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Today is a flash drill exercise. The warm weather has arrived.  It is Thursday afternoon of Memorial Day weekend, and the district gave back an unused snow day, making it a four-day weekend. The weather forecast is ideal. Everyone is bugging out to enjoy themselves.

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.

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 […]

I remember those days when the Apple folks would scoff at having to have antivirus. Macs were superior, and Windows devices had all those problems. The technical folks knew that was marketing blather vs. sound security advice. The reality has always been that “everything can be hacked.

I have been watching the Cisco AMP and Paladin CyberSentinel Managed Endpoint Detect & Respond consoles for a number of clients of late.  One thing is extremely apparent. Your administrators are under constant attack from emails with fake invoices, as well as Microsoft Word and Excel documents – all of which are infected.

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.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)  requirements makes privacy and security compliance for electronic Personal Health Information (ePHI) records in the medical industry challenging.  On September 23rd, 2013 the final portion of the compliance requirements went into full effect.

The reality of today’s world is that the internet can be a dangerous place.  There are criminals trying to steal your money, your data, and your identity.   There are many ways that your business is under attack every day.  Two threats you constantly face are opening dangerous emails and when your employees visit infected […]

How do you backup your critical files?  In talking to various users over the last 35 years for many organizations sadly the answer is, “Backup, what backup?”.  For others they “think” they have backups.  Some have never tested their backups to see if they work.