors provide evidence-based and actionable strategies and methods to help you build, grow and achieve a successful cybersecurity career. A referenceable guide you can use throughout your career: The concepts shared in this book stand the test of time. Whether you are just starting your career, making a shift to cybersecurity, or just exploring to help you decide about a potential cybersecurity career, you will find timely and relevant information in this book that you can put to use immediately.
Massively Multiplayer Game Programming With Unity 3d and Mirror
Nowadays, online gaming has become a multi-billion-dollar industry, but in the past, it took a lot of time and manpower to develop an MMOG (massively multiplayer online game). This is because MMOG is a very complex system, and the development of a fastpaced online action game requires further technical considerations. After reading books and tutorials related to online game design, many readers are still unable to develop a multiplayer online game because the current books on the market are all focused on the technical discussion, but lack a complete and coherent example.This book adopts a new way to explore this complex topic; that is, a working online game example is focused and comes with programming details to verify the theoretical discussion. The reason why it can be presented in this way is based on my work over a decade as both a professional game developer and a lecturer of multimedia and game development at several universities in Taiwan. Over the years, our team has accumulated experience and achievements in making online games, and obtained good results in related online game-design competitions. This book aims to share our experience with anyone interesting in making MMOGs.If you have some experience in any programming language and want to know how to implement a massively multiplayer online game, this book is perfect for you. In the first part of this book, the essentials of the C# programming language, which is currently the main script language of the Unity game engine, is covered, followed by exploring the C# Object-Oriented Programming techniques required in the later chapters. After you become familiar with programming in C#, further examples are provided in the rest of this book to guide you to build and host an MMOG.If you are an experienced Unity game developer who is interesting in MMOG development, this book is also useful. C# network and multithreaded programming are introduced in the second part to help the readers understanding the fundamentals in the network library, like the UNet or Mirror used in this book. Also, a dedicated chapter for mobile online game development covers the details of porting your MMOG to the largest gaming platform. Through the provided working examples, you'll not only understand the details in implementing an MMOG but also can apply the techniques presented in this book to the other networking libraries or game engines.Visit the author's website at mmoprogramming.org to download the MMO working sample and the book's Table of Contents.
REST Assured
Everything you need to know about creating REST API's to get real work done. No gatekeeping. No jargon. Mercifully short. Is this you? "I can't finish a single REST tutorial without wanting to flip a desk!" You don't need to become the world's leading expert on HTTP, you just need to learn how to make APIs that other developers will understand. But every time you try, the tutorials make you feel like you're not smart enough to work as a developer. They make you feel like a fraud! They might as well be written in a language from half way around the world. And worst of all, some people will put you down and ignore your questions simply for having the nerve to ask them. You are not a fraud, you're just using bad tutorials. First you were scared to learn REST because it seemed like there was SO MUCH to learn. What is an RFC, anyway? Who is Roy Fielding, and why does that matter? What's a mime type? What am I going to have to know before this will make sense? But everyone says REST is simple, so you set your fear aside and face the challenge. You start one tutorial, and another, and another, but the unexplained jargon is enough to drive even Mr. Rogers into a sweater-ripping, trolley-kicking, shoe-throwing rage! They start talking about nouns and verbs and you're left wondering what 3rd grade reading class has to do with making APIs. Either you gave up completely, or you gave up trying to learn the academics and best practices and did the best you could by feeling around in the dark. That experience could be helpful in deciphering one of those tutorials you hated, but do you really want to go back to that dark place? There has to be a better way. And there is. REST Assured skips the academic "you have to learn every detail!" approach and teaches the vocabulary in simple terms. Learn only what you need to know to make functional, secure REST APIs. And best of all, you can learn it all in just a couple of hours. Master the vocabulary with simple explanations. Get to work today: Fundamentals first, clearly, and succinctly. Everything you need to know about securing APIs. Packed with best practices learned from more than a decade of experience. It's mercifully short! Just because it's a book doesn't mean it should take a week to read.
