We're a little over a month out from Microsoft's upcoming MFA mandate. On October 5th, 2024, the Entra Admin Center, Intune Admin Center, and Azure portal will finally mandate multifactor authentication. This means that, regardless of your tenant settings, you will be...
IMPORTANT NOTE: I'm trying something new here and looking for feedback (on LinkedIn). I've written this post using Microsoft Copilot by creating a general outline of "points to hit" in addition to a key topic. I'm experimenting with this to see if it can expand my...
In another "real-world impact" story: Hospitals in multiple states are impacted by a ransomware attack against their parent company, Ardent Health. Ardent operates 37 healthcare facilities across the United States. On and after Thanksgiving, multiple local news...
Two recent incidents have caught my attention, and they're impacting the housing market in a real way at this stage. Mr. Cooper is a loan servicer that claims to have over 4.3 million customers. They experienced an attack around Halloween. And, more recently,...
This is an update to my story on the Jeffco Schools incident. Please refer to my "we are human" statement on that post. Defenders: We still see you, and we still empathize with what you're going through right now. This story will likely develop further, and material...
In my last article, I covered the concerning trend of cyber-attacks aimed at K12 school districts. I've been keeping that up to date as best I can, so check there for the updates I've shared. To the point of this article, we saw Clark County and now Jeffco Schools get...
IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) might just be the cloud in its purest form. It truly is just "renting someone else's" computer. Because of that, IaaS offers a ton of flexibility, but it comes with a catch. So let's explore the question: should my cloud...
The White House has unveiled the Biden-Harris Administration National Cybersecurity Strategy, and it has some really important implications for the tech channel. Two Key Topics Directly from the WhiteHouse.gov website. "Rebalance" the Responsibility Topic 1 aims to...
