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Penetration Testing Toolkit
Safeguard your infrastructure and data
With today’s ever-increasing and constantly-shifting threat landscape, organizations must do everything they can to ensure the security of its cyber assets, including penetration testing. Based on our years of experience helping organizations manage security risks across the enterprise, we’ve compiled a collection of penetration testing tools and resources...
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5th Annual IBM AIX Community Survey Findings
The AIX Community Survey, now in its fifth consecutive year, goes in-depth with IT teams to gain a unique perspective into how this platform is being used today and how teams envision using it in the future. Over the years, the respondents of the survey have expanded to include a variety of industries, geographies, and titles within IT.
More than 100 IT professionals in North America, EMEA, and APAC participated in this year’s survey, and this input enables all of us to understand the role of AIX with new clarity.
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2021 Pen Testing Survey Report
Cyber attacks have become so common place, we're no longer surprised to see a massive breach hit the headlines. With this threat constantly looming, organizations should regularly be asking themselves, "how secure are we?" Penetration tests help to answer this question, uncovering and exploiting security threats to determine how much of a risk they pose.
The 2021 Pen Testing Report highlights...
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UNIX Load Average Part 1: How It Works
In this online article Dr. Gunther digs down into the UNIX kernel to find out how load averages (the “LA Triplets”) are calculated and how appropriate they are as capacity planning metrics.
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UNIX Load Average Part 2: Not Your Average Average
This is the second in a two part-series where we explore the use of UNIX load averages in performance analysis and capacity planning.
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UNIX Load Average: Reweighed
This is an unexpected Part 3 to the discussion about the UNIX load average metric answering the question of where the weight factor comes from.
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How to Get Unbelievable Load Test Results
This article is about delusions that arise from incorrect interpretation of load test measurements.
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Capacity Calculations: Handle with Care
This paper discusses avoiding calculation results that are more precise than is justified by precision of corresponding measurement input data.
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Evaluating Scalability Parameters: A Fitting End
This is the final online article concerning the concept of application scalability. Here, you will learn how to determine value of the parameters that control scalability.
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The “LA Triplets” Quiz
This is a little quiz to test your understanding of the triplet of numbers that appear in the UNIX® load average (LA) performance metric.