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Jay Ferron

I am a self proclaimed geek who has authored, may technical training courses. As a speaker Jay has presented at many events including, user groups, Computer trade shows, DOD and federal conferences, ISPCON, TechEd, and WPC. Jay is on the global board member of GITCA. Past President of ISACA-CT, Past president APCUG and is a Microsoft MVP Enterprise Security. Jay has been a MVP in in Windows, HPC, and Azure.

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NIST Revises SP 800-171 Guidelines for Protecting Sensitive Information
May 10th, 2023 | Jay Ferron | My information Resource
NIST Revises SP 800-171 Guidelines for Protecting Sensitive Information The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its draft guidelines for protecting sensitive unclassified information, in an effort to help federal agencies and government contractors more consistently - Read More
 
Draft NIST SP 800-171 Revision 3, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations
May 10th, 2023 | Jay Ferron | My information Resource
The initial public draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-171, Revision 3, Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations is available for public comment and review. The updates in this draft publication have been guided and informed by the  - Read More
 
Register Now for the NCCoE Manufacturing Community of Interest (COI) Update
May 8th, 2023 | Jay Ferron | My information Resource
Throughout the past six months, the NCCoE Manufacturing team has published the NIST Final Project Description: Responding to and Recovering from a Cyber Attack as well as the NIST Cybersecurity White Paper: Security Segmentation in a Small Manufacturing Environment. Join us for an update to discuss - Read More
 
NIST: Available for Comment: Draft NIST SP 1800-36, Trusted IoT Device Network-Layer Onboarding and Lifecycle Management (Vols. B–E)
May 8th, 2023 | Jay Ferron | My information Resource
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has published Draft NIST SP 1800-36, Vols. B–E, Trusted Internet of Things (IoT) Device Network-Layer Onboarding and Lifecycle Management. The public comment period is open now through June 20, 2023.  About the Project Provisioning - Read More
 
How Microsoft can help you go passwordless this World Password Day
May 8th, 2023 | Jay Ferron | My information Resource
Microsoft Blog Post It’s that time of year again. World Password Day is May 4, 2023.1 There’s a reason it’s still going strong 10 years after being created by cybersecurity professionals. A recent study that analyzed more than 15 billion passwords found that the top 10 most popular passwords - Read More
 
Microsoft Security Virtual Training Day: Defend Against Threats and Secure Cloud Environments
May 8th, 2023 | Jay Ferron | My information Resource
Grow your skills at Security Virtual Training Day: Defend Against Threats and Secure Cloud Environments from Microsoft Learn. At this free event, you’ll learn to perform advanced hunting, detections, and investigations, and remediate security alerts with Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel. - Read More
 
NIST: Explore Data Deidentification With Us!
May 8th, 2023 | Jay Ferron | My information Resource
We invite you to come explore deidentification technologies with us by participating in the Collaborative Research Cycle. This technology challenge seeks to advance our understanding of synthetic data generation and other de-identification technologies. We present the NIST Diverse Community - Read More
 
Microsoft Event: Ask the Experts: Migrate to IaaS or PaaS? Modernize your mission-critical apps on the cloud
May 8th, 2023 | Jay Ferron | My information Resource
Webinar date:Tuesday, May 9, 20239:00 AM Pacific Time / 12:00 PM Eastern Time Hi, Choosing the best cloud migration approach is essential to effectively migrating mission-critical apps and data. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) are both great options, but which - Read More
 
Get step-by-step guidance for enabling key features in Microsoft Defender
May 2nd, 2023 | Jay Ferron | My information Resource
Blog post from Microsoft. To get the most value from your Security solutions, you need to understand the business value of the different features they include to decide if, when, and how to go about turning them on. And when you’re ready to enable new features, you need clear guidance to make it - Read More
 
CISA Urges Organizations to Incorporate the FCC Covered List Into Risk Management Plans
May 1st, 2023 | Jay Ferron | My information Resource
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) maintains a Covered List of communications equipment and services that have been determined by the U.S. government to pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States or the security and safety of United States persons to national - Read More
 

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