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.
April 2025 Tech Talk – Recording Available
Breach the Gates: Racing Toward Stronger School Cybersecurity – Saratoga Event Recording Available
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.
Acture/CSI’s 10th Annual Cybersecurity Event Cybersecurity Update – Recording Available
“The Seismic Shift in Security Requirements for 2026”** This presentation outlines the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape heading into 2026, emphasizing how AI‑driven threats, increasingly sophisticated attack methods, and widespread vulnerabilities are forcing organizations—especially in K‑12 and public-sector environments—to rethink their defensive strategies.
Tech Talk October 2025 Cybersecurity Update – Recording available
The Acture October 2025 Cybersecurity Update provides a comprehensive briefing on the rapidly intensifying cybersecurity threat landscape and the real‑world attacks that impacted organizations over the past year. The presentation outlines how AI‑driven threats, adversary‑in‑the‑middle techniques, malicious browser extensions, and stolen MFA session tokens have made traditional defenses insufficient.
January 2026 Tech Talk Part II – Recording Available
The January 2026 Tech Talk – Part II delivers a comprehensive and often urgent exploration of today’s rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, highlighting real-world attack trends, new technology risks, and the growing impact of AI and quantum computing on organizational security.
Tech Tidbit – Add MCP to your AI Alphabet Soup
What is MCP? In AI, MCP stands for Model Context Protocol—a standardized framework that connects AI models to external tools, data sources, and workflows.
Tech Tidbit – F(Ph)ishing Trips
I am back from my 29th trip to Acadia National Park on the coast of Maine. There is something about sitting on a rock and staring out at the Ocean that is magical and refreshing. This year, though, we couldn’t do our annual fishing trip on Frenchman’s Bay.
10 years of cybersecurity insights. One unmissable day.
AI is changing the entire cyber threat landscape, even in your classrooms. That’s why this year’s Cybersecurity Event is all about how AI impacts school data privacy and what districts can do to stay ahead. For our 10th anniversary, we’re bringing together thought leaders and district innovators for a full day of strategies, stories, and solutions you […]
Tech Tidbit – Happy Anniversary!
This is the 46th year that Bob and I have been working together in technology! It is the 45th year we have been working in K-12. Acture Solutions has been around for at least 40 of those years as well! The Acture/CSI family has been around the block. We really were around at the beginning […]
Tech Tidbit – Acture’s Field Trip to the AI Conference
Acture Solutions had the privilege to be a Gold Sponsor at the Hudson Valley Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit hosted by Dutchess County Office of Central and Information Services (OCIS), in partnership with Marist University. It was good to be back at the alma mater of so many Acture/CSI employees, including myself.
