Many home offices are merely a corporate tentacle complete with a virtual private network (VPN), remotely managed workstations with IT experts at the corporate offices doing the heavy lifting. But others lack virtually any kind of IT super-sleuth to sort things out and that means that the end-user is the IT staff, like it or […]
Knowing what to post on social media is just half the battle. When is the best time to share it with the world? The best times to post on social media are when your customers and followers are online. Of course, there are actual times that work best for your brand and we’ll dive into […]
Working with SMB’s over the last few years one of the practices that seem to be the most confusing and or difficult to implement is the DevOps model. Taking that into consideration I’ve set out to try and break down just what DevOps is and how it SHOULD work. Obviously, the model varies slightly from […]
If you’re running any version of Windows 10, you should update your computer as soon as possible. Microsoft recently alerted users that it patched two critical remote code execution (RCE) “wormable” vulnerabilities, which could have allowed hackers to spread malware to both your — and others — PCs without your knowledge or any interaction. Currently, […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), National Governors Association (NGA), and the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) have released a Joint Ransomware Statement with recommendations for state and local governments to build resilience against ransomware: Back up systems—now (and daily). Immediately and regularly back […]
Recently, I stumbled backward across a number of organizations in the healthcare sector who have been assigning publicly addressable static IP’s to their IoT. Given the number of affordable, secure and encrypted RA tools available to both internal IT and MSP’s alike this is a maddening access solution that places organizations at substantial and unwarranted […]
One of the questions I am often asked is what if any hardware firewall do I suggest for users to deploy at home? To be honest, that is a question I have historically struggled to answer as previously no single solution has truly felt like a one-stop-shop capable of handling most home user’s needs. In […]
In the May 2019 Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft disclosed a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2019-0708) exists in Remote Desktop Services – formerly known as Terminal Services – when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. This vulnerability only exists in older Windows operating systems (Windows XP, Vista, […]
CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity company that uncovered Russian hackers inside the servers of the Democratic National Committee, priced its shares well above an already upsized range for its initial public offering in a sign of strong investor demand for the latest Silicon Valley listing. The California-based company late on Tuesday priced 18m shares at $34 a […]
When you think of picturesque Appalachian mountain towns, odds are good Kingsport, TN is probably not one of the names that immediately come to mind. However, this small historically industrial city nestled squarely in the larger Johnson City / Bristol MSA is indeed a picturesque mountain community, filled with parks, amazing outdoor spaces, culinary delights, […]