Author Archives: Emintzer

Why I became a Cisco Champion

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Emintzer

Cisco is a great company – they have many wonderful products and services plus the company seems to treat its employees like family. It also knows that customers are what keeps it in business because without paying customers you do … Continue reading →

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Phishing Campaign

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Emintzer

October is Cybersecurity awareness month, which is a time to educate people on good security practices. Unfortunately, the users that really need the training are usually the ones that ignore the training opportunities. How do you get these people to … Continue reading →

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Umbrella Migration

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Emintzer

Not too long ago, we switched to a new Internet security solution. Our previous solution was a Cisco product called Cisco Web Security, or CWS. This was a cloud proxy solution and it worked well. But, being a proxy, it … Continue reading →

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Are passwords enough?

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Emintzer

The traditional method of securing data for many years has been through a user ID and password. Over the years, the recommendations around passwords has changed. Password length has always been important. Adding a single character (i.e. changing from 6 … Continue reading →

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CiscoLive 2018 Scoop – Big Ideas Theater

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Emintzer

CiscoLive has been getting bigger every year. The logistics of making the show work so well can be staggering and there is a small group of people from Cisco that are responsible for it. Every year they are challenged with … Continue reading →

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CiscoLive Tips

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Emintzer

I have been to CiscoLive quite a few times and have learned things each time. Here are some of my tips that I have gathered over the years. Do not show up Monday morning as your starting point. There is … Continue reading →

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Social Media

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Emintzer

October was National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and, since I am in IT Security, it was a busy month for me. Besides having to deal with the day-to-day operational activities and the on-going project work, I had to come up with … Continue reading →

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Cisco Umbrella

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Emintzer

Many years ago, most companies added Internet access by purchasing some form of Internet line at the corporate office. A firewall was added to keep the bad guys from getting in. Eventually, the powers that be got word that employees … Continue reading →

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Windows Patching

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Emintzer

WannaCry was an eye opener for a lot of companies. For anyone that did not hear about it (and I don’t know how since it was even on the nightly news) it was ransomware that made use of a NSA … Continue reading →

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Presenting to CiscoLive

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Emintzer

I have been to many technical trade shows over the years and my favorite is CiscoLive. It offers some great sessions from the people that actually work with the products. Plus, you can get your technical questions answered (or at … Continue reading →

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