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Uptime…
Remember the days when server up-time was how we measured service availability and bragged about it? This Pi-hole DNS server running on a Debian-loaded mini PC at my home office, is now at 177 days since last reboot, yet is fully patched and running latest version of Pi-hole DNS. Maybe it’s because there are no…
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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…
