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Jan 12, 2025 | beerandbrewing.com | Louis Livingston-Garcia

What it is: Nestled in the Twin Cities suburb of Eagan, right next to a motel—it doesn’t look like much from the outside—Ansari’s Mediterranean Grill & Lounge is an oasis of the unexpected and arguably the best craft-beer bar in Minnesota. Owner Ramsey Ansari is an enthusiast who’ll wait in line for a special release and throw tap takeovers by the likes of breweries such as Other Half and WeldWerks.

Oct 29, 2024 | spiritsanddistilling.com | Louis Livingston-Garcia

As a category, ready-to-drink cocktails (RTDs) offer enticing sales potential to small distilleries that can plan and execute the right approach. However, there’s a lot more to it than packaging drinks from the bar and placing them on store shelves. It takes careful R&D to select ingredients and processes to arrive at a product that’s shelf stable, doesn’t lose flavor, and looks attractive once poured. One of the most popular ingredients for RTDs also happens to be one of the trickiest: fruit.

Aug 5, 2024 | infosecinstitute.com | Louis Livingston-Garcia

The world seemed to slow down to a standstill when a security update canceled flights, hospitals lost access to patient records, ATMs stopped working and people couldn’t turn on their computers. It was all caused by a single file from CrowdStrike. But it wasn’t due to a CrowdStrike breach or supply chain attack. It was during a routine security update that CrowdStrike ran — and a problem at the kernel level via one single file.

May 30, 2024 | infosecinstitute.com | Stephan Miller |Drew Robb |Pedro Tavares |Louis Livingston-Garcia

Penetration testing Penetration testing, often called pentesting, is a critical part of modern cybersecurity defense strategies. In our digital world, where cyber threats are constantly growing and evolving, organizations must proactively identify and address vulnerabilities in their systems and networks. Penetration testing simulates real-world attacks, allowing security professionals to uncover weaknesses before malicious actors exploit them.

May 30, 2024 | infosecinstitute.com | Stephan Miller |Drew Robb |Pedro Tavares |Louis Livingston-Garcia

Penetration testing In cybersecurity, penetration testing has long been the gold standard for uncovering vulnerabilities in networks, applications and systems before bad actors do. This involved skilled cybersecurity staff manually scanning and probing networks for known vulnerabilities, misconfigurations and other security flaws. However, as cybersecurity moves forward with the rest of technology, automated pentesting has become a new weapon in the fight for digital security.