The U.K. public sector holds some of the most important and sensitive data in the country, from private medical records to military intelligence. Consistently protecting this data is a major priority, which means the IT teams working within the public sector are entrusted with implementing the most effective security…
I just finished reading an article concerning a humanoid robot that will be "born" nine months from now. This begs the question, "Why do we need robots to look and act like people?" Artificial Brains About a dozen years ago I found myself alone at my computer, looking for someone to talk to via instant messaging. It came…
The healthcare ecosystem is complex, and the diversity of the different departments and devices results in a multifaceted IT infrastructure that can be hard to manage. With increasing digitization, healthcare institutions are also at increased risk of becoming victims of viruses, Trojans, and myriad other cyberattacks. The…
Cloud computing can be more complex than anticipated, particularly as agencies continue to move applications and operations into a cloud environment. Does your federal IT team have the in-house skills to ensure cloud computing is helping your agency rather than draining its money and resources? A recent SolarWinds IT…
Last Friday I got to see a presentation by Tom Ervin, a Cyber Squad Computer Scientist with the FBI in San Antonio hack into computers in a demo at the local InfraGard meeting. It was pretty cool - at one point Tom asked for a volunteer / victim, who was seated before a PC near the front. On the main display, Tom acted as…
One of the business consequences from the pandemic—increased remote working—is causing technology challenges across most industries, including the public sector. Most employees who are now working from home have probably never had to do so before, while those still attending their place of work are mostly people in central…
If you are having issues with Kiwi Syslog Daemon not receiving and displaying messages, then you can use a free packet capture program such as Wireshark, Wireshark · Go Deep. This program provides the ability to capture packets as they are sent to your Network Interface Card (NIC). By filtering for and analyzing this…
Many network and systems monitoring tools these days offer both client-based and agentless options to monitor managed clients, such as servers and workstations. The question in these cases is, "Which do I pick?" There are pros and cons to both options, and which one you pick has everything to do with how you weigh these…
Over five million people work in the U.K. public sector, representing over 16% of all people in paid work, according to government figures. And mobile working is a reality of daily life for many of us. A report from Deloitte revealed of the 32.3 million people in work in the U.K., the majority (51%) spend some time away…
How to Manage DHCP Servers using SolarWinds IPAM SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM) offers powerful and centralized management of Microsoft DHCP services. Using SolarWinds IPAM you can easily • Add new or edit existing Microsoft DHCP servers and scopes. • Set, update or delete reservations, reservation status and DHCP…
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