It has been a rough two weeks for many of us who support technology for our school districts. We have experienced the worldwide meltdown of CrowdStrike due to a faulty update.

During the Pandemic, Threat Actors had a field day using phishing and SEO poisoning to attack users. We are in the same climate again with the horrible events of the last few days. Threat actors who practice phishing attacks are already using this event to send bombastic emails with salacious titles mentioning the event, knowing […]

Gabe, Lisa, and I attended the annual CyberSecurity Summit at my Alma Mater, Marist College. Back in the day, at the beginning of the IBM/Marist Joint Study, I was asked to be on the board of that program. My 20-year-old self had a lot of fun hanging out with the CEO of IBM and discussing […]

Acture/CSI is growing again.  We are looking for high-quality individuals to work with our service delivery team. Please search our Acture/CSI online job database for opportunities in our Albany and Fishkill offices.   Click here and add your resume to be considered for future employment:  Acture Solutions Career Center.

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.

On September 6, 1979 my father and I entered the world of business opening the first store in the region dedicated to personal computers.  I was 17 and had just left for the University of Texas at Austin after helping my dad setup the store and left him to run it while I was in […]