Resources

The US-CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) recently gave a presentation on what China has been doing to hack anything they can hack with the goal of stealing intellectual property, money and personally identifiable information. While most public sector schools and government agencies are generally not vast repositories of intellectual property, they do manage and transfer […]

SCCM Configuration Manager is an amazing tool.   But when things don’t go as planned, that tool becomes immensely frustrating.  Scott Quimby will walk you through some basic SCCM troubleshooting techniques focusing on: Where the logs are Services that run How SCCM gets updated What to do if updates are stuck.

“Configuring and Managing APC UPSes” was held on Tuesday, April 3rd at 10:30 am.  One of the most valuable items in your data center and your network closets are your APC UPSes. Scott walked through a live demo of how he normally configures UPSes to provide maximum stability and reporting.

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 […]

The requirements of K-12 are increasingly for anytime, anyplace learning as students use various devices both inside the district and at home.   One to one initiatives are stretching our ability to reliably deliver the applications that our students and staff need access too.

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.

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 […]

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 […]