TSI 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…
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A 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…
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The 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…
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Budget 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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Building Upon Company Culture Remotely
Everyone knew that working remotely was the way of the future… it’s just that most people probably didn’t realize “the future” would arrive quite as quickly as it did. According to one recent study, about 4.3 million people in the United States were already working from home at least half the time, a number that increased by an enormous 140% since 2005. But with the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic putting nearly three billion…
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Video and Web Conferencing Solutions Require Heightened Security Awareness
Over the last few weeks, more and more of our clients at TSI have quickly become comfortable with video and web conferencing solutions like Zoom – which is terrific. Still, we wanted to take this opportunity to remind you to stay up-to-date on all of the scams and vulnerabilities that are associated with these platforms, many of which are growing more common by the day. So many of these communications…
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COVID-19 Scams Are Already Popping Up Everywhere. Here’s How to Beat Them
According to data recently released by the Federal Trade Commission, consumers have already lost about $5.85 million to various Coronavirus related schemes ALONE and likely don’t include those that haven’t been reported to the agency. With a costly $600 average loss per instance, it’s a seemingly lucrative tactic that does not appear to be going away. Unfortunately, it should come as no surprise that there is no shortage of malicious actors…
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Security: The Most Important Factor Impacting the IoT in 2020 and Beyond
As someone who has been in the technology business for over 25 years, it’s safe to say that I’ve seen a lot of so-called tech trends come and go. But one that I find truly exciting is also one that is very much here to stay: IoT, also known as, the Internet of Things. In no uncertain terms, the implications of IoT are enormous. We’re already seeing them play out…
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COVID-19 – TSI’S COMMITMENT
During this time of uncertainty, we, at Technical Support International, Inc. want you to know that we will continue to provide you with the support you need to operate your business. As we all are aware, COVID-19 and its impact is not yet fully understood and it is a global issue. In the United States, there are now measures and guidelines enforceable by state and federal governments to help combat…
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The Most Important CMMC Takeaways That We Learned at a Recent Industry Event
As many long-time readers are undoubtedly aware, staying up to date on everything going on with DFARS/NIST 800-171 compliance makes up a big portion of my responsibilities here at TSI – especially recently. Not only is the DoD actually going to start enforcing these compliance requirements in the very near future, but they’ve even introduced something called the CMMC – or Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification – in an effort to…
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