For years, our user provisioning process had been a manual nightmare. When a new employee was hired, HR would enter their information into UKG (our HR system), then send an email to IT with the person’s details. The Help Desk would manually create an Active Directory account and then would have to manually provision users…
Author: Steve Burns
Increase Automatic User Provisioning
Improved number of apps connected to OKTA for SSO and increased the number of apps that were properly utilizing SSO with SCIM or oAuth provisioning. FIND ALL THE DETAILS HERE
Quantitative Software Analysis
Analyzed available password management solutions by developing a weighted scorecard system that quantified subjective criteria (ease of use, vendor responsiveness, integration capabilities, cost-benefit ratios) into objective measurable metrics. Built Excel-based evaluation framework with formulas that weighted features by organizational priority, enabling objective comparison across otherwise qualitative vendor strengths and weaknesses. Conducted initial large-scale testing to…
Network Security Implementation – Full Story
When I was working for a manufacturing company and working in-office, I quickly noticed that the company had a completely flat network literally everywhere. Where every device from the store front point-of-sale systems to production machinery to office computers – existed on the same network segment. When I raised concerns about this with leadership, I…
Improved Network Security
Overcame resistance to reconfigure a vulnerable flat network where POS systems shared segments with production machinery, implementing VLAN segmentation despite an “expert” vendor’s assurances of there being no risk. READ MORE HERE
Promethease UI Update
Problems I have used Promethease for over a year now and absolutely love it. I only have 2 or 3 complaints. So rather than just complain I took time to fix at least one of these problems. Or at least I attempted to. Problems with Promethease Medication was removed No way to “bookmark” SNPs Essentially…
FOG Imaging Implementation – Full Story
When I arrived at Kountry Wood Products, the computer deployment process was manual, time-consuming, and inconsistent. Each new computer or reimaged machine required a technician to sit with it for approximately three days – installing Windows, applying updates, installing applications one by one, configuring settings, joining the domain, and testing everything. With a rapidly growing…
Setup FOG Imaging Software
Setup a FOG imaging server and created a standardized computer image reducing computer setup time by 85%. LEARN MORE ABOUT FOG HERE
Reconfigured poorly setup power distribution
One year prior to my arrival a vendor had installed a generator and installed outlets in the server closet. The generator was exclusively installed to protect servers, however the previous sysadmin or vendor did not bother to split the power to the server so that it was connected to both the Grid and the generator.…
Rescued VMware Drives
Recovered corrupted VMware drives after a prolonged power failure and generator malfunction, diagnosed partial data corruption, repaired corrupt volumes, and reattached volumes to hosts/VMs, and restored the entire environment – averting major business interruption.