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Duluth, Minnesota

The place I connect with is Duluth, Minnesota. When I was young, every Saturday my family would to Duluth to visit my great-grandparents who lived on 101st Ave W. It’s actually called Gary-New Duluth, the farthest point west you can go in Duluth. My great-grandparents owned an old building that dated back to the 1910s (or something) that housed a bowling alley. My great-grandfather renovated it in the 1960s or so, had 6 apartments upstairs, their apartment was at street level, and their spacious underground garage was the former bowling alley. Both great-grandparents were born and raised in that area and they remained there until their death.

On Saturday visits, my family would pack me up and leave the Twin Cities, arriving by 11:00 or noon. The adults would visit and I would play. Mid-afternoon, everyone would venture out in our 2-car motorcade to dinner; the Pickwick in Downtown Duluth, Elbow Room in Superior, Tappa Keg, in West Duluth, The Shack in Superior, or get a Sammy’s Pizza. After dinner, we would return to the apartment, watch TV, and visit. By 8/9 pm, we would turn around and drive the 2 hours home. Every Saturday. Sometimes, Saturday was the only day everyone was together after a long, hectic week. So there we were, one big 4-generation family under one roof. Duluth felt like a second home to me as we spent many a trip taking in the St Louis river, Jay Cooke State Park, the harbor, and of course, the graves of my great-great grandparents at Oneota Cemetary. Then my grand-parents died. We didn’t go up for many many years.

This past Fall, my parents, girlfriend, and I went on an overnight to Duluth. Now we were tourists. We weren’t a big family anymore. We drove past the old building, saw the Serbian Orthodox church my great-great-grandparents helped build, the old stomping ground seemed so foreign and cold. But we made a new connection for our new generation to enjoy. I realized the area I felt connected to, the same area that attracted my great-great-grandparents. It was the vegetation, the contour of the hillside, the blue Superior where time stood still and I felt the same connection, the same emotion I felt years ago, when I was young. I just wished my great-grandfather was there to enjoy it with me. I still miss him.

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The PCI Data Security Standard

The PCI DSS is the global data security standard adopted by the payment card brands for all entities that process, store or transmit cardholder data.

The PCI DSS is the global data security standard adopted by the payment card brands for all entities that process, store or transmit cardholder data. The PCI SSC sets the PCI security standards, but each payment card brand has its own program for compliance, validation levels and enforcement

  Build and Maintain a Secure Network

#1 – Install and maintain firewall and router configuration…

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Basic Wireless Network Security

Basic Wireless Network Security

Wireless LAN Types

Infra Structure Mode

Ad Hoc Network Mode

Mixed Network Mode

  Thread & Vulnerabilities

Wireless traffic is easily captured

Common WLAN Attacks: Rogue Access Point (AP)

Less Common WLAN Attacks: Wired Network Intrusion

  Basic Wireless Network Security

Use a strong password

Enabled MAC address filtering

Enable network encryption

Configure Wireless router to use static IP…

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The General Phases of a Computer Attack

The General Phases of a Computer Attack

#1 Reconnaissance (information gathering)

Collect information using different tools to gain all information about the target organization, application, or network. This is the longest phase, lasting weeks or months.

Internet searches

Social Engineering

Dumpster diving

  #2 Scanning (Finding Exploits)

Once the attack has found enough information to understand how the system works, the next phase…

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What is Big Data?

Big data doesn't just revolve around how much data you have but what you do with it. Data taken from any source and analyzed helps to find answers that enable reductions in cost & time and smarter decision making

What is it?

The large volume of data that inundates a business on a day to day basic, both structured and unstructured. It’s not the amount of data, it is what organizations do with the data that matters. Data can be analyzed for insights that lead to better decisions and strategic business moves. Yet they include data sets that are beyond the ability of commonly used software tools to capture,…

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Data Protection

Some jurisdictions around the world to look to regulatory measures to help to look to regulatory measures to help safeguard this personal data.

As Data is sent around the world the growth of cybercrime has exposed the personal data on millions of consumer, which has led some jurisdictions around the world to look to regulatory measures to help to look to regulatory measures to help safeguard this personal data. Stricter rules about handling sensitive customer data are being, or have been, implemented to address these- concerns. The…

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Kovter (Trojan 2018)

Acts as click fraud malware or a ransomware downloader. It cannot spread on its own, relies on users to run them by mistake or visit a malicious webpage it is disseminated via malspam email attachments containing malicious macros.

Kovter

A Trojan, acting as click fraud malware or a ransomware downloader. It cannot spread on its own, relies on users to run them by mistake or visit a malicious webpage it is disseminated via malspam email attachments containing malicious office macros. Reports indicate that infections have received updated instructions from command and control infrastructure to serve as a remote access…

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What is MS Active Directory

The role of a directory service is to store information about a computer network and offers features for retrieving and managing that information.

The role of a directory service is to store information about a computer network and offers features for retrieving and managing that information. Whether an organization consists of a single facility or has multiple locations, a directory service provides a centralized management tool for users and resources in all location. Windows Active Directory is a directory service based on standards for…

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What does a Computer Systems Analyst do?

What does a Computer Systems Analyst do?

A Computer Systems Analyst is an IT professional who specializes in the analysis, design, and implementation of an information system for a company or organization.  What a Computer Systems Analyst does is assess the suitability of informational systems in terms of their intended outcome and liaise with end users, venders, system administers, programmers. Systems Analysts are often the company’s…