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In an earlier post I wrote about the importance of charting the network. Since then, I did just that, as I mentioned, in LucidChart. Here are some of my impressions from doing that for my home network. I used LucidChart's 7-day free trial of the Pro…

As you may recall, late last fall, Sony Pictures Entertainment acknowledged that their entire IT infrastructure had been severely breached.  At the time, the attackers were announced to be the North Koreans.  But serious analysis absent political axes to grind has put that conclusion in…

A really important thing to do if you have more than three or four devices on your network, even your little home network, is to maintain an up-to-date network diagram.  You don't notice how your home network grows... you get some new toy and it…

My home tech to-do list (in no particular order) Network Zones: I would like three segregated network zones in our home LAN.  One for our general purpose computers, one for our Android and BlackBerry devices, and one for our printers and connected entertainment boxes (Roku,…

Every month at my office, I hold an informal Lunch & Learn.  I take the opportunity to enlighten any of my colleagues who want to listen about some topic related to Information Security.  This is available to anyone in our IT operation who's interested, anywhere…