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Previously we talked about limiting the use of “local administrators” to improve the security of your network. However, we do actually need a local administrator account to exist because, sooner or later, a tech is going to need that account to properly install software or update the machine.

In this week’s Tech Tidbit I want to talk a bit about the importance of implementing proper control of DNS as part of your malware protection program. DNS lookups and / or the hijacking of DNS lookups are an often-used tool by many malware agents to help enable the success of their intended attacks.

One of the most frustrating things for users and the technical staff that support them is erratic email flow.  Often users and staff don’t know that their email is stuck or being rejected.  By the time the technical staff often realize there is a problem, a whole lot of email has backed up – or […]

I have been talking over the past year about “Hardening Active Directory”.   In those discussions, we have been talking about implementing a granular password policy so that you K-2 students have a lower password requirement than your financial and guidance users.

The October Tech Talk meeting was jammed packed with information.   There was more information than time allowed us to present. Therefore, Scott is going to do a special November Tech Tidbits webinar presentation on Tuesday November 14th at 10:30 am.

Welcome to the second installment of, “Weekly Tech Tidbits”.    This week I am going to answer a very common question, “Why do we have to remove local Administrator rights to workstations?” The answer is quite simple. Almost every single attack on your network begins on a workstation.

Welcome to the inaugural edition of CSI’s “Your Weekly Tech Tidbit”. Building on Scott’s ever popular Tech Tidbits portion of our quarterly Tech Talk / SYSOP meetings, each week either Scott or I will be sharing a timely thought for the week based upon what we see happening in IT that is of relevance to […]

The October Tech Talk meeting was jammed packed with information.   There was more information than time allowed us to present. Therefore, Scott is going to do a special November Tech Tidbits webinar presentation on Tuesday November 14th at 10:30 am.

We wanted to let you know the CSI Tech Talk meeting and webinar dates for the 2017-2018 school year. Our Tech Talk free knowledge transfer sessions are designed for technical staff responsible for technology support in your organization. Attendees at our previous meetings have given us the highest ratings for the quality of our presentations.

The reality is that your network is under attack.   The bad guys are using advanced machine learning techniques to exploit sometimes subtle vulnerabilities in your network implementation and design to gain a foothold inside your network.  These footholds then use map the network, determine who the domain admin IDs are, who the local admins […]