Publisher: K-i-s-publishing
Mayukh Mukhopadhyay
Ethereum is a public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform featuring smart contract functionality. This book is your one-stop guide to blockchain and Ethereum smart contract development. We start by introducing you to the basics of blockchain. You'll learn about hash functions, Merkle trees, forking, mining, and much more. Then you'll learn about Ethereum and smart contracts, and we'll cover Ethereum virtual machine (EVM) in detail. Next, you'll get acquainted with DApps and DAOs and see how they work. We'll also delve into the mechanisms of advanced smart contracts, taking a practical approach.You'll also learn how to develop your own cryptocurrency from scratch in order to understand the business behind ICO. Further on, you'll get to know the key concepts of the Solidity programming language, enabling you to build decentralized blockchain-based applications. We'll also look at enterprise use cases, where you'll build a decentralized microblogging site. At the end of this book, we discuss blockchain-as-a-service, the dark web marketplace, and various advanced topics so you can get well versed with the blockchain principles and ecosystem.
Rishalin Pillay, Mohammed Abutheraa
The Ethical Hacking Workshop will teach you how to perform ethical hacking and provide you with hands-on experience using relevant tools.By exploring the thought process involved in ethical hacking and the various techniques you can use to obtain results, you'll gain a deep understanding of how to leverage these skills effectively.Throughout this book, you'll learn how to conduct a successful ethical hack, how to use the tools correctly, and how to interpret the results to enhance your environment's security. Hands-on exercises at the end of each chapter will ensure that you solidify what you’ve learnt and get experience with the tools.By the end of the book, you'll be well-versed in ethical hacking and equipped with the skills and knowledge necessary to safeguard your enterprise against cyber-attacks.
James Leyte-Vidal
Whether you’re looking to crack passwords as part of a thorough security audit or aiming to recover vital information, this book will equip you with the skills to accomplish your goals. Written by a cybersecurity expert with over fifteen years of experience in penetration testing, Ethical Password Cracking offers a thorough understanding of password protection and the correct approach to retrieving password-protected data.As you progress through the chapters, you first familiarize yourself with how credentials are stored, delving briefly into the math behind password cracking. Then, the book will take you through various tools and techniques to help you recover desired passwords before focusing on common cracking use cases, hash recovery, and cracking. Real-life examples will prompt you to explore brute-force versus dictionary-based approaches and teach you how to apply them to various types of credential storage.By the end of this book, you'll understand how passwords are protected and how to crack the most common credential types with ease.
Christian Cote, Matija Lah, Madina Saitakhmetova
ETL is one of the most common and tedious procedures for moving and processing data from one database to another. With the help of this book, you will be able to speed up the process by designing effective ETL solutions using the Azure services available for handling and transforming any data to suit your requirements.With this cookbook, you’ll become well versed in all the features of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to perform data migration and ETL tasks that integrate with Azure. You’ll learn how to transform data in Azure and understand how legacy systems perform ETL on-premises using SSIS. Later chapters will get you up to speed with connecting and retrieving data from SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters, and even show you how to extend and customize the SSIS toolbox using custom-developed tasks and transforms. This ETL book also contains practical recipes for moving and transforming data with Azure services, such as Data Factory and Azure Databricks, and lets you explore various options for migrating SSIS packages to Azure. Toward the end, you’ll find out how to profile data in the cloud and automate service creation with Business Intelligence Markup Language (BIML).By the end of this book, you’ll have developed the skills you need to create and automate ETL solutions on-premises as well as in Azure.
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). An implementation and compliance guide
IT Governance Publishing, IT Governance Privacy Team
This book provides a thorough exploration of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It starts with the core principles of GDPR, explaining its purpose, key concepts, and how it impacts data controllers and processors. The book covers essential features like data subject rights, data processing principles, and privacy compliance frameworks. It also explores the role of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) and the importance of conducting data protection impact assessments (DPIAs).Focusing on practical implementation, the book highlights the need for robust information security measures to meet GDPR standards. It provides actionable advice on best practices, including managing data breaches, ensuring lawful consent, and processing subject access requests. The guide also addresses the complexities of international data transfers in line with GDPR requirements.Finally, the book outlines GDPR enforcement mechanisms, detailing the powers of supervisory authorities and the steps to demonstrate compliance. This resource offers organizations a comprehensive roadmap to align with GDPR, laying the groundwork for effective data protection and compliance.
