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To ensure an industry-standard definition of and requirements for an SD-WAN service, the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) last summer debuted the MEF SD-WAN Service Attributes and Service Standard (MEF 70). MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Certification Program also launched. This article will look at:
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Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are an important part of the IT environment, providing the knowledge and the trusted partnerships that enable organizations of all sizes to embrace innovations made available by our era of digital transformation.
While there has never been a more exciting time to be an MSP, there are also many challenges MSPs must navigate to acquire and preserve long-lasting client relationships. Specifically, MSPs cite maintaining profitability (27%), bolstering growth (33%), and managing cybersecurity (30%) as some of their top business issues.
When it comes to managing cybersecurity, safeguarding client endpoints is a critical part of the MSP service offering. To streamline the process, MSPs should have an endpoint security vendor that helps to overcome common issues that can cut into profits and lead to client churn, like prioritizing response efforts and managing security at scale.
Read this article to view 5 essentials that MSPs need from their endpoint security providers and for tips and solutions to ensure your MSP is successful in this area.
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Geek Speak is an IT-focused website hosted by SolarWinds that features a large community of tech-saavy members who share their expertise with one another. Can be a great resource for learning and for getting help with those tricky IT questions.
Console is a modified version of Console 2 that works better with Vista/7/8/10 and offers better visual rendering. Also it’s portable and backwards compatible back to Vista.
NetCraftsmen is a blog on the latest news, items of interest, how-tos and advice on the use of technology in business. The blog is the work of a team of networking masters who kindly share their knowledge to help demystify the topic and share what’s hot in their field.
TCPView shows detailed listings of all TCP and UDP endpoints on Windows system, including the local and remote addresses and state of TCP connections. Also reports the name of the process that owns the endpoint on Windows Server 2008, Vista and XP. Provides a simpler, more informative subset of the data from Windows Netstat. vvildcard includes it on the recommended list of “daily go-to’s and must-haves.”
Darknet Diaries podcast relates the fascinating, true stories of hackers, defenders, threats, malware, botnets, breaches and privacy. The show’s producer, Jack Rhysider, is a security-world veteran who gained experience fighting such exploits at a Security Operations Center.
GNU Guix is a Linux package manager based on the Nix package manager, with Guile Scheme APIs. It is an advanced distribution of the GNU OS that specializes in providing exclusively free software. Supports transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, and more. When used as a standalone distribution, Guix supports declarative system configuration for transparent and reproducible operating systems. Comes with thousands of packages, which include applications, system tools, documentation, fonts, and more.
As of version 1.1.0, the standalone Guix System can be installed on an i686, x86_64, ARMv7, or AArch64 machine. It uses the Linux-Libre kernel and the GNU Shepherd init system. Alternately, GNU Guix can be installed as an additional package manager on top of an installed Linux-based system.
Source code and binaries for the Guix System distribution ISO image and GNU Guix
Older releases of GNU Guix
Crosstalk Solutions YouTube channel is loaded with detailed videos on all sorts of best practice networking, WiFi, VoIP, and PBX topics.
4K Video Downloader is a free downloader for videos, playlists, channels, and subtitles from YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, and other popular video sites in high quality. 4K Video Downloader available on Windows, macOS, and Linux; and updated regularly.
Nerd Vittles is the tech blog of VoIP expert, Ward Mundy.
PowerShell command to stop all the office programs on the remote computer: Invoke-Command -Session -ScriptBlock {Get-Process|Where-Object {$_.path -like "*office*"}|Stop-Process -Force}
PowerShell command to stop all the office programs on the local computer: Get-Process|Where-Object {$_.path -like "*office*"}|Stop-Process -Force
kubesec: Kubesec is security risk analysis for Kubernetes resources, as a web service or admission controller. It takes a Kubernetes pod-like resource as input, and returns a score based on the security configuration. If the configuration is too risky and the score too low, the deployment fails. Written by Control Plane & Andy Martin.
Kubernetes Simulator: Simulator is a Kubernetes Security Training Platform. It teaches Red and Blue teams to exploit and mitigate security vulnerabilities in a Kubernetes cluster with real-world infrastructure and configuration, leading to experience usually only found whilst attacking and maintaining production systems. Written by Control Plane & Andy Martin.
Netassert: This is a security testing framework for fast, safe iteration on firewall, routing, and NACL rules for Kubernetes (Network Policies, services) and non-containerized hosts (cloud provider instances, VMs, bare metal). It aggressively parallelizes nmap to test outbound network connections and ports from any accessible host, container, or Kubernetes pod by joining the same network namespace as the instance under test. Written by Control Plane & Andy Martin.
cx-scan: This project helps automate onboarding and scanning in Checkmarx (on-premise only) and enables the use of instance profiles with cross-account access to AWS CodeCommit repositories. This enables organizations to onboard projects without gathering and maintaining credentials for every repository. It also can allow developers to set up webhooks or triggers to kick off incremental or full scans if deployed appropriately. Written by David Hazar.
Security Group Review Tool: A small set of scripts to summarize AWS Security Groups, and generate visualizations of the rules. Written by Ben Allen.
pktIntel: Tool used to perform threat intelligence against packet data. Specifically, you compare the IP address, domain names and URLs in your environment, with the associated IoC which can be found on known malicious sites. This is the best way to put your full packet data to maximum use with minimum effort. Written by Nik Alleyne.
obscureV4: Obscure an IPv4 address into over 100 different formats that still work for connecting to network resources. Useful for bypassing web application firewalls and intrusion detection systems. Written by Kevin Tyers.
QuantumDuck: Translate Ducky Script into QMK Send_String() macros that can be loaded on QMK compatible PCBs. Allows you to make your own mechanical keyboard with hidden attack macros. Useful for physical pentest (and maybe office pranks too). Written by Kevin Tyers.
Hunting for a job is a daunting task. It takes a lot of making through those thousands of resumes for one opening. From updating resumes to getting an interview call, each and everything about job hunting is exhausting. However, there are ways that will ease down your struggle and help you get hold of your dream job in no time. Wondering what it is? It’s earning the latest and the most useful badge. Yes, having a mere mention of your CertBolt will reduce your job hunting struggle by many folds.
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Privileged access management (PAM)/privileged identity management or privileged account management, concerned with controlling and auditing access obtained through the administrative accounts associated with every system.
In research commissioned by One Identity in 2018, a full two-thirds of organizations that participated in the survey had more than 50 users with access to privileged accounts and the same amount grant privileged access to third-parties and external organizations.
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This article outlines all the resolution steps for common error and issues such as startup, performance, network, black screen, etc. occur in VMware Fusion.