Pro PHP 8 MVC
Examine the building blocks that make any good MVC framework using PHP 8. This book exposes all the considerations that many developers take for granted when using a popular framework, and teaches you how to make this MVC framework your own. You'll quickly get started writing your first bit of framework code, then, you build a variety of examples using aspects of an MVC framework, including a router, a template engine, a database library, a persistence engine (ORM), and a testing framework. In the next section, you'll implement sessions, caches, file systems, queues, logging, and mail. You'll wrap up by building a larger scale sample web application: a sales website for a company that sells rockets. Along the way, this book lays bare all the secret parts of MVC to take with you to apply to your own PHP-based MVC projects. What You Will Learn Build PHP-based web applications using the model view controller (MVC) architecture Write your first bit of framework codeCompare the code you write with how the popular frameworks do the same kinds of things Create various aspects of applications, engines, and other frameworks Wrap up with a sample case study application Who This Book Is For Experienced PHP and web developers. Some prior experience with PHP and web development at least recommended.
Designing Professional Websites with Odoo Website Builder
A practical guide to crafting elegant, intuitive, and customer-friendly websites to deliver a high-quality user experience using the powerful features of the Odoo website builderKey Description: Understand website creation using the Odoo website builder and learn how to make the most of itExtend your website by configuring the additional tools and functional optionsLearn about manageability and real-time functioning of the website using various operational toolsBook Description: The Odoo website builder is an operational tool in the Odoo platform that allows you to design, develop, and manage a website. This book introduces and explains all the features of the Odoo website builder that will help you to be more productive while creating websites.The book starts with an overview of the Odoo website builder, its functionalities, and the tools it offers. Using descriptive illustrations and practical examples, you'll gain detailed insights into the block operations of the Odoo website builder and learn how to work with structure blocks, features blocks, and dynamic content blocks. As you advance, you'll discover how to use the HTML, CSS, or JS editor in Odoo website builder applications for customization. This Odoo book will take you through the different aspects of website building and show you how e-commerce websites can be designed and developed using website builder applications. You'll build a website, manage it, and run a discussion forum in Odoo using the website builder, and apply your knowledge to add a live chat tool that can be incorporated into your website using the Odoo website builder.By the end of this book, you'll have gained a solid understanding of the Odoo website builder and be able to leverage its features to develop your own website.What You Will Learn: Find out how to implement structure blocks while developing a websiteWork with dynamic content blocks and inner content blocks in the Odoo website builderUse an HTML, CSS, or JS editor in the Odoo website builder to customize applicationsCreate and design a blog with the Odoo website builderBuild a fully functional e-commerce website and a discussion forum using the Odoo website builderTrack visitors on the website and understand the live chat tool and its functionalityWho this book is for: This book is for Odoo users, functional consultants, techno-functional consultants, web designers, and anyone looking to create impressive websites. Odoo developers will also find the book useful for building their website for the end user. Basic functional knowledge of Odoo is all that you need to get started with this book.
Python Ethical Hacking from Scratch
Explore the world of practical ethical hacking by developing custom network scanning and remote access tools that will help you test the system security of your organizationKey Features: Get hands-on with ethical hacking and learn to think like a real-life hackerBuild practical ethical hacking tools from scratch with the help of real-world examplesLeverage Python 3 to develop malware and modify its complexitiesBook Description: Penetration testing enables you to evaluate the security or strength of a computer system, network, or web application that an attacker can exploit. With this book, you'll understand why Python is one of the fastest-growing programming languages for penetration testing. You'll find out how to harness the power of Python and pentesting to enhance your system security.Developers working with Python will be able to put their knowledge and experience to work with this practical guide. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, this book takes a hands-on approach to help you build your own pentesting tools for testing the security level of systems and networks. You'll learn how to develop your own ethical hacking tools using Python and explore hacking techniques to exploit vulnerabilities in networks and systems. Finally, you'll be able to get remote access to target systems and networks using the tools you develop and modify as per your own requirements.By the end of this ethical hacking book, you'll have developed the skills needed for building cybersecurity tools and learned how to secure your systems by thinking like a hacker.What You Will Learn: Understand the core concepts of ethical hackingDevelop custom hacking tools from scratch to be used for ethical hacking purposesDiscover ways to test the cybersecurity of an organization by bypassing protection schemesDevelop attack vectors used in real cybersecurity testsTest the system security of an organization or subject by identifying and exploiting its weaknessesGain and maintain remote access to target systemsFind ways to stay undetected on target systems and local networksWho this book is for: If you want to learn ethical hacking by developing your own tools instead of just using the prebuilt tools, this book is for you. A solid understanding of fundamental Python concepts is expected. Some complex Python concepts are explained in the book, but the goal is to teach ethical hacking, not Python.
