Cloud is A Modern Day Gold Rush
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I absolutely love my job, and obviously have no qualms about telling people about it! On a daily basis, I help people solve complex business problems. Sometimes those business problems are rooted in human nature, not technology. When human nature … Continue reading

Looking for the Unknown Anomaly (Hacktivism #7)
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Problem to Solve:  How can I use my APM NPM solution to better detect Unknown Anomaly conditions related to Cyber and/or Hacktivism?   “You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than … Continue reading

Remote Remote .. It’s Work From Home We Go (Hacktivism #6)
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Problem to Solve:  What can we do to protect VPN connections, remote employees working @ home, and B2B links from Cybersecurity / Hacktivism? Can you picture our happy dwarfs that work from home singing to themselves all day long “Remote .. Remote … It’s Work From Home We … Continue reading

Living with the Threat of Ransomware
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Problem to Solve:  How can we go about searching for potential Ransomware activity before our organization gets attacked? The evolution of security for so many has become a reactionary series of response and recovery. The latest highly publicized exploit leaves … Continue reading

Would Homer Simpson Protect Virtualized Servers? (Hacktivism #5)
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Problem to Solve:   What can we do to protect our Virtualized Server Infrastructure and Application Services against Hacktivism?   OK, I don’t know exactly what Homer Simpson thinks about virtualized servers, but do have a guess on his reaction. 🙂   So the … Continue reading

Protect the Critical Applications (Hacktivism #3)
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Problem to Solve: What can we do to protect our organization from Hacktivism, specifically in the area of protecting our Critical Application Services? Have your business critical application services ever become “unavailable”? We have all had this happen at one … Continue reading

The Evolving Role of the Network in the Pharmaceutical Industry
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Working in the greater Philadelphia area now for nearly 17 years has given me the opportunity to work with many of the large pharmaceutical companies located in this area. And one thing you learn quickly is how heavily regulated they … Continue reading

Fundamental Methods for Identifying and Mitigating DoS Attacks
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Problem to Solve:  How can we best identify and mitigate Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks? Everyday, service providers and large enterprises are victims of denial of service (DoS) attacks. Over the last few years, Sony and Microsoft couldn’t deliver gaming … Continue reading

Protect the Highway – Critical Links (Hacktivism #2)
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Problem to Solve:  What can we do to protect our organization from Hacktivism, specifically in the area of Critical Links and Infrastructure? Have you ever seen any of your critical business links that look a “little congested“? I bet that some of … Continue reading