Security & Compliance
25 May, 2012
Just a few months ago, Kroll, a leading risk consulting company, announced the Top-10 Cyber Security trends for 2012. So far, they have been right on the mark. In this announcement, Kroll identifies...
Security & Compliance
23 May, 2012
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...
Security & Compliance
9 April, 2012
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...
IT Operations
28 February, 2012
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...
Security & Compliance
14 February, 2012
Technology has produced a brave new world without physical boundaries, few rules and unprecedented risks. Our collective sense of security has deteriorated rapidly in recent years and that trend will...
Security & Compliance
7 February, 2012
Many of you may understand the importance of auditing changes in your environment. Perhaps some of you have been thinking about how to justify IT projects to satisfy your IT audit checklist. You know...
IT Operations
23 January, 2012
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 Operations
10 January, 2012
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...
Security & Compliance
27 December, 2011
Security means different things to different people. For IT, it means securing the network from external intruders and protecting valuable data from prying eyes internally. Since the dawn of the...
IT Operations
19 December, 2011
Recently on Spiceworks, I posted an announcement about a new Facebook group to discuss IT Auditing, Compliance, Security, and Forensics. I did not expect some of the negative responses I received....
