It’s no secret that I have a love affair with all things “monitoring.” I love the tools; I love the basic techniques those tools execute; I love the ways the…
How to Create ACLs
4 Strategies to Improve App Performance
Optimizing application performance has more to do with the entire application environment than it does with the individual application. It’s critical for federal IT pros to be able to see…
Machine Artificial Intelligence Learning, or You’ve Got MAIL
Welcome to the last in this series of posts about machine learning, artificial intelligence, and so many other topical points of discussion. If this is your first time here, feel…
Is Cloud-Agnostic Even a Thing?
Before we can examine if cloud-agnostic is a thing, we must understand what it is in the first place. There are a multitude of opinions on this matter, but from…
Why Investing in Software Security Is Worth It
Building IT software isn’t always the most secure process. The reason for this is simple economics. Companies can’t always afford to build in the security features software needs to be secure.
Migrating Help Desks? 7 Questions to Ask for a Smooth Transition
Service desks have come a long way in the last few years, and if you’re looking to migrate to a new solution, it may seem like a daunting task. The…
Getting Started With Hybrid IT
Over the past few weeks, I’ve written a lot about hybrid IT and its benefits. New tools, new technologies, new skillsets. Hybrid IT is still new to a lot of…
Giving SIEM Tools a Role in Your IT Security Operations
While there is no one single solution to guard agencies against all cyberthreats, there are tools that can certainly go a long way toward managing and understanding the cyberthreat landscape.…
Information Security: Defense-in-Depth Style
Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve reached the fifth and final post of this information security in hybrid IT series. I hope you’ve found as much value in these posts as I have…
IT Pros: How to Know When You’ve Jumped on the Hype Train
All aboard the hype train—departing soon! I think most people love to have the latest and greatest thing. Lines outside of Apple stores waiting for each new product is proof…