Web development
This book includes 3 books: - Web development for Beginners in HTML- Web design with CSS- Javascript basics for BeginnersContent of book 1: Are you interested in going back to the basics? Do you want to learn how to develop web pages the old way? Then welcome to this guide.In the same way that a building can only be as strong as its foundation, a webpage can only be as good as the bits and pieces that hold it together. In this case, we're talking about HTML.Hyper Text Markup Language, HTML is the glue that ensures a web page is held together and can be used on many different browsers and devices successfully. It also provides the structure needed to expand your webpages using JavaScript and CSS.HTML is the backbone of any website, and it makes perfect sense to learn how to code in HTML before you try anything fancier.Content of book 2: Build Websites with Style !A practical and easy introduction to CSS coding.The world is changing fast. The Covid-19 pandemic has taught us that the world should go online. All the products and services have turned the tables on physical work and sales. These changes have made it necessary to learn to build websites. Whether you are learning CSS coding to build your own website or you are a professional web designer, this book will help you learn CSS coding faster. I have worked hard to create live code samples for you to try, edit, and produce the desired results for your web page. I have included step-by-step instructions to make the learning curve smooth and digestible. CSS is all about taking care of the little things like width, length, margins, and padding. If you master the art by practicing the codes in this book, you will be able to design a visually amazing and responsive website, which will raise your business's revenue overnight. This book is filled with easy coding samples and step-by-step instructions to help you learn CSS coding.If you've always dreamed of creating beautiful, easy to navigate web pages, then now is your chance to learn.Content of book 3: The market is filled to the brim with books that claim to have the secret recipe to help you learn JavaScript faster. However, few live up to the promises they make. This book is written in a practical and easy way and offers theory and plenty of practical material. There are explanations and practical examples that help beginners learn fast. Instead of diving deeper into lengthy and boring texts, I tried to get straight to the point for each topic.I have defined each topic and added an easy to understand explanation to help you understand the concepts and the main keywords that will do the magic in the code. Coupled with the explanation, you will find a code snippet for each topic that is custom written and has been tested for errors. You can copy them and load them up on a web browser to see the results, or you can simply edit them and customize them to understand them well. The choice is yours. This book is written in an orderly form with beginner-level topics and progressively tougher topics later on. Now is your chance to delve into Javascript basics with this easy to follow guide. With the many examples and code snippets, you'll have everything you need at your fingertips.
Jude’s Almost Daily Blog
Jude Stringfellow began writing her online blog, Jude's Almost Daily Blog, in 2007, and since then, has written more than 800 individual blog posts, of which she has collected some 100+ best to include in this book. The entries are generally about Jude's own life experiences. Blog topics range from rant to romance, covering the lives of her children, herself, and people she came in contact with. Most are true, some are flights of fantasy. They include love, fun, paying bills, rescuing animals, wishing your son would hurry back from Iraq, to what happens when you're minding your own business and a good-looking bearded man appears. There are also 15 poems in the book, mostly love poems, some were previously published in her poetry book "Periwinkle", newer poems reflect her passion for writing and life. If you loved Erma Bombeck's If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I doing in the Pits? you're sure to enjoy this book.
Jude’s Almost Daily Blog
Jude Stringfellow began writing her online blog, Jude's Almost Daily Blog, in 2007, and since then, has written more than 800 individual blog posts, of which she has collected some 100+ best to include in this book. The entries are generally about Jude's own life experiences. Blog topics range from rant to romance, covering the lives of her children, herself, and people she came in contact with. Most are true, some are flights of fantasy. They include love, fun, paying bills, rescuing animals, wishing your son would hurry back from Iraq, to what happens when you're minding your own business and a good-looking bearded man appears. There are also 15 poems in the book, mostly love poems, some were previously published in her poetry book "Periwinkle", newer poems reflect her passion for writing and life. If you loved Erma Bombeck's If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I doing in the Pits? you're sure to enjoy this book.
All That You Need to Know About Tumblr Blogs
Tumblr is one of the best blogging platforms. you can use tumblr for creating portfolios, blogging, micro blogging, networking and making new connections, brand websites, podcast websites, video blogs, photo blogs, etc. many of you may already be using tumblr. this book will still be very helpful to you for exploring all the features of tumblr and use of third party tool for increased features. In this book you will be learning how to... Create a tumblr blog Maintain and manage a tumblr blog Get more followers and Likes Automate a tumblr blog Monetize a tumblr blog (Not adsense) Build A Private Blog Network (PBN) SEO for tumblr blogs Use third party tools and plugins to ease your work Install Inbuilt and Third Party Themes Link your Top level Domain with tumblr. Use all the options and features offered Posting your Blog posts to Twitter and Facebook And many more...
