Cybersecurity

StormWind Studios

Data Breaches and the Importance of Encryption

Megan Pantak

Don’t miss StormWind instructor Raymond Lacoste explain the value of encryption when it comes to your organization’s data security. Need cybersecurity training? StormWind’s got you covered. Read More

Guest Post - Security in EdTech

Guest Post: Cybersecurity Insights from an IT Expert in EdTech

Megan Pantak

Banks and ATMs have cash. Department stores have goods. Grocery stores have food. But what does your organization have that’s of value?Old desks? Those are kind of bulky and hard to just run off down the street with. What about those 10-year-old textbooks? Good luck selling those on Amazon for $0.25. And like desks, textbooks […] Read More

old man in front of blue screen

New: Securing Windows Server 2016 70-744

Doug Bassett

We are under attack! Right now, the U.S. is the top target for external cyber attacks. But fear not! We have hardened ourselves against these- at least we’d like to think we have. So why are we still at risk? Any time we are looking at threats, we forget the number one threat to our […] Read More

Enterprise Linux System Administrator

All Things #LinuxSecurity: What is SELinux and what can it do for you?

Dan Goodman

photo cred: major.io What is SELinux and what can it do for you? In this week’s Vblog, Dan Goodman dives deep into all things  Linux Security, what it can and can’t do for you as a user and the process of implementation in your system. (scroll down for video) SELinux: The Basics and What it […] Read More

man pointing

4 AWS Vulnerabilities

Raymond Lacoste

How can you protect your ship from an explosion? The same way you can protect your network from malicious users of course! The first step is recognizing vulnerabilities within your network. The second is distinguishing who has the responsibility of maintaining and reducing those vulnerabilities. When you reduce your vulnerabilities, you reduce the risk of […] Read More

5 Things you should know about meraki security appliances

5 Things You Should Know About Meraki Security Appliances

Raymond Lacoste

We love Meraki products, easy to set up, easy to troubleshoot, easy to monitor, easy to maintain. Even though they are easy, you can still get tripped up.In this week’s vBlog, Raymond Lacoste, shares five things to have a much better, easier Meraki Security Appliance deployment experience.   Photo credit: Cisco Meraki   But first, […] Read More

Day #5 of our Network Defender Challenge

Day #5 of our Network Defender Challenge

George Chanturidze

It’s the final day of the challenge and we are already getting some fantastic feedback from participants about when we will be running this event again! We are hoping very soon with some additional challenges and videos from Mike Vasquez. Big thank you to all of our participants and a reminder to them to finish […] Read More

Day #4

Day #4 of our Network Defender Challenge

George Chanturidze

Thank you so much for all the feedback and response to our 5-Day Challenge! We are in the thick of day 4 for Admins and Managers! Missed you this time? We’d love to have you participate next time for more chances to win prizes and to become a StormWind Network Defender!  http://ow.ly/tGtH30g4XSy For those in […] Read More

Welcome to Day #3

Vulnerability Management + Day #3 of our Network Defender Challenge

George Chanturidze

As serendipity would have it, one of the hottest questions on Spiceworks today is “What is a good vulnerability network scanning software?” This coincides nicely with the 3rd Day of our Network Defender Challenge that has Admins running vulnerability scans and Managers analyzing vulnerability policies. There a quite a few options out there for paid or free […] Read More