Due to latest developments in regards to IT security and a lot of questions from customers, we want to inform you, that we are not using any Solarwinds products.
They were key to several hacking incidents in the US in the last weeks.
Category: Announcements
SECURITY UPGRADE
As our customer you know that security of your project is our major concern. We are therefore happy to announce the availability of continuous vulnerability scanning as part of our services. We are strongly recommending continuous vulnerability scanning for all kinds of applications including rest APIs.
Our partner CRASHTEST SECURITY is providing best in class security scanning, e.g. detect OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities and provide remediation links. Scan results will be delivered to you seamlessly through our MCON infrastructure. Please get in touch with Guenther Kreuzpaintner for more details.
Update: Patch Day – System Upgrades MCON Managed Services July
Dear Sir or Madam,
our colocation DC3.HAM has routing issues after patching, we are working with highest priority on fixing this
Best regards
Your MCON Managed Services Team
Coronavirus/COVID 19 – Business Continuity
Due to recent events involving the spread of the Coronavirus/COVID 19 Pandemic, we would like to inform you about our Business Continuity Plan at MCON.
We activated Coronavirus related policies around the globe for all our offices and teams. In general our business is highly independent from office locations. All governmental requests, suggestions and policies for the different regions are met and MCON will be adjust its policies as official announcements are updated. MCON will support all efforts to decelerate the spreading of the virus.
Our teams are used to have daily global standup meetings via zoom video conferencing, communication channels like IM have been implemented ages ago and are used on a daily basis, so working from home office does not disrupt our services at all. The team in China is already working from home office since Chinese New Year. All external meetings and business travel have been reduced to an absolute minimum.
We are happy and thankful that as of yet, we have had not a single case of infection with the Coronavirus in our staff or their families around the world.
You should not experience any change or disruption in the services we provide.
Thank you for your consideration and all the best for you, your co-workers and your families.
Data breach at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
On the morning of 13 January 2020, an Amazon technical employee shared sensitive information on Github. The public repository contained personal identity documents, system credentials, passwords and AWS key pairs. While the breach was detected within half an hour by a cybersecurity company and deleted from Github within about 5 hours, attackers could have gained root access to AWS accounts.
MCON clients and partners can rest assured that their data and credentials are not compromised by the data breach above. We never share credentials – not even with AWS – and all credentials are stored encrypted inside secure MCON facilities.
If you use AWS services or AWS credentials not secured and monitored by MCON, you might want to investigate further to make sure neither your databases, nor mail servers hosted on AWS are affected.
Recovery: private line China
26-dec-2019 10 p.m.: China Unicom finally solved the issue, the SDH line is back
Incident: private line to China
the SDH line between Germany and China is unavailable since 25th Dec 2 p.m.
China Unicom has been informed and is troubleshooting. We could not get an ETA from them so far
New AWS Certifications – Addendum
Success breeds Success, as a study confirms (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140428154838.htm). We can confirm the study, as Rubi Patlan from MCON, Office Puebla just earned another certificate:
AWS Data Analytics Fundamentals
We save ourselves another photo of a happy and smiling co-worker this time (you can believe she does), as we expect some more good news in the very near future.
New AWS certifications
We are proud to announce three additional AWS certifications, namely:
Josué Ramos, MCON Office Puebla – AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Rubi Patlan, MCON Office Puebla – AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Cherif Sy, MCON Office Morocco – AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
The photos reflect how happy our engineers are with their new certifications, as they are not easy to get. As an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner, we feel obligated to constantly build up expertise by training our engineers to receive AWS validated qualifications and certifications.