Bryley
@bryleysys.bsky.social
IT service provider, MSP in Central Mass
Human-shaped robots have issues: they lack the 17,000 mechanoreceptors that give human hands dexterity, and their mass equals fall risks. MIT roboticist warns to keep back 10 feet ... [4 min read] bryl.link/ht0 #robotics
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Human-shaped robots have issues: they lack the 17,000 mechanoreceptors that give human hands dexterity, and their mass equals fall risks. MIT roboticist warns to keep back 10 feet ... [4 min read] bryl.link/ht0 #robotics
Like flipping a light switch and being unthinking about the grid, Bryley's IT services maintain, monitor and optimize your org's tech so employees can focus on their work and not have to think about behind-the-scenes ... [6 min] bryl.link/kkz #ManagedIT #ITSupport
November 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Like flipping a light switch and being unthinking about the grid, Bryley's IT services maintain, monitor and optimize your org's tech so employees can focus on their work and not have to think about behind-the-scenes ... [6 min] bryl.link/kkz #ManagedIT #ITSupport
Fall, not January, is the ideal time to launch new projects says Georgetown's Cal Newport. Like rhododendrons budding for spring, use October to strengthen your cybersecurity defenses for 2026 ... [8 min read] bryl.link/6x6 #CyberSecurityAwareness #FallPlanning #InfoSec
October 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Fall, not January, is the ideal time to launch new projects says Georgetown's Cal Newport. Like rhododendrons budding for spring, use October to strengthen your cybersecurity defenses for 2026 ... [8 min read] bryl.link/6x6 #CyberSecurityAwareness #FallPlanning #InfoSec
October's Up Times newsletter to read and listen to bryl.link/s83 – including: why this month is a good time for cybersecurity awareness + from MIT: the problem of humanoid-form robots; also navigating the data issues of Microsoft/OpenAI's changing relationship #netechnews #cybersecurityawareness
October 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
October's Up Times newsletter to read and listen to bryl.link/s83 – including: why this month is a good time for cybersecurity awareness + from MIT: the problem of humanoid-form robots; also navigating the data issues of Microsoft/OpenAI's changing relationship #netechnews #cybersecurityawareness
1000s of ChatGPT chats showed up in Google Search, including w personal & work info. Even if a chat tool feels private, it's often not: "the internet doesn’t forget, even when you try to delete," per Tom's Guide bryl.link/ia7 #privacy #chatbots
October 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
1000s of ChatGPT chats showed up in Google Search, including w personal & work info. Even if a chat tool feels private, it's often not: "the internet doesn’t forget, even when you try to delete," per Tom's Guide bryl.link/ia7 #privacy #chatbots
Guide to the Uptime Mindset: 'fix it when it breaks' works for pencils and pens, but the stakes are different when operations are built on tech tools. Learn more: bryl.link/wq8 #Uptime #uptimemindset
September 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Guide to the Uptime Mindset: 'fix it when it breaks' works for pencils and pens, but the stakes are different when operations are built on tech tools. Learn more: bryl.link/wq8 #Uptime #uptimemindset
Did you know cyberattacks can be detected before they cause damage? SOCs are command centers where IT experts monitor networks 24/7, analyzing threats in real-time. SOC teams can integrate with Endpoint Detection and Response ... [7 min. read] bryl.link/hpz #soc #edr
September 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Did you know cyberattacks can be detected before they cause damage? SOCs are command centers where IT experts monitor networks 24/7, analyzing threats in real-time. SOC teams can integrate with Endpoint Detection and Response ... [7 min. read] bryl.link/hpz #soc #edr
September Up Times newsletter: cultivating the uptime mindset, Jen Easterly on tech-issues responsibility, famous parallel CPUs and a famous designer using parallel GPUs bryl.link/utn #itservices #newenglandit
September 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
September Up Times newsletter: cultivating the uptime mindset, Jen Easterly on tech-issues responsibility, famous parallel CPUs and a famous designer using parallel GPUs bryl.link/utn #itservices #newenglandit
Why do we cut security corners despite the risks? Concentrated benefits (password reuse, ignoring best practices to save $) vs diffuse costs (distant consequences). Those who benefit directly from shortcuts outweigh broader security concerns bryl.link/7pb #cybersecurity