Malware Analysis Techniques
Analyze malicious samples, write reports, and use industry-standard methodologies to confidently triage and analyze adversarial software and malwareKey Features: Investigate, detect, and respond to various types of malware threatUnderstand how to use what you've learned as an analyst to produce actionable IOCs and reportingExplore complete solutions, detailed walkthroughs, and case studies of real-world malware samplesBook Description: Malicious software poses a threat to every enterprise globally. Its growth is costing businesses millions of dollars due to currency theft as a result of ransomware and lost productivity. With this book, you'll learn how to quickly triage, identify, attribute, and remediate threats using proven analysis techniques.Malware Analysis Techniques begins with an overview of the nature of malware, the current threat landscape, and its impact on businesses. Once you've covered the basics of malware, you'll move on to discover more about the technical nature of malicious software, including static characteristics and dynamic attack methods within the MITRE ATT&CK framework. You'll also find out how to perform practical malware analysis by applying all that you've learned to attribute the malware to a specific threat and weaponize the adversary's indicators of compromise (IOCs) and methodology against them to prevent them from attacking. Finally, you'll get to grips with common tooling utilized by professional malware analysts and understand the basics of reverse engineering with the NSA's Ghidra platform.By the end of this malware analysis book, you'll be able to perform in-depth static and dynamic analysis and automate key tasks for improved defense against attacks.What You Will Learn: Discover how to maintain a safe analysis environment for malware samplesGet to grips with static and dynamic analysis techniques for collecting IOCsReverse-engineer and debug malware to understand its purposeDevelop a well-polished workflow for malware analysisUnderstand when and where to implement automation to react quickly to threatsPerform malware analysis tasks such as code analysis and API inspectionWho this book is for: This book is for incident response professionals, malware analysts, and researchers who want to sharpen their skillset or are looking for a reference for common static and dynamic analysis techniques. Beginners will also find this book useful to get started with learning about malware analysis. Basic knowledge of command-line interfaces, familiarity with Windows and Unix-like filesystems and registries, and experience in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, or Ruby will assist with understanding the concepts covered.
Generative AI with Python and TensorFlow 2
Fun and exciting projects to learn what artificial minds can create Key Features: Code examples are in TensorFlow 2, which make it easy for PyTorch users to follow alongLook inside the most famous deep generative models, from GPT to MuseGANLearn to build and adapt your own models in TensorFlow 2.xExplore exciting, cutting-edge use cases for deep generative AIBook Description: Machines are excelling at creative human skills such as painting, writing, and composing music. Could you be more creative than generative AI?In this book, you'll explore the evolution of generative models, from restricted Boltzmann machines and deep belief networks to VAEs and GANs. You'll learn how to implement models yourself in TensorFlow and get to grips with the latest research on deep neural networks.There's been an explosion in potential use cases for generative models. You'll look at Open AI's news generator, deepfakes, and training deep learning agents to navigate a simulated environment.Recreate the code that's under the hood and uncover surprising links between text, image, and music generation.What You Will Learn: Export the code from GitHub into Google Colab to see how everything works for yourselfCompose music using LSTM models, simple GANs, and MuseGANCreate deepfakes using facial landmarks, autoencoders, and pix2pix GANLearn how attention and transformers have changed NLPBuild several text generation pipelines based on LSTMs, BERT, and GPT-2Implement paired and unpaired style transfer with networks like StyleGANDiscover emerging applications of generative AI like folding proteins and creating videos from imagesWho this book is for: This is a book for Python programmers who are keen to create and have some fun using generative models. To make the most out of this book, you should have a basic familiarity with math and statistics for machine learning.
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, AIME 2021, held as a virtual event, in June 2021. The 28 full papers presented together with 30 short papers were selected from 138 submissions. The papers are grouped in topical sections on image analysis; predictive modelling; temporal data analysis; unsupervised learning; planning and decision support; deep learning; natural language processing; and knowledge representation and rule mining.
