On January 5th, 2026, the NYS Intelligence Center sent a note stating that they were observing threat actors successfully using EDR evasion tools to hide their activities and extend their undetected access to networks in NYS. Once again, not marketing bullets, but technical facts.
The September NYS Intelligence Center Cyber Analysis Unit spotlight summary had some disturbing ransomware news that validated some things I have been saying for quite some time: “Automation is the most adopted and effective factor: 80% of the RaaS groups analyzed have some automation and AI in their platforms.
Are the bad guys already living in your house, using your network and devices as members of a bot army to use your resources and bandwidth as a weapon against businesses, the US government, and the military? One of the “go to” techniques of threat actors is that when they see a geo block from […]
Aaron Kingery, CIO of Acture Solutions, gave an in-depth presentation on how organizations (K-12 schools, Colleges/Universities, Local Government, Libraries) can safely and effectively adopt AI systems under local control – without compromising data privacy or compliance.
It has been said that 80% of the account compromises start with stolen credentials. I read the other day that Microsoft gets 4,000 attacks per second against its cloud accounts! Threat actors really want to be in your account. AI is helping them increase their odds of getting there.
Now that the Threat Actors are using AI to craft phishing emails, protecting your users has become increasingly more challenging. The attacks are too perfect. Your users can’t tell the difference. You and I probably can’t tell the difference either. Yet 70% of the bad things that reach your network most likely come via email.
The April Tech Talk 2025, presented by Scott Quimby (CISSP), Senior Technical Advisor at Acture/CSI, delivers a comprehensive update on today’s rapidly evolving cybersecurity threat landscape and the operational, technical, and strategic responses organizations—especially schools—must adopt to stay secure.
Acture’s Saratoga Track event was a day full of serious technical and security discussions from NYS and industry experts, followed by a fun day of continued discussions at the racetrack. It was insightful and fun. If you missed it, you missed a lot.
Welcome to the Acture Solutions January 2026 Tech Talk Part I webinar. In this session, we have two outstanding presentations for you: Remote Work 2.0 Presenter: Jeff Jakubowski, Network Architect Remote work is here to stay—but many organizations are still managing remote access and devices the old way.
In K-12, there is a strong awareness of US copyright laws. Since the beginning of time, schools have had to manage copyright. This continued from the print media into computer software and then online content. AI has dramatically changed the way we discuss copyright.
