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Distributed scale-out NAS/file system provider Qumulo has launched Shift, which converts file data held in its physical and virtual arrays into objects in Amazon Web Services (AWS)S3 storage in the cloud.

That makes that data available to applications developed to use on-site NAS and those developed for the web.

Enterprise data is basically file data, said cloud director at Qumulo, Barry Russell. And enterprises today want to use applications that they have developed natively for the cloud where the format is usually object. We are offering to our customers, without any extra cost, a way of having their data in both formats, he added, in a presentation to the virtual edition of the IT Press Tour last week.

The object storage format is not just about good practice in the cloud, said Russell. Its the format expected for use with IoT[internet of things], cartography or analytics in the cloud and that enterprises want to integrate with their applications. But enterprises dont want to lose file format, which is in use for the majority of their workloads.

A particular focus for Qumulo is media production, for which fast and expandable disk is needed for video rendering. The logic for Qumulo is that these types of workload can benefit from being able to burst to complementary services in the cloud. The company gives as examples AWSs Elemental MediaConnect, Amazon Elastic Transcoder and AWS Elemental Live.

Previously, Qumulo had re-factored its physical arrays to virtual versions in the AWS cloud. It explained that this would allow video production customers access to hundreds or thousands of virtual machines (VMs) in the cloud to carry out their processing workloads. But this only allowed for traditional video processing, originally developed to function on-site.

Shift aims to open up workloads to a new range of web services. Having said that, the new functionality, which will come with the next operating systemupdate, is limited for now.

So, while files created or modified on Qumulo NAS are automatically converted to S3 objects, the reverse is not yet possible. Initially, customers will have to manually recover data written in S3 for web applications if they want to use them in local applications.

Use of S3 cant, therefore, be considered an integrated tier of storage in Qumulo NAS.

Besides AWS video services, Qumulo hopes to target organisations that want to use artificial intelligence services available on AWS.

With Shift, we are the only file system that formats and sends your data to online services while allowing you to continue to process it locally, said Molly Presley, head of global marketing at Qumulo, who also spoke of an oil and gas sector organisation Shell that is particularly interested in this functionality.

As well as converting files data into a format useable by cloud-native applications, Shift also functions as an automatic archiving system that retains the contents of Qumulo arrays in S3 format, which offloads data from the NAS thats not currently in use.

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Proposed LAED Act marks another chapter in the ongoing encryption battle between tech giants and government

ANALYSIS 2020 has been quite the year so far, with many of us adapting to a new way of living and working due to Covid-19.

In the technology realm, however, 2020 has become Groundhog Day, experts say, because of the ongoing fight between technology companies, privacy and civil rights groups, law enforcement, and the US government over encryption.

The bone of contention is end-to-end encryption, a communication approach where the keys needed to decrypt conversations are held on individual devices rather than by service providers or device manufactures.

Law enforcement and governments worldwide want to be able to access messages sent from consumer devices during criminal investigations a prospect made difficult due to modern authentication checks and encryption-based security.

Vendors, including Apple, Microsoft, and Google, will only hand over user data when legally obligated to do so even in this case, requests may be rejected if deemed too broad.

However, they have not yet been forced to deliberately weaken their own product security to make it easier for law enforcement to retrieve communications.

Throughout 2015 and 2016, Apple received requests from the FBI to unlock iPhones belonging to suspects in criminal investigations. This included a request to unlock an iPhone 5 belonging to San Bernardino shooting perpetrator Syed Rizwan Farook.

The FBI demanded that Apple bypass the mobile devices passcode, but the company contested on the basis that to comply would mean creating a backdoor that posed an inherent security risk.

A legal battle ensued, but Apple was eventually taken out of the picture after a third party found an authentication bypass iOS vulnerability, allowing law enforcement to access the device.

Encryption remains a political issue. Yet while several laws have been proposed worldwide to force technology vendors to bow to decryption demands, no country is understood to have gained backdoor-level access to commercially-made communication apps or devices.

Now, despite previous failed efforts, US legislators are making a fresh attempt to bring encryption to heel.

On June 23, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, alongside Senators Tom Cotton and Marsha Blackburn, introduced the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act (LAED), a new bill (PDF) which the US officials claim will bolster national security interests and better protect communities across the country by ending the use of warrant-proof encrypted technology by terrorists and other bad actors.

Once served with a warrant, the bill requires vendors and service providers to assist law enforcement in accessing encrypted devices or data if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the assistance required by the order will aid in the execution of the warrant.

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Furthermore, the Attorney General currently William Barr would be given the power to issue directives to companies to report on their ability to comply, including through the development of software to break their own encryption.

The Attorney General would also be able to launch a competition to award participants who create a lawful access solution in an encrypted environment.

This latest legislative play follows a succession of earlier bills that attempt to control cryptography, including the Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT) Act.

EARN IT, like LAED, also faces opposition from technologists and privacy activists such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

LAED would apply to manufacturers who have sold more than one million devices

Proposing the installation of backdoors into cryptographic services means that deliberate security weaknesses would be introduced that can be used not just by the police, but also could be taken advantage of by cyber-attackers.