97 Things Every UX Practitioner Should Know
Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every UX practitioner needs to know. With 97 short and extremely useful articles, you'll discover new approaches to old problems, pick up road-tested best practices, and hone your skills through sound advice. Working in UX involves much more than just creating user interfaces. UX teams struggle with understanding what's important, which practices they should know deeply, and what approaches aren't helpful at all. With these 97 concise articles, editor Dan Berlin presents a wealth of advice and knowledge from experts who have practiced UX throughout their careers. Bring Themes to Exploratory Research--Shanti Kanhai Design for Content First--Marli Mesibov Design for Universal Usability--Ann Chadwick-Dias Be Wrong on Purpose--Skyler Ray Taylor Diverse Participant Recruiting Is Critical to Authentic User Research--Megan Campos Put On Your InfoSec Hat to Improve Your Designs--Julie Meridian Boost Your Emotional Intelligence to Move from Good to Great UX--Priyama Barua
Webassembly: The Definitive Guide
WebAssembly: The Definitive Guide is a thorough and accessible introduction to one of the most transformative technologies hitting our industry. What started as a way to use languages other than JavaScript in the browser has evolved into a comprehensive path toward portability, performance, increased security, and greater code reuse across an impressive collection of deployment targets. Author Brian Sletten introduces elements of this technology incrementally while building to several concrete, code-driven examples of practical, cutting-edge WebAssembly uses. Whether you work with enterprise software or embedded systems, or in entertainment, scientific computing, or startup environments, you'll learn how WebAssembly can have a positive impact on the way you develop software. Use WebAssembly to increase code portability across platforms Reuse more of your software assets in a wider number of deployment targets Learn how WebAssembly increases protection against prominent security attacks Use WebAssembly to deploy legacy code in web environments Increase your user base across languages and development environments Integrate JavaScript code with other languages and environments to improve performance, security, and productivity Learn how WebAssembly will affect your career as software developer
Recent Trends in Blockchain for Information Systems Security and Privacy
The main goal of this book is to encourage both researchers and practitioners of Blockchain technology to share and exchange their experiences and recent studies between academia and industry.
Practical Smoothing
This is a practical guide to P-splines, a simple, flexible and powerful tool for smoothing. P-splines combine regression on B-splines with simple, discrete, roughness penalties. They were introduced by the authors in 1996 and have been used in many diverse applications. The regression basis makes it straightforward to handle non-normal data, like in generalized linear models. The authors demonstrate optimal smoothing, using mixed model technology and Bayesian estimation, in addition to classical tools like cross-validation and AIC, covering theory and applications with code in R. Going far beyond simple smoothing, they also show how to use P-splines for regression on signals, varying-coefficient models, quantile and expectile smoothing, and composite links for grouped data. Penalties are the crucial elements of P-splines; with proper modifications they can handle periodic and circular data as well as shape constraints. Combining penalties with tensor products of B-splines extends these attractive properties to multiple dimensions. An appendix offers a systematic comparison to other smoothers.
Make Money Blogging
The sad truth is that the traditional means of working - whereby the average person would work for 40 or 50 years with the same company and then receive a pension for all of their hard work - is dead and buried. These days most employees are lucky if they get health insurance, much less some type of guarantee their job will be around in another five or ten years. As such, those who are really looking for a way to achieve financial stability in the long-term need to look elsewhere if they hope to be successful. If you're looking to do more than just survive in the new economy, if you're looking to thrive, then Make Money Blogging is the book you've been waiting for...In this book you'll learn: The best method to write the perfect blog post.The most powerful strategies to monetize your blog to its highest capabilities.How to create a professional looking blog that will save you time and help you earn more money.The best marketing approach for your blog to help you gain more visitors every day.Top blogging secrets, tips and tricks that will ensure that you make money blogging.And so much more!Inside this book you'll find everything you need to know in order to turn your future blog into a money-making machine, starting with an outline of what to expect from a passive income stream and how to get started successfully. Next, you'll learn to choose a niche that will maximize your profits while minimizing your required effort. You'll then learn all about creating the type of eye-catching blog that people are sure to be drawn to time and again...From there you'll learn the secrets to generating the type of content that people are actually interested in reading, as well as the many ways you can successfully grow your audience. This will help mightily once you learn about the basics of how you'll be turning a profit from blogging, which is affiliate marketing. You'll learn about the ins and outs of affiliate marketing as well as starter strategies to try. You'll also learn about the importance of email marketing when it comes to reliably turning a profit. Finally, you'll find plenty of tips for success as well as common mistakes that new affiliate marketers make and how to avoid those mistakes from happening to you...So, what are you waiting for? Get this book today and start your journey to financial freedom!Grab your copy of Make Money Blogging now!
