Two users critique Microsoft's understanding of security.
The process of keeping systems updated shouldn't be treated as the mindless that we mistake it for; no strategy is an invitation to disaster.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 02/09/2004
Letters from the security front.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 02/04/2004
Enlist everyone, even your relatives, in the fight against the spread of malware.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 02/02/2004
Many security-related tasks can be tedious—and, therefore, overlooked. Using these 10 scripts can make your life easier, while simultaneously locking down your network.
A reader's encrypted files are safe and recoverable if he turned on the Data Recovery Agent.
- By Bill Boswell
- 02/01/2004
If you have the latest and greatest from Microsoft—Windows Server 2003, Outlook 2003 and Exchange 2003—your users can get seamless remote access to e-mail.
- By Bill Boswell
- 02/01/2004
Getting user buy-in for security is critical. Using certificate autoenrollment is a way to make it pain-free.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 02/01/2004
It’s a truism in IT that various parts of your network—servers, hard drives, video cards, that mission-critical software program—will grind to a halt eventually. Here we present four disaster-recovery scenarios and how to recover from each.
- By Derek Melber
- 02/01/2004
- By MCP Magazine Readers
- 02/01/2004
Perhaps no company in the industry is working harder than Microsoft at making sure the public knows what steps to take to secure its products.
Learn tips for administering SQL Server securely.
NET Security and Cryptography by Peter Thorsteinson and G. Gnana Arun Ganesh lays down the foundation for .NET security features and shows you how to use them properly.
- By Mark Collins-Cope
- 01/01/2004
Separation of duties is a good idea in the business world. It’s also a good one in the IT world.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 01/01/2004
Here are five things you can do right now— this minute—that will increase security on your networks.
- By Roberta Bragg
- 01/01/2004
This requires managing expectations, data and the computing experience.
- By Mark Wingard
- 01/01/2004
MCSE: Security specialization exam 70-298 to be released December 15.
- By Michael Domingo
- 12/12/2003
UrlScan is an invaluable security tool for Web sites. Although IIS 6.0 incorporates some of its functionality, it’s still useful for IIS 6.0 sites—and critical for older versions of IIS.
- By Martin C. Brown
- 12/01/2003
Encoding scripts to prevent unauthorized access.
- By Chris Brooke
- 12/01/2003
You're the ultimate authority for keeping your network up and running. You've carefully chosen tools that help you most and products you can't live without. Here are your choices for 2003's best of the best.