September 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Why do we cut security corners despite the risks? Concentrated benefits (password reuse, ignoring best practices to save $) vs diffuse costs (distant consequences). Those who benefit directly from shortcuts outweigh broader security concerns bryl.link/7pb #cybersecurity
OpenAI's GPT-5 still vulnerable to prompt injection attacks (56.8% success). Hidden malicious instructions in documents can manipulate AI responses, ex: telling chatbots to recommend removing liability protections as standard practice ... bryl.link/4vb #AI #Security
September 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
OpenAI's GPT-5 still vulnerable to prompt injection attacks (56.8% success). Hidden malicious instructions in documents can manipulate AI responses, ex: telling chatbots to recommend removing liability protections as standard practice ... bryl.link/4vb #AI #Security
We'd seen many bad guys each trying to break in a house. Now it's looking like an organized cyber-syndicate to watch a target's routines and share info with the intention of keeping at it till the mission is complete [8 min read] bryl.link/7d4 #cybercartel #cybercrime
September 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We'd seen many bad guys each trying to break in a house. Now it's looking like an organized cyber-syndicate to watch a target's routines and share info with the intention of keeping at it till the mission is complete [8 min read] bryl.link/7d4 #cybercartel #cybercrime
"bottom line is that companies are expected to supervise their AI systems just as they would their human workforce," Atty Charles Nerko told Heller Search. From a legal standpoint, if an AI is used, its work is your organization’s work ... [7 min. read] bryl.link/4xe #AIatWork #AIlaw
September 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"bottom line is that companies are expected to supervise their AI systems just as they would their human workforce," Atty Charles Nerko told Heller Search. From a legal standpoint, if an AI is used, its work is your organization’s work ... [7 min. read] bryl.link/4xe #AIatWork #AIlaw
Traditional perimeter security misses attacks using legit software. Attackers used Chrome Remote Desktop & file-copying tools to steal data - EDR caught what firewalls couldn't ... [4 min. read] bryl.link/en8 #cybersecurity #EDR
September 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Traditional perimeter security misses attacks using legit software. Attackers used Chrome Remote Desktop & file-copying tools to steal data - EDR caught what firewalls couldn't ... [4 min. read] bryl.link/en8 #cybersecurity #EDR
Happy to be recognized as the 7th largest IT Services Provider in Central Ma by Worcester Business Journal! Since 2017 Bryley's been ranked among the top in our region. We're grateful to the clients who trust us with their IT needs bryl.link/4jw #ITServices #Worcester
August 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Happy to be recognized as the 7th largest IT Services Provider in Central Ma by Worcester Business Journal! Since 2017 Bryley's been ranked among the top in our region. We're grateful to the clients who trust us with their IT needs bryl.link/4jw #ITServices #Worcester
Up Times August edition: How Bryley grew to seventh largest IT provider in Central Mass, EDR in action, lots more like “concentrated benefits and diffuse costs” as it applies to how people tend to treat security matters: bryl.link/tjm #economicsandsecurity #edr #wbj
August 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Up Times August edition: How Bryley grew to seventh largest IT provider in Central Mass, EDR in action, lots more like “concentrated benefits and diffuse costs” as it applies to how people tend to treat security matters: bryl.link/tjm #economicsandsecurity #edr #wbj
Ars Technica on the Senate-stopped 10-year moratorium to stay individual states’ regulatory power over AI ... [4 min. read] bryl.link/kzx #aimoratorium #statesright
August 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Ars Technica on the Senate-stopped 10-year moratorium to stay individual states’ regulatory power over AI ... [4 min. read] bryl.link/kzx #aimoratorium #statesright
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) admits to limitations in what we can do to prevent triangulating our locations if the devices are on and in our pockets, still EFF offers a guide of what we can do better our privacy [10 min. read] bryl.link/dq0 #eff #privacy