Make Money Blogging
The sad truth is that the traditional means of working - whereby the average person would work for 40 or 50 years with the same company and then receive a pension for all of their hard work - is dead and buried. These days most employees are lucky if they get health insurance, much less some type of guarantee their job will be around in another five or ten years. As such, those who are really looking for a way to achieve financial stability in the long-term need to look elsewhere if they hope to be successful. If you're looking to do more than just survive in the new economy, if you're looking to thrive, then Make Money Blogging is the book you've been waiting for...In this book you'll learn: The best method to write the perfect blog post.The most powerful strategies to monetize your blog to its highest capabilities.How to create a professional looking blog that will save you time and help you earn more money.The best marketing approach for your blog to help you gain more visitors every day.Top blogging secrets, tips and tricks that will ensure that you make money blogging.And so much more!Inside this book you'll find everything you need to know in order to turn your future blog into a money-making machine, starting with an outline of what to expect from a passive income stream and how to get started successfully. Next, you'll learn to choose a niche that will maximize your profits while minimizing your required effort. You'll then learn all about creating the type of eye-catching blog that people are sure to be drawn to time and again...From there you'll learn the secrets to generating the type of content that people are actually interested in reading, as well as the many ways you can successfully grow your audience. This will help mightily once you learn about the basics of how you'll be turning a profit from blogging, which is affiliate marketing. You'll learn about the ins and outs of affiliate marketing as well as starter strategies to try. You'll also learn about the importance of email marketing when it comes to reliably turning a profit. Finally, you'll find plenty of tips for success as well as common mistakes that new affiliate marketers make and how to avoid those mistakes from happening to you...So, what are you waiting for? Get this book today and start your journey to financial freedom!Grab your copy of Make Money Blogging now!
Social Media Marketing and Facebook Marketing
If you want to turn your business or personal brand Facebook page into a money making machine, then keep reading! Facebook marketing could be the secret weapon in your arsenal to defeat your competitors once and for all. In fact, studies have shown that social media marketing and in particular Facebook marketing have become one of the main tools businesses have to promote their products and services. This should not come as a surprise, considering people are spending the majority of their time on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. What is not a given, though, is the fact that most companies and personal brands do not have a proper presence of Facebook yet. In fact, oftentimes their Facebook marketing "strategy" consists of just posting random content on their page, hoping to get some organic traffic and sales. If that could have worked in 2020, this year things are already starting to change. It is time to update your strategy for 2021 and beyond and this book will show you exactly how to do it! In this complete social media and Facebook marketing guide, you will discover: The single most important trend for 2021 and how you can take advantage of it to increase salesThe secret principle behind some of the most successful marketing campaigns in history and how you can apply this strategy even if on a low budgetThe best tools to clearly understand your target audience and build the buyer personaThe only way to create an effective content strategy that focuses on generating leads and paying customers, not just likes and commentsHow to set up your Facebook page in the correct way. Hint: it is not what you thinkA step by step guide to Facebook Ads that teaches how to maximize the results with this amazing marketing toolThe hidden free tool you have to use to take your Facebook Ads to the next leveland much, much more! The beauty of Facebook marketing is that it is not relevant how much you can spend on advertising. In fact, since it is a new environment, the entry barrier is not really high. However, this will not last for long and you must take advantage of this opportunity before it is too late. This is the best time to start focusing on your company or personal brand presence on Facebook, as people are spending more time than ever on their phone. It is time to turn their attention into sales! Click "Buy Now" and get this book today!
Make Money On YouTube
Do you want to make money on YouTube?When someone makes this decision to finally take control of their income and turn to this great platform, the next feeling is almost always panic. Then it's defeat. Why? Because most people just don't know how to make money on YouTube anymore. It's not like the old days where people would test out and experiment until finally, they'd stumble across it...Nowadays, there is so much competition on YouTube that it's just better to get out ahead and have the information needed on hand. And that's where this book comes in. With Make Money On YouTube, we're going to teach you exactly how you can do just that...In this book you'll learn: A look into the history of YouTubeHow to become a YouTuberHow to grow your subscriber base (and keep them)An in-depth explanation of a niche and how to find yours4 different ways of bringing in income for your channel, including fan funding, affiliate marketing, and monetizationA guide to the YouTube Partnership Program that nearly every big YouTuber is a part ofHow to get started with affiliate marketing and ideas on how to incorporate it seamlessly into your channelHow to start a Patreon CampaignHow to get comfortable on YouTube with a look into what your day to day life will look likeWhy quality over quantity is so important in today's YouTube worldAnd so much more!Keeping yourself informed is the first step to making a successful YouTube channel, and this book is going to take you through every step. It's a long road ahead, so you may as well have all the information that you're going to need. Actually, no, you should definitely have all the information you need, hands down...This book is the perfect guide to help you establish your YouTube channel and start making money. These steps are easy to follow, and everything has been broken down as much as possible. Get this book today, follow the steps, and watch the cash start to roll in!Grab your copy of Make Money On YouTube now!
