{"id":9289,"date":"2018-01-12T12:54:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T16:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=9289"},"modified":"2018-01-12T12:54:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T16:54:41","slug":"updates-for-spectre-and-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2018\/01\/12\/updates-for-spectre-and-meltdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates for Spectre and Meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZWjhs-xIl24?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jason Howell and Megan Morrone talk to Ed Bott from the Ed Bott Report on ZDNet about what every Windows Admin needs to know about Spectre and Meltdown and four steps to keeping a level head during this vulnerability and the next. 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