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2016 in review and drinks on January 12
2016 was a very interesting and successful year for ICT Institute and we would like to thank everyone involved with a New Year’s reception on January. Interested? Read about the highlights in this review article and mail us for an invitation for the drinks.
Sieuwert van Otterloo
DevOps explained : The Phoenix project
DevOps is an important IT concept that is often misunderstood. DevOps is not just a better collaboration between development and operations. It is a new way of working between marketing, product management, development, test, operations and IT security. One of the few books that explain this well is The Phoenix Project. In this article we…
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Information security – asset inventory
One of the first steps in setting up an information security management system is to create an inventory of information assets. It is in important step to make sure the right measures will be taken: the assets are the basis for identifying risks, and thus for the measures that will be taken to mitigate risks.
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Enabling two-factor authentication: highly recommended
Many websites, including giants such as google, Facebook and Dropbox, have implemented an additional security feature called two-factor authentication. Unfortunately this extra security feature is normally turned off. We recommend turning two-factor authentication on immediately, because it will protect your account from being hacked. What is two-factor authentication Most websites ask for a username and password when…
Joost Schalken-Pinkster
Using the agile principles in a scrum workshop or retrospective
Asking team members to rate themselves against the 12 agile principles it a very interesting and useful exercise during a scrum workshop or retrospective. With ICT Institute we are occasionally asked to lead a ‘scrum update’ workshop: a training for teams that already know wand do scrum, but like to do it better. Especially in these…
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