Mike Carlson and Gavin Livingstone, Bryley Systems Inc. Mike Carlson, CTO and a young, 20-year employee at Bryley Systems, had these suggestions on what to do when you get ransomware on your computer network: Identify the end-user login name associated with the ransomware “How to decrypt” text files that are placed in the shared folders. […]
Lawrence Strauss, Strauss and Strauss A long time ago in the Information Age, there was Yahoo!. Yahoo! was the work of Jerry Yang and David Filo, grad students at Stanford, and was a guide to the soon-to-be-bursting-out World Wide Web. Here is a snapshot of an early version of Yahoo!, when there were about 200,000 […]
Gavin Livingstone, Bryley Systems Inc. Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) is not well known, but it is a critical component in securing Windows Server-based networks. Active Directory, introduced with Windows Server 2000, is included with most versions of Windows Server, but is also available as a service1. Its primary function is to facilitate authentication and authorization […]
Nicole Sawitz is the newest member to join Bryley Systems’ Business Development team. In her role as Administrative Assistant, Nicole will assist with proposals, presentations and general business-development functions. Mrs. Sawitz has a BA from Goucher College and a Certificate for Program Evaluation from Tufts University. Prior to Bryley Systems, Nicole was an Administrative Assistant […]
Eric Rainville and Gavin Livingstone, Bryley Systems Inc. Most ransomware attacks through email; an end-user unwittingly opens an innocuous attachment within an email, which then loads software that quietly encrypts all data files. Once completed, it announces its accomplishment (Hooray!) and provides instruction on how to pay the ransom (through an anonymous, online payment method) […]
Lawrence Strauss of Strauss and Strauss This is an exciting time in business computing. We’ve witnessed dramatically new improvements in systems, architecture, storage, and networking. Windows Server 2016 offers the promise of helping organizations deal with all these rapid changes within the entirely familiar Windows environment. Windows Server 2016 (expect a fall release [as of […]
Gavin Livingstone, Bryley Systems Inc. Most situations benefit from an assessment – Firefighters assess the structure, locale, and availability of resources (water) before rushing into a burning building; politicians (hopefully) assess the potential consequences before stating their position on a controversial topic; my insurance company wants to assess the damage before they fix my car. […]
Gavin Livingstone, President of Bryley Systems, was interviewed by Richard Whiting in CRN’s 2016 Managed Service Provider 500 in the February 16, 2016 online issue of CRN®. Highlights: “We’re doing really well,” said President Gavin Livingstone, noting that 2015 was the second-best year in the company’s history (2000, in the midst of the dot-com boom, […]
Anna D., a member of Bryley Systems’ Business Development team, has been promoted to Manager of Client Relationships – a new position designated to proactively monitor and enhance client services within the Company. Anna joined the firm in 2010 and most recently served as an Account Executive. In her new role as the Manager of […]
Michelle Denio, a key member of the Bryley Systems’ Technical Services team since 2008, will continue to support the Company’s clients in this newly created position. With a look to the future of Bryley Systems’ continued growth, she will also take an active role in the supervision of the Technical Services team during its expansion. […]
