SecPod

Learn Search

Search across all Learn content

← Back to Expressions & POVs
Thank You Sysadmins for the Unwavering Remote IT Support in the Midst of Storms and Calms

Thank You Sysadmins for the Unwavering Remote IT Support in the Midst of Storms and Calms

Sysadmins are usually stamped as nerds who live secluded from the rest of the ‘social butterflies.’ Some of this may be true, but do you realize what you geniuses pulled off in the past year?

Jul 29, 2021By Pranav Krishnan2 min read

Sysadmins are usually stamped as nerds who live secluded from the rest of the‘social butterflies.’ Some of this may be true, but do you realize what you geniuses pulled off in the past year?

Rewind to March 2020

Last year, the world experienced something it has never seen in several decades. The COVID-19 pandemic left all of us confined to our homes. The borders between work and home became thin, and so did the ease of IT management. You IT heroes, however, never gave up. Remote IT service and management became the new challenging norm for you. 

Even though almost all IT teams had a rough start to remote management and troubleshooting, they came around almost instantly. Sysadmins learned to manage devices and the infrastructure remotely. Business operations continued as usual, and IT security was tightened further to prevent attacks on home networks and enterprise devices.

Holding the fort

A few months passed, and the pandemic loosened its clutches on us. After realizing the pros and cons of remote work, organizations started to adopt a hybrid work model. Again, the IT infrastructure demanded flexibility and availability like never before. You still made it happen! Throughout these waves of uncertainty, you IT admins have been the best partners for businesses and employees. 

Happy Sysadmins’ Day from all us employees!

Despite everything that happened, you were always there for us. You are the IT warriors who are business enablers and act as shields of protection against threats the common folk doesn’t understand. 

We thank you for all your hard work throughout these years. On behalf of SecPod, we wish you a happy Sysadmins’ Day! 

Keep crushing IT management and security like you always do!(We know you will).

Featured Posts

Open The Most Effective Vulnerability Assessment Framework What Makes One Effective
The Most Effective Vulnerability Assessment Framework What Makes One Effective

Point of View

The Most Effective Vulnerability Assessment Framework What Makes One Effective

No single named standard makes a vulnerability assessment framework effective. This piece covers NIST, ISO, and CIS Controls, then breaks down what actually separates a working framework from a checklist, coverage, risk based prioritization, cadence, ownership, and a feedback loop.

Sep 11, 2026

Open Threat and Vulnerability Assessment How Risk Actually Gets Calculated
Threat and Vulnerability Assessment How Risk Actually Gets Calculated

Point of View

Threat and Vulnerability Assessment How Risk Actually Gets Calculated

A vulnerability alone doesn't tell the whole risk story. This piece breaks down how a threat and vulnerability assessment pairs technical weaknesses with real attacker context, walks through the six step process, and covers frameworks like NIST 800-30 and ISO 27005.

Sep 11, 2026

Open Vulnerability Assessment Services: What to Look For
Vulnerability Assessment Services: What to Look For

Point of View

Vulnerability Assessment Services: What to Look For

Choosing a vulnerability assessment provider means asking about actual coverage, scan frequency, and whether findings come with real prioritization or just a CVSS dump. This piece breaks down what strong vulnerability assessment services include, red flags to avoid, and questions to ask before signing.

Sep 11, 2026

Open Agentic AI Vulnerability Assessment What Changes and What Does Not
Agentic AI Vulnerability Assessment What Changes and What Does Not

Point of View

Agentic AI Vulnerability Assessment What Changes and What Does Not

Agentic AI is expanding what a vulnerability assessment needs to cover, autonomous agents bring their own credentials, tool access, and memory, adding a genuinely new asset class alongside servers and endpoints. It's also compressing attacker timelines and introducing risk categories like goal hijacking and tool misuse that don't map to a traditional CVE. But the core discipline hasn't changed: the same lifecycle of scoping, scanning, prioritizing, and remediating still applies, human judgment still drives prioritization, and accountability still sits with the people who deployed the agent, not the agent itself.

Sep 9, 2026