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Six of the Most Dreaded IT Projects
Information technology professionals, including Alvaka’s CEO and CTO, provide their insight into their most dreaded IT projects. From patching to ERP implementations, essential but hated projects.
- Alvaka Networks is becoming a specialist as it looks to address larger enterprises- Dave Cunningham, Alvaka's Business Technology Officer, was recently interviewed by Channel Partner Insight regarding Alvaka's narrowing focus on it's Patch Management as a Service offering. Below is an excerpt from… Read full article ...
- Challenges of Industrial Control System Cybersecurity- Today, industrial control system cybersecurity is mainly focused on securing networks, and efforts generally ignore process control equipment that is critical for plant safety and reliability, which leaves it woefully… Read full article ...
- Cybersecurity is an Organized Behavior [Podcast] – with Kevin McDonald- COO and CISO of Alvaka Networks, Kevin McDonald, sits down with Brian Sherman of IoTSSA for a very candid conversation on building a successful cybersecurity offering. He offers some great… Read full article ...
- Alvaka’s COO/CISO Kevin B. McDonald to Present at 1903 Solutions’ 8th Annual Technology Showcase- IRVINE, Calif., October 11, 2018 (Newswire.com) - At their Annual Technology Showcase, 1903 Solutions is continuing an eight-year tradition of bringing together some of the best-of-the-best in technology. For this… Read full article ...
- Pentagon’s lack of cyber authority leaves data at risk…- Lawmakers on the Senate Armed Forces Committee claim that the Department of Defense is not taking strong enough action against defense contractors in regards to protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI),… Read full article ...
- Six of the Most Dreaded IT Projects- Written by Dan Tynan (Writer, Editor, and Consultant). Originally posted on CIO.com on June 25, 2018. Alvaka Networks CEO, Oli Thordarson, and CTO, Unnar Gardarsson, contribute to this discussion on what… Read full article ...
- The Questions to Ask When Hiring an IT Security Consultant- by Jessica Thiefels, VP of Community Management for PolySwarm. Learn what questions to ask when hiring an IT security consultant, including insight from Alvaka Networks CEO, Oli Thordarson. If you can’t… Read full article ...
- Beware the ‘thought police:’ The dangers of human and AI integration- Kevin McDonald discusses AI integration and possible negative consequences. Humans have always strived to become smarter, faster and more creative through the use of tools. Starting with the basic calculator… Read full article ...
- Imran Awan case shows lax security controls for Congressional IT staff- By Kevin McDonald Those who operate with high-level system access, such as IT administrators, possess immense and potentially devastating control. With even partial domain or local administrator access, a tech-savvy… Read full article ...
- Private sector’s national cybersecurity strategy contributions lacking- By Kevin McDonald The U.S. government has been very public about its concern for national cybersecurity. There have been grandiose speeches, presidential declarations and several attempts by the legislature to pass… Read full article ...
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Smoke testing is a term used to describe the testing process for servers after patches are applied. 
Estimating an average time for patching servers and PCs can be a bit tricky. It can vary from one month to the next, depending upon the number and complexity of the patches released by your software vendors. You must consider all versions of operating systems and have a complete inventory of all your application software to do this job correctly. Our experience has shown that manual patching of systems takes on average of about 1.5 hours each.
This is a basic cost calculator for you to compute your typical monthly cost for patching your servers, PCs, laptops, tablets and associated application software. It also forms the basis for you to begin calculating your Return on Investment for software patching, or for comparison with alternatives to the manual process of patching operating systems and application software—such as Patch Management as a Service, also known as Vulnerability Management as a Service.