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- Event IDs for Windows Server 2008 and Vista Revealed!
- How to track every event that is logged on a Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista computer.
1 July 2009
- Kaspersky Security for Mail Server - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Email Anti Virus
- Kaspersky Security for Mail Server was selected the winner in the Email Anti Virus category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. Symantec AntiVirus for Messaging and BitDefender Security were first runner-up and second runner-up (...)
25 June 2009
- Centralized Auditing is here and it's FREE!
- Discussing Centralized Auditing, focusing on the system requirements and ultimate advantages.
25 June 2009
- What's new in the Windows 7 Firewall?
- Taking a look at the Windows Firewall in Windows 7, showing you how to configure it with multiple active firewall policies.
17 June 2009
- Active Directory information exposed to users?
- What information normal domain users can see in Active Directory and why this is available to users.
10 June 2009
- Windows Passwords: Making them Secure (Part 3)
- How to make a Windows password secure enough to solve all of the issues that were covered in the first two installations of this series.
3 June 2009
- AccessPatrol - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Portable Storage Security
- AccessPatrol was selected the winner in the Portable Storage Security category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. USB CopyNotify! and GFI EndPointSecurity were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
28 May 2009
- Infosec Europe
- Some of the predictions and the discussions by top Security professionals at Infosec Europe 2009.
27 May 2009
- Locking Down Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services
- Things you can do to make your Terminal Server environment more secure.
20 May 2009
- Security in the Cloud: Trustworthy Enough for Your Business?
- Taking a look at The Cloud. Is it secure enough for your business?
13 May 2009
- Windows Passwords: Making them secure (Part 2)
- What technologies are available to break into a Windows password.
6 May 2009
- Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Anti Virus solution
- Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security was selected the winner in the Anti Virus category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and avast! Server edition were first runner-up and second runner-up (...)
30 April 2009
- Readers' Choice Awards Yearly Round Up 2008
- The winning solutions for the 2008 Readers' Choice awards.
23 April 2009
- Understanding Microsoft's Secure Remote Access Offerings
- The secure remote access options currently available to Microsoft networks.
22 April 2009
- Windows Passwords: Making them Secure (Part 1)
- What you can do to increase security for your passwords.
15 April 2009
- Troubleshooting Kerberos in a Sharepoint Environment (part 3)
- What Kerberos delegation is and when we need to configure it.
8 April 2009
- Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7: More Secure Together
- Taking a look at some features that make the Server 2008 R2/Windows 7 combination the best for organizations looking to improve the security of their Windows-based networks.
1 April 2009
- EventSentry - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Event Log Monitoring solution
- EventSentry was selected the winner in the Event Log Monitoring category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. AdventNet EventLog Analyzer was first runner-up while Enterprise Security Analyzer (ESA) and GFI EventsManager were second (...)
26 March 2009
- Secure Data Disposal
- Secure data disposal methods; how organisations that reuse media may employ countermeasures to prevent exposure.
25 March 2009
- Exposing Microsoft Windows 7 User Account Control (UAC)
- Taking a look at the old and new UAC technology to determine if you should consider Windows 7 and UAC.
19 March 2009
- Security Zoning for Virtualized Environments
- An important consideration when assessing the security of a virtualized environment: network security zoning.
11 March 2009
- Social Networking: Latest, Greatest Business Tool or Security Nightmare?
- The good, the bad and the ugly of using popular social networking tools in the business environment.
4 March 2009
- Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Web Application Security
- Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner was selected the winner in the Web Application Security category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. Defiance Threat Management System and SecureIIS Web Server Protection were first runner-up and second (...)
26 February 2009
- Controlling Service Security Using Windows Server 2008 (Part 2)
- Expanding on the previous article, this time focusing on security settings as well as real time updating of the services and their accounts.
25 February 2009
- Using Group Policy to Negate Conflicker on Windows
- Different methods you can use to help secure a desktop from being infected with the ConFlicker worm.
18 February 2009
- What's new on the security front with Windows 7?
- Taking a look at Windows 7 security features and whether, from a purely security standpoint, it is worth the upgrade.
11 February 2009
- Troubleshooting Kerberos in a Sharepoint Environment (part 2)
- Taking a look at SPN Configuration, Duplicate Service Principal Names and DNS Configuration mismatch.
4 February 2009
- RSA SecurID - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Authentication/Smart Cards
- RSA SecurID was selected the winner in the Authentication/Smart Cards category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. SafeWord 2008 and eToken were first runner-up and second runner-up.
29 January 2009
- Unveiling IE 7 and Integrity Levels
- How Windows Vista's Internet Explorer 7 comes with Protected Mode, works with User Account Control, and provides Integrity Levels for internet protection.
28 January 2009
- The End of Passwords?
- The end of passwords and how new technologies will keep enterprise information assets secure.
21 January 2009
- Using Certificate-Monitoring Tools with Windows Server 2008
- How Windows Server 2008 works with Certificate Services as well as which tools you can use to monitor it with.
14 January 2009
- Troubleshooting Kerberos in a SharePoint environment (Part 1)
- Creating a test environment to show which error-messages come from configuration problems.
