I was super excited when ONTAP 9.3 came out with multi-factor authentication support. I tweeted about it and even went on a Tech ONTAP recap podcast for NetApp Insight 2017 and talked about it. Usually, there is a trade-off with convenience when it comes to security. Security is typically inconvenient. Multi-factor authentication is the exception…
Month: February 2018
How working in DoD makes patching ‘yo sh*t’ an imperative
In the world of ops, it’s natural not to want to patch/update a finicky application. What sys admin wants to break sh*t?! Interestingly, Equifax’s former CEO blamed the entire data breach on the sys admin that didn’t patch Apache Struts. Fortunately, working in the Department of Defense, we have systems in place that alert us to…