This past month, I put together a new utility, SyslogTally, because I needed to easily and quickly answer a question pertaining to how frequently various scripts were being used in my environment. Original Need This question about script usage frequency first arose...
Once upon a time, I needed to get a quick and dirty file integrity checking process in place for Windows systems so that we could meet a customer compliance requirement that was growing more and more popular. FIM – File Integrity Monitoring At the time, we were...
There’s a saying in project management that been attributed to Jack Bergman, “there’s never enough time to do it right the first time, but there’s time to dot it over.” Sadly, many leaders and organizations appear to operate by this maxim. According to a report by...
Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are destined to repeat them. Don’t be that organization… Back in September of 2017, Avast indicated that the network of its recently acquired (July 2017) subsidiary had been infiltrated, and that its CCleaner...
Of all the console utilities that I have written to support my systems automation endeavors, my first, favorite, and most extensively used utility is: DATEINFO.EXE. Over the years (decades), I have developed many Windows Shell scripts which needed to be able track...
A few weeks ago, I read an article that provided significant insight into the Spy vs Spy battles between the Unites States and Russia. Title: Russia carried out a ‘stunning’ breach of FBI communications system, escalating the spy game on U.S. soil It was...
Ransomware is skyrocketing – but we really shouldn’t be surprised. In fact, many in the cybersecurity community saw it coming. To set the tone for what I’m talking about, here are just a few of the recent headlines pertaining to ransomware: ...
