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.
Tech Tidbit – Thoughts on the CrowdStrike Event
Tech Tidbit – Increased Phishing Attacks Due to the Horrible Event in Pennsylvania
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 […]
Tech Tidbit – CSI Goes On A Field Trip To Marist College
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 […]

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CSI Tech Talk I October 2023 – Recording Available
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.
CSI’s Tech Talk II October 2023 – Recording Available
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.
CSI Tech Talk I April 2023 – Recording Available
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CSI Tech Talk I January 2023 – Recording Available
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 II January 2023 – Recording Available
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.
CSI Tech Talk II October 2022 – Recording Available
Bob will be discussing infrastructure upgrades covering hardware “end of life” planning over the next few years as well as new switch management alternatives and the convergence of platforms. In addition, Bob will also be discussing some security updates including how to make the best use of the Daily IPS reports from your Cisco Next-Generation […]