It doesn’t take long to realize that CrossRealms is not your typical IT firm. In my first week, I have discovered a unique atmosphere of collaborative problem solving and a commitment to bringing about broad scale positive change. I was recently hired to work on an aggressive pilot program at Polaris Charter Academy in creative […]
Through the Splunk Trenches
Sifting through computer logs is a lot like digging a trench. It can be done with your hands, it can be done with a shovel, but if you’ve got a backhoe, life becomes much less strenuous. For computer logs, Splunk is a backhoe. If you’re having issues with users logging in, the first thing you […]
CrossRealms and Cross Cultures
Last Thursday, we left the office a little early to head over to our apartment for a dinner prepared by the newest additions to the CrossRealms team- Juyeon and Grace, our interns from South Korea. They cooked a delicious Korean meal and gave us a more informal look into the cultural perspectives they can bring […]
The Future of Data Centers
I’ve written before on the CrossRealms concept for the data center of the future. With more and more of our lives and businesses being sent to the cloud, the demand for data centers continues to grow. Our idea is to harness the heat data centers create to warm an urban greenhouse, but we’re not the only ones […]
PCI Compliance and Cisco ASA Firewall
Recently, a client failed the PCI compliance test due to a requirement to have the firewall (specifically the ASA) prefer stream-based Ciphers instead of Block-based Ciphers, which is the default. The first step to remediation is to check whether you are using Block-based ciphers. VPN into the ASA and then, in the CLI, type the […]