Using CPGs in Real Life – Patching

Everyone knows the adage “No one is perfect”. Unfortunately for anyone with a computer network, the bad actors who want to infiltrate your system are ready to take full advantage of any mistake they can find. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) knows this, as they called out CPG 1.E (Mitigate Known Exploited Vulnerabilities) in […]

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Tech Tidbit – No One Is Exempt From Security

My wife works for a multi-billion dollar hospital network you all will know. Every time she signs into their mandated VPN and MFA solution she curses out, “How annoying it is to have to do this each time to do anything!” I was the only “IT guy” in earshot to hear her frustration.

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CSI Webinar – Come learn how to provide world-class protection for your district against cyberattacks in a sane, manageable way

New York State K-12 school districts must follow EdLaw 2-d. We all know that is easier said than done. It is hard work with limited staff and limited resources to properly protect student and staff personally identifiable data while protecting the integrity of the district’s network and making sure there are proper controls to protect […]

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Tech Tidbit – Managing and Protecting Local Administrator Accounts

Microsoft has tried hard to increase awareness of “pass the hash” attacks. They have been patching, but the threats keep coming. Back in April Microsoft released something quite awesome – their next-generation Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS). Quite simply LAPS allows you to automatically rotate the password for a designated “local administrator” account on endpoints.

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CSI Tech Talk Part I – Recording Available January 17, 2024

The first session will be led by Scott Quimby, CISSP, Vice President and CTO of CSI. He will focus on “Tech Tidbits” providing timely informational updates on industry news and cybersecurity issues impacting the K-12 environment. Watch it here × Please fill the form below

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CSI Tech Talk Part II – Recording Available January 24, 2024

Join us, as Jeff Pigula, CSI Senior Network Engineer (Cisco CCNA and CC-NSF) will be discussing the changing world of PoE power management – what you need to know to keep from being driven crazy with the proliferation of new PoE devices being added to your network.

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