EVE Online: ISK Strategy Guide. The unofficial guide to becoming an ISK billionaire in EVE Online
Y Michael Xu
New Eden, a universe of beauty, destruction and unlimited potential. Take on the role of a capsuleer and forge a story and empire that spans vast regions of space that is uniquely your own. But in order to forge your story and empire, it takes ISK and lots of it.The ISK Making Guide to EVE Online teaches you the inner workings of each ISK making career choice. Learn the tricks of the pros and avoid the hidden pitfalls that await you at every turn. Learn from the experience of a seasoned EVE veteran.Starting with the more easily accessible career choices and moving on to the careers only available to the experienced capsuleers, this book takes you step-by-step as your story unfolds. Help determine the path of EVE by taking on careers like Mining and Manufacturing, the backbone of New Eden or help your empire rise above the rest by Running Missions for the corporations of your empire. The ISK Making Guide to EVE Online gives you a jump start and walks you through every ISK making career choice.
Michael Stack
Event-driven architecture in Golang is an approach used to develop applications that shares state changes asynchronously, internally, and externally using messages. EDA applications are better suited at handling situations that need to scale up quickly and the chances of individual component failures are less likely to bring your system crashing down. This is why EDA is a great thing to learn and this book is designed to get you started with the help of step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and more.You’ll begin building event-driven microservices, including patterns to handle data consistency and resiliency. Not only will you learn the patterns behind event-driven microservices but also how to communicate using asynchronous messaging with event streams. You’ll then build an application made of several microservices that communicates using both choreographed and orchestrated messaging.By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build and deploy your own event-driven microservices using asynchronous communication.
Everyday data structures. A practical guide to learning data structures simply and easily
William Smith
Explore a new world of data structures and their applications easily with this data structures book. Written by software expert William Smith, you?ll learn how to master basic and advanced data structure concepts. ? Fully understand data structures using Java, C and other common languages ? Work through practical examples and learn real-world applications ? Get to grips with data structure problem solving using case studies
Everyone Is a Programmer. A battle-tested guide to building real apps with AI coding
Zhang Bin, Wu Zhenyao
This book is written by practitioners shaping AI coding tools and developer ecosystems in one of the world’s most application-driven tech environments.Vibe coding is a modern, AI-driven way of building software where you focus on what you want to create, and AI helps handle how it’s built. But it is not a shortcut or a gimmick. Effective vibe coding requires understanding how products are structured, how systems fit together, and how ideas turn into real, usable applications.This book introduces you to just that, helping you find your way to your first AI-coded apps.In six chapters, you’ll learn to ideate, plan, and execute your app ideas. You’ll hit the ground running with professional-grade tools like TRAE SOLO, Cursor, Figma, Vercel, and Supabase. The book’s coverage of end-to-end AI application development includes UI/UX, backend, hosting, authentication, and payment integration.By the end, you will have built two full projects and be equipped with a new way to create. What you build next is up to you.
Riaan Lowe, Donovan Kelly
Exam Ref AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification and Beyond covers all the exam objectives and will help you to earn the Microsoft Azure Administrator certification with ease. Whether you’re studying to pass the AZ-104 exam or just want hands-on experience in administering Azure, this AZ-104 study guide will help you to achieve your objectives.This book covers the latest Azure features and capabilities around configuring, managing, and securing Azure resources. Adhering to Microsoft's AZ-104 exam syllabus, this guide is divided into five modules. The first module will show you how to manage Azure identities and governance. You'll find out how to configure Azure subscription policies at the Azure subscription level and use Azure policies for resource groups. After that, the book covers techniques related to implementing and managing storage in Azure, enabling you to create and manage Azure Storage, including File and Blob storage. In the second module, you’ll learn how to deploy and manage Azure compute resources. The third and fourth modules will teach you about configuring and managing virtual networks and monitoring and backing up Azure resources. Finally, you'll work through mock tests, with answers provided, to prepare for this exam.By the end of this book, you'll have the skills needed to pass the AZ-104 exam and be able to expertly manage Azure.
Donovan Kelly
Take the first step toward excellence in Azure management and earning your Microsoft certification with this hands-on guide!This third edition of Exam Ref AZ-104 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification and Beyond offers comprehensive insights and step-by-step instructions that follow the latest AZ-104 exam objectives. You’ll work your way from foundational topics such as Azure identity management and governance to essential skills such as deploying and managing storage solutions, configuring virtual networks, and monitoring Azure resources. Each chapter includes practice questions to reinforce your understanding and enhance your practical skills. The book also provides you with access to online mock exams, interactive flashcards, and expert exam tips, helping you assess your readiness and boost your confidence before the exam.By the end of this book, you won’t just be prepared to pass the AZ-104 exam – you’ll also have the expertise needed to efficiently manage Azure environments in real-world scenarios.
