Maintaining public files with SharePoint
How we use SharePoint Online to maintain public files on our CDN
Some thoughts about the Twitter hack
EDIT 2020-08-03: It looks like the Bitcoin scam was conducted by three younger people (one is a minor) after a long period of reconnaissance and successful social engineering attacks against internal Twitter employees.
Embedded images that appear in Gmail using Microsoft Graph
We just finished dealing with some new regulatory requirements (Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS, if you're curious). Among other things, we now send an automated email (containing a link to Form CRS)
Why we use Microsoft Teams instead of Zoom
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit earlier this year, a huge chunk of the world had to figure out how to work from home - and what software to use for virtual meetings and
Restrictions, cybersecurity, and "the new normal"
I've heard the phrase "new normal" a lot in the last two months. I'm sure you have too. Everyone is trying to figure out what "normal" will look like in the future and
Using Azure and Cloudflare to host our risk questionnaire for $0.01 per month.
When used appropriately, serverless is pretty cool.
Beware of telephone scams (and today is Slam the Scam Day?)
I got an email update from CISA yesterday telling me that apparently today is "Slam the Scam" Day. You can read the update in its entirety here. This is an excerpt:In association
SEM's New Risk Questionnaire
SEM developed a new risk questionnaire - check it out!
Some reasons to consider using Firefox
Edit 2020-08-12:We can file the original post (below) under the "things that did not age well during COVID" category. I just read the news that Mozilla, the company behind Firefox, will be
Phishing - Why We Need Training (And Why 2FA Isn't Enough)
Last week we dealt with a phishing attack that turned out to be a bit scary. The attack used a technique that I knew was possible, but had only read about before (check
Managing Passwords Effectively
We use passwords everywhere and humans have a hard time with this. What can you do?
What does the padlock in your address bar really mean?
If you have been on the internet much in the last 20-ish years, you may have noticed the padlock symbol next to the URL in your address bar. Here's what it looks like