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An 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 your risk management plan as good as it gets?
Not all security incidents can be prevented, nor is it cost-effective to try. Each control should be evaluated on its own merits prior to implementation. Issues to consider: direct costs, ...
Written by: Shawna McAlearney and added on Feb. 15, 2011Configuring IPsec/IKE on Solaris, Part 1
The IP Security Protocol (IPsec) and the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol are designed to permit system and network administrators the capability to protect traffic between two systems. These systems ...
Written by: Ido Dubrawsky and added on March 3, 2011Building a Secure User Environment with SSH ChRootGroups
With SSH version 2.1.0, SSH Communications Security introduced the ChRootGroups feature; which provides a quick and easy way for administrators to lock users inside a chrooted cage.
Written by: Blake R. Swopes and added on May 4, 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, 2011Patch management with GFI LANguard N.S.S. & Microsoft SUS
Patch management is an essential network administration task and consists of scanning machines on the network for missing patches and deploying those patches as soon as they become available. This ...
Document added on April 9, 2011Patching Windows 2000
Installing Service Packs and hotfixes is an ongoing challenge. Each time you install a file or service from the original installation media, you must re-apply the Service Pack and Hotfixes ...
Document added on Feb. 25, 2011The vicious circle of patch management
Network administrators spend their days overwhelmed by the task of testing and deploying patches to vulnerable systems. It's not just the volume of patches that gets them down but, once ...
Document added on Jan. 25, 2011Windows patch management tools
Patch management tools should identify accurately which patches are missing on each system, provide an easy means to deploy patches and provide administrative reports tracking patch status across multiple machines.
Document added on April 8, 2011