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How To Protect Against Eves Droppers
Since current email communication is clear text, how do we protect against eves droppers?
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Security Log Management Tips
Some tips and tricks that can be used to better dig the information that you need out of the security log; contributing towards the overall security of your network.
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GFI LANguard - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Patch Management
GFI LANguard was selected the winner in the Patch Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. Ecora Patch Manager and WinINSTALL were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
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Product Review: ObserveIT Remote Access Auditor
Chris Sanders reviews ObserveIT's software package, designed to record and audit remote desktop and Citrix sessions.
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Securing Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2008 R2
Taking a look at the security mechanisms built into RDS; how to use Group Policy and configuration settings for better security.
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Analyzing Wireless Network Security at the Packet Level
Useful techniques for troubleshooting wireless security issues at the packet level.
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Reasons to Look at Event Viewer in Windows 2008 and Windows 7
Taking a deep dive into Event Viewer.
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Quest GPOADmin - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner -Group Policy Management
Quest Software's GPOADmin was selected the winner in the Group Policy Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. ScriptLogic Active Administrator and NetWrix Group Policy Change Reporter were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
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Quest Software Group Policy Manager - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner -Group Policy Management
Quest Software Group Policy Manager was selected the winner in the Group Policy Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. ScriptLogic Active Administrator and NetWrix Group Policy Change Reporter were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
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SEO Poisoning: What it is and what you can do about it
How to protect your organization from SEO Poisoning without crippling users' ability to conduct internet searches.
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Dissecting the Pass the Hash Attack
How the Pass the Hash attack technique works and a demonstration of the process that can be used to take stolen password hashes and use them successfully without having to crack their hidden contents.
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Attaching Tasks to Event Viewer Logs and Events
How to attach tasks to Event Viewer logs and events.
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Painless Encryption:Intel Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions (AES-NI)
Discussing the importance of encryption, taking a deep dive into Intel AES-NI.
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Windows 7 Security Primer (Part 3)
In this article, we will cover the fundamental information you need to know to secure Windows 7 correctly and some of the lesser known security functionality it provides. We will also look at the many ways you can thwart attack, safeguard your data and recover from attack
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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. BitDefender Antivirus 2010 and Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security Suite were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
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Group Policy Resource Guide
Providing some links and information about tools and resources that exist for free, all pertaining to Group Policy.
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Understanding Man-In-The-Middle Attacks - Part 4: SSL Hijacking
Taking a look at SSL spoofing, discussing some theory behind SSL connections and what makes them in/secure.
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Better Security through Sandboxing
Taking a look at popular sandboxing methods and discussing just what sandboxing does and does not accomplish, security-wise.
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Windows 7 Security Primer (Part 2)
The fundamental information you need to know to secure Windows 7 correctly, alongside some of the lesser known security functionality it provides.
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AccessPatrol - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Award Winner - Endport Security
AccessPatrol was selected the winner in the Endpoint Security category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers' Choice Awards. USB CopyNotify! and GFI EndPointSecurity were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
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