Virtual networking cybersecurity and vulnerabilities in cloud computing applications: a systematic review

Numerous methodologies for modeling cybersecurity defense have been developed using tree structures, matrices, and techniques proposed by several firms and industries. These approaches model actions that can be taken to attack secure infrastructures and other resources using strategic and tactical means to stop them. This paper builds on MITRE ATT&CK matrices' prior efforts to combine the components needed to address our uniquely specific and growing concern about virtual network infrastructure security. The matrix of strategy and tactics addresses a generalized solution for modeling framework/paradigm-based attacks that go beyond deploying a single exploit against a single identified target. The construction and defense of a well-defined virtual network server, its workstations, and all other infrastructures are looked at and dissected in detail for clarification. Strategies address the File Allocation Table (FAT)1/physical server and the Virtual server interfaces and the unique construction of workstations built in sterile environments at different levels of detail. SDN architecture decision-making is also critical to a software system's success as it sets the system's structure, determines its qualities, and has far-reaching consequences throughout the system life cycle2. Our review incorporates the currently existing services of MITRE ATT&CK Matrix tactics and mitigations into the ever-expanding world of virtual networking and its interface with cloud-based applications. This effort attempts to stimulate more research attention to these issues in future VMware, OpenFlow, and SDN development and where it fits into the MITRE ATT&CK Matrix

Effectiveness of simulated water as a lure for bats in the Big Bend region of Texas

The standard protocol for mist netting bats in the desert involves setting nets over bodies of water. In some arid study sites, bodies of water are hard to find and often surrounded by dense vegetation. This leads to wasted time searching for ideal netting sites, and nets can sometimes be damaged by vegetation. Previous studies have shown bats will try to drink from smooth, flat surfaces both in captivity and in the wild. It is likely that they rely on echolocation to find water sources, even when other methods (vision, olfaction, spatial memory) would indicate that those surfaces are not water. I attempted to use simulated water surfaces as a mist netting lure in an arid environment, at Big Bend Ranch State Park and Fort Leaton State Historic Site, Presidio County, Texas,in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. I used two different simulated water surfaces and a bare ground control, with three nets deployed each night of netting. The bare ground control net caught more bats than both simulated water surfaces combined. I also conducted a camera study in which a nighttime security camera was trained on a simulated water surface each night to observe the interest of bats in the simulated water surface without a mist net interfering. The camera data also showed that most bats were not interested in the simulated water. Passes caught on camera, especially drinking passes, were rare and sporadic. According to camera footage, bats did show more interest in the simulated water at a nearby multispecies roost, Fort Leaton State Historic Site. However, neither Fort Leaton nor Big Bend Ranch State Park showed enough bat activity for the simulated water to be considered an effective mist netting lure

Oral memoirs of Robert Broene: An interview conducted on June 8, 2022

Includes interview transcript, letters, scrapbooks, documents, photographs, and ephemera.contained in: William and Don Griffis Vietnam War Oral History ArchiveOriginally recorded in WAV format at 1411 kbps.Robert Broene was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on September 29, 1945. Broene enlisted with the United States Navy in order to fulfill his dream of becoming a sailor, and had a career spanning over twenty years. In this interview, Broene discusses both his time aboard nuclear submarines during the Cold War, as well as his time stationed overseas. Broene describes many different anecdotes about his time in the service and explains many specific situations unique to a submariner. Throughout the interview, Broene sheds light on both high tense situations with Soviet submarines to expressing some of the Navy’s culture and traditions.San Angelo Area Foundatio

Blameworthiness toward sex trafficked persons: the effects of empathy, bias, and sexual self-acceptance

Sex trafficked individuals face blame because the public tends to conflate sex trafficking with prostitution, which is subjected to a lack of social empathy given the belief that prostitution is a choice. Although some choose to enter prostitution, others are forced into the sex trade by trafficking but are shamed, and ashamed, for not preventing victimization. There has also been a history of criminalizing Black individuals more so than White peers. Previous research has focused on empathy toward sex crime victims in various scenarios, but there lacks evaluation of participant empathy and personal sexual acceptance, that may affect blameworthiness toward sex trafficked affected individuals specifically. This study explores this topic by randomizing vignette scenarios that depict different races of women to assess perceived blameworthiness of sex trafficked persons based on participants empathic traits, racial attitudes, attitudes toward sex trafficking, and sexual self-acceptance

