jgammon · Network Engineer

Congrats, @"cbinstea", on winning the week 1 prize. I like my personal Anker products and have a high respect for this company. Enjoy your diligent reward for the perfect week.

@"the_ben_keen", please post in a common location for accessibility a solution to this SysAdmin crossword. This was fun and may be used by local libraries to teach some 'not so common' historical facts about computers to an informal class. It may also be used by home school folks to "edu-ma-kate" their kiddos. Any way,…

AWESOME performance

 read this when originally posted, @"ChrystalT". These are things which are rarely taught in the classroom. Unfortunately, few learn them in day-to-day activity. The lesson is often present at the time of a major interruption event. Sometimes fire is the best instructor. Thanks again for this article. It is valuable.

A perfect month in the Monthly Mission learning center. I appreciate the opportunity to learn from THWACK members, Head Geeks, and the "queen of everything" -- THWACK Community Manager. Thank you, @"kpina" for your instruction this month. I cannot wait to see what lies ahead in this journey for us all.

@dboskey1, congrats on winning the 'spresso Machine! Every Admin ought to have a personal 'spresso Machine for those all-too-early hours of keeping the data flowing and protected. Congrats, again! 

This would be a definite "watch list" and "binge re-watch" to ingest the ingredients of any HG SW recipes for enhancing the observability of within our environment. The skill enhancements are an added bonus from the work.

@the_ben_keen, 1 Day 2, the success/fail result after submitting an incorrect/correct answer displays no text.

I just completed the Mission Shortcut through my Chrome-based Edge browser in Windows 11 Pro. Are you sure it is broken or is there something within your proxy which is causing an issue? Just inquiring.

Welcome, 2023 Mission Minded Mentalists!

I begin each project with a deep study of best practices produced by the vendor and the community. To complete such a course of endeavors, I also look to the competition and their recommended best practices based upon IEEE, NIST, and Security communities published best practices. When a course of endeavor demonstrates to…

I have not seen the announcement for the last mission (Sept 2nd half) either. It is not surprising as these folks are tied up with the SWUG meeting in Singapore. I don't expect an announcement until after the SW Support folks arrive home and recover from the jetlag.

@"kpina" and @"the_ben_keen", Week 1 Day 3 question is requesting a checkbox and not radial "single" selections. May that be corrected?

That was fun. When is the next Monthly Mission 2022 going to be opened up for our learning and enjoyment?

Vuls that vendors refuse to patch and having to mitigate for their open vulerabilities!

You are searching in all the wrong places if you cannot find the answer. Look into the MORE for all of the answers to be revealed. Sometimes what you read is "masking" the final find for the answers you desire. Don't give up. Someone else is also having a similar issue, and you may be able to assist through perseverance…

Our organization is organically driven by the services which are provided are completely isolate from the cloud for security purposes. Our management structure is completely isolated to protect the users and the boundary of the plant/platform for our layout. With that knowledge, a hybrid solution is currently out of the…

Transformers can hack the 'Simon' product to make "a cyber bridge" for their advantage.

Congrats to all the winners of the Mission stages. This was a great experience to review the knowledge we have accumulated over the year. Thanks to the TWACK team for stirring up the memory in the community.

Update infrastructure and network security posture to increase our security standards and proactively lower risk to the network and enterprise assets.

As a consumer focused entity, this is an extremely important topic for all users. At my organization, this is paramount for securing the identify of all our consumers.

@"the_ben_keen" W1:Day 3 (Jun 8) question and answer set do not harmonize. I selected the 'single' answer (correctly, I might add) and received a boom? I am mildly curious while I floating here, weightless, contemplating the next thought---whether to shoot the gun and let physics, or the absence thereof, take control?…

Did anyone do the "Day 10" survey and not receive a green check in the box? Just curious.

@"frank.wijten" , CONGRATS! That Lego vehicle is one sweet dream car. Have fun assembling it, taking comfort in the knowledge and wisdom exercised to acquire it. Congratulations, again!

As I re-read this missive, I realize that each aspect of employment may have bearing upon our view of IT (e.g. Integrated Technology) as a whole. I have been a waiter, a gas station manager, an inventory manager, and a materials handler. In each of these positions though out my employment history, I have found aspects of…

@"graywolfman", Congrats on the prize. A good speaker always helps drown out the "hum drum" in a data center.

Speaking of running circles around an opponent... Spirograph for the Win, baby!

Congrats to all of the winners of this month's information collection! Great job. 

The opportunity to interact with other, like-minded 'Observability' and Security diligent individuals is a 'WIN-WIN!" in my humble opinion. Each conversation which in an open room, decidedly brings new perspective and views which must be considered from every business to introduce cooperation and collaboration. I would…

For our environment, an increasingly secure presence is desired on premise.