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Our table-stakes checklist to protect your network from threat actors
1/10/2020
Michael Sullivan , Dir. of Network & Security Services, CISSP, CEH
Due to recent tensions between the United States and Iran, the DHS/US Government as well as other 3rd party intelligence sources and security manufacturers, have issued alerts and recommendations for heightened cyber activity by Iranian threat actors. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an announcement providing guidance specific to Adversarial Tactics and Techniques (Mitre ATT&CK Framework)…
Boomi and Microsoft Cloud-Based Integrated Data Pipelines and Visualizations
11/18/2019
Doug Jones , Director, Software
The data-driven future is here – and winning organizations understand the power of their data and how to harness it. Through integrated data pipelines, business leaders gain a 360-degree view across complex global environments. Plus, they generate data-driven insights for sophisticated demand planning and informed decision making that spans each business division up to the C-suite. …
Keys to protect your organization from cybersecurity attacks
7/17/2019
Michael Sullivan , Dir. of Network & Security Services, CISSP, CEH
Recently, Mark Outlaw, our CEO, and I participated on a panel for Check Point on the topic of cybersecurity threats and protections. While sharing insights with the group of IT leaders and infosec experts, we were able to raise some key reminders for protecting your organization — no matter the size or sector. The most important…
Running Native VMware on Azure is here
5/17/2019
Mark Outlaw , CEO
Keep using your existing VMware investments, skills, and tools, including VMware vSphere, vSAN, vCenter, and all other providers’ tools. In a recent article released by Microsoft, Azure VMware Solutions deliver a comprehensive VMware environment in Azure allowing customers to run native VMware-based workloads on Azure. Customers can now seamlessly run, manage, and secure applications across VMware environments…
Modern Intranet Pros and Cons
3/13/2019
Mary Dooner , Senior Developer UI/UX, Platform Technologies
05-21-2019 Blog Update: Microsoft announces new SharePoint home sites for the modern intranet. Home sites are designed to bring together news, events, content, conversations and videos all to your organization’s main landing site. With new organization design for communication sites and page options, building a home site is quick and efficient. We’re excited about this feature because it…
Prepare for Windows Server 2008 End of Support with Transition to Azure
2/12/2019
Carl Acree
Support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 is coming to an end and that means the end of regular security updates. With cyberattacks becoming more sophisticated and frequent, running apps and data on unsupported versions can create significant security and compliance risks. End of support is quickly approaching for these popular 2008 releases:…
Microsoft Extends Enhanced Anti-Spoofing Protection to all Exchange Online Organizations
10/10/2018
Carl Acree
Microsoft recently announced the extension of enhanced anti-spoofing capabilities free of charge to all Exchange Online Protection (EOP) organizations. This comes as we’re seeing a rise in email spoofing, a tactic used in phishing and spam campaigns. These emails are especially threatening as the messages appear to come from a trusted source. A link in…
Issue in Microsoft Security and Quality Rollup Update
9/21/2018
Carl Acree
The recent release of .NET security patches to address CVE-2018-8421 is causing SharePoint workflows to stop working. Our SharePoint and network teams have successfully remedied the issue using the following fixes. After installing, patch KB4457916/4457035 or Microsoft KB4457920 rollup, we’re seeing SharePoint 2010 and 2013 server workflows to fail on start. We have successfully applied this Microsoft…
Expected Release: DDoS Protection for Microsoft Azure Government Cloud Virtual Networks
9/14/2018
Michael Sullivan , Dir. of Network & Security Services, CISSP, CEH
For those on the Azure Government Cloud, we’re expecting to see an announcement from Microsoft in the next 60 days (or so) regarding the release of the Azure Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) built-in protections. Back in May, the general availability of DDoS for the Azure Cloud was released – offering a no cost basic plan that includes always-on traffic monitoring,…