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Master Your Domain: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services: This whitepaper addresses Active Directory or, more accurately, Active Directory Domain Services ADDS, as it is now known with Windows Server 2008. In addition, Microsoft has also made some interesting technological changes to Active Directory. Although they are not radical, the changes will interest administrators and architects, especially those working...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Domain, Password Policy, Quest Software Inc., Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows; White papers 2008-04-03
Password Policy Enforcer (exe): Password Policy Enforcer allows network administrators to create and enforce multiple Windows domain password policies. A password policy ensures that users are choosing strong difficult to crack passwords. PPE checks every new password for compliance with the password policy. Passwords that do not comply with the policy are instantly rejected....; Tags: Password, Password Policy, Password Policy Enforcer, PPE; Software downloads 2007-08-14
Password Policy for Directories: Authentication by use of a username & password is widely used, and efficiently managed organizations will normally apply a number of controls on passwords. These controls, collectively referred to as "Password policy" might include: passwords must be at least six characters long, passwords must be changed at least once every...; Tags: Password, Password Policy; White papers 2007-01-01
TechRepublic's Password Policy: Organizations' greatest security vulnerabilities lie in the strength of their passwords. Simple or shared passwords are ineffective and aid hackers and others in their illicit attempts to access the organization's sensitive, proprietary, and confidential data. Protecting the organization's computers, systems, data, and communications from unauthorized access is of paramount importance,...; Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Password, Password Policy, Organization; Download resources 2006-06-02
SSO: Enabling an Effective Password Policy: Security policies are essential to any enterprise's overall security program. Policies allow the organization to define its security goals and objectives while also providing a framework to assist organizations in determining the proper level of security for each facet of the business. The most effective policies are embraced by employees...; Tags: Password, Policy, Password Policy, Single Sign-on, Authentication/Encryption, Security; White papers 2003-06-26

Establishing Good Password Policies: In order for any user to log in to a FreeBSD system, they need to have a previously created user account and know the password associated with that user account. One of the responsibilities of the system administrator is to create a password policy that is appropriate for the users...; Tags: User Account, Password, O'Reilly Media Inc., Password Policy; Book chapters 2001-01-17
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Implements Encryption Using SQL Server 2005 (Level 300): With rising incidences of spyware, phishing, worms, viruses and hacker attacks, securing your data is becoming more challenging and more critical. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 provides a high level of security for enterprise data. This webcast explains how Microsoft uses the security enhancements in SQL Server 2005, which include database...; Tags: Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Password Policy, Encryption, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft TechNet, Databases, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Webcasts

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Government, markets and regulation: Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...; Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Childs rigged crazyquilt private network: The prosecution unveiled more details on the lunacy in San Francisco in court filings that urged the judge to keep rogue network administrator Terry Childs' bail at $5 million. The Chronicle reports that prosecutors say that Childs had over 1,000 modems secreted around the city, forming his own private network...; Tags: Network, Prosecutor, Networking, Productivity, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game: Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...; Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Judge refuses to reduce 'rogue' admin's bail: Breaking news: A San Francisco judge just refused to lower Terry Childs' bail from $5 million, the SF Chron reports. Prosecutors said that by rigging the network so that key programs were held in memory so that they would be deleted when the network was shut...; Tags: Bail, Administrator, Network, Sheriff, Prosecutor, Networking, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws: iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flawsBut I was told OS X would save me from things like this.[i]In the meantime, iPhone users should avoid clicking on links in the Mail app that refers to trusted sites.[/i]So if my mom sends me a link to a web album, I shouldn't open...; Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, Desktops, SECURITY, spamming, Apple iPhone, PC, phishing; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...; Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
SF mayor gets back to the keys to the city: SF mayor gets back to the keys to the cityThen what?What happened then? Is this a cliff-hanger blog?The story you quoted from at least mentioned this:"By Tuesday morning, the system was back in the hands of the city."GoodKudos to Mayor Newsome for stepping up and resolving the situation. I'm...; Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SF Mayor; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...; Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
75ò0of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws: 75ò0of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flawsJust 75%?I would think it is much more likely to be 100% is vulnerable to SOME issue, 90% is vulnerable to a High-risk issue.-NateRE: 75ï¿½0of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flawsThey fail to say which banks are at...; Tags: Banking, E-business/E-commerce, online banking site, online banking, security, flaw, bank; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Survey: Corporations hold out on Vista: Survey: Corporations hold out on VistaLarry isn't going to give it up...It's sad what passes for "journalism" these days. ZDNet and her "sister site" TechRepublic are so one sided it's laughable. Is this "survey" really supposed to be passed as truth? The survey was conducted by a company KACE that...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, survey, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
TTProtect (zip): TTProtect is an advanced software protection tool, it protect software against cracker. It absorb the advantages of the other protections, and adding own characteristics, use of a unique anti-tracking methods, make it difficult to debug protected application. TTprotect features Debugger Detection, Anti-Attached, Drx decoding, Code Chaos and confusion, Virtual Machine...; Tags: Software, TTProtect, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2008-07-23
Evil tech administrators: Evil tech administratorsEvil Tech Admin'sI've work at a few places where some of the Admin's I worked with were a bit on the sneeky side. So As a admin I made sure there was a back door incase one fo these admins tried to pull the same stunt. Its happened...; Tags: NETWORKING, Recruitment & Selection, administrator, network; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
Please tell me an actual Apple netbook is on the way: I've said it several times before: I want a netbook. An Asus Eee would be great, the HP MiniNote is a bit pricey but looks very slick, Dell's proposed netbook is still vaporware but worthy of excitement, and I'm still waiting for US OEMs to pick up on the...; Tags: Apple Inc., Productivity, Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, Keyboards, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Peripherals, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-21