Happy Spring! As Spring break looms for most of you, I once again need to be a killjoy and remind you of a stark reality. Whenever you and your team are enjoying some downtime and have more limited staffing, the bad guys are working extra shifts trying to break into your and your peer’s networks.
Tech Tidbit – Be Sure To Check That Your Door’s Are Locked Before You Leave For Spring Break
The Essential Triad of Information Security: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
I know of three CIAs: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) The Hudson Valley’s Culinary Institute of America (CIA) The Triad of Information Security – Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) The first chapter of every Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) training is always about this Triad of Information Security.
CSI’s Special Update…Current K-12 Cybersecurity Challenges – Recording Available
Please join us on Wednesday, March 8th, as Scott Quimby delivers a special update addressing the current K-12 cybersecurity challenges, NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) alignment as it relates to Ed Law 2-d, and NEW actions to improve your district’s security posture, help you with documentation, and measure your technology teams productivity.
Introducing CSI’s CyberCNS Vulnerability Advisory Service – Recording Available
It seems like Cyber Attacks are happening everywhere these days. Whether it’s a national news report of an attack against a company that has your credit card information or local news reporting a school district like yours that’s been hit with a ransomware/data breach, these stories are plentiful.
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 […]
Cisco K-12 Cybersecurity Updates and Funding Ideas for Solutions – Recording Available
Join Cisco and CSI for a very special upcoming webinar. We will be joined by several specialists from Cisco (including Cisco Talos) who will discuss the dangers of spyware, deep links, content manipulation, malware, and keyloggers, and how to protect your school district from these threats.
CSI Tech Talk Part III – Recording Available January 31st, 2023
Scott Quimby discusses the following: Reading DMARC reports – In preparation for achieving DMARC Quarantine status, Scott will walk you through reading DMARC reports and look at what they mean and what actions are required based on the data.
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.
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 […]
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.