Critics view this concept as an affront to privacy, security, and civil liberties.

In a blog post, Riana Pfefferkorn, associate director of surveillance and cybersecurity at StanfordCIS, noted that this bill also goes beyond past legislative attempts, as LAED would require encryption offered by any online service relating to stored data or data in motion to be breakable by law enforcement.

This could include mobile devices, messaging apps, operating systems, and the full remote computing services spectrum encompassing cloud storage services, email platforms, social media, and more.

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If passed, LAED would apply to device manufacturers that have sold at least one million devices in the US since 2016 and any service provider with at least one million subscribers or users.

In a statement, Barr praised the bill, saying: I am confident that our world-class technology companies can engineer secure products that protect user information and allow for lawful access.

Pfefferkorn, however, has branded the proposed legislation as a full-frontal nuclear assault on encryption in the United States.

The new proposal prompted a collective groan on social media networks, with one Twitter user branding the ongoing battle to break vendor encryption as legislative malware.

Once again we find ourselves in the movie Groundhog Day, watching members of the Senate or House put forth legislation attempting to force mandated backdoor in encryption, Tony Cole, chief technology officer at Attivo Networks, told The Daily Swig.

Its critical that our legislators understand that this path to help law enforcement will also create significant new inroads for nation-states and criminals to find and break those backdoors.

Warren Poschman, senior solutions architect at Comforte AG, a data security firm, says that such a proposal could also degrade Fourth Amendment rights, which prevents unreasonable searches and seizures by the US government.

In short, there is an inconvenient truth: to stop encryption being a challenge for law enforcement, you would need to introduce device or software backdoors that could actually give criminals the tools required to compromise citizen services and data.

In turn, this could erode trust in device manufacturers and companies offering online services.

Seemingly at odds with emerging privacy regulations that require or incentivize full anonymization of data, the risk is that overall security, both IT and personal, is eroded with the best intents not to mention the potential for the government itself to be hacked, Poschman added.

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The coronavirus pandemic is transforming the education sector as much as it is transforming various important aspects of our lives. The majority of teaching and learning has been transferred to digital platforms as many cities remain in quarantine or begin to ease lockdown restrictions. But the education sector will never be the same again.

Education is going through several developments and changes. These changes were accelerated over the last few months by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the novel virus did not outrightly halt the delivery of education. It merely demanded new ways of delivering and receiving learning content. One of those ways includes peer-to-peer learning, which has been around for some time.

In a formal classroom setting, an educator shares knowledge with students. In peer-to-peer learning, students share knowledge with other students. P2P learning extends to workplaces and industries. It should be noted that peer-to-peer learning is supplemental learning and not meant to replace formal education.

Peer-to-peer learning should provide benefits to those who share and receive knowledge. Students need to learn as much as they would if they were in a formal classroom. The same applies to workers who have to acquire as much knowledge as they would from a hired external expert. Some of the benefits of this kind of learning include:

Peer-to-peer learning is changing as the online education sector grows. Some students prefer to watch video content instead of reading notes. The same thing can be said for young professionals who are likely more interested in watching practical projects in advancing their careers. Peer-to-peer learning platforms are aimed to bridge this gap by providing practical step-by-step learning content delivered in video format.

Blockchain technology has been called a hammer looking for a nail because of its ability to solve problems found in many industries. Blockchains use cases in education are as important as the technologys application in finance and payments. The technologys applications in education include identity management, verification of degrees and certificates, cloud storage, record management, digital rights protection, security and tracking donations made to educational institutions.

An increasing number of students are taking online courses. More than 6 million Americans are taking online classes and looking forward to getting degrees. Some of the online students are career professionals who are either looking to switch or accelerate their careers. This growing number of online students could easily pave the way for counterfeit degrees and certificates. The University of St. Gallen in Switzerland introduced a blockchain pilot project to verify the authenticity of its degrees. Using such a system would reduce the amount of time required to verify degrees from a few days to just seconds.

Students have lots of records to keep. These include attendance, modules, grades and even payments, among others. Instead of these records belonging to institutions, they can be recorded on the blockchain, where the data is immutable. The students can access their data whenever they want without going through the hustles of contacting their alma mater. The University of Nicosia in Cyprus has developed a blockchain system to store students information such as grades, certificates and more.

Blockchain is still an emerging technology and its true potential and limitations are yet to be fully explored. The technology will likely have more use cases in the education sector in the future. What is clear so far is that the coronavirus pandemic has shown the need for new, innovative ideas in the delivery of education. Students need a new way to learn while young workers could use online platforms to advance career skills.

The views, thoughts and opinions expressed here are the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect or represent the views and opinions of Cointelegraph.

Michael J. Garbade is the co-founder and CEO of Education Ecosystem. He is a serial tech entrepreneur who formerly worked at Amazon, General Electric, Rebate Networks, Photobucket and Unicredit Group. Garbade has experience working in the United States, Europe, Asia and South America.

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