Assuria Ltd

24/12/2024

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.

24/07/2024

If you are still wondering about how the CrowdStrike snafu came about, we recently came across this YouTube explainer that explains it in a particularly clear way in 15 minutes. Well worth a watch.

https://youtu.be/wAzEJxOo1ts?si=D7rhd78JCIfX_aRV

And just in case any of you are wondering, none of our agents (ALM or Auditor) run in kernel mode.

Dave explains the Crowdstrike IT outage, focusing in on its role as a kernel mode driver. For my book on the spectrum, see: https://amzn.to/3XLJ8kYGet the s...

08/05/2024

The view from our office is changing. The old fine art department is well and truly on its way down now. Roll on the new European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting.

01/03/2024

Thanks Gary. It has been great working with you, and we all hope that you and Barbara enjoy your retirement.

19/01/2024

How our industry started. GCHQ have just released previously unseen images of, and documents about, Colossus, the world's first programmable computer used to crack ciphers during WW2.

Intelligence agency GCHQ say pictures of Colossus a reminder of the UK ingenuity that helped defeat Hi**er.

15/01/2024

I want one. :-)

24/12/2023

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all

26/05/2023

It is that time of year again. Booming sound systems and people on the lawn in front of our office means it is the University of Reading Faculty of Art graduation party.

17/02/2022

Our new test SOC, with a selection of ALM-SIEM dashboards.

20/12/2021

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our friends.

09/12/2021

Looks like we are getting new neighbours and a new view from our windows:

Staff news: New home for ECMWF at the University

12/10/2021

A recent post by Nick Connor made me realise there was a key member of staff who has never been celebrated on the these pages. He fulfills a vital role in collected the bottle tops off the office milk supply, so we remember to recycle them.