Make Money On YouTube
Do you want to make money on YouTube?When someone makes this decision to finally take control of their income and turn to this great platform, the next feeling is almost always panic. Then it's defeat. Why? Because most people just don't know how to make money on YouTube anymore. It's not like the old days where people would test out and experiment until finally, they'd stumble across it...Nowadays, there is so much competition on YouTube that it's just better to get out ahead and have the information needed on hand. And that's where this book comes in. With Make Money On YouTube, we're going to teach you exactly how you can do just that...In this book you'll learn: A look into the history of YouTubeHow to become a YouTuberHow to grow your subscriber base (and keep them)An in-depth explanation of a niche and how to find yours4 different ways of bringing in income for your channel, including fan funding, affiliate marketing, and monetizationA guide to the YouTube Partnership Program that nearly every big YouTuber is a part ofHow to get started with affiliate marketing and ideas on how to incorporate it seamlessly into your channelHow to start a Patreon CampaignHow to get comfortable on YouTube with a look into what your day to day life will look likeWhy quality over quantity is so important in today's YouTube worldAnd so much more!Keeping yourself informed is the first step to making a successful YouTube channel, and this book is going to take you through every step. It's a long road ahead, so you may as well have all the information that you're going to need. Actually, no, you should definitely have all the information you need, hands down...This book is the perfect guide to help you establish your YouTube channel and start making money. These steps are easy to follow, and everything has been broken down as much as possible. Get this book today, follow the steps, and watch the cash start to roll in!Grab your copy of Make Money On YouTube now!
SEO Made Easy
Many businesses struggle to stand out from competition as they don't know how to optimize their website appropriately to appear first on search engine results pages. They are missing traffic, not to mention sales. However, SEO does not require an expert - you just need to figure out how it works and how to make the most of the right tools to boost your sales.Argyris Goulas, the author of SEO Made Easy: How to Win Clients and Influence Sales with SEO, helps you understand what search engine optimization is and how to enhance your ranking on search engines to turn traffic into customers.With this comprehensive guide, you will be able to master the latest best practices and adhere to SEO techniques to have an edge over your competitors. Argyris Goulas discloses tips and tricks as well as different approaches to search engine optimization and provides guidance on how to use local or global SEO to your advantage.SEO is not complicated. On the contrary, it is easy. And with SEO Made Easy: How to Win Clients and Influence Sales with SEO you will discover advantageous strategies you can actually follow and increase your business website's discoverability on search engines.With this book, you will learn: How to Get Started with SEOWhy SEO is Vital to Your WebsiteThe Anatomy of Search Engine Optimization with Website Factors, On-Page and Off-Page Factors, Website Promotion, and Domain FactorsHow to Analyze Search Engine Results PageHow to Perform Keyword Analysis and Select the Best KeywordsHow to Generate Quality ContentHow to Select the Best Social Media Platform for your NicheTips and Tricks for E-Commerce Stores About Different SEO ApproachesThe Balance between Content Marketing and SEOHow to Understand Your CompetitionHow to Evaluate Existing SEO Results+ FREE BONUS: Your SEO Plan Checklist!