July 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) admits to limitations in what we can do to prevent triangulating our locations if the devices are on and in our pockets, still EFF offers a guide of what we can do better our privacy [10 min. read] bryl.link/dq0 #eff #privacy
Just because something worked when it was new, doesn’t mean it won’t need attention down the road. Steve Gibson points out what organizations can learn from recent telecom breaches bryl.link/6hv #patching #peaceofmindit
July 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Just because something worked when it was new, doesn’t mean it won’t need attention down the road. Steve Gibson points out what organizations can learn from recent telecom breaches bryl.link/6hv #patching #peaceofmindit
"We very quickly learn you can only ask [a Magic 8-Ball] yes/no questions ... we're doing the same thing with chatbots. We ... tell ourselves a story as we put [input and] use that story to make sense of what comes back" Dr Emily Bender [37min] bryl.link/ek8 #magic8ball
July 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"We very quickly learn you can only ask [a Magic 8-Ball] yes/no questions ... we're doing the same thing with chatbots. We ... tell ourselves a story as we put [input and] use that story to make sense of what comes back" Dr Emily Bender [37min] bryl.link/ek8 #magic8ball
How to deal with the 'if I patch this, will it break everything?' conundrum. And the value of another perspective on an organization's security weaknesses. What we can take from Salt Typhoon's telecom breach ... [4 min read] bryl.link/jwn #lessonsfromthebreach #security
July 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
How to deal with the 'if I patch this, will it break everything?' conundrum. And the value of another perspective on an organization's security weaknesses. What we can take from Salt Typhoon's telecom breach ... [4 min read] bryl.link/jwn #lessonsfromthebreach #security
Bryley's 11th MSP 501 award – an independent evaluation, so organizations can better recognize which IT companies have built something solid, worthy of their trust … [3 min. read] bryl.link/xe7 #msp501 #newenglandit #itservices
July 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Bryley's 11th MSP 501 award – an independent evaluation, so organizations can better recognize which IT companies have built something solid, worthy of their trust … [3 min. read] bryl.link/xe7 #msp501 #newenglandit #itservices
July 2025 Up Times by Bryley newsletter: Bryley wins 11th MSP 501, Salt Typhoon lessons, cell phone privacy tips, Computer History Museum – linguist Emily Bender on LLMs bryl.link/lzd #MSP501
July 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
July 2025 Up Times by Bryley newsletter: Bryley wins 11th MSP 501, Salt Typhoon lessons, cell phone privacy tips, Computer History Museum – linguist Emily Bender on LLMs bryl.link/lzd #MSP501
2024's "Change Healthcare cyberattack was attributed to human risk. [An] employee's credentials were compromised through a phishing email [giving] attackers ... network access [to] deploy ransomware" Mimecast shares about human-error mitigation bryl.link/k46 #ransomware
July 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
2024's "Change Healthcare cyberattack was attributed to human risk. [An] employee's credentials were compromised through a phishing email [giving] attackers ... network access [to] deploy ransomware" Mimecast shares about human-error mitigation bryl.link/k46 #ransomware
Google releases Gemini for under-13s. "These human-like interactions will be confusing, and potentially risky, for young children. They may believe content can be trusted ..." – Researcher Lisa Given [5 min. read] bryl.link/qka #kidsandai #cybercrime
July 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Google releases Gemini for under-13s. "These human-like interactions will be confusing, and potentially risky, for young children. They may believe content can be trusted ..." – Researcher Lisa Given [5 min. read] bryl.link/qka #kidsandai #cybercrime
"pay a bunch of math PhDs $100/hour to come up with a lot of math problems ... [Then feed] an existing model, like GPT-4 ... using reinforcement learning techniques to tell it exactly where ... its answers [are] right or wrong ..." [12 min] bryl.link/0rl #ai
July 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"pay a bunch of math PhDs $100/hour to come up with a lot of math problems ... [Then feed] an existing model, like GPT-4 ... using reinforcement learning techniques to tell it exactly where ... its answers [are] right or wrong ..." [12 min] bryl.link/0rl #ai