Join Scott Young and Shaun Sturby from Optrics Engineering as they discuss work from home PCs and patches, the notable increase in COVID-19 related spam emails as well as CMR (conventional magnetic recording) vs. SMR (shingled magnetic recording) hard drives and what you need to consider when using either for network attached storage (NAS) devices.Prefer […]
Optrics Insider – Top 3 Work from Home IT Security Issues
Prefer to read? Here is a downloadable copy of the discussion in book form:We wanted to bring in and talk to Shaun Sturby, our Technical Services Manager, who is the one on the street who is talking to our clients and keeping an eye on how things are going out there in the networking world […]
Patch Manager Plus is among B2B review platform’s top performing patching solutions
CompareCamp is a trusted B2B review platform manned by leading industry experts that evaluate SaaS tools. It’s a credible source of SaaS reviews that provides tips, information, and analysis to help businesses select the right software.According to the experts at CompareCamp and users of the platform, Patch Manager Plus is one of the market’s top-performing […]
Meet a Major Player in the UEM and EMM industries
We are delighted to share that market research and advisory firm, IDC, has recognized Zoho/ManageEngine in the following three IDC MarketScape reports:Worldwide Unified Endpoint Management Software 2019–2020 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US45355119, November 2019),Worldwide Enterprise Mobility Management Software 2019-2020 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US45353719, November 2019), andWorldwide Enterprise Mobility Management Software for Ruggedized/ IoT Device Deployments 2019-2020 […]
What is vulnerability management and why should enterprises adopt it?
In the current digital era, enterprises across the world heavily rely on information systems for day-to-day operations and for accessing business-related data. In essential institutions, such as banking and financial, health, and government, protecting information is critical and any security mishap could disrupt daily operations. The intention of attackers is to either deny services until […]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday December 2019 fixes 36 vulnerabilities
The final Patch Tuesday of the year is here. Just a week or two of wrestling around with updates, and then all you sysadmins out there can enjoy the holiday season assured of a job well done. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Patch Tuesday, here’s a quick summary.What is Patch Tuesday?Microsoft regularly releases […]
November’s Patch Tuesday comes with fixes for 74 vulnerabilities
For system admins who’ve been in their trade for a while, Patch Tuesday and the endless patching and updating that follows is something you’re likely familiar with. For those of you new to the trade, here’s a quick introduction.What is Patch Tuesday?It refers to the time of the month that Microsoft releases security and non-security […]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday August 2019: WannaCry-level “wormable” flaws patched
No matter how prepared you are, Patch Tuesday never fails to throw in a surprise. With the Microsoft Security Response Center’s warning note, “August 2019 Security Update includes fixes for wormable RCE vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Services (RDS), affecting all in-support versions of Windows. These should be patched quickly,” arrives the highly anticipated Microsoft Patch […]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for July 2019
The much awaited Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for July 2019 are here. If you’re a sysadmin, you probably know what this means for you: a week full of testing and deploying updates and troubleshooting patch failures, and then another week or so of waiting for hotfixes to mend issues in patches that were already released […]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for December 2018
Another month and another Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft. But this month, the buzz is all about a third-party patch from Adobe that addresses a zero-day vulnerability. This vulnerability (CVE-2018-15982) is rated critical since it’s being actively exploited in the wild. It’s said that this vulnerability allows a maliciously crafted Flash object to execute code […]