The requirements of K-12 are increasingly for anytime, anyplace learning as students use various devices both inside the district and at home.   One to one initiatives are stretching our ability to reliably deliver the applications that our students and staff need access too.

Short but somewhat scary tidbit from me this week that serves as a reminder that there is a reason that the CSI team advocates: 1 – That we need multiple layers of security protection in our networks since no single tool will catch everything     2 – We need to up the sophistication of […]

For years the best practice, and rules the most auditors hold IT departments to when it comes to secure password policies have included the following: 1 – Passwords should be at least 8 characters minimum and must contain complexity (use at least 1 number, 1 upper case character, and 1 special character)   2 – Passwords […]

Previously we talked about limiting the use of “local administrators” to improve the security of your network. However, we do actually need a local administrator account to exist because, sooner or later, a tech is going to need that account to properly install software or update the machine.

In this week’s Tech Tidbit I want to talk a bit about the importance of implementing proper control of DNS as part of your malware protection program. DNS lookups and / or the hijacking of DNS lookups are an often-used tool by many malware agents to help enable the success of their intended attacks.

In the real world, it’s no longer a matter of if an attacker will get in, but when and for how long. Is your district really prepared? I am pleased to invite you to 2nd Annual Security event on Dec 5, 2017, in our offices in Fishkill. This year’s event will feature actual hands-on experiences […]

The October Tech Talk meeting was jammed packed with information.   There was more information than time allowed us to present. Therefore, Scott is going to do a special November Tech Tidbits webinar presentation on Tuesday November 14th at 10:30 am.

Welcome to the second installment of, “Weekly Tech Tidbits”.    This week I am going to answer a very common question, “Why do we have to remove local Administrator rights to workstations?” The answer is quite simple. Almost every single attack on your network begins on a workstation.

Welcome to the inaugural edition of CSI’s “Your Weekly Tech Tidbit”. Building on Scott’s ever popular Tech Tidbits portion of our quarterly Tech Talk / SYSOP meetings, each week either Scott or I will be sharing a timely thought for the week based upon what we see happening in IT that is of relevance to […]

The October Tech Talk meeting was jammed packed with information.   There was more information than time allowed us to present. Therefore, Scott is going to do a special November Tech Tidbits webinar presentation on Tuesday November 14th at 10:30 am.