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I've seen some fun scripts shared for NCM that allows a chief Network Analyst to have technicians perform switch or router IOS upgrades, and the script can determine if the right IOS image is being applied to the proper device. I've made and seen enough errors that I don't trust scripts, or human actions. "Put not your…

This still needs to cover many basics before moving forward into a cloud commitment. A few for starters include: * SLA's with teeth to ensure you get top service and repayment-for-outages from the Cloud provider(s) * Security monitoring that covers physical / internal / external / remote access at all points within the…

OK, I've a small disgruntlement with the concept of using Artificial Intelligence. To the best of my very-limited knowledge, no one has an AI for sale. No one has one that's active and NOT for sale. I assume you're talking about using some type of SIEM like Splunk, which reviews ridiculously large amounts of syslog and…

Folks stealing, selling, or obtaining your personal habits (buying products, selling products, name changes, changes in habits or location or times, etc.) is a subtle and insidious way of becoming better able to increase profits by oppressing users. There are a few alternatives: * Change your lifestyle for the better…

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"Frequency" is somewhat ominous, having lived through the Dan Rather adventure: Urban Dictionary: What's the frequency, Kenneth?

That's a LOT of free user names / e-mails / passwords to be made available to anyone. Uff da! MFA protects work accounts, but I don't know more than a handful of people (security-aware / paranoid I.T. types) who use MFA on all things electronic. Longer and longer passwords, combined with MFA become the rule. And…

Cloud Storage For Spies: How wonderful of those cloud companies to offer one-stop-shopping for espionage. If there's one thing other countries' military & spies need, it's a great spot to target their hacking. If this actually is "a thing", it's like hanging big "KICK ME!" sign on your back. Where's the first place other…

"Captain Jack will get you . . . ."

Once again, Skeptical Cat remains skeptical. Yes, all those companies and solutions for preventing, catching, repairing malware are great ideas. But the title of the article contains "Cloud Native", and the cloud still isn't a satisfactory solution for me. It's not got the security, both physical and logical, that my own…

Nicely written. I recommend all teams add budget for training their staff so they're all up to doing the job--and doing it right. Training everyone to use recognized best practices for security, and so they thoroughly understand how to get the most out of their tools and data and apps is key to not just getting by, but to…

(Snort!) "Did VMware dismiss physical networking?" Made me LOL. You can't beat Layer One security.

Ugh. I totally missed that pun until you called it out. What a great one for Linking Log files!

Leon, I'll play, but give my ticket to a more deserving soul, since I can't make it to the event. Rick S.

Thank you, @"KMSigma.SWI" for the kind offer. The jeans were easily replaced.

Having just realized your chart reveals what you said (that the automation goal will never be achieved) I'm falling victim to my tendency to explore alternative answers. OK, call it playing Devil's Advocate, or being just plain challenging. I want to view this from the other side of the graph--from those end points that…

I'd even by somewhat satisfied if I better understood how NPM determines the auto-dependency's parent-child relationship. Most of the time the Auto-generated dependencies are good. Sometimes they're silly. For example, a UPS is dependent on the switch it's plugged into. and the switch is dependent on the router that gets…

I really like the idea of providing benchmarking information when comparing a POC upgraded environment to the existing environment. If it's significant, this information will help make or break the idea of the upgrade. But I think you also missed another great piece of the pie: Security/Risks. If you can point at STIGS or…

Do you have SW documentation or Cisco documentation that states these errors can be ignored? I thought I found something about it on Thwack, but I didn't bookmark it, and can't come up with the page that stated the bug fix or process to use to safely ignore these sensor bias errors.

The worst sources of carbon pollution? Aren't they just the enablers making money off us for their petroleum? We're the real root cause. The solution? You've heard it. Do you walk the walk? Reduce, reuse, recycle, think globally and act locally. Those are the paths to using less petroleum, cleaner air, less pollution, less…

Their organic bodies age, deteriorate, and are dismantled and recycled as needed. A hive queen may have the ability to extend her life through reprioritizing life / organic / physical materials from other members of the collective, but no Borg are immortal. From Life span | Memory Alpha | Fandom powered by Wikia"

wabbott​, speaking of "odd behavior", I've noticed that Thwack sections like this one have been showing the exact same time stamp for a while. For example, everything in this thread currently shows up as having happened 7 minutes ago. This varies by forum and thread, but it's a new and unuseful bug. Here's a screen shot of…

I'm optimistic that good things are on the horizon. Time will tell if this will result in improved support response time and product quality and innovation. I'm hoping!

"Oh the silos!" (Queue old video of the Hindenburg going down)

You hit it: Security Certs are good if: * You are searching for a new job * You want to justify a raise * You want to prove you can pass one or more tests about knowledge that many folks find valuable or useful * You want know how to better protect someone's data

ORION proves your Network is up. Solarwinds: When you absolutely, positively, have to know. "Puny Gods" (It's a bit much to take, out of context, but having seen the movie, it's ironically humorous. The Avengers - Puny God Scene - Hulk - YouTube ) Take two reboots and call me in the morning.

I see it, too. Figured it was my Chrome browser, that maybe Edge or Firefox didn't show it that way, but I wasn't intrigued enough to verify them.

You've identified the core of business life and personal life: Plan your work, then work your plan. A good plan will keep you pointed toward your goal, and when your work includes the steps to achieve the plan, you end up with a happy and productive day that brings you closer to your goal. When it all comes together…

Getting them what they need to make good decisions? Isn't that what Solarwinds is all about? Not blowing them away with too many reports--that's what WE'RE all about.

Amen to crossing the departmental silos!