As I write this, Netflix is bringing back a new version of “Lost in Space”. Hopefully, it is better than the movie and truer to the original series. Bob has been on a roll with US-Cert announcements (danger, danger Will Robinson) about threats the last few weeks.

Weekly Tech Tidbit – Warning, Warning – Danger Will Robinson – Change your passwords

Weekly Tech Tidbit – The security alerts and warnings just seem to never end…..
Well, it’s time for another Tech Tidbit from me and right on cue another alert from the National Cyber Awareness system run by the good people at the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has come in that I felt really needed to be highlighted for all of you.
Your Weekly Tech Tidbit – The attack of the killer soda machine!
The other day I was sitting in one of our Tech Talk presentations and Bob discussed the importance of Internet of Things (IoT) security. That made me think of the very real incident that happened in 2017 where a University’s soda machines, light bulbs, and other IoT devices created a denial of service (DoS) attack […]

Weekly Tech Tidbit – New Brute Force Attacks using “password spraying” against Internet / Cloud-based services
Many of you may be on the US-Cert alert e-mail list, but I suspect many of you are not. Since most all of you have Internet-facing devices, or even more likely cloud-based applications (Office 365 / Google Apps, at least), I wanted to make certain that all of our clients “heard” the message contained in […]

Your Weekly Tech Tidbit – Are your printers secure?
We spend huge amounts of time thinking about server and workstation patches, firewall and switch patches and software patches, but when was the last time you thought about the security of your printers? More and more schools are moving away from small classroom printers and towards more sophisticated, multi-function, copier, scanner, printers.

Microsoft Licensing Webinar – Wednesday April 25th
One of the most confusing things we all encounter is Microsoft software licensing. You hear one explanation and then another. We are left mystified – hoping that we did it right and the school district is legal. On Wednesday, April 25th at 10:00 am Microsoft will be providing a Microsoft Licensing specialist in a webinar […]

Introducing Microsoft Teams for Next Generation Classroom Teaching and Learning – Tuesday, April 17th
CSI is excited to announce our third hands-on learning event entitled “Introducing Microsoft Teams for Next Generation Classroom Teaching and Learning” in our classroom in partnership with Microsoft on Tuesday, April 17th from 9 am until 1 pm. Microsoft Teams is the digital hub that brings conversations, content, and apps together in one place.

Free Training on HPE Nimble Storage-Wednesday May 3rd
CSI is pleased to announce that on Thursday, May 3rd from 8:30-4pm we will be hosting HPE Nimble in an all-day event. In the morning Nimble will overview their advanced storage solutions:

Your Weekly Tech Tidbit – Preparing for a rather blustery day
Preparing for “A rather blustery day” “Oh the wind is lashing lustily And the trees are thrashing thrustily And the leaves are rustling gustily So it’s rather safe to say That it seems that it may turn out to be Feels that it will undoubtedly It looks like a rather blustery day, today It seems […]

Configuring and Managing APC UPSes Webinar – Recording Available
“Configuring and Managing APC UPSes” was held on Tuesday, April 3rd at 10:30 am. One of the most valuable items in your data center and your network closets are your APC UPSes. Scott walked through a live demo of how he normally configures UPSes to provide maximum stability and reporting.