NikPatronas

Read any computer security report today and it will offer the same conclusion: patching – of both operating systems and applications – is the fundamental effort that any organization should undertake to improve its security profile. In order to minimize exposure to vulnerabilities to the fullest extent, an IT department should patch Microsoft applications and operating systems, legacy and third party applications.

However, for IT managers that use Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), the cost and effort to include these legacy and third party applications in the SCCM infrastructure can be prohibitive. Microsoft provides System Center Updates Publisher (SCUP) so SCCM …

If you are like most customers in the SMB space, it’s too much.  Antivirus has been around for years. Each year it seems to bring a new list of features designed to better protect your organization. That being said, this also requires your IT staff to invest more time to learn about and implement all of these new features. In addition, each new feature requires more system resources to run and tends to slow down the system’s overall performance. When was the last time you ran out to buy a new computer just so you could install the latest/greatest antivirus …

The products we buy and use on a day to day basis often come with expiration dates or suggested ‘best if used by’ dates. Take for example: a gallon of milk, a carton of eggs, or a loaf of bread. We all know that after a short amount of time these products are no longer considered “fresh” or “ready for consumption.”  When we buy these products we usually take note of the expiration date as the manufacturer has stamped it right on the product.  Think about the last time you bought a gallon of milk. Did you just grab any …