Brett Hargreaves
The AZ-304 exam tests an architect's ability to design scalable, reliable, and secure solutions in Azure based on customer requirements. Exam Ref AZ-304 Microsoft Azure Architect Design Certification and Beyond offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the AZ-304 exam content to help you prepare for it confidently, pass the exam first time, and get ready for real-world challenges.This book will help you to investigate the need for good architectural practices and discover how they address common concerns for cloud-based solutions. You will work through the CloudStack, from identity and access through to infrastructure (IaaS), data, applications, and serverless (PaaS). As you make progress, you will delve into operations including monitoring, resilience, scalability, and disaster recovery. Finally, you'll gain a clear understanding of how these operations fit into the real world with the help of full scenario-based examples throughout the book.By the end of this Azure book, you'll have covered everything you need to pass the AZ-304 certification exam and have a handy desktop reference guide.
Excel. Master Excel with Essential Skills and Advanced Techniques for Data Management and Analysis
Rheinwerk Publishing, Inc, Helmut Vonhoegen
This book starts by introducing Excel’s core components, such as workbooks, worksheets, and cell formatting. It covers basic tasks like entering data and performing simple calculations, building a strong foundation for efficient data management. Readers will also learn how to work with cell ranges and basic functions, preparing them for more advanced tasks.As the book progresses, it delves into Excel’s more powerful tools, including PivotTables and chart creation. Readers will understand how to organize large datasets and visualize them effectively for presentations. The book also covers automating repetitive tasks using VBA macros, streamlining workflows and increasing productivity.In the final chapters, readers apply their knowledge to real-world scenarios, using Excel for data analysis, financial modeling, and reporting. Through hands-on exercises and practical examples, the book equips users with the skills needed to create professional-grade spreadsheets and make data-driven decisions in various industries.
Robert F Martin
Do you have repetitive tasks that you would like to get rid of for good? Would you like to integrate Office Applications in order to streamline some of your tasks? Then look no further. This compact book will provide you with the knowledge to get your VBA programming off the ground and up to a comfortable cruising speed. Excel Programming with VBA Starter was born out of the need to have a short, but yet all-encompassing book that would give you a solid foundation in programming with Visual Basic for Applications. This book will enable you to harness the power of VBA in Excel and put it to good use throughout the course of your working day.Can't find properties and methods of an object? Don't know what a property, method or object is? Covering simple and advanced topics, create powerful, reusable examples such as IO, picking files from within Excel and automatically attaching them to e-mails. Learn and use the concept of encapsulation to condense code into bite-size methods to be easily accessed from within your projects, plus much more.
Jason Brown
Ransomware, phishing, and data breaches are major concerns affecting all organizations as a new cyber threat seems to emerge every day, making it paramount to protect the security of your organization and be prepared for potential cyberattacks. This book will ensure that you can build a reliable cybersecurity framework to keep your organization safe from cyberattacks.This Executive’s Cybersecurity Program Handbook explains the importance of executive buy-in, mission, and vision statement of the main pillars of security program (governance, defence, people and innovation). You’ll explore the different types of cybersecurity frameworks, how they differ from one another, and how to pick the right framework to minimize cyber risk. As you advance, you’ll perform an assessment against the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which will help you evaluate threats to your organization by identifying both internal and external vulnerabilities. Toward the end, you’ll learn the importance of standard cybersecurity policies, along with concepts of governance, risk, and compliance, and become well-equipped to build an effective incident response team.By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a thorough understanding of how to build your security program from scratch as well as the importance of implementing administrative and technical security controls.
Expert Android Programming. Master skills to build enterprise grade Android applications
Prajyot Mainkar
Android O brings a number of important changes for the users as well as the developers. If you want to create smart android applications which are fast, lightweight and also highly efficient then this is the book that will solve all your problems. You will create a complex enterprise grade app in this book. You will get a quick refresher of the latest android SDK and how to configure your development environment. Then you will move onto creating app layouts, component and module building, creating smart and efficient UIs. The most important part of a modern day app is how real time they are. With this book, you will create a smooth back-end for your app, ensure dynamic and real time communication between different app layers. As we move on, you will learn to leverage the different Android APIs and create an efficient SQLite data layer for your apps. You will implement effective testing techniques to make your app reliable and robust and finally you will learn to deploy it efficiently. The multiple stages of android development will also be simplified by giving you an industry standard set of best practices.