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Year: 2012

Claim your free NFR license keys for Netwrix Change Reporter Suite!

Special announcement for Microsoft certified professionals! Provided that you are a Microsoft Certified Professional – MCP (MCSE, MCSA, MSITP, etc); Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) or a Most Valuable Professional (MVP), you are eligible to get not-for-resale (NFR) license keys to Netwrix Change Reporter Suite for 1000 users. The license keys are fully functional, intended … Continued

IT Audit Process – Real-life Example

I recently stumbled upon this post in Spiceworks community that talks about someone’s upcoming audit with BDO (a major international audit firm – not from Big 3, but still pretty large). Thanks to this Spicehead (this is how they call members of Spiceworks) we have their real findings and recommendations, I’m quoting them here: “The … Continued

Intrusive agents will cause audit failures

Over the past several months I have had the pleasure of speaking with many customers who are looking to switch out their existing auditing platform for Netwrix Change Reporter Suite. They are most concerned about continuity of auditing over their critical systems to look for changes that may affect IT system availability. A common theme … Continued

Software agents: the good, the bad and the ugly

Anytime a software vendor’s says they require the use of agents red flags should go up in the mind of the consumer. Taking a little extra time to review and understand the reason for the agent will allow the customer to identify risks they introduce.  This is even more critical when the agents will be deployed on … Continued

Netwrix Adds Database Content Audit Feature to Latest Version of Award Winning SQL Server Change Reporter

Netwrix extends its leadership in unified auditing for critical IT systems with the latest release of SQL Server Change Reporter which now includes database content audit. Powered by AuditAssurance™ technology, Netwrix SQL Server Change Reporter audits and reports changes made to SQL Server databases, configuration, permissions and other objects. The product simplifies the analysis and … Continued

Reducing the cost of employee owned mobile devices

The broad appeal of using personal mobile devices at work has driven IT to develop effective employee device policies. While allowing employees to “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) does have its advantages, traditional costs associated with users connecting to the network actually increase because the number of devices has increased.   There are a number of … Continued

Top 10 PowerShell scripts that VMware administrators should use

I recently came across an interesting post on www.virtual-strategy.com that I wanted to share with you. Despite the fact that it dates back to 2008 it is still relevant today for all IT pros working with VMware. The author, Eric Siebert, proposes a list of top-10 popular scripts that have been written by many different … Continued

Interpreting Active Directory audit data, not so simple!

It had been a while since I needed to comb through event logs to figure out some change in Active Directory. Having just joined Netwrix, I thought it may be a good idea to spend some time reviewing Windows auditing and in particular What’s New Windows Server with AD DS (Domain Services) logging. I was … Continued

Full-featured Netwrix Service Monitor is now 100% Freeware

Netwrix Service Monitor is a free tool to monitor critical Windows services and optionally restart them after failure. The tool monitors all automatic startup services on multiple servers at a time and sends e-mail alerts when one or more services stops unexpectedly. Now it is completely free of charge which means that freeware gained ALL … Continued

New version: Netwrix Account Lockout Examiner 4.1

We are pleased to announce the release of Netwrix Account Lockout Examiner 4.1. Netwrix Account Lockout Examiner will help you to: Identify account lockouts in real time; Troubleshoot account lockouts; Proactively resolve account lockouts; Deal with consequences of Conficker/Downadup virus. New in version 4.1: Email notifications can be configured to be triggered only when specified … Continued

Technical Briefing: IT auditing on a budget

As if public organisations aren’t under enough pressure to ensure their IT systems are safe, secure and appropriately audited and managed, their problems are further compounded by the introduction of CESG’s Good Practice Guide no.13 (GPG13), which outlines 12 key controls for protective monitoring. While GPG13 is not mandated yet, IT and security managers of … Continued

Full-featured Netwrix Disk Space Monitor is now 100% free-of-charge

Great news: full-featured edition of this award-winning systems management tool is now available at absolutely no cost for unlimited number of servers (before this, the freeware edition supported up to 10 servers only). Server disk space is a critical resource that must be closely watched to prevent potential server downtime and failures. How many times … Continued

Configuration Auditing is the #1 Security Technology for Next 5 Years According to Forrester

According to a recent Forrester Research, TechRadar report, configuration auditing tops the list of 5 Security Technologies for next 3 to 5 years. Per Forrester, configuration auditing systems will be in much wider use because of the increasing number of data breaches and current regulatory environment and “have the potential to become ubiquitous in enterprise … Continued

Respected East European publication carries review of Netwrix Identity Management Suite

Below is an English translation of a product review of Netwrix Identity Management Suite. This was originally posted by Damir Dizdarevic in his blog last month. It was also published in the local Bosnian-Herzegovinian IT community on the Info.ba site. We are always delighted and proud to see IT professionals from overseas review our solutions and experience their … Continued

Survey: More than half of organizations still do not use a SIEM or Log Management solution

This month, Netwrix poll results revealed a shocking fact: 57% of organizations still don’t employ any SIEM solution or log management tool. In 2011, more organizations than ever before confessed to major security breaches and experts predict the trend will continue through 2012 and beyond. With household names like Sony, RSA, and the FBI experiencing … Continued

Free Tip Sheet for Active Directory Auditing

Want to improve your auditing in Active Directory? Have a look at this tip sheet posted recently on our site. In it you’ll find some of the most important information you need to know about auditing Active Directory. This resource should help you implement the best possible Active Directory audit on an ongoing basis while … Continued

Event Log Management free-of-charge?

From now until March 31, any customer who purchases Netwrix Change Reporter Suite or Active Directory Change Reporter will automatically be entitled to receiveNetwrix Event Log Manager at no charge. Change Reporter Suite is a multi-award winning integrated solution for IT infrustructire change auditing and regulatory compliance. Active Directory Change Reporter is a powerful AD … Continued

What makes using Group Policy so challenging?

Recently on Spiceworks, I shared a handy resource for users interested in Group Policy management. The post was well received by the community and I was quite pleased to have provided it. Basically, it was a TechNet resource called the Group Policy Search Tool. Its purpose is to help you find the desired setting you … Continued

TechRepublic names audit logging among top 10 best practices for Windows security

TechRepublic recently produced a list of 10 best practices for Windows security. In it was mention of audit logging as a best practice to improve Windows security. They consider Windows auditing challenging because of the vast amounts of raw data that typically is produced. If too much logging occurs, it makes the value next to … Continued