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I am sticking you with real work for Spring Break. My list is very short. I need you to update, patch, and scan your servers and endpoints I need you to recalibrate all your APC UPSes. Remember to do it only on a nice calm day without weather or wind.

I have a chronic issue with people’s ability to close doors securely. The issue is at home, and it spans all ages. I am constantly finding sliding doors ajar or the front door not closed. As some of you know I rescue English Springer Spaniels – aka bird dogs.

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.

“Now, did you read the news today? They say the danger’s gone away. But I can see the fires still alight They’re burning into the night.” -Genesis, Land of Confusion As you continually upgrade your security posture and better protect your data from ransomware and data exfiltration, the bad guys keep devising innovative ways to […]

Do you know how many inactive accounts you have on your network? I know this can be a difficult number to determine sometimes. For most of you, Microsoft Active Directory is “the source of truth.” It syncs to Azure/Entra and/or Google Apps and elsewhere.

Today is a flash drill exercise. You are experiencing the blizzard of 2025. The Governor and County Executive have declared a state of emergency. The roads are closed. The snow keeps piling up. Your district data center is operational, and you have generator backup.

“And now for something completely different.” -Monty Python’s Flying Circus If you have been in the industry for a while, you have heard the warning, “Internet Explorer (IE) is dead. It is insecure. It has been retired. You must get off Internet Explorer and onto a more modern and secure browser.

“It Got Weird, Didn’t It?” -Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me I just attended the Huntress Security Event in NYC. It was at the Spy Museum on 8th Avenue (a cool place). I returned from that event to the office very afraid for all of us – myself included.

“This is the end, beautiful friend. This is the end.” -Jim Morrison of The Doors October 14, 2025, marks the end of the line for our tried-and-true, stable, and generally “good enough” Windows 10 OS. Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 10 have proven to be very stable OSes that we haven’t had […]

I wanted to remind you that “Hacker’s Holiday Hours” will start as you wind down for the Christmas break. Last year, I got a call from the SOC on the morning of the Saturday before Christmas. My wife made a face on that call, but we did what we needed to do.