Security


Manage Patches and Updates

Round out your new or updated security strategy by establishing a process to evaluate, manage, and deploy patches in your network. Here are some guidelines and tool recommendations.

Grunt Work

Keeping systems patched is time-consuming and laborious, but it's crucial. Here are seven tools that can help you automate the process.

The Solution to Spam

Roberta Bragg looks at Sender ID, the new anti-spam technology being developed by Microsoft.

Plan Your Defense Strategy

Concentrate on awareness, process, readiness, and privacy as you put your security plan into action.

Sweet Enticement

Honey drops can help you detect attacks in progress--without sticking you with false positives.

Use Server Roles to Heighten Security

Securing your network goes beyond your hardware or software firewalls. You must define the role of each server and then implement delta security policies to protect your services.

Reaching Password Nirvana

Using password filters and longer passphrases will help keep your passwords from being cracked.

CALL FOR USERS: MCSA: Security for Windows Server 2003

Looking for experts for advice on how to get the security certification.

5 Steps to Certificate Bliss

Whether you decide to build your own PKI for security or use a third party, planning is paramount.

Securing Remote Data Access

Smart cards and tokens add layers of authentication protection.

Infosec's Feminine Side

Gathering of female execs sets standard for meetings and plain ol' manners.

Power Hungry

Be careful who you give Power User privelages to or you may face abuse from within.

Wireless for the Common Man

Free Internet could prove profitable.

Face in the Crowd

Passfaces authenticates users by having them recognize faces instead of remembering passwords.

Secure Your Intranet

Secure the sites, subsites, content, and Web parts that make your Intranet such a powerful tool, without destroying its usefulness.

Springboard Upends the Microsoft Roadmap

Security delays with Windows XP SP2 are causing cascading delays all through Microsoft’s delivery schedule.

Microsoft Delivers on Centralized Security

Audit Collection Services provides a scalable means of consolidating security event logs across your enterprise.

Stopping Computer Crime, Part 2

Catch the culprits through logging, analysis and reporting.

Resources for Security

Check out these links for additional information on security.

The Importance of Keeping Time

Unreliable and inaccurate time sources can lead to security vulnearabilities.

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