This is the 46th year that Bob and I have been working together in technology! It is the 45th year we have been working in K-12. Acture Solutions has been around for at least 40 of those years as well! The Acture/CSI family has been around the block. We really were around at the beginning […]

I spent the day today at the soccer field for the championship games of the local town soccer season. My daughter’s team came in third place, winning its first and last games. It is interesting to watch little kid “beehive soccer.

Today’s Internet and network security environment differs greatly from just a few short years ago. As we’ve discussed, legacy tools, basic firewalls, and basic anti-virus/malware are no longer sufficient to keep your network safe. Many districts have implemented next-generation firewalls.

“I wanna be a lifeguard. I want to guard your life…” -Blotto 1979 Three of my kids are certified lifeguards. Two have the elite Ellis Lifeguard certification that places like Disney and Great Wolf Lodge require, and the third has the standard Red Cross Lifeguard certification.

I stare at the Paladin Sentinel Monitoring Console every morning and see what happened with our monitored servers and networks overnight. I see many patterns and similar events happening between your networks. Here is one of my pet peeves of what I often see with a free suggestion to help keep me calm in my […]

A few years ago, there was a very public cyber insurance denial case. As I understand it, the business contracted with Travelers for cyber insurance. They filled out their questionnaire and stated that they had multi-factor authentication (MFA) everywhere.

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” -Albert Einstein “You live in a world of illusion Where everything’s peaches and cream. We all face a scarlet conclusion, But we spend our time in a dream.” -Jungle Love, Steve Miller Band Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to network security.

Today’s cyber landscape feels a lot like this picture. Anyone who uses a device connected to the internet is under threat. You never know when that arrow with your name will find you. Do you have the armor you need to give you the best chance of survival when the arrow finds you? Medieval warriors […]

Here is my “Top 5” list to up your cybersecurity defenses: Make sure that whatever your current endpoint protection strategy is, it is 100% in place. There are always better tools. However, repeatedly, the attackers are exploiting gaps in your cyber defenses.

A year ago, my very short wife sat in a restaurant during March Madness on a bar stool that was too tall for her. The result was that while getting down off the stool, she blew out a disk in her back and was in tremendous pain. We went to a local ortho walk-in clinic.