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Alibaba offers an industry-leading suite of security solutions through its Alibaba Cloud platform. These solutions offer features an enterprise needs to provide a solid base for all their web and mobile applications to directly serve their customers, and enhance partner relationships. Overview Alibaba Cloud, as one of the largest international public cloud computing companies, has a strong focus on providing security services as part of its offerings, and has the largest market share within China. The security services offered range from basic SSH key management to advanced DDoS protection and mobile application scanning. All of these services are available to be subscribed to and used via Alibaba Cloud’s administration console, via a single global account. Host (Server-based) Security The first security service that you need to be aware of is the key management service for SSH keys. These keys are used by Linux instances for authentication. Each instance of a Linux server c...

You probably have heard of bitcoin and cryptocurrency by now. And as of late the term “ Blockchain “ has made huge splashes in the tech community. It’s the technology that underpins  digital currencies  and ensures that all transactions are properly conducted and recorded. But what is stored on the blockchain need not be just a monetary unit - it can be put to all manner of other interesting uses. But, there is one underlying question most have. What are the blockchain applications of the future? As it turns out, more applications besides the currency can be developed to harness the technology. The following are five of the blockchain ideas that are in work in progress stage. DISTRIBUTED CLOUD STORAGE Blockchain data storage will become a massive disruptor shortly. (3-5 years) Current cloud storage services are centralized — thus you the users must place trust in a single storage provider. “They” control all of your online assets. On the other hand with the B...

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