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.
CSI Tech Talk Webinar – Troubleshooting SCCM Configuration Manager Part I – Recording Available
Cisco Meraki Hands-On Workshop at CSI Wednesday October 3rd
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 […]
CSI is pleased to announce that we are an approved reseller under the NCPA Cooperative Purchasing Alliance
Through our partnership with Synnex Corporation CSI is an approved vendor on the NCPA national purchasing contract which is a legal alternative for our public sector and K-12 clients to either the NYS OGS or Federal GSA IT Schedule 70 contracts.NCPA (National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance) NCPA is a leading national government purchasing cooperative working to […]
Weekly Tech Tidbits – Kill the Zombies
During our May Tech Talk meetings one of my summertime recommended tasks was for everyone to find and eliminate “zombie” servers. Zombie servers are servers which theoretically are retired, but yet that somehow still exist, turned on, in your network.
Weekly Tech Tidbit – The growing importance of logging in your network security plan
When something goes sideways in our technical worlds some of the first questions we get asked, after “when is XXXX going to be back up”, is “what happened?” and “why did it happen?” For sure if the event in question is a security or data breach event the urgency to answer these questions ratchets up […]
Weekly Tech Tidbit – Important new notice from US-CERT – Actions required to protect your networks
**Note – Client tech directors in Dutchess County got a preview of this Tuesday so if you are in that group you may skip the rest of this note and go on to your next e-mail. For the rest of you please read on** On Tuesday, May 29th, I received an updated alert from US-CERT […]
Weekly Tech Tidbit – If only we had…. a sharing of lessons learned from those hit with a security incident on their networks
While we can never say, all is well in the world of network security, this week I feel I can write to you about something other than a US-CERT alert. This week’s topic – an interesting Cisco Talos blog post on the top 5 recommendations the Cisco Incident Response Team, looking back over the past […]
Weekly Tech Tidbit – Warning, Warning – Danger Will Robinson – Change your passwords
As I write this, Netflix is bringing back a new version of “Lost in Space”. Hopefully, it is better than the movie and truer to the original series. Bob has been on a roll with US-Cert announcements (danger, danger Will Robinson) about threats the last few weeks.
Weekly Tech Tidbit – The security alerts and warnings just seem to never end…..
Well, it’s time for another Tech Tidbit from me and right on cue another alert from the National Cyber Awareness system run by the good people at the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has come in that I felt really needed to be highlighted for all of you.
Your Weekly Tech Tidbit – The attack of the killer soda machine!
The other day I was sitting in one of our Tech Talk presentations and Bob discussed the importance of Internet of Things (IoT) security. That made me think of the very real incident that happened in 2017 where a University’s soda machines, light bulbs, and other IoT devices created a denial of service (DoS) attack […]