Jeremy Louise Stories
The CMMC Hammer Has Dropped for GSA Stars III Contractors
Critical Update for GSA Stars III Contractors; New IT Compliance Requirement Mandates Organizations that are listed under the GSA are companies that work with the government, outside of the DoD. It was recently announced (GSA STARS III CMMC Release) that- effectively immediately- GSA companies may have to begin adhering to the CMMC if required within their contracts. Although the majority of them falling under the CMMC 1 requirements, the CMMC…
ContinuedTSI Security and Compliance Notification
As today’s cybersecurity threats increase in frequency, complexity, and impact, we’ve had to adapt our IT services model to address these very areas of focus. Over the last few years, this evolution has led TSI toward becoming a full-fledged Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) that can not only help address your cybersecurity gaps but also help achieve our clients’ compliance requirements. As your trusted IT partner, it’s of the utmost…
ContinuedTSI Employee Spotlight: John Bermingham
John Bermingham joined the team in 2020 as TSI’s resident cybersecurity and compliance expert. Throughout his twenty-five years in the IT and cybersecurity industry as a US Airman and later on as a contractor, John has worked with a wide variety of government agencies and companies to include ACS Defense Inc., Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp., and several Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs). We connected with John…
ContinuedA 17-Year-Old Vulnerability Was Just Discovered in Windows Server. Here’s What You Need to Know Next
Meet SIGRed First “discovered” in July of 2020, SIGRed is a very particular type of vulnerability in the Windows DNS Server environment called an RCE, or remote code execution. This means that it can be triggered by an attacker with little more than a malicious DNS response. Believe it or not, it’s actually been around for 17 years and impacts all Microsoft O/S from Server 2003 all the way up…
ContinuedThe Most Important Questions Your MSP/MSSP Should Know about the CMMC
1. Do they ‘practice what they preach’- Does your MSP/MSSP at least meet or exceed the same CMMC requirements that you need to follow? A: You’re only as strong as your weakest link…..It’s of the utmost importance that your MSP not only understand the complete set of CMMC requirements but that they’ve implemented at the very minimum, the comparable security controls that are being asked of you. Not only does…
ContinuedBudget Freezes, Covid-19, UFO Sightings & Killer Bees: Why There’s No Time Like the Present to Review Your IT Strategy
By now, there are probably very few out there who haven’t felt the negative impact of the Coronavirus pandemic – something that is still keeping roughly a third of the world’s population on mandatory lockdown with no end in sight. In addition to dealing with a workforce that is suddenly remote, you’re also likely coming up against a variety of budgetary freezes that seem like they couldn’t have come along at a…
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