“I wanna be a lifeguard. I want to guard your life…” -Blotto 1979 Three of my kids are certified lifeguards. Two have the elite Ellis Lifeguard certification that places like Disney and Great Wolf Lodge require, and the third has the standard Red Cross Lifeguard certification.

School’s out for the summer. My son graduated high school. The 4th of July is our country’s 247th birthday. It is time to make some noise! Besides the fireworks on the 4th, we must focus on configuring our networks to force attackers to be as noisy as possible.

“None shall pass.” -The Black Knight, Monty Python, and the Holy Grail We continue to see attacks from misconfigured VPNs. Today I want to focus on legitimate user’s who have VPN access to your networks.

Every year, we hear about the Chinese New Year, the animal featured that year, and its significance. With the start of the new school year, I would like to declare the 2024-2025 school year “The Year of Visibility.

I read an article today in which a judge declared that Google monopolized search. Well, that is a big duh! How long did it take the government to figure that out? Today, I will not debate the merits of Google’s status. I have a far more serious security concern to discuss.

We are excited to partner with NYSCATE to bring you this important upcoming webinar! New York State K-12 school districts must comply with EdLaw 2-d, which is challenging due to limited staff and resources.

Exploring the Benefits of Digitalization Digital transformation is no longer an option. It’s a necessity for school districts aiming to thrive in the modern landscape. Yet many districts find themselves grappling with the complexities of digital transformation.

I stare at the Paladin Sentinel Monitoring Console every morning and see what happened with our monitored servers and networks overnight. I see many patterns and similar events happening between your networks. Here is one of my pet peeves of what I often see with a free suggestion to help keep me calm in my […]

A few years ago, there was a very public cyber insurance denial case. As I understand it, the business contracted with Travelers for cyber insurance. They filled out their questionnaire and stated that they had multi-factor authentication (MFA) everywhere.

It is Tuesday at 12:29 a.m., at the end of Labor Day weekend. I am driving back from Westchester County Airport, having just flown in from Charlotte, NC. A message comes through. It is our friends at the Blackpoint Cyber SOC. One of our client’s legitimate users detected initiated a first-time VPN connection to M365 […]