Posted on 10.15.18 by Kevin Conklin
You likely already realize that file transfers using the file transfer protocol (FTP) expose your sensitive data to high risks.
Posted on 10.12.18 by Jeff Edwards
For years, there have been concerns of the Chinese government building backdoors and spying capabilities in to phones and hardware built on their soil, and now it seems those concerns are coming to head with a recent Bloomberg story that alleges that Chinese government...
Posted on 10.12.18 by Greg Mooney
In this podcast, Ipswitch's Director of Global Alliances, John McArdle, discusses a new and powerful integration within Ipswitch's network monitoring tool, WhatsUp Gold.
Posted on 10.10.18 by Prateek Singh
Tired of managing Windows system administration tasks manually? Wish you could set up a few Python scripts instead? Where there's a will, there's a way! In this article, we'll show you how to install Python's WMI module and how you can use it to perform system...
Posted on 10.03.18 by Nate Lewis
Holding off from adopting a BYOD policy is an uphill battle. In the past five years alone, we’ve seen a number of significant shifts in technology and workplace culture. With these new changes come new security risks, so how do we address them?
Posted on 10.02.18 by Prateek Singh
Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers a service known as Identity and Access Management (IAM) that lets AWS Administrators provision and manage users and permissions in AWS cloud. AWS IAM can prove very useful for System Administrators looking to centrally manage users,...
Posted on 09.28.18 by Nate Lewis
One look at the headlines is all it takes to see why security is at the forefront of every IT team’s mind. Hacks, data theft—you name it; some of the largest corporations have succumbed to these pitfalls over the past few years, and there’s no end in sight. It's no...
Posted on 09.26.18 by Michael O'Dwyer
Readers of previous posts are aware of my reservations on the current ubiquitous drive to connect absolutely everything (from the frivolous to the useful) to the internet but there is no denying that the trend will continue unabated. This will create security risks that...
Posted on 09.25.18 by Adam Bertram
Producing great software is only half the battle--or more like 1/3 of the battle. Software is worthless until it gets in the hands of the people that want to use it. To do that, though, isn’t simple.
Posted on 09.25.18 by Prateek Singh
In this article, we'll take a look at how system administrators can use Python to manage their Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) infrastructure. You’ll learn to query existing EC2 instances, change the state of the virtual machines and their...
