I recently became responsible for a midsize Windows-based Active Directory network. To keep things running smoothly, I’ve been trying to keep changes made to a minimum and record what I’ve been doing.

I want to make one quick point about our discussions surrounding identity definitions before we move on to something new. In last month’s reference to the three tier taxonomy for identity as proposed ...

An improperly configured Active Directory can render the rest of your security measures useless. With so much attention being paid to factors like endpoint security and server hardening, it is easy to ...

We all read news of network breaches every day, but somehow think that it cannot happen to our network. While a few have actually worked on improving the network security, others think so probably ...

Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft’s directory service. It runs on Windows Server and helps administrators manage permissions and access to network resources. To backup and restore Active Directory in ...

An attack using the SMB file sharing protocol that has been believed to work only within local area networks for over a decade can also be executed over the Internet, two researchers showed at the ...

This week, we’ll learn about a school where the entire network was like an open-book test … and the IT department got a zero.

It’s always been possible to get Linux desktops to work on Windows-based networks; I do it all the time. But it’s not a job for an average Linux user or a Windows network administrator’s whose MCSE ...

An attack using the SMB file sharing protocol that has been believed to work only within local area networks for over a decade can also be executed over the Internet, two researchers showed at the ...