I am not paid by any of these manufacturers. Firewall; Paid: Fortinet; industry leader. uses ASICs to offload tasks while still being energy efficient and inexpensive. Free: PfSense/OpnSense; based on…

Some Simple Security Tests to get Small Businesses started Thycotic Weak Password finder; tests for LanMan, Weak hashes etc. and shows which of those accounts have Administrator privilege. https://thycotic.com/solutions/free-it-tools/weak-password-finder/ Wireshark…

It’s Tricky Tricking people is much easier than actual hacking, security professionals like to call this Social Engineering. Their best trick is to convince websites or companies to reset your…

Why is my Wifi so slow?? If you have teenagers this is a recurring song. Today we look at easy ways to combat interference and speed up wireless. Foundational Knowledge…

Article DNS security filtering Quad9 is a free offering from an IBM led group of security organizations. OpenDNS made this type of service popular and Quad9 builds on that by…

Outbound Port filtering is a simple method to prevent users from accidentally giving away their credentials. Scenario: BadGuy sends a phishing email including a link to an internet server owned…

Browser Safety The security benefits of a good firewall have been universally accepted, the Red teams have focused attention on the next path of least resistance, which is the user….

We don’t have budget for that!    Today with the rise of Ransom-ware small businesses are not likely to get a second chance, the cost of a single breach may…

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