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How to make your users hate ThreatLocker less
ThreatLocker blocks every program not explicitly allowed, which makes it a powerful security tool. However, users can view this as getting in the way of their work. Some users expect to install whatever program they want. Or a hash or file path in a permitted application changes, so it gets blocked again. This results in frustrated calls to your help desk, which makes both users and technicians ask "Can we get rid of ThreatLocker". Below are some quick tips to make your users
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How to reduce the odds your clients with Fortigate firewalls get ransomware
If you read cyber news forums, you know that every now and then a new Fortigate zero day vulnerability is discovered. This article goes over what buttons you need to click to dramatically reduce the odds your clients that have FortiGate firewalls get ransomware. TLDR Turn on automatic updates and disable admin access (SSH, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.) on your customers' WAN interfaces (after making sure you can access admin settings from the LAN or a VPN). Do this on all your custome
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How to use Claude to find leads for your MSP
Using an LLM for prospecting allows you to get more granular with finding prospects that match your Ideal customer profile than a traditional CRM. I use Claude for finding businesses that match my ICP, then use my CRM to find individuals to reach out to at that business. I've found that Claude is good at finding businesses, but not so much individuals. This script typically costs ยข30 per execution in token usage. Here is an example output from this script that can be import
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