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7 Minute Security

Sep 28, 2017

Intro

The patching solutions review concludes this week with Ivanti's patch solution, as well as PDQ Deploy/Inventory.

As a quick reminder, here's where our bake-off currently sits:

Quick reminder: none of these solutions are bribing me with fat wads of...


Sep 21, 2017

Intro

We're breaking ground with this episode, folks! For the first time in 7MS history, we've got a guest on the show (finally, right?!).

Rob Sell is an IT manager who has been working in IT for many years, with a focus on information security specifically for the last 4 years. He recently came home from Defcon 25 with...


Sep 14, 2017

ManageEngine Desktop Central

Overall, I have to bluntly say that I really enjoyed playing with ManageEngine's solution. It's got a crap-ton of features built into it - above and beyond patching - that I think IT/security folks will really appreciate.

Pros

  • Agent or agentless management of systems

  • MDM (didn't play...


Sep 6, 2017

This is it! The worldwide Internet debut of an original infosec-themed song called CryptoLocker'd, and as the name implies, it's about a CryptoLocker incident. Here's the quick back story:

A few years ago a worked on an incident response where a user got phished with a promise of a free burrito from Chipotle but instead...