* Posts by bladerunnerblues@gmail.com

5 publicly visible posts • joined 28 Oct 2016

How to keep your flock of users secure: Let them know exactly who and where the wolves are

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How to talk security

I give a quarterly security talk to all our employees. Get them all in a room and feed them breakfast.

Every time it's a hit, people are interested and engaged. Do what the article says, use real world examples, preferably in-house scenarios. Keep the jargon down and explain when you do use it. You're not there to show how much you know, baffle them with bullshit and scare them. Empower your audience by showing examples of what they can do to protect themselves. Keep it focused and entertaining.

PowerShell comes to MacOS and Linux. Oh and Windows too

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Re: PowerShell?

"6) Workflow scripting. PowerShell scripts can (since v3) be defined as workflows which are suspendable, resumable and which can pick up and continue even across system restarts."

I would like to know more. Really need this is some of my scripts.

US shoppers abandon PC makers in hour of need

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Re: to be expected

People outside of IT neither know nor care about any of those things. PC sales are declining because people don't need PCs. The vast majority just need a Facebook machine with email and a search engine. Tablets and phones fit that bill nicely.

The other reason is that PCs aren't obsolete after a year. A 5-yo machine is still perfectly good, if it was a good machine to begin with. I'll not be buying machines for work in the foreseeable future.

Veaam says it's very attractive but isn't selling itself

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aw crap...

If HPE were to buy Veeam I'd have to reconsider my backup and replication strategy.

The new FCC privacy rules are here, and nobody is happy

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Partisan lines?

For you Brits that means 3-2 Democrat vs. Republican. Republicans once again almost cartoonishly evil.