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Pipelines…
About 12 years ago, we used a piece of software called Hudson to automate various tasks that were otherwise run by hand. Things like running backup jobs, initiating web server warm-ups, checking on stale DNS records, sending emails reports, executing shell scripts on remote servers, updating firewall rules during peak times of day (think home…
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Security Assessments
The deal with security compliance assessments and certifications is not just about that annual or bi-annual point in time, during which auditors certify your establishment as compliant. It’s about whether your organization and all of its individuals follow security guidelines and best practices as outlined in the assessment during their day-to-day operations. Remember: Once auditors…
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A Security+ Nostalgia
Going through modern Security+ material, seeing mentions of legacy technologies and methodologies such as Sub7 or War-driving was a pleasant time travel 🙂
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Two-factor authentication – just do it already!
During a recent conversation, I was asked to briefly describe what two-factor authentication is, while keeping the technical bits at a minimum. In the age of everything web, most of us have heard of two-factor authentication. Commonly referred to as 2FA or MFA, it simply is the composition of two secrets, one static and the…
