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Cyber Security notes for 2025 – Part 4

Further to my four Cyber Security notes here:

Below I am listing Part 4 with keywords to explore relevant to 2025:

  • Access Control
  • Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
  • AI-driven Phishing
  • Allow-list / Block-list
  • Antivirus / Anti-Malware Software
  • Attack Surface
  • Attack Vector
  • Authentication
  • Authenticator App
  • Authorization
  • Availability
  • Backdoor
  • Backup & Recovery
  • Behavioral Biometrics
  • Biometric Authentication
  • Biometrics
  • Botnet
  • Browser Isolation
  • Cloud Security
  • Confidentiality
  • Cryptography / Encryption
  • Cyber Hygiene
  • Cyber Resilience
  • Data Breach
  • Data Privacy
  • Deepfake
  • Digital Footprint
  • Double Extortion (Ransomware)
  • Encryption
  • Endpoint Protection
  • Firewall
  • Identity Theft
  • Incident Response
  • Insider Threat
  • IoT (Internet of Things) Device
  • IoT Security
  • Malware (Malicious Software)
  • Multi-factor Authentication (MFA)
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) / Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
  • Parental Controls
  • Patch Management
  • Patching / Software Update
  • Password Manager
  • Passwordless Authentication
  • Phishing
  • Privacy Settings
  • Quantum-safe Encryption
  • Ransomware
  • Safe Browsing
  • Secure Configuration
  • Security Control / Countermeasure
  • Security Key
  • Shoulder Surfing
  • SIM Swapping
  • Smishing / Vishing
  • Social Engineering
  • Spoofing
  • Threat Actor / Adversary
  • Virtual Private Network (VPN)
  • VPN (Virtual Private Network)
  • Vulnerability
  • WPA3 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 3)
  • Zero Trust
  • Zero Trust (Principle)
  • Zero-Day
  • Zero-Day Exploit

Note: Enhanced / compiled with help of AI / LLMs

Top 100 mathematics keywords for Data Science – Part 1

Whoever is teaching you data science without teaching you Mathematics especially optimization is not teaching it right to you. That’s my biggest learning from Master of Data Science at IIT Gandhinagar – it will take you good 2 years to learn the related mathematics in all four major areas below. It’s not possible to learn this mathematics in few weeks even months, it will take a year or two. Here are the top 100 mathematical keywords commonly used in Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI (sourced from ChatGPT):


1. Probability & Statistics

  1. Probability
  2. Random Variable
  3. Expectation (Mean)
  4. Variance
  5. Standard Deviation
  6. Skewness
  7. Kurtosis
  8. Probability Density Function (PDF)
  9. Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF)
  10. Bayes’ Theorem
  11. Conditional Probability
  12. Joint Probability
  13. Likelihood
  14. Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE)
  15. Prior Probability
  16. Posterior Probability
  17. Hypothesis Testing
  18. Null Hypothesis (H0H_0)
  19. Alternative Hypothesis (HAH_A)
  20. p-value
  21. Confidence Interval
  22. T-test
  23. Chi-square Test
  24. ANOVA (Analysis of Variance)
  25. Z-score
  26. Central Limit Theorem (CLT)
  27. Law of Large Numbers
  28. Binomial Distribution
  29. Poisson Distribution
  30. Normal Distribution
  31. Gaussian Distribution
  32. Exponential Distribution
  33. Log-normal Distribution

2. Linear Algebra

  1. Vector
  2. Matrix
  3. Scalar
  4. Tensor
  5. Eigenvalues
  6. Eigenvectors
  7. Determinant
  8. Singular Value Decomposition (SVD)
  9. Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
  10. Covariance Matrix
  11. Orthogonality
  12. Dot Product
  13. Cross Product
  14. Matrix Multiplication
  15. Rank of a Matrix
  16. Trace of a Matrix
  17. Identity Matrix
  18. Inverse Matrix
  19. Transpose of a Matrix
  20. Diagonalization
  21. Gram-Schmidt Process

