Webcast Recap: Protect Your Users From Themselves

Hey, hey PDQ People! Thanks for checking back with us as we review our webcast from the week of Halloween where we talked about cyber hygiene. Kris, the corgi (you'll know what we're talking about once you start watching), and Alex the, uh, Superman of Security, walked us through some helpful information to keep your network secure and save your users from themselves.

How to Keep Your Users Safe

Ransomware Facts: :42

Phishing Training: 3:37

Patch Regularly & Rapidly. 6:43

Question: Would you say PDQ is a full replacement for (or even better than) WSUS? If so, a howto would be helpful. 8:44

LAPS in your environment. 10:36

Question: I need to revamp my spectre/meltdown collections, scans, etc. Do you have any sources I can use? 13:12

Backups secured offline. 14:41

Two Factor Authentication 16:42

Internal Firewall. 20:28

Question: I have a scheduled data backup every hour on Deploy. If a few machines take more than an hour,should I deploy every 2hr or what would best practice be? 24:57

Question: How do you feel about password manager> Helpful or just a payload of keys to find once cracked? 28:47 

Limit remote Access 30:54

Speed Round

Question: If I create a schedule to shutdown computers, will Windows 10 machines run necessary updates or just shut down? 33:22

Question: Could you guys make an auto deploy that blocks writing for all users in most exploited locations in Windows? 34:53

Question: Since we're talking non-pdq stuff, anyone have a preferred way to limit Domain Admin logins with a yubikey type fob? 36:48

Question: Can I use PDQ to send a small electrical zap through the keyboard when my end users are being end users? 37:59

That's the end

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