CSI is pleased to announce that our Federal GSA IT Schedule 70 contract has been renewed. This renewal came after an audit of compliance with the GSA federal guidelines and a review of our performance under the contract. Our Federal GSA IT Schedule 70 contract can be used for the following items: CSI Professional IT […]

CSI’s GSA IT Schedule 70 contract has been renewed!

CSI Tech Talk Webinar Hardening Active Directory and Group Policy Part I – Recording Available
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 […]

US-CERT – Indicators Associated With WannaCry Ransomware
Systems Affected Microsoft Windows operating systems Overview According to numerous open-source reports, a widespread ransomware campaign is affecting various organizations with reports of tens of thousands of infections in as many as 74 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, Taiwan, France, and Japan.

US-CERT – Vulnerability Summary for the Week of May 8, 2017
The US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin provides a summary of new vulnerabilities that have been recorded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) in the past week. The NVD is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) / United States Computer Emergency […]

Apple Releases Security Updates
Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in multiple products. A remote attacker may exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple security pages for the following products and apply the necessary updates: macOS Sierra, Security Updates(link is external) iOS(link is external) […]

Microsoft Issues Guidance for WannCry Ransomware and Patches for old OSes
Microsoft solution available to protect additional products Today many of our customers around the world and the critical systems they depend on were victims of malicious “WannaCrypt” software. Seeing businesses and individuals affected by cyberattacks, such as the ones reported today, was painful.

22-year-old spends $11 to thwart global cyber attack
This is so cool. This guy really did save a big part of the world. A 22-year-old British cybersecurity researcher thwarted yesterday’s “Wanna Decryptor 2.0” cyber attack that affected computers worldwide by spending nearly $11, the Washington Post reports.

Free Developer Training on the latest Microsoft technologies via LinkedIn
LinkedIn Learning is offering free training until May 31st on some of Microsoft’s newest technologies for developers. You can read about it here.

CSI Tech Talk Webinar – K-12 Summer Project Priorities – Recording Available
The summer months are often very busy times as we try to get all our projects accomplished before school starts again. This month Scott Quimby will discuss summer priorities. There are so many important tasks that never seem to get done during the school year.

CSI Tech Talk meeting Tuesday May 9th – Sign Up Now!
**NOTE: Due to ALL THE WINTER SNOW cancellations we pushed this final tech talk of the school year back one week**
Our Tech Talk quarterly, free knowledge transfer session is Tuesday, May 9th at 8:00 AM. This session is 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. If you haven’t been able to come yet, or are not sure if it is right for you, now is your chance to find out. Seating is limited, so reserve your spot as soon as you can.