On Wednesday, October 3rd Cisco Meraki will be running a hands-on workshop where you can learn all about the new additions to Cisco Meraki’s cloud-managed portfolio. The event will include:  Hands-On Workshop  Coverage of the entire Meraki full stack portfolio  Lunch with your Cisco Meraki Team *Please bring your laptop to participate in the hands-on […]

Preparing for “A rather blustery day” “Oh the wind is lashing lustily And the trees are thrashing thrustily And the leaves are rustling gustily So it’s rather safe to say That it seems that it may turn out to be Feels that it will undoubtedly It looks like a rather blustery day, today It seems […]

Back on January 29th, there was a flurry of discussion in the IT world about the announcement from Cisco of an Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability. Originally announced as only affecting the ASA and latest code versions of the Firepower Threat Defense firewalls, over the next few weeks […]

The Snort IPS engine is at the core of both the Cisco Firepower Threat Defense and Cisco Meraki IPS systems. Maintained by Cisco’s Talos Group, the Snort Engine, and its signatures are licensed to the world via the open source GPL and as such it is the most widely distributed IPS engine in the world.

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.

Short but somewhat scary tidbit from me this week that serves as a reminder that there is a reason that the CSI team advocates: 1 – That we need multiple layers of security protection in our networks since no single tool will catch everything     2 – We need to up the sophistication of […]

For years the best practice, and rules the most auditors hold IT departments to when it comes to secure password policies have included the following: 1 – Passwords should be at least 8 characters minimum and must contain complexity (use at least 1 number, 1 upper case character, and 1 special character)   2 – Passwords […]

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.

In the real world, it’s no longer a matter of if an attacker will get in, but when and for how long. Is your district really prepared? I am pleased to invite you to 2nd Annual Security event on Dec 5, 2017, in our offices in Fishkill. This year’s event will feature actual hands-on experiences […]