I’ve started using Apache-Exporter for monitoring and checking this weekend how useful it is and how it can be integrated into my Prometheus monitoring enviroment. The server-status requests inevitably lead to more “background noise” in the Apache logfiles. The screenshot below clearly shows in the upper less section: Read more

I need to admit: I really love writing audits. It has a certain degree of scientific working to falsify statements. So I was recently confronted with the following quote from a responsible IT manager: We are not concerned with security, but with liability. If Microsoft promises security, this is enough for us. Read more

Within a " digital breakfast " I will give a presentation for the DigiNet Südwestfalen at November, rd , : am at my own Conferencing-Server Topic: “Security of Conferencing Software” giving Stakeholders and Decision-Makers Orientation for risk-assesment. This is a non-public event, please register via Sonja Pfaff on the DiginetSWF Website. Read more

. Companies in Germany affected The BSI (German Federal Authority for Informationsecurity) warns with the second highest level “orange” (= the IT threat situation is mission critical. massive disruption of regular operations) in the public media. Around , companies in Germany alone are affected by several critical vulnerabilities because security updates have not yet been installed. Read more