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Month: June 2018

Four Tips for Building a Strong Security Culture in Your Organization

Today, nearly every organization relies on stable and secure IT operations, so cyber risks merit the same careful attention as other types of risks. Top leaders understand this: The World Economic Forum’s 2018 Global Risk Report claims that most influential movers and shakers view cyber attacks and breaches resulting in data theft or fraud as … Continued

Managing OUs and Moving Their Objects with PowerShell

An organizational unit (OU) is a container in Active Directory where users, groups and computers, as well as other OUs, can be stored. Each AD domain can have its own organizational unit hierarchy. In this article, you will learn about OU management and how to use PowerShell scripts to create, move and delete organizational units … Continued

How to Add and Remove AD Groups and Objects in Groups with PowerShell

Microsoft Active Directory serves as a centralized point for the administration, authorization and authentication. In AD, access to network resources is granted to security principals, such as user accounts and computer accounts, and those permissions can change over time. To simplify access management and improve security, medium and large companies often use Active Directory security … Continued

GDPR Confusion: 7 Common Myths Busted

The day before the deadline for GDPR compliance, I received emails from 8 different companies asking for my consent for them to collect data about me. But I can’t even remember how I got on these vendors’ mailing lists, and I haven’t received any other communication from them lately. Obviously, they gathered my personal information … Continued

10 Ways to Improve Automated Data Classification

You’ve paid a lot of money for data classification software or spent countless hours developing a similar solution in house. But what good is it if the results aren’t precise? Today I’ll explain 10 technical and workflow-related things that you need to be doing to eliminate as many false positives and negatives as possible. Use … Continued

How to Create New Active Directory Users with PowerShell

The easiest way to create a new user in an Active Directory domain is to use either the Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) MMC snap-in or the Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC). But what if these tools are not available or you need to perform a more complex task, such as creating multiple user … Continued

[Infographics] Risks for European Companies Adopting a Cloud Strategy

The economic outlook for the European region as a whole is a healthy one. Analysts at IDC are forecasting the European cloud market will reach €80 billion by 2020. It’s one reason why the market is attracting so much interest from providers of Cloud service platforms. Today, global giants like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft … Continued