A molecular reevaluation of Bewick's wren (Thryomanes bewickii) subspecies of New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas

Modern advancements in sequencing technology now allow for fine scale analyses of genetically distinct populations to test subspecific boundaries at a genetic level. Despite these advances, many avian subspecies have not undergone reevaluation since their morphologically-based designation decades ago. The Bewick's wren (Thryomanes bewickii) is a small wren species in North America currently subdivided into 15 recognized subspecies. These designations have been questioned because some specimens used in the original designations suffered from foxing or were soiled skins, necessitating reassessment. Of the described subspecies, four occur across Texas, Oklahoma, and eastern New Mexico (T. b. pulichi, T. b. cryptus, T. b. eremophilus, and T. b. sadai). Population structure among these subspecies was tested using a combination of molecular methods; screening genomic DNA for single nucleotide polymorphisms, and sequencing of the ND2 mitochondrial gene. Across New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas 68 individuals were captured and sampled. Analysis of population structure using the program STRUCTURE found the populations of Bewick's wrens within the study area to be a panmictic population with little genetic structuring. Construction of a haplotype network generated based on the ND2 gene suggested two distinct clusters across the study area with all birds in Oklahoma, Texas, and eastern New Mexico clustering together and birds in New Mexico west of the Rio Grande representing a second cluster

Universality of therapeutic processes across different counseling modalities

A consensus has not been made to what counseling therapeutic modality is the most effective. There are many theories and forms of integration to provide psychotherapy services and deciding which therapeutic orientation to use specially for beginning therapists can be daunting. Luckily, there are training models that have been developed for beginning therapists to conceptualize the therapy process in a variety of ways. One of which is The Key Strategies Process for Individual Training Model (KST-IP) which conceptualizes three modalities at once and assumes that all therapeutic modalities share common processes. This study explored the processes and strategies suggested by the KST-IP model in the terms of perceived importance of practicing clinicians in the field of psychology of eight different therapeutic modalities. Results showed significant results that clinicians regardless of their therapeutic orientation find the processes and strategies proposed by the KST-IP model to be important

Oral memoirs of Don Griffis: An interview conducted on February 15th, 2022

Includes interview transcript, letter, and discharge papers.contained in: William and Don Griffis Vietnam War Oral History ArchiveOriginally recorded in WAV format at 1411 kbps.Don Griffis was born in Texas in 1942. He grew up in San Angelo and his father was a WWII veteran. He enlisted into the Marines in 1961 after attending college. He served as a captain in the Force Logistics Command in the Vietnam War, maintaining many duties. Griffis discusses his experiences and quotes from his book Eagle Days: A Marine Legal/Infantry Officer in Vietnam. This interview contains his recounts of training in Quantico, his work as a legal officer, his times of rest, race relations within the units, and his pride in his service. Griffis served at a time of upheaval in America and recounts how veterans were treated when they came back from deployment.San Angelo Area Foundatio

Oral memoirs of Manuel Ortegon: An interview conducted on November 16th, 2021

Includes interview transcript.Manuel Ortegon was born in San Angelo, Texas on October 6, 1946. Ortegon was drafted into service for the Vietnam War in 1966 but quickly volunteered to undergo Army Ranger training straight out of bootcamp. Ortegon describes his experience training in an exclusive MACV Recondo school in Vietnam as well as some of his participation in a long-range reconnaissance patrol team. Throughout the interview, Ortegon elaborates on his own memories of life after returning from combat and how it affected him in his civilian life. Ortegon discusses many different topics describing his changing opinions on the war he participated in as well as commentary on how society has changed their view on veterans today.San Angelo Area Foundatio

Photograph of Salvador Guerrero US Marine Corps War Monument, District of Colombia

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