7 January 2009
- Symantec Altiris SecurityExpressions - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Network Auditing
- Symantec Altiris SecurityExpressions was selected the winner in the Network Auditing category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. Karalon Traffic IQ Professional was first runner-up and i-Sprint Enterprise AdminGuard and Stealthbits StealthAUDIT were second (...)
25 December 2008
- Writing an Effective Security Policy (Part 2)
- How to write an effective security policy, covering elements of technical controls that should be found in the majority of policies in the world of PCI DSS, SOX, Euro SoX, Hippa and ISO 127001.
17 December 2008
- Security Through Virtualization
- How to use virtualization tools to increase the security of your Windows environment.
11 December 2008
- Protecting System Files with UAC Virtualization (Part 2)
- How to control User Account Control virtualization using Group Policy, the Registry, and Task Manager.
9 December 2008
- Writing an Effective Security Policy (Part 1)
- How to write an effective security policy.
3 December 2008
- Menlo Logic's AccessPoint SSL VPN Software - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - VPN Software
- Menlo Logic's AccessPoint SSL VPN Software was selected the winner in the VPN Software category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. Check Point VPN-1 Power was first runner-up and Astaro VPN Clients and Winfrasoft VPN-Q 2008 were second (...)
27 November 2008
- Protecting System Files with UAC Virtualization (Part 1)
- How User Account Control uses Virtualization to protect the system.
26 November 2008
- Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy (Part 4)
- Testing the clients and seeing how the security certificates are assigned and removed automatically and how clients are connected and disconnected from the network.
19 November 2008
- The Pros and Cons of Behavioral Based, Signature Based and Whitelist Based Security
- Taking a look at multiple security approaches, how they operate, and the strengths and weaknesses of each, along with a brief discussion of sandboxing and virtualization as security mechanisms.
13 November 2008
- Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy (Part 3)
- How to configure a NAP IPsec Enforcement policy on the NPS and then moving on to the client systems so that we can use them for testing.
11 November 2008
- Instant Messaging: Friend or Foe?
- Taking a look at the security fundamentals and IM risks associated with opening up the messaging client access to the world.
5 November 2008
- AW Security Port Scanner - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Network Security Scanner
- AW Security Port Scanner was selected the winner in the Network Security Scanner category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner and ManageEngine Security Manager Plus were first runner-up and second (...)
30 October 2008
- Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy (Part 2)
- Installing and configuring the Network Policy Server, the Health Registration Authority and the subordinate CA.
29 October 2008
- Sharepoint Data Security Risks
- The challenges of securing data on Microsoft SharePoint sites, lists, pages and the information made available through data-links to backend systems (through BDC and manually created data-links).
22 October 2008
- Security in the Mobile Device Era
- How to secure Windows Mobile 6.1 devices and looking at some issues that arise when you incorporate non-Windows mobile products (such as the iPhone) into your Windows network.
15 October 2008
- Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy (Part 1)
- How to put together a NAP solution using IPsec policy enforcement.
9 October 2008
- More VOIP, More Security: What needs to be done when securing VOIP
- How to implement a VOIP solution whilst abiding by a security framework, and the challenges that we can expect when implementing VOIP.
7 October 2008
- Creating and Managing Local Groups on Servers and Desktops
- With the new Group Policy Preferences, you can create and manage the members of local groups. Here, learn how to do all of this with the new GPP settings.
1 October 2008
- Microsoft ISA Server - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Firewall Softare
- Microsoft ISA Server was selected the winner in the Firewall Software category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. Symantec Endpoint Protection and Astaro Security Gateway were first runner-up and second runner-up.
25 September 2008
- Using Group Policy Filtering to Create a NAP DHCP Enforcement Policy (Part 4)
- Setting up the DHCP server to work with the NPS server and the NAP policies, and then configure Group Policy so that NAP policy and NAP components are automatically configured for any machine that belongs to the NAP computers security group in Active (...)
24 September 2008
- Control ALL USB Devices Using Group Policy
- How to use Device Installation Restrictions to control USB devices on Windows Vista.
17 September 2008
- Microsoft Live Mesh: What are the Security Implications?
- The security implications of cloud computing in general and Live Mesh in particular, and what mechanisms Microsoft has built in to protect your "meshed" devices and data.
11 September 2008
- Using Group Policy Filtering to Create a NAP DHCP Enforcement Policy (Part 3)
- Taking a closer look at the policies created in the previous article and seeing what they do in the NAP DHCP enforcement solution.
9 September 2008
- Risk Analysis: Things to Consider When Working Out How Much Risk We Carry
- Understanding risk is an important element of deciding on the protection mechanism selected to protect assets. This article will focus on the framework that will help justify the appropriate controls.
3 September 2008
- WinINSTALL - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Patch Management
- WinINSTALL was selected the winner in the Patch Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. GFI Languard NSS and Shavlik NetChk Protect were first runner-up and second runner-up.
28 August 2008
- Using Group Policy Filtering to Create a NAP DHCP Enforcement Policy (Part 2)
- How to use the NAP policy wizard to automatically create the Network, Health and Connection policies that will be used to control access to the network.
27 August 2008
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