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Installing Splunk on Debian and an Overview of Splunk

Splunk is a Big data tool that uses logs from many different devices that allow administrators to run analysis on and gather stats on the systems they are running. See the below video to learn how to install Splunk and run your first search https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oJi91eRU1s      

Apricorn Aegis secure USB drive hands on review

Thank you to Apricorn for sending me a demo unit of their Aegis secure USB drive to review Check out their website  @ http://www.apricorn.com/ you can also  watch my  video below for my full review   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G45AstDdn-A

Aegis Secure USB Key by Apricorn

Another cool gadget I saw at the Toronto Tech Security Conference was ultra-secure USB storage by Apricorn http://www.apricorn.com. Now, this is cool their product is a secure USB thumb drive or SSD portable hard-drive it features built-in encryption built into the chip meaning no software needed on the PC.   They have a wide range […]

Thinking about launching a Podcast

Let me know what you think I want to launch a podcast for network security and related topics I would like to get some vendors on to talk about their product. as well as share views on the security landscape let me know what you think?

Introducing and thoughts on DARKtrace “The Enterprise Immune system”

  So it has been a few days since I was at the conference and I came across a few companies and products that I have not had the opportunity to see. One of the products that caught my eye was Darktrace they sell their product as the “Enterprise Immune System” essentially they are smashing […]

TeslaCrypt has shutdown and has released the master encryption key !

I am a bit late to the game on this one It has been reported by ESET and SANS that the ransomware operators have shut down their operations and have released the master encryption key to decrypt infected computers’ data.  This is surprising seeing as the market has been very lucrative for the ransomware developers […]

My Day @ Toronto Tech Security Conference by Data Connectors

It’s been and awesome day at the Toronto Tech Security Conference. I got to speak with a lot of vendors and see some of the new stuff that is on the market. It is always good to come these events to stay current with the solutions that are in the market The Trends are clear […]

Ubuntu 16.04 wonky updates

So I upgraded to 16.04 not too long ago I’ve seen some bumps in the road so far, but now I am seeing weird issues with updates W: http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg: Signature by key 4CCA1EAF950CEE4AB83976DCA040830F7FAC5991 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1) W: http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/dists/stable/Release.gpg: Signature by key 3B068FB4789ABE4AEFA3BB491397BC53640DB551 uses weak digest algorithm (SHA1) W: The repository ‘http://ppa.launchpad.net/n-muench/programs-ppa/ubuntu xenial Release’ […]

Enable System wide two-factor authentication in Ubuntu/Debain

Hello Everyone , In this video I show you how you can enable MFA on Ubuntu System wide this installation will also work on any Debian based operating system. The idea here is that you will have MFA enabled on your login, terminal, root prompt and anywhere that you would be asked for a password. […]

New Email

Hey every one I am now using [email protected] for questions and comments in relation to my YouTube channel or blog Thank you !

Big data + Security = Business Intelligence

With the blow up in big data and the ease of use of big data related tools such as Splunk organizations are better empowered to track trends from devices and systems that were previously tedious and time-consuming and relied on human resources tools such as Splunk allow administrators to use the power of technologies such […]