Lima, Ohio’s LRITA Technical Conference 2017

The LRITA (Lima Regional IT Alliance) annual tech conference is scheduled for Thursday, April 13, 2017. It’s inexpensive, local (Ohio), and has a solid showing of vendors and technical presentations. I’m excited to have been invited to speak at this event, where I will be presenting on Business Continuity Planning. You can view the slide […]

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Columbus, Ohio’s Security BSides 2017 Conference

The Columbus, Ohio’s Security BSides Conference will be held Monday, January 16, 2017. There will be multiple presentations, a keynote, opportunities to network, and more. I’m excited to have been invited to speak at this event, where I will be presenting on DNSSec theory and implementation. More specifically, we will look at how DNS and […]

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Business Continuity Planning

We have all seen countless numbers of companies that have reams and reams of BCP that is so burdensome and filled with vague but accepted legal and industry terminology and jargon that no one ever reads it, implements it, or gets any real value from it. When a disruption occurs the BCP lies dusty in […]

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Digital Signatures

This is a very brief explanation and example of how digital signatures work.   Digital Signatures        

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Certificates on the Internet

This is a very brief explanation and example of how digital certificates work on the Internet, such as when buying a book from Amazon.   Certificates on the Internet        

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Columbus, Ohio’s Security BSides 2016 Conference

January 18, 2016 was the Columbus, Ohio’s Security BSides event. There were eighteen presentations, and a fascinating keynote. Definitely keep this on your radar and add it to your next year’s calendar! Also, keep an eye on the Security BSides wiki for future events in your area. Security BSides Community wiki: www.SecurityBSides.com Columbus, Ohio Security […]

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Columbus, Ohio’s Microsoft Dog Food Technical Conference 2016

Columbus’ annual Microsoft Dog Food Conference will be held October 5-6, 2016 at the Quest Center in Polaris on the outskirts of Columbus, OH. The Dog Food Conference is a two day event focused on Microsoft tools and technologies including ALM, Azure, SQL/BI, CRM, DevOps, Infrastructure, Mobile, .NET, Office 365, SharePoint, Windows, and more. There […]

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Lima, Ohio’s LRITA Technical Conference 2016

The LRITA (Lima Regional IT Alliance) annual tech conference is scheduled for Thursday, April 14, 2016. It’s inexpensive, local (Ohio), and has a solid showing of vendors and technical presentations. I’m excited to have been invited to speak at this event, where I will be presenting on DNSSec theory and implementation. More specifically, we will […]

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DNSSec Tech Lunch at SiteInsight

On Wednesday, January 13, 2016, noon to 1pm, SiteInsight in Gahanna, OH (near Columbus Airport) will be hosting a tech lunch where I will be speaking on DNSSec theory and implementation. More specifically, we will look at how DNS and its referrals normally work, what happens when they’re compromised (spoofing and man-in-the-middle) and how digital […]

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PowerShell in Parallel

Writing your PowerShell scripts to take advantage of parallel execution seems daunting, but it really isn’t and they will run so much faster! Here’s a quick explanation with simple examples of just how to do it. As with any script from the Internet, read these and test them before you use them in production.   PowerShell in […]

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