Resources

March marks the month that I have been working with technology professionally for 46 years! It seems like yesterday that as a 16-year-old high school student I got my first part-time job (Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings) talking to people about technology.

This week, I would like to talk to you about Malware Defenses. This topic is in the NIST Detect and Protect categories. Antivirus has been around for what seems like forever. However, as long as antivirus has existed, we have had the problem with getting it on “all” servers and “all” endpoints.

We are pleased to announce our upcoming Tech Talk/SYSOP will be IN PERSON on Wednesday, April 17th! This is the first in-person Tech Talk since the pandemic and we are looking forward to seeing you all there! We encourage you to join Bob Knapp, Scott Quimby, and members of the CSI engineering team in person as they […]

‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it’ -George Santayana From his work; Life of Reason, Reason in Common Sense 1905 You have so many tasks you “must do” to keep your district safe.

What would you do if you came into school tomorrow and were told that all your District’s data had been corrupted? Your next step would be to check in with your IT staff to see if they were clearing your system and restoring your data with a backup.

On behalf of the entire CSI team, I want to wish you a very happy holiday season. Hopefully, you can enjoy some downtime with friends and family and maybe do something fun. We are very thankful for all of you allowing us to support your technology and security needs all these years in K-12. It […]

Have you ever started looking into a complex topic, and been overwhelmed by all the details of what is involved? Not only is it hard to understand, but implementing everything can be mind-boggling. Most people have this reaction to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cyber Security Framework (CSF). While the NIST CSF […]

We have had several districts come online with CSI’s CyberCNS Vulnerability Advisory Service. That has given me a substantial amount of vulnerability reports to sift through. One of the nice features of our service is that the vulnerability report not only shows the vulnerabilities, where they are, and how to resolve them, but it also […]

Cyber risk is growing every day. In 2022 K-12 education was the single most targeted industry for ransomware. CSI wants to get you the information you need to know. Spend a day learning about the cybersecurity threats and data privacy challenges facing schools today and how they could impact your district.

From all of us at CSI we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. We are thankful for all of you. We are proud that we first started working with K-12 school districts in 1980 and 43 years later all of those earliest clients are still with us today. A lot has changed in all those years.