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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  6. Rick Butler

    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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. Rick Butler

    Linus Tech Tips - That's gotta hurt...

    ...but it can happen to anyone. This week, I've been working on buffing up our security at the college - getting users skippy with MFA and Windows Hello. It's been a busy week for me, for sure. And then one of my techs sends this one to me - hadn't heard of it, but then, that's why CASP+...
  11. Rick Butler

    Project+ Vouchers Gone Out - Inflate my Ego

    Okay, CIN - Looks like those Project+ vouchers have gone out to those of you that were on for my Proj+ TTT! Good luck to all of you! Now, in a shameless post, you get to inflate my ego. This is the part where we find out if the TTT was helpful/instrumental in getting you to that shiny...
  12. Rick Butler

    Toolbox - Virtual Teaching 2.0 - Keep the Convo Going

    Hello everyone - Thank you so much for joining us for the webinar today. It was a lot of fun to do. So here's a short list of the things I used for the toolbox today. Software Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) v27 - v28 still has some complexities with NDI, so I'm still on v27. Microsoft...
  13. Rick Butler

    CompTIA and TestOut Joining Forces

    So, this came across the wire this morning. If you haven't read it, I think this might, just a little, affect all of us here...lol...
  14. Rick Butler

    The Best Way to Finish the Year - Passing the CASP Cert (CertMaster feedback inside)

    Well folks, I'm literally shaking and my head is pounding, but I was in a state of disbelief when I saw "Pass" on my score report. For me, like many of you, I started off with @Lee McWhorter's Train the Trainer series. But I had to put study on hold after that because I was finishing up...
  15. Rick Butler

    Last Day for Voucher Eligibility - Project+ 005

    We haven't posted this in the CIN before, but because I was answering a question regarding it, I thought I'd better say something... Tomorrow is your LAST Day to complete all the sessions for PK0-005 Project+ if you want to remain eligible for a test voucher. Hopefully, you all have had the...
  16. Rick Butler

    Happy Hallowe'en, CIN!

    For those who celebrate, have a great night of fun! We'll see you tomorrow night for Session 5 of the Project+ TTT! (btw - who else dressed up...post your costume) /r
  17. Rick Butler

    Questions for Fun and Profit - Security Edition

    In keeping with @Trevor Chandler 's idea, I think it will be fun to start tossing out questions. Maybe it's something we all can do to keep sharp. 1. Your CEO is concerned about security leaks in the organization. So, she shares three versions of info about a product release, one to the...
  18. Rick Butler

    Today's Project - Setting up Harvester HCI

    Anyone here ever do this? I'm talking, of course, about Harvester HCI - an open-source packaged, production ready Hyperconverged Infrastructure, designed to leverage simple bare-metal boxes and create clusters. Runs on SUSE Linux. So, I took a few HP EliteDesk Micros, (Sixth Gen Core i5...
  19. Rick Butler

    Partner Summit: Day 2

    Well good morning, CIN, it's day 2 of the Partner Summit and the last day for all the festivities. With ChannelCon wrapping up and after last night's bash out on the Navy Pier, people are a little slower on the take. Hopefully you've had an opportunity to see what it's like if you yourself...
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    Partner Summit: Day 1

    Hello everyone! So here we go with the Day 1 thread. Feel free to post, even virtual! Kicking this off is myself with Dr. James Stranger!