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Automated Assurance on a Path to Becoming Practical

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Kathleen Moriarty

7 min read

Cloud native architecture is a game changer for security at scale. Whether used on-premises or in the cloud, capabilities to ease the management of IT assets are improving. And while there’s a long way to go in simplifying interfaces and reducing skill-set barriers – this too will come in time.

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Cloudy with a Chance of Cyberattacks - Dangling Resource Abuse on Cloud Platforms

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Haya Schulmann

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Dangling DNS records are a target for bad actors, but distinguishing malicious from legitimate changes in resources isn't always easy. The team from ATHENE report on the main findings of their research into the abuse of dangling resources in the cloud.

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Geoff Huston: Starlink and the Future of Low-Orbit Internet

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Anastasiya Pak

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Starlink's megaconstellations deliver broadband Internet to customers around the globe. But while the tech promises to democratise Internet access, it's not always clear how existing protocols and regulations apply beyond the clouds. In this episode, Geoff Huston talks about the future of low-orbit…

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Internet Sanctions on Russian Media: Diverging Actions and Mixed Effects

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Moritz Müller

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EU sanctions on Russian controlled content require ISPs in member states to block access to websites. But our research reveals that their implementation varies widely, both between and within individual EU member states, raising important questions about their effectiveness.

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KeyTrap

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Geoff Huston

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Just how ‘devastating’ is the KeyTrap vulnerability? How does it work, and why the dramatic response?

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NTP Pool - The Internet Timekeeper

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Giovane Moura

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The NTP Pool is a network of volunteer-run servers providing time synchronisation services to millions of computers over the Internet using the Network Time Protocol (NTP). But how does it map clients to NTP servers? And why are some clients more equal than others? The team at SIDN Labs investigate…

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As the Balance of Security Controls Shifts, Where Does Responsibility Rest?

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Kathleen Moriarty

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Ongoing debates on encryption and privacy highlight the complex dance between industry standards and policy. The outcome of these security and surveillance tussles remains open, reflecting the evolving relationship between technology and governance.

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Improving RIR Alignment in the RPKI Space

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Sofía Silva Berenguer

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The NRO are working toward a robust, coordinated, and secure RPKI service.

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Measuring NAT64 Usage in the Wild

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Elizabeth Boswell

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With IPv4 address space depleted, it's increasingly important to transition to IPv6. IPv6 transition mechanisms, which allow the two protocols to interoperate, can help. One such mechanism is NAT64. We use RIPE Atlas to measure the usage of NAT64, and compare NAT64 paths to native IPv4 paths.

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Qasim Lone: Something's Wrong on the Internet

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Alun Davies

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The Internet is hardly foolproof in its design, and whether by accident or on purpose, the people who use and operate it sometimes don't do things they should or do do things they shouldn't. Qasim Lone talks about strange goings on he's investigated and how RIPE Atlas can help researchers in the fi…

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