Today we continue our look at a series of practical steps that districts can use to increase their NIST compliance. Looking at the complete set of NIST controls can be a daunting experience. One of the best ways we have found to make these cybersecurity improvements more attainable is following the CIS Controls Top […]

Your Weekly Tech Tidbit…Walking the road toward NIST compliance…Patch Management

Your Weekly Tech Tidbit…NIST Software Inventory
As we continue our NIST series, I am going to take a moment and discuss inventory and control of software assets in the IDENTIFY / RESPOND category There are a number of practical ways to better control our software inventory.

Your Weekly Tech Tidbit…Walking the road toward NIST Compliance Inventory
Today we start a new series where we will touch on a series of practical steps that districts can use to increase your NIST compliance. Looking at the complete set of NIST controls can be a daunting experience. One of the best ways we have found to make these cybersecurity improvements more attainable is […]

Your Weekly Tech Tidbit – The Stakes Have Never Been Higher
On Wednesday we had some power failures due to that high wind storm coming through the region. There isn’t really anything to for our infrastructure or server teams once we determine there is a power event. Fast forward to Thursday morning.

Weekly Tech Tidbit – Secure Remote Access
As I write this on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, I do hope that this message finds you well and staying safe as we all adapt to our new normal under the COVID-19 regulations. We all hope this lasts as short a time as possible. Rest assured that the team at CSI seamlessly transitioned into our […]

Weekly Tech Tidbit – Rethinking SSLs
We harp on the fact that if you have *ANY* VPN, or remote access capabilities into your district, you *MUST* use a commercial SSL certificate and not a self-signed SSL – no exceptions. However, an area of growing frustration is that many current browsers are starting to give warnings about whether or not you should […]