Case Study: Improving Network Visibility and Performance for a U.S. National Library
A U.S. National Library was seeking better visibility into their network performance and health. With employees working remotely and across multiple buildings, the aging network infrastructure led to frequent outages and performance issues. However, with limited monitoring and no centralized view of the network, problems were difficult to diagnose and resolve. To address these challenges, […]
ADOMS Framework: A Methodology for DoD’s Technical Debt Repayment and Legacy System Modernization
Introduction: As the DoD strives to maintain its competitive edge in an ever-evolving security landscape, addressing technical debt and modernizing legacy systems, particularly disparate and siloed ones, becomes paramount. To effectively tackle this complex challenge, DoD can adopt the Assessing, Deploying, Optimizing, Modernizing, and Securing (ADOMS) framework. By following this structured methodology, the DoD can […]
Hyper-V 2019 Failover and Replication Tips
We recently performed a Hyper-V 2019 failover for a customer and wanted to share some insights. Non-clustered environment, simply 2x 2019 Hyper-V servers on the same domain, with one replicated VMs to the other. We had a few VM’s setup to replicate from Hypervisor-1 (HV-1) to Hypervisor-2 (HV-2) We had some maintenance to do on […]
Symposit Awarded FAA eFAST Contract Vehicle
Symposit has been awarded a spot on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) eFAST contract as an 8(a) Small Business! Our team is pleased to continue serving our customers with our passion for IT Modernization, DevSecOps, Human Factors, and the intersection with Aviation Security. This contract has a $7.4B ceiling across 8 Functional Areas which provides a full spectrum […]
Symposit LLC & HumanLink LLC Approved for Pilot Study on Advanced 3D Security Training by the Transportation Security Administration Innovation Task Force (TSA ITF)
JULY 19, 2022, Alexandria, VA: HumanLink, LLC, a leader in human factors data and training, will provide their experience in the field by addressing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)’s need for a Universal Training Platform solution. HumanLink will conduct a pilot study for TSA’s Innovation Task Force (ITF) utilizing an innovative X-ray screening tool known […]
DHCP Server showing 169.254.x.x address after Windows 2016 upgrade to Windows 2019
You can find this issue on many other sites, but this just happened to us when upgrading a domain controller from 2016 to 2019, that also had the DHCP server role installed. First before upgrading, we demoted the DC to a regular domain server. Then we upgraded to 2019, and re-promoted the machine to a […]
Symposit-HumanLink-CASRA I/ITSEC Trade Show Partnership
Visit the HumanLink/Symposit Booth #2673 at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), November 29-December 3, 2021 Together with our global partner CASRA visitors can experience innovations to security training and screening first-hand. There will be Demos, Competitions and prizes for those who locate the threat first via XRT4. Prizes include special offer XRT4 […]
Fixing stuck/hung dot net (.net) 3.5 install in Server 2016
In case you happen to run into this issue, we were attempting to install .net 3.5 for an application in Windows 2016 that required it. So we ran the following command to install it: DISM /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3 /All It started out OK but then it got stuck for over 4 hours sitting at 49.4%. […]
Symposit LLC selected for NIH PEI 2.0 Cohort
Symposit LLC has have been selected as a small business partner to participate in the National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2021 Path to Excellence and Innovation (PEI) Initiative. The PEI Initiative is a tremendous opportunity for the National Institutes of Health to work more collaboratively with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). The mission of […]
Hackers to Cloud Accounts of Technology and Aviation Companies Demonstrate Different Threat Model – the Parasite
Hackers to Cloud Accounts of Technology and Aviation Companies Demonstrate Different Threat Model – the Parasite Wake up C-suite! SC media writer Bradley Barth reported in January on instances where hackers were able to hijack cloud accounts of high-tech and aviation firms, and stay hidden. This type of advanced persistent threat has been plaguing companies […]
