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As we attempt to harden our networks and strengthen our passwords, I wanted to bring up something again I have talked about in various settings. Password lock-out policies. Since the beginning of time, we have had a basic password lock-out policy.

Recently it was worldwide “change your password” day! I have a few thoughts. If you attended the CSI CyberSecurity event in December, you heard the NYS SED CISO get caught up in the incongruent password guidance between NYS and NIST CSF. Unfortunately, there was no breakthrough in this discussion, but NYS SED heard you that […]

Would you be comfortable giving your plumber the key to your house so he/she can come in at any time to fix anything they might feel is amiss? The answer is probably no. Did you know that when you give a vendor unfettered access to your network you are essentially doing the same thing? Similarly, […]

We live in interesting times and continue to face some very unique challenges to keep your school district safe and stable so teachers can teach, students can learn, and the staff behind the scenes can do all the important tasks that make the district function well.

We live in interesting times and continue to face some very unique challenges to keep your school district safe and stable so teachers can teach, students can learn, and the staff behind the scenes can do all the important tasks that make the district function well.

Join us, as Scott discusses his latest “Tech Tidbits” including updates on security and industry news since we last got together. Watch it here × Please fill the form below

Join us, as Scott discusses his latest “Tech Tidbits” including updates on security and industry news since we last got together. Watch it here × Please fill the form below

Tech Tidbits – Scott’s updates on security, updates, and industry news since we last got together. Harden your endpoints as part of your overall security plan – We talk about patching constantly. However, recent ransomware attack post-mortem analysis has shown that there are a number of free, and mostly easy endpoint configuration changes you can quickly make to […]

Tech Talk Part II will be a special session on email. We will talk about the following: Reading email headers. Every time something bad comes into the district, there is invariably a question about where it came from and why it got in.

Part one of CSI’s Fall 2022 technical discussion is oriented toward K-12 public school district technical staff featuring technical and security news, tips, and information oriented toward the K-12 technical team supporting the network, servers, endpoints, and infrastructure in a K-12 school district.