Cisco recently patched two critical vulnerabilities in their firewall products, discovered after probable nation-state actors targeted them in a campaign dubbed “Arcane Door”. These zero-day vulnerabilities, found in devices running ASA and FTD software, were exploited to implant malware and
Securing Local Administrator Passwords
In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, maintaining a robust security posture is imperative for businesses and organizations of all sizes. One essential aspect of this security posture is effective password management, which can often be overlooked. A question I ask
Mastering Maintenance Mode Operations in Nutanix: A Guide for AHV and ESXi: Part 2
Welcome back to my series on maintenance operations with Nutanix! In Part 1, I reviewed some scenarios on using maintenance mode with Nutanix AHV, using both Maintenance Mode functions within Prism Element and the CLI. As a quick recap from
Mastering Maintenance Mode Operations in Nutanix: A Guide for AHV and ESXi
As with years past, as we come to a close on year’s end, I take some time to clean up the As-Built documentation templates I maintain for deployments; as part of this activity, I always come across outdated sections based
Zerto v10 – Update 2 – Excitement Continues!
Zerto just dropped Update 2 for version 10, and they continue to really drive some great features into the product, extending what started with v10 as some game-changing features. See my past post on this one. Starting with v10, Zerto
Zerto v10 and the Digital Fortress: Unleashing Ransomware Resilience
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, ensuring the availability, protection, and recovery of data and applications is paramount. Organizations need robust solutions to address the challenges of multi-cloud environments, cyber threats, and data loss incidents. Enter Zerto, and specifically Virtual Replication
New Blog, New Thought Process
It took me a while, but I finally migrated the blog from my original hosted Ghost platform to a new one, which hopefully will give me a good burst of energy to update some content! I decided to move away
Football to .Next
As we wrap up the Super Bowl and realize that football (both College and Pro’s) is over (I can’t get on board with the USFL just yet), it’s time to look to something else! I just wrapped a great week
Goodbye 2022, Hello 2023!
Just a quick post, but 2022 has been a great year on many fronts! As we move faster to the end of the year, I always like to reflect back on what was achieved. Getting to spend this week with
FMCv 7.2 Upgrade on AHV
Posting this more as a note to myself as a reminder and to also read the release notes a bit more carefully! After recently going thru an upgrade of the Firepower Management Center from 7.0.x to 7.2 FMCv, specifically on