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One way to look at layered security is how it represents the inventors behind the variety of?approaches.
For example the first antivirus program dates from the exploratory origins of networking itself. It was the work of MIT grad Ray Tomlinson. After earning his Master's, Tomlinson worked at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) in Cambridge. In 1970 the BBN team released the TENEX operating system for Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-10 mainframes.
Shortly after delivering TENEX, one of Tomlinson's co-workers Bob Thomas wrote the first computer worm to determine the possibility of developing a program that could spread between computers.* It made the twenty-eight connected PDP-10s unpredictably display the message, "I'm the Creeper, catch me if you?can."
The Creeper worm actually caused more of a problem than expected – it seemed to just move around erratically. So the Creeper had to be stopped. Ray Tomlinson took up the challenge and coded the antivirus program Reaper to quash the Creeper.
In 2014 (two years before his death) Tomlinson wrote about those days at BBN, what I miss most is the uniqueness of that time and being on the frontier – doing things that no one else could do or wanted to?do.§
Fifty years later we may be in a different age. But the stories behind the people behind the tech are still as compelling. Or in the words of my teacher David Rattner, there’s as much drama at noon as at twilight – you just have to look for it. And by paying attention to the various ways people build things and problem-solve you can end up with better and more secure tech.
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Andrew Promoted to Senior Field?Engineer
We were able to rely on Andrew – soup-to-nuts – to create a procedure and install XDR for Bryley’s clients –COO Anna Darlagiannis-Livingstone
Andrew has been named Senior Field Engineer. Andrew has embraced the role – he’s known here for always being hungry to learn something new. And even when the work is remote, being in the field can be equated to always something new: every day is different when supporting the breadth of Bryley clients – with their various networks, software and processes.
Prior to his time at Bryley, Andrew worked an IT help desk at a Westborough medical software developer. And before that he provided IT support at a video game developer. In 2020 he received a BS in Computer Science (3.94 GPA) from UMass Lowell.
Andrew has brought his Computer Science training to bear in his proficiency in scripting the past two-and-a-half years he’s been at Bryley. It makes Bryley more efficient for clients when he scripts an antivirus deployment, for example. Or as Anna said, there are just certain things you can’t readily see on a computer, like if it has an encryption license. We could look up a service ticket to see if a device is running with encryption. Andrew wrote a script that tells us immediately, giving us the information we need to know how to support the machine … [4 min. read] Continue Reading?>
Glad for this Holiday Tradition
Not sure how it got started, but Bryley’s annual delivery to Celltreat Scientific Products has been a highlight for the Client Services and Tech Teams. It’s a token of appreciation for Bryley’s ongoing partnership with Celltreat. The cupcakes are a small reminder of the importance of our work together … [2 min. read] Continue Reading?>