Lance Caven

I am an IT Manager in the Oil and Gas industry.  Check out my website at www.cubedcorps.com

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How to Update OpenVAS data feeds in Ubuntu 18.04

I am documenting how to update the Greenbone Security Scanner feed in OpenVAS running on Ubuntu 18.04. OpenVAS is a great tool for scanning your system for known vulnerabilities. How to manually u…

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(via SQL Server - "Cannot shrink log file because the logical log file located at the end of this file is in use")

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The U.K. Cyber Essentials Security Scheme – a useful framework for small businesses in other countries! In October 2014 the UK government created a low-cost, light-touch scheme called Cyber E…

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ISO 27001 Implementation Can Create Imperfect Security

I have been in the Information security sector informally for many years, and in the past 5 years, much more formally. I have used mostly NIST and ISO 27001 frameworks for clients although I have …

musing of an IT security professional

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I’m attending a Meetup with Twin Ports Infrastructure & Virtualization Meetup

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Funny these still exist.

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Yes

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How to create and enhance security policies for your business!

As more and more businesses are either voluntarily or forced to increase their security posture, the first step is developing and documenting good security policy and procedure. There are only a f...

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Office 365 Error!

One of my employees got this error when trying to clean up a former employee's mailbox in Office365! These types of errors always make me wonder who proof reads the language before it is baked int...

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Never give up!

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Purchase New Hardware and Software that Adheres or Enhances your Disaster Recovery

Purchase New Hardware and Software that Adheres or Enhances your Disaster Recovery

Purchase new hardware and software that adheres or enhances your Disaster Recovery(DR) process.  Your disaster recovery document states or “should” state that any new hardware, software or process be evaluated for adherence to current DR process and procedure before purchasing it.  Your DR documentation may also state that you need to define a recovery process before implementing any new…

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HIPAA Business Associate requirements to adhere to the law

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Software Defined Storage - redefining traditional SAN

Software Defined Storage – redefining traditional SAN

I have been reading about software defined storage lately.  Software defined storage (SDS) is a confusing term.  What is it?  In its simplest form, It is abstracting the software away from the storage hardware.

Why do this?  it is similar is some aspects to when VMWare abstracted the OS from the Hardware.  Software Defined Storage gives flexibility, speed, easy expandability to the overall…

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If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.

Dhirubhai Ambani

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