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Sealing Technologies Inc. Welcomes Quark Security Inc. & Their Cyber Security Experts
COLUMBIA, MD – Sealing Technologies Inc. (“SealingTech”) has officiated the acquisition of Quark Security Inc. (“Quark”), as of Friday, December 6th, 2019. SealingTech and Quark will be working to unify their expertise and development practices with their engineering, integration, sales, and business management teams through the merging of networks, financial systems, and contracts. As leading…
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Small Cybersecurity Business, Sealing Technologies, Inc., Urges Community Organizations to Donate
COLUMBIA, Md., May 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Sealing Technologies, Inc. (SealingTech) urges local Howard County organizations to donate and provide relief to the most vulnerable residents of the Howard County community. Your browser does not support the video tag. Director of the HoCo Food Bank, Paul McElderry, states that a significant increase of locals in…
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AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium: Bringing Light to DoD Missions?
The AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium proved to be a successful event for another year in a row. Having been rescheduled due to the Baltimore political climate in May, the event took place over three days from June 16-18 at the Convention Center in the heart of the city with an exceptional turn-out. The location,…
Read moreHost Based Risk Scoring (Part 2): Calculating the Vulnerability Level of a System
This is Part 2 of a three part series. If you haven’t checked out Part 1, check out the post at Host Based Risk Scoring (Part 1). Please note that information in these articles are taken from my personal ideas and experience. I’d love to hear your comments and thoughts on these concepts. Feel free…
Read moreMapping Out the Risk Management Framework
The days of DIACAP are phasing out. No more MAC and CL yes! The DOD and all federal agencies are now utilizing a new risk management framework developed by National Institute of Standards (NIST) in collaboration with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Committee on…
Read moreSending Automatic Email Notifications When An Active Directory Account Locks
Hello SealingTech readers! If you’re reading this blog you probably have some kind of an interest in how to notify your IT administrators via e-mail if an Active Directory account gets locked out in your environment. If you’re not interested and somehow wound up here, feel free to continue reading, you might just learn something!
Read moreThe Internet of Things: Securing an Interconnected World
For those of you who haven’t heard yet, the Internet of Things (IoT) is the enablement of any-to-any connectivity between a wide variety of sensors and devices. The first surge of connectivity was on the user end (homes and offices), allowing them to connect to their corporate HQ through a wired Internet connection. Then the…
Read moreBSides Charm City 2015 – The Power of Effective Communication
The scene on April 11th, 2015 at Howard Community College’s Gateway Building – Charles I. Ecker Business Training Center was packed with faded computer event t-shirts, beards, the occasional pirate hat, yet some of the most successful people in the information security industry were in attendance.
Read moreHow-To: Change Password in a Nested RDP Session
Practicing good IT security is not always convenient. It can be tedious to change passwords without a dedicated password tool, but password rotation is a necessary step. Even though I don’t have an ideal tool for this task, I will show you how to rotate the local admin password on one of our servers. So, let’s…
Read moreLuck isn’t a Cyber Security Strategy
Today is St. Patrick’s Day, a day that conjures up images of leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, which legend says can bring good fortune to those who find them. So today might be a good day to ask yourself this question: Are you relying on the luck of the Irish to keep your organization safe from…
Read moreHost Based Risk Scoring (Part 1): How do you calculate Risk?
Hey all! This is the first post in a series about the concepts of a Host Based Risk Scoring System. This is an idea I had a few years ago (Spring 2012), while doing a lot of testing of McAfee and Symantec host products. The work involved trying to determine how effective the products were against…
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