Once in a while, we like to have a little fun at Platte River Networks. Yesterday was Bring Your Kid To Work Day and we had a blast. We danced, played Pie Face, had some yummy snacks, and overall had a fantastic day with our kiddos. We hope they enjoyed it as much as we […]
On this month’s Employee Spotlight, we get to know Wendi Kiss, a Premium Plus Tech here at Platte River Networks. Wendi has a long history in the tech industry as one of her first jobs was assembling personal computers, before they were even called that. She thrives on fixing things and helping people, which makes […]
Until this month, Microsoft Azure was a tradeoff in business continuity against competitors like Amazon Web Services (AWS). But that tradeoff is in the rear-view mirror now that Availability Zones are live. Now, the most difficult part of putting your business continuity plan together will be understanding the extremely fine-toothed nuances between Regions and Availability […]
(The Son of Man, by Rene Magritte) Most people think of hackers as isolated individuals, acting from the privacy of dark basements with only large-screen monitors to keep them company. At worst, they are decentralized organizations, like the hacktivist organization that gained notoriety in the early 2000s, Anonymous. But the playing field has changed significantly […]
Brian Myers is a Systems Engineer for Platte River Networks and has been with us for 3 years. Prior to joining PRN, Brian attended the US Navy Aviation School and was a plane captain for the US Navy Squadron VA-52. He was also an Access Control Systems Engineer at the Vandenberg Air Force missile launch […]
January was a month of brutal honesty for many of the world’s largest IT companies. First, Intel, ARM, and AMD confessed to Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. And then, just two days before the month ended, Cisco also entered the confessional to admit a vulnerability in their WebVPN portals. Cisco’s vulnerability impacts a much smaller user-base […]
Now, more and more businesses are looking for a Managed Service Provider (MSP) who can help them to achieve strategic goals in addition to support services, but if you happen to be one of these businesses, many of whom feel as though they are falling behind the curve, you might not see your needs as […]
The deck is stacked against defenders in cybersecurity, but a new breed of threat detection could help even the odds. This last year has made the need for immediate help obvious, first with the Equifax hack and now Meltdown and Spectre, there’s now a focused attention towards the fundamental characteristic of cybersecurity. Peter Thiel put simply: “One […]
Two critical CPU vulnerabilities, named Meltdown and Spectre, were disclosed to the public on January 3, 2018, leading to a slew of questions, patches, and fear. The nature of this security threat is categorically different than most. When you hear about malware, ransomware, and viruses, these names refer to programs that are only dangerous when […]
