Don’t we tend to inflict nightmares on ourselves? When a small company decided to go public, SOX audit reared its ugly head. And the internal SOX auditors were very quick… Read More »How to Find Inactive Users in Active Directory
Why It Is Important Accidental or malicious deletion of DNS records is one important cause of IT service unavailability. For instance, if a DNS record is deleted from a domain… Read More »How to Monitor Deletion of DNS Records
Security management best practices recommend controlling access permissions by assigning users to Active Directory groups. Of course, that requires the ongoing task of ensuring that group membership remains correct. One… Read More »How to Monitor Active Directory Group Membership Changes
A folder that contains sensitive data should not be getting new files without your knowledge. To stay informed about new files in important folders, you can make a point of… Read More »How to Monitor Folder for New Files
Learn a Quick and Easy Way to Count Files in a Folder During your day-to-day tasks, you may need to count the files in a folder on a Windows server… Read More »How to Count Files in a Folder or a Directory
IT pros often have to perform routine file management tasks such as finding data and then moving or deleting it. With manual methods, these tasks take up a lot of… Read More »Browse for a File With PowerShell and Find Its Full Path
Anyone who manages a file storage has to keep track of the size of files to ensure there is always enough free space. Documents, photos, backups and other can quickly… Read More »How to Find Duplicate Files
Many organizations regularly look for inactive user accounts and disable them to improve security. But the fact is, disabled accounts can actually be a bigger threat because attackers can use… Read More »How to Get Disabled Users in Active Directory with PowerShell
Active Directory users are often made members of the local Administrators group so they can manage the programs installed on their computers and do other work without help from IT… Read More »Get Members of the Local Administrators Group
Inactive Active Directory users and computers pose a serious security and compliance risk. Inactive computers often store sensitive data that can be stolen by hackers, and any inactive account can… Read More »How to Find Inactive Computers in Active Directory