This month we are seeing something a little unusual in terms of malicious traffic- most of the time we see attacks originated in China or Russia however the activity we are seeing is originating primarily from the Philippines and some attacks from France. As a reminder, you should always use a very strong password (preferably
Symposit modernizes DC consulting firm’s network using Ubiquiti SDN
Challenge: The client requested that Symposit assess the internal network and to modernize it in order to make it more secure, manageable, and of course faster. Since there was no one to properly manage the network, there was no visibility and hence no security within the network. Additionally, the aging network stack was implemented over
US Govt Tracking Sheet for Foreign Tech Companies
We have created the Google sheet for tracking purposes as it relates to the recent slew of foreign technology companies that have been barred or are considered being barred from use by the US Government, either by one or multiple agencies. Commercial and private sector organizations may want to consider this guidance as well when
Transitioning from a file-server to the cloud
Symposit was recently tasked by a client to develop a strategy to migrate away from a legacy file server that the company used internally to collaborate, share large files, and store sensitive corporate data. We knew that the server was aging and the goal was to get rid of having a server altogether. Thus, we
Symposit Founder, Bobby Bermudez, to serve on Board of Directors for Byte Back
WASHINGTON D.C. 5/3/2018 – Symposit LLC President and Founder, Bobby Bermudez, was recently appointed to the Board of Directors for Byte Back, a D.C. based non-profit with a mission to improve economic opportunity by providing computer training and career preparation to under-served Washington, DC metro area residents. By serving on the Board, Bobby will actively
Defend against Hackers with Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
Even as businesses continue to invest in improving their technology infrastructure, they face the ever-present threat of IT failure known as downtime, any time that vital systems become unresponsive. Collectively, these periods of network inactivity cost businesses an estimated 127 million person-hours every year in lost productivity. NetworkWorld cites research firm Gartner placing the value of just one hour of
Control your privacy by managing advertising choices.
One of the best ways to manage your privacy is to manage and opt-out of advertising personalization settings for the browser that you most frequently use. This is especially helpful on mobile devices where targeted ads will annoy you and potentially expose your personal habits to marketers and ad agencies. Today we will share some
IT Contractor Symposit LLC Awarded General Services Administration Contract
For Immediate Release: 12/11/2017 IT Contractor Symposit LLC Awarded General Services Administration Contract Contract Simplifies Procurement Process for Government Agencies FALLS CHURCH, VA – Symposit LLC announced today that it was awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) Schedule 70 contract. This five-year IT contract approves Symposit to a federal catalog
Protect your network by implementing DNSCrypt
The Internet Domain Name System (DNS) is truly amazing technology – without it, you wouldn’t be able to type in google.com and reach your destination. DNS was created to assist humans in having an easy address to remember server IP addresses. Think of it as knowing a street address instead of remembering the longitudinal coordinates
CCleaner’s argument for open source
For many, many years we have lauded the use of CCleaner to clean and optimize Windows based workstations in many different environments. Unfortunately our stance is changing today. Security researchers at Cisco Talos discovered that the 32-bit version of CCleaner 5.33 was triggering alerts on their advanced malware protection systems. They found that malware was bundled