Byte-Size Beginner

  As a person that uses technology and the internet on a daily basis, it’s mind blowing how vulnerable you and your data are. On a personal level or even as a business or organization, the vulnerabilities can have a big impact. With businesses, specifically those that handle secure data or private information, ensuring that you have some sort of protocol in place can help aid in better security. Vulnerabilities scanners can be useful when trying to help catch those pesky weaknesses within your system. In other words, they help you to stay ahead of the game. A plus is that some of them have the ability to check for a variety of things, such as missed patches, weak passwords, misconfigurations, and even outdated software. Not only that, it can help in the realm of maintaining overall compliance; especially if you’re working with sensitive information. This may be something people ‘may’ think they can skip over. In best practice it can actually be beneficial by prioritizing risks,...

Hello from the void, A new college term is upon us, and the calendar year is almost over! Before I go any further, allow me to introduce myself: you can call me K, and as you can guess, I am a college student that is working on a bachelor’s in information technology. After 3.5 long years I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. I got my love for technology when I used my first computer around the age of 5, alongside watching my dad rebuilding them as a hobby. Ever since I’ve been dabbling in the tech side, and self-taught myself HTML coding at the age of 12. While I haven’t done much with it after the myspace era ended, it can’t be that hard to pick it back up.   With that out of the way, I look forward to updating my blog and sharing the things I’ll be learning throughout the term -K