On January 5th, 2026, the NYS Intelligence Center sent a note stating that they were observing threat actors successfully using EDR evasion tools to hide their activities and extend their undetected access to networks in NYS. Once again, not marketing bullets, but technical facts.

MITRE is a not-for-profit organization that operates federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) to provide technical expertise and innovative solutions to various U.S. government agencies. MITRE focuses on national defense, aviation safety, cybersecurity, healthcare, and more.

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.

It has been a rough two weeks for many of us who support technology for our school districts. We have experienced the worldwide meltdown of CrowdStrike due to a faulty update.

Occasionally the SentinelOne agents included in our CSEDR offering are operating but show a red “x” denoting that the agent is operational, but not visible to the main SentinelOne console. SentinelOne has updated their agents to better explain why they are not communicating.

There is nothing more important than keeping your district and staff and students safe. Cybersecurity is not a topic that you can simply check off the list as done. Much like the computer industry itself, six months ago was the Stone Age.

Trend Micro has stated many times that you have approximately 4 minutes between when a threat enters your network and the infection breaks out. But who can respond that quickly? I have often said if we leave questions on the computer up to our end users, we have failed.