IT Operations
17 September, 2014
You just got the call: your Exchange server is not sending or receiving email. Your one and only Exchange server. OK, this is bad. You drop everything and begin to check the Exchange server for...
Security & Compliance
21 August, 2014
We continue the series of articles by Nick Cavalancia on our blog. The previous post was dedicated to Event Logging, today we are going to talk about general approach to IT Audit. An IT Audit is,...
IT Operations
15 August, 2014
The average IT Pro doesn't need to be told stories about big data - you've been inundated with log data from dozens of sources for at least a decade before the term "big data" even came to exist. The...
IT Operations
25 February, 2014
When stories come up in the news about data breaches, if you're like me, you tend to gloss over them if they seem similar to something you've already read. I almost did that today. But something...
IT Operations
19 December, 2013
We want everyone in the IT community to start 2014 strong. That's why we've extended Netwrix's Password Manager Freeware from 50 licenses to 100 licenses as our gift to you! User password...
Security & Compliance
5 December, 2013
The NSA released a PDF entitled "Spotting the Adversary with Windows Event Log Monitoring" earlier this year. While there's a bit of irony in this, given the whole Snowden story that followed the...
IT Operations
21 November, 2013
One of the most frequent tasks of an IT admin is resetting the user account passwords. This is a pretty simple and straightforward task, however if you’re managing hundreds of active users in your...
IT Operations
11 November, 2013
When it comes to change management, Scott Matteson gets it. Too many companies today make changes without any kind of change management in place. Scott's approach even includes the mandated use of...
IT Operations
7 November, 2013
When it comes to security, event logs are supposed to be the best friends of an IT guy managing the environment, right? Roger Grimes from InfoWorld claims that the evidence of malicious activity can...
IT Operations
31 October, 2013
Many IT folks like the "Do-it-Yourself" approach to solving many tasks. This article written by Chris Colorado provides some very detailed instructions on how to setup Active Directory Auditing of...
