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So SecTor 2009 wrapped up the other day and again, like any conference I attend, a lot is learned. The event was success in my opinion, from the venue to the food to the keynotes and of course the sessions. Even the vendor area had some exciting things
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Three guys got together over pints in February 2009 and talked about how one of the issues facing Technical Professionals today is keeping their systems patched and up to date. This issue was brought up to them at a User Group meeting they were attending
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It is almost that time of year again! Time to put on the black/white/aluminum foil hat and learn about the latest in security. I’ve said it before and I will say it again, you cannot protect against what you do not know exists. We recently finalized the
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Along with working on our own events like TechDays and EnergizeIT I also work in the community supporting the local technology user groups and other events such as SecTor . I have been participating on the SecTor 2009 advisory committee as we pull
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Three guys got together over pints in February 2009 and talked about how one of the issues facing Technical Professionals today is keeping their systems patched and up to date. This issue was brought up to them at a User Group meeting they were attending
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Patching is a necessary evil. A lot of IT pros don’t like to talk about patching due to the amount of work it can generate for them in their already PACKED jobs. It came up as a heated topic of discussion at a user group event I attended a while back
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Are you a father, mother, brother, sister, uncle, aunt have friends, neighbors or know someone with kids? Chances are you are or do, so when I say online safety is something that should concern all of us, whether you have kids or not, it shouldn’t
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Three guys got together over pints in February 2009 and talked about how one of the issues facing Technical Professionals today is keeping their systems patched and up to date. This issue was brought up to them at a User Group meeting they were attending
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Culminis and Microsoft’s User Group Support Services ( UGSS ) are pleased to announce their co-sponsorship of a 9 User Group tour of Canada, between May 26 and June 18, 2009, by world renowned security expert, Kai Axford (CISSP, MCSE-Security). Kai is
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Over the past few weeks I’ve been reading a few stories on vulnerabilities found in various operating systems. You might have seen the headlines like Attack Sneaks Rootkits Into Linux Kernel or Security Team Shows Unfixable Windows 7 Hack or First Mac
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I’ve always had the belief that in order to really understand something you have to break it and then fix it. Well maybe not break it but take it apart at least :) I really believe this when it comes to security. If you don’t know what threats are out
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Three guys got together over pints a while ago and talked about how one of the issues facing Technical Professionals today is keeping their systems patched and up to date. This issue was brought to the forefront at a User Group meeting we were attending
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Project: Outcrypt: Email Encryption as an Add-In for Outlook 2003 & 2007 The Challenge Describe the situation, challenge or problem you or your team faced. Email is not thought of as a secure method of sending confidential information.
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Regardless… Like Murphy said… “He who laughs last probably made a back-up”. In this case “He who laughs last probably applied MS08-067 to all his systems”. I’ve received a lot of questions from enthusiasts & customers about the latest version of Conficker
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I managed to find a spot for myself on the DirectAccess dogfood going on now at Microsoft. This is by far the single best technology that Microsoft has produced that I can remember. Remember back to when you first got Outlook Anywhere back
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