In large organizations, the two basic tasks which are always there for IT help desks are: account unlock and password reset. In any IT infrastructure, the major share of IT… Read More »How self-service password resets help the enterprise
It appears nowadays that newspapers essentially have to carry some news on pickpocketing, cellphone and vehicle thefts, ATM robberies, kidnapping, etc.; the newest additions to the list are cybercrimes and… Read More »File server auditing – How to ‘bell the mouse’?
Many Exchange administrators are very much aware of the security threats posed by unused or stale AD accounts-both user accounts and computer accounts. In order to keep the AD environment… Read More »Cleaning Up Obsolete User and Computer Accounts from Active Directory
Just like our homes, Active Directory needs regular cleaning. We need to find the unused user accounts, computer accounts etc. and remove them periodically. Intruders, attackers, and unauthorized users often… Read More »Seven Cleanup Habits to Keep the Active Directory Safe and Secure
HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and is a set of mandates that were introduced to protect sensitive patient information. Any US organisation, including subcontractors and… Read More »Auditing and HIPAA compliance
Automate cleanup of unwanted user and computer accounts Inactive user accounts in your Active Directory are just like an open invitation to hackers to violate your IT security policies and… Read More »Active Directory Cleanup – Detecting and Clean Up Inactive Accounts Regularly
Compliance auditing can be loosely defined as the process of systematically examining the books of records, the business processes and the entire associated infrastructure to ensure that organization is following… Read More »Understanding the importance of security compliance auditing
MS SQL Server, a popular database management system from Microsoft, is widely used by organizations to store their data and to fetch them when required. The SQL data being… Read More »Native Auditing in MS SQL Server 2008
IT security auditing consists of creating quantifiable assessments of IT assets such as servers, client computers, hardware assets, applications running on them and the data stored within. Such assessments are… Read More »Why source IT security auditing to external auditors?