DIY NETWORK CABINET House Upgrade
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DIY NETWORK CABINET House Upgrade

Last year, I wrote an article about a DIY Network cabinet for my flat. This should be a central hub for all network connections and a nice clean space for all network devices such as routers, switches and NAS. This perfectly worked out while living in our flat but needed some adjustments when we moved into our house in late 2020. As you may remember, one central part of the cabinet was a 24-port gigabit switch. To get the cables to the switch I used a cable throughput and a switching board (which basically are double CAT5 connectors) on the…
Guest at Theiners SecurityTalk
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Guest at Theiners SecurityTalk

This week I was a guest at Theiners SecurityTalk of the German Mittelstand. Though we used the wrong web conferencing tool ;) , if you ask me, it was a very fun talk about how LastPass addresses identity and access and how it can help organizations, even in these challenging times, to stay secure and remain in control. It was the first time for me in this sort of format but I enjoyed it very much. I think the result is an informative and entertaining 50 minutes with a lot of bits and nuggets many organizations can use to encompass…
Home DIY Network Cabinet
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Home DIY Network Cabinet

IT and the Internet become increasingly important in our homes - not only after the COVID-19 crisis, in which many of us have to work from home. Also because of streaming services, tons, and tons of digital pictures, wireless devices, smart homes, and many more. During the pandemic, home-IT might be even more important as we have to rely on it to work, make backups, store data, and so forth. And, to not forget, it has to blend in into our homes, ideally without even being noticed. This, of course, are conflicting goals. And I, as well, was looking for…