3. Calculus & Optimization

  1. Derivative
  2. Partial Derivative
  3. Gradient
  4. Hessian Matrix
  5. Jacobian Matrix
  6. Chain Rule
  7. Gradient Descent
  8. Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD)
  9. Learning Rate
  10. Loss Function
  11. Cost Function
  12. Objective Function
  13. Convex Function
  14. Concave Function
  15. Local Minimum
  16. Global Minimum
  17. Local Maximum
  18. Global Maximum
  19. Lagrange Multipliers
  20. Optimization
  21. Regularization
  22. L1 Regularization (Lasso)
  23. L2 Regularization (Ridge)

4. Machine Learning Metrics & Functions

  1. Accuracy
  2. Precision
  3. Recall
  4. F1-score
  5. ROC Curve
  6. AUC (Area Under Curve)
  7. Confusion Matrix
  8. True Positive (TP)
  9. True Negative (TN)
  10. False Positive (FP)
  11. False Negative (FN)
  12. Logarithm (Log)
  13. Exponential Function
  14. Softmax Function
  15. Sigmoid Function
  16. Activation Function
  17. Cross-Entropy Loss
  18. Mean Squared Error (MSE)
  19. Mean Absolute Error (MAE)
  20. Hinge Loss
  21. Kullback-Leibler Divergence
  22. Entropy
  23. Information Gain

These 100 mathematical keywords form the foundation of Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI.

Research Methodologies – Part 1

Recently I attended a training on Research Methodologies at National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar. Here are the notes via keywords from the same:

  • Philosophy meaning, categories and areas
  • Regional vs. global requirements
  • Questionnaire vs. schedule
  • How to reach a research problem statement and design a questionnaire
  • Literature review 
  • Systematic literature review
  • Bibliometrics – Meta analysis – Know the trends in literature review – trends in domain 
  • Tools for bibliometric analysis
  • Content analysis 
  • Scopus search
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Experiment design
  • Qualitative vs. Quantitative research
  • Overview of statistics and various tests
  • SPSS, MOSViewer, SmartPLS, AMOS, R
  • Factor analysis
  • Structural equation modelling
  • Bayesian statistics
  • Regression
  • Cluster analysis
  • Conjoint analysis

Email me: Neil@HarwaniSystems.in

Keywords to search on Liferay – Part 1

Searching these keywords on Liferay will keep you updated on what’s happening in the ecosystem. Add “Liferay” in-front of these keywords & search the same. It’s a mix of technical & functional / product feature topics. This is Part-1 of the series.

  • Module loader
  • MVC portlet
  • Logging
  • Upgrade
  • Patch tool
  • Search filter
  • Hot fixes
  • Service packs
  • Search experiences
  • Objects
  • Commerce
  • Service Builder
  • Headless delivery
  • Extension
  • Clustering
  • Automated Live chat connector
  • SSO / IAM / Authentication & Authorization
  • Catalogs
  • Products
  • Store administration
  • Order fulfilment
  • Docusign integration
  • Workflows / Process automation
  • Themes
  • Templates
  • Database upgrade
  • Scheduler
  • DXP Cloud
  • Checkout
  • Search blueprint
  • Solutions
  • JavaAPIs
  • REST / JSON APIs
  • DevStudio
  • Performance tuning & optimization
  • REST builder
  • TagLib
  • Portlet filter
  • Custom search facet
  • Custom search filter
  • Workspace
  • Theme generator
  • JS generator
  • Open graph
  • Blade
  • GraphQL
  • Elastic Search
  • Users and permissions
  • Virtual instances
  • Public & private pages
  • Content authoring
  • CI/CD/Docker/Kubernetes
  • Collaboration & Social
  • Editors
  • Maven
  • Gradle
  • Gradle tasks
  • File storage
  • Bundles
  • Organizations
  • Search boosting
  • Search results rankings
  • Portal-ext.properties
  • System.properties
  • Redirection

Email me: Neil@HarwaniSystems.in