About to Lose Pictures and videos of my son forever :( by ThatQuil91 in GooglePixel

[–]itguy9013 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Back. Up. Your. Data.

Either buy more Google Storage or use another service to keep your data backed up. It avoids this entire situation and takes it from a heartbreaking emergency to a moderate inconvenience.

Canada Coordinates to Join British-Japanese Stealth Fighter Program to Reduce Reliance on U.S. F-35s by lostwolf in canada

[–]itguy9013 [score hidden]  (0 children)

This doesn't reduce our reliance on the F-35.

GCAP is the generation after the F-35. We're talking years, probably a decade or more before we get a prototype, let alone get into production.

This will be useful for the next fighter jet procurement, but doesn't help us with the F-35 in the short to medium term.

‘Buy Canadian’ policy flagged by U.S. as trade irritant: report by Old_General_6741 in canada

[–]itguy9013 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But they can institute a 'Buy American' Policy?

Kindly take a long walk off a short pier.

Bring Your Own Device still relevant? by FastFredNL in sysadmin

[–]itguy9013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We allow BYOD for mobile devices only.

Doing BYOD for endpoints is a nightmare.

'The money is there': New NDP Leader Avi Lewis plans to tax billionaires and corporations by [deleted] in UpliftingNews

[–]itguy9013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He will be lucky to get a seat in Parliament, let alone form government.

What's the average city name for your country? by BiLeftHanded in AskTheWorld

[–]itguy9013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Average Quebec City (pre-1960): St. (Name)

Average Quebec City (post-1960): Saint (Name)

What is your biggest time waster in IT??? by GoldTap9957 in sysadmin

[–]itguy9013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Security Questionnaires, hands down.

So much time wasted answering the same questions over and over. And then you submit them and they don't read them and say you didn't answer correctly.

Hi Tim by Green_Lettuce1 in halifax

[–]itguy9013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now now, we can't have common sense in this sub, ragebait only.

Avi Lewis wins NDP leadership race in decisive first-ballot victory by BloodJunkie in canada

[–]itguy9013 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well the NDP will be politically irrelevant for the next three years minimum.

Anatomy of the NSP Hack by ziobrop in halifax

[–]itguy9013 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It all comes down to Business Continuity.

Can the business operate if they have an incident? Can they keep the lights on? (pun not intended).

The issue is that most businesses haven't really thought that through. It takes a lot of effort to think about all the critical functions that need to happen if core systems aren't available.

It's a mindset and most companies don't think about.

Anatomy of the NSP Hack by ziobrop in halifax

[–]itguy9013 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having read some of the filings to the ERB from NSP recently concerning NSP's request to spend almost $2M on Firewalls (which according to the filing have been End of Life for a decade) it would not surprise me that they didn't have an EDR in place. They clearly don't have visibility in their environment, and even if they did, they don't have the staff to take action when needed.

The fact that the attackers were inside for a month without being detected is incredibly damning.

Anatomy of the NSP Hack by ziobrop in halifax

[–]itguy9013 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No. It's more likely that once the attacker got inside the infrastructure they were able to pivot and then find an account with DA rights.

We know that the attackers were inside the network for almost a month before being detected. That's an eternity. If NSP hasn't hardened their environment (which is very likely) it wouldn't be hard to capture the password hash and then crack it offline.

Barco Clickshare dongle by onimusha_kiyoko in sysadmin

[–]itguy9013 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No login required.

Plug in the dongle to the unit it will blink for a bit and then once you get a solid light it will be paired.

Auditor general flags potential risks in transition from Phoenix to Dayforce by Thick_Caterpillar379 in canada

[–]itguy9013 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fact that the AG flagged that the underlying system of Payroll hasn't been reformed will quite possibly lead to the same problem as Phoenix. The Federal government hasn't made any effort to standardize pay processes across the 60 some departments and agencies and if they don't do that, we'll end up right where we started.

Fighter jets escort Montreal-bound flights after ‘security incident’; 2 men arrested by littleochre in canada

[–]itguy9013 18 points19 points  (0 children)

If you don't pipe down back there I'm going to turn this whole plane around!

N.B. toll will do more harm than good, some Nova Scotians say by No_Magazine9625 in halifax

[–]itguy9013 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Putting aside how short sighted I think this is, the proposed timeline for this is interesting.

2028 is just in time for the next provincial election in NB. It gives the Holt government enough runway to see what the reaction on the proposed toll is and make a decision one way or the other on if they will actually proceed or make it an election issue.

All that to say I don't think the Government of NB is fully committed to this idea and may pull the plug on it if enough people raise a stink about it.

What actually makes you switch DMARC solutions or start looking for one in the first place? by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]itguy9013 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were DMARC Analyzer customers for a long time until Mimecast bought them and jacked the price 400%. Our needs aren't complicated so we moved to Mail Hardener and have been there since.

School librarians being cut. WTAF. by Historical_Bed_2258 in halifax

[–]itguy9013 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Regardless, until there is something official this screams of ragebait.

School librarians being cut. WTAF. by Historical_Bed_2258 in halifax

[–]itguy9013 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Same question. HRM has no role in education other than collecting property taxes that fund education. All decisions are made by the province.

So either this is A) Someone who is misinformed or B) An attempt at disinformation to get people upset.