CSEDR Update – How SentinelOne agents do what they do

Occasionally the SentinelOne agents included in our CSEDR offering are operating but show a red “x” denoting that the agent is operational, but not visible to the main SentinelOne console. SentinelOne has updated their agents to better explain why they are not communicating.

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Tech Tidbit – Ransomware is getting a whole lot nastier

We all understand the scourge of Ransomware.   It is debilitating.   Even in the best case, it consumes a huge amount of time to recover.  However, now the bad guys are getting even more nasty.   They want their money.   If you decide you can recover or don’t care, they get nothing.

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Tech Tidbit – You don’t have to be faster than the bear….

  “You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away. You just have to run faster than the guy next to you.” ― Jim Butcher Recently we had the former White House Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) on our webinar talking about the Ukrainian war and its impact on us.

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Tech Tidbit – Online Credential Theft

I was watching a panelist discussion post-mortem discussing firsthand knowledge of 25 major ransomware-style breaches. One of the panelists was an award-winning, ex-NSA offensive hacker.  One item that was stressed as a common theme across many breaches was credential theft being the number one way bad people get into the network.

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Tech Tidbit – Your world must be a commercial SSL world

  Add the last “S” for security. I remember the old mattress commercials. You left the last “S” of the phone number for savings. In our world, we need to always make sure we have the last “S” for security. In our world, any internet-facing connection simply must use a commercial SSL (i.e. VPN, Secure […]

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The Internet is everywhere – Cybersecurity should be too

In today’s school environment, everyone and almost every piece of equipment talks to the internet and run on your network. Your HVAC system, security cameras, phones, bus cameras and communication, attendance, payroll, and many of your teaching tools are all connected to the internet.

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Weekly Tech Tidbit – I challenge you to prove your backups work

  “None shall pass” -The Black Knight “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” Today I would like to challenge you to “test two aspects of your network backups. Most of you have never done this because yPreview (opens in a new tab)ou are “too busy putting out fires”. It is summer.

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