Google Apps Made Easy
**UPDATED FOR 2024** With everything being online these days it only makes sense that we are starting to use online applications more and more. Since everyone is connected to everyone else there is an increasing need to be able to share information easily and reliably. Over the years, Google has become one of the dominant forces in the online world and they keep coming out with more services to help people stay connected. By using their suite of applications commonly referred to as Google Apps you can accomplish all of your online tasks just by having a simple Google account.The goal of this book is to help familiarize you with the most commonly used Google Apps for home and small business users. These apps are free to use and all integrate with each other making it easy to access all of your information without needing multiple accounts. You will be guided step by step through each one of these apps to help you learn how to configure and use them to get you going on your way to cloud computing efficiency.The chapters in the book cover the following topics: Chapter 1 - Introducing Google AppsChapter 2 - Google DriveChapter 3 - Google DocsChapter 4 - Google SheetsChapter 5 - Google SlidesChapter 6 - Google FormsChapter 7 - Google KeepChapter 8 - Google PhotosChapter 9 - GmailChapter 10 - Google CalendarChapter 11 - ContactsAbout the AuthorJames Bernstein has been working with various companies in the IT field for over 20 years, managing technologies such as SAN and NAS storage, VMware, backups, Windows Servers, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Networking, Microsoft Office, Exchange, and more.He has obtained certifications from Microsoft, VMware, CompTIA, ShoreTel, and SNIA, and continues to strive to learn new technologies to further his knowledge on a variety of subjects.He is also the founder of the website OnlineComputerTips.com, which offers its readers valuable information on topics such as Windows, networking, hardware, software, and troubleshooting. Jim writes much of the content himself and adds new content on a regular basis. The site was started in 2005 and is still going strong today.
Holistic Website Planning
Relaunching websites every couple of years is costly, disruptive and unsustainable. Holistic website planning means taking the time to consider people, process and your environment to plan and build your website - and even make your next redesign your last.This practical guide outlines the 8-step process for planning a website that is fit for purpose, and ready to scale up as your company grows. Read this book and learn: How to identify your requirements and streamline the process to build a successful website Why people sit at the heart of your digital activity How data-led decisions help to continually improve website performance Why building a long-term digital asset supports your business growth How to write a detailed brief for an agency, freelancer or internal team
Digital Democracy - It for Change
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 53rd Annual Convention of the Computer Society of India, CSI 2020, held in Bhubaneswar, India, in January 2020.The 3 revised full and 7 revised short papers, along with 1 poster paper, presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 144 submissions. The theme of CSI 2021, Digital Democracy - IT for Change, was selected to present the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in political and governance processes. The papers focus on topics such as digital democracy, digital communication, digital analytics and digital security.
Trust in Computer Systems and the Cloud
Learn to analyze and measure risk by exploring the nature of trust and its application to cybersecurity Trust in Computer Systems and the Cloud delivers an insightful and practical new take on what it means to trust in the context of computer and network security and the impact on the emerging field of Confidential Computing. Author Mike Bursell's experience, ranging from Chief Security Architect at Red Hat to CEO at a Confidential Computing start-up grounds the reader in fundamental concepts of trust and related ideas before discussing the more sophisticated applications of these concepts to various areas in computing. The book demonstrates in the importance of understanding and quantifying risk and draws on the social and computer sciences to explain hardware and software security, complex systems, and open source communities. It takes a detailed look at the impact of Confidential Computing on security, trust and risk and also describes the emerging concept of trust domains, which provide an alternative to standard layered security. Foundational definitions of trust from sociology and other social sciences, how they evolved, and what modern concepts of trust mean to computer professionals A comprehensive examination of the importance of systems, from open-source communities to HSMs, TPMs, and Confidential Computing with TEEs. A thorough exploration of trust domains, including explorations of communities of practice, the centralization of control and policies, and monitoring Perfect for security architects at the CISSP level or higher, Trust in Computer Systems and the Cloud is also an indispensable addition to the libraries of system architects, security system engineers, and master's students in software architecture and security.
Kali Linux Penetration Testing Bible
Your ultimate guide to pentesting with Kali Linux Kali is a popular and powerful Linux distribution used by cybersecurity professionals around the world. Penetration testers must master Kali's varied library of tools to be effective at their work. The Kali Linux Penetration Testing Bible is the hands-on and methodology guide for pentesting with Kali. You'll discover everything you need to know about the tools and techniques hackers use to gain access to systems like yours so you can erect reliable defenses for your virtual assets. Whether you're new to the field or an established pentester, you'll find what you need in this comprehensive guide. Build a modern dockerized environment Discover the fundamentals of the bash language in Linux Use a variety of effective techniques to find vulnerabilities (OSINT, Network Scan, and more) Analyze your findings and identify false positives and uncover advanced subjects, like buffer overflow, lateral movement, and privilege escalation Apply practical and efficient pentesting workflows Learn about Modern Web Application Security Secure SDLC Automate your penetration testing with Python
