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  1. Rick Butler

    SpiceWorks - No longer "Free Forever"

    Hello CIN'ers (and particularly those who are SpiceHeads) - Not sure if you heard the news, but it would seem that SpiceWorks' pledge to be forever free has gone the way of the dodo. Those of us who have been using the SpiceWorks cloud helpdesk for years, asking for Entra ID and better methods...
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    So many red dots...

    Hey CIN: It seems like more than a minute since I've been about. We've been deploying Anthology Student here at the school, and that has dominated all of my time. I didn't want y'all to think I disappeared or abandoned you or something. And then I come back to a whole long...
  3. Rick Butler

    Post Quality and CIN (long-read - get some coffee)

    Hello CIN Community: Lately, we have had a stream of comments regarding post quality, resulting from hundreds of posts that have been, I'm going to say, low quality. I've spoken to a number of folks over the last couple weeks on this and I felt like I should weigh in. Just to note, I don't...
  4. Rick Butler

    So...Network+ I thought there wouldn't be a book...

    And I was told over and over at Summit that CertMaster Perform was going to be the de facto text, rather than a study guide/printed book - that there wouldn't be a book. I was even asked, directly, "why would you even want a book, etc etc" And then, one of our curriculum folks sent this to me...
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    Word of the Day: Skullduggery (Wi-Fi Leapfroggery)

    They don't even need to be in range of your network - just hacking an adjacent network is all that's needed The Daisy Chain Attack
  6. Rick Butler

    Happy Thanksgiving, CIN!

    Yes, I know that there are a great number of non-US CIN'ers out here, and today is just another work day for y'all, but...to all of you here on the CompTIA Instructor Network in the US or elsewhere that are overloading on turkey and stuffing: Happy Thanksgiving! So, I'm going to do a thread...
  7. Rick Butler

    NEWBIE ROLL CALL: <20 Total Posts Only Reply

    Hello CIN: So, given that we have taken on some new CIN members this week for Partner Summit as well as over the last month, this post is ONLY for posters that have less than 20 posts total. Anyone can like, but for this thread, I'm asking only new members to post. Let's see who comes up...
  8. Rick Butler

    ChannelCon / Partner Summit 2024 - Thursday

    Well, I had to skip the gym this morning because I had a panel rehearsal, but at breakfast, I fount this guy.. @Mark Anthony Germanos
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    ChannelCon / Partner Summit 2024 - Wednesday

    Good day everybody, so time to get started with another day. So whie I crank out some ab work in the gym, let's get underway with the official Day 1!
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    ChannelCon / Partner Summit 2024 - Tuesday

    Good morning you CIN'ers from across the sphere. Summit is on us and your Fedora sporting Agent is here to capture some of it for you all that cannot be here. Watch these threads through the day. But before we start, some of you need to be in the Fitness Center with me. While some are running...
  11. Rick Butler

    Ruh Roh...More Bad Press for Gemini AI

    This is why I am going to be on the trailing edge of the entire AI party. It really is a fundamental level of trust. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/gemini-ai-caught-scanning-google-drive-hosted-pdf-files-without-permission-user-complains-feature-cant-be-disabled
  12. Rick Butler

    Last Chance for CTT+

    Hello fellow "I-waited-to-the-very-last-minute-to-do-ctt" 'ers.... Today's the day - if you haven't already sent your submissions to be the last class of CTT+, get 'em in there, or forever hold your peace. LOL. I managed to get mine in last week - still waiting to hear back on how I did...
  13. Rick Butler

    CTT+ Part II Done!

    Finally - Finally got this done - so now I just got to get it final-edited, finish up the writing for the submission and I can put this one to bed. It was a great session, "Cybersecurity Awareness for Medical Professionals", taught to our Medical Assisting students. It was supposed to be...
  14. Rick Butler

    ChannelCon / Partner Summit 2023: Thursday

    Day Three: And yes, I got up for the gym. But the fitness center is pretty empty this morning so I have this distinct feeling that the Tao party last night turned today into a rest day for them. No matter, let's get after it..
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    ChannelCon / Partner Summit 2023: Wednesday

    Hello CIN'ers all - Day Two begins with he official open to the Partner Summit and the CTF that happens at 8am. Which means this Fedora wearing loudmouth is on a time table. Abdominal day to work off that rich Vegas chow...
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    ChannelCon and Partner Summit 2023: Tuesday

    Hello all of you fellow CIN'ers - coming to you from Las Vegas and the very first day of the conference. As I did last year, I will be posting throughout the day of what I encounter during the conference for those of you that were unable to make it. I think there were some people who decided to...
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    2023 Partner Summit Roll Call - Who's actually going?

    I'm thankful that things worked out where I'd be able to attend the Summit this year. Last year, I met a lot of great people, putting faces to names of folks that I've chatted with here, some I've missed that I wanted to meet. So who is actually going this year? I won't be that tough to find...
  18. Rick Butler

    CySA/CASPs - Public Google Sheet - Anonymous APT Tracking

    Was reading some news this morning regarding bias in reporting about cyber attacks originating in the West (the US doesn't hack does it??) when the author cited this little bit of fun reading: APT Google Sheet - a free-to-view online spreadsheet tracking all known instances of threat-actor...
  19. Rick Butler

    Building a Cyber Program: Risk Assessment vs. Cyber Frameworks

    So here 's a question that came up in my head and one that I suggested to Bjoern after the session today. Worth some noodling... When building a cyber program do you: A) Get a framework? - Most times, people don't know what they don't know and they end up going out to the internet to grab...
  20. Rick Butler

    Want some free training?

    So, one of the things that I've had to do in the change of company directive has been to start learning and integrating our network to FortiNet technology. So if you go out to https://training.fortinet.com and sign up for a free account, you can latch onto some free training, if you want to...