VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 4: Fleet Topologies and SSO Boundaries (Single Site, Dual Site, Multi-Region)
TL;DR This post targets VCF 9.0 GA only: VCF 9.0 (17 JUN 2025) build 24755599, with…
After You Migrate: Cleanup, Governance, and Preventing Unmanaged Disks from Coming Back
TL;DR Converting disks is not the finish line. Your real goal is a new steady state:…
Convert Azure VMs from Unmanaged to Managed Disks: A Production-Ready Runbook
TL;DR Converting a VM to managed disks is usually operationally straightforward: deallocate, convert, start, validate. The…
VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 3: Day-0 to Day-2 Ownership Across Fleets, Instances, and Domains
TL;DR A) One fleet, one instance, stretched where justified In VCF 9.0, identity is not a…
VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 2: Fleet Services vs Instance Management Planes (and Who Owns What)
TL;DR Practical implication: if fleet services are impaired, governance and workflows degrade, but the instance-level control…
VCF 9.0 GA Mental Model Part 1: Fleets, Instances, Domains, and the Fleet Management Layer
TL;DR This is the “where do we do the thing” map you want in every runbook….
CrowdStrike Falcon Scores Perfect 100% in SE Labs’ Most Challenging Ransomware Test
SE Labs employed both direct attacks and deep attacks. Test results and the feedback of third-party…
How to Use GPG to Encrypt and Decrypt Files in Linux
In this article, we show you how to encrypt files with GPG in Linux, generate key…
Streamline Security Operations with Falcon for IT’s Turnkey Automations
These content packs span multiple categories including application resilience, file discovery, Linux device control, and asset…
How to Execute MySQL Queries via Linux Terminal
If you are in charge of managing a database server, from time to time you may…
Defeating BLOCKADE SPIDER: How CrowdStrike Stops Cross-Domain Attacks
Here, we examine a case study in which CrowdStrike OverWatch threat hunters identified and disrupted BLOCKADE…
How to Fix “404 Not Found” Errors in Debian During apt-get upgrade
The “404 Not Found” error during upgrade occurs when your system attempts to download packages from…
Ransomware Reality: Business Confidence Is High, Preparedness Is Low
AI-enhanced social engineering poses particular challenges. Attackers use generative AI to craft contextually appropriate phishing emails…
How to Install and Use PostgreSQL 18 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
PostgreSQL (Postgres in short) is an open source, powerful, advanced, high-performance, and stable relational-document database system,…
VCF 9 Fleet Deployment Task Fails
October 13, 2025 VCF 9 Fleet Deployment Task Fails The Issue? As with any failed deployment,…