Fun with Cloudflare Zero Trust

I signed up for Cloudflare Zero Trust recently, to kick the tires :) There is a free tier (up to 50 users!) and it can be turned on instantly via self-service signup. I had used other Cloudflare products to protect and cache several websites before, and thus was excited to see if Cloudflare Zero Trust matches that experience. Use-case I am using Cloudflare Zero Trust to create a SWG (Secure Web Gateway) and CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) where I can enforce access, acceptable use and device posture policies....

April 9, 2023 · Vito Chin

Using abstraction as a framework for discussions

As a Solution Architect, I often find myself in discussions with two kinds of audiences: The Engineer Here, I refer to those that wants to ‘see the matrix’ to a certain depth, (i.e. how the sausage is made somewhere between assembly language to GUI). The Executive This is from the endearing term ‘Executive Summary’. Here, it is less about ’the matrix’ but how they can leverage a certain resource to maximize a certain other resource (i....

March 28, 2021 · Vito Chin

Creating a multi-device map with Azure IoT Central

If you use IoT Central, one of the most common dashboard that you may want to have is a map that shows where your IoT devices are. Here are 3 steps steps to get such a dashboard. 1) Add location as a capability If your devices has the capability to send its location, this should already be configured on your device template. Otherwise, you can add the following capability: 2) Instantiate the devices!...

March 9, 2021 · Vito Chin