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Hardening Domain Controllers
The domain controller server role is one of the most important roles to secure in any environment with computers running Microsoft Windows Server 2003 that use Microsoft Active Directory directory ...
Written by: Microsoft and added on June 1, 2011An Audit of Active Directory Security, Part 1
Anyone familiar with security architecture of the Windows NT family of operating systems knows that one of the biggest threats to the structure is in the NetBIOS services. Such threats ...
Document added on Jan. 18, 2011Is the CISSP Becoming Watered Down?
The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) has quickly become one of the most talked about certifications in the IT industry. Some may say it's approaching the popularity of Cisco's ...
Written by: Mitchell Rowton and added on Feb. 12, 2011Location Based Windows Patch Management
In order to propagate, both these worms used known security vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system, vulnerabilities that at that time were already addressed by Microsoft and fixed by security ...
Document added on Jan. 2, 2011Automating Windows Patch Mngt: Part I
Patch management could easily be called the bane of every administrator's existence, the pain in the rear of system management, or that never ceasing headache that pounds at CIOs everywhere. ...
Document added on May 18, 2011Home User Security: Personal Firewalls
This article discusses personal firewall alternatives, including freeware firewalls, firewalls included with current Microsoft and Apple OSes, and various commercial offerings of interest to the home.
Written by: Sarah Granger and added on March 6, 2011Home User Security: Your First Defense
It used to be that an anti-virus program was a home user's first (and perhaps, only) line of defense against the spread of viruses, worms, trojans, and other malicious code. ...
Written by: Sarah Granger and added on March 18, 2011Component Security Design Considerations for J2EE and .Net An Architectural View Part 3
we explored security design considerations for Sun's Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and Microsoft's .Net platform for enterprise components. In this part we will examine which differentiators are available for ...
Document added on June 20, 2011Securing IIS 5.0
The folllowing steps may be used to install and configure a Microsoft Internet Information Services 5 server.
Document added on June 18, 2011Patch Management of Microsoft Products Using HFNetChkPro
Shavlik Technologies Network Security Hotfix Checker Professional HFNetChkPro is the commercial, more full-featured version of the HFNetChk product distributed by Microsoft that allows administrators
Document added on April 4, 2011