Featured White Paper: Creating an AUP: Common myths & mistakes

Featured White Paper: Creating an AUP: Common myths & mistakes

An Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is the bedrock of any organisation’s management of employee IT use. However, many organisations underestimate the importance of tailoring the AUP to their specific needs or place their business at risk by using outdated or inadequate policies. Click Here

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Latest News

  • Microsoft plans massive Windows patch next week

    And he urged IT administrators to do what they could to prepare for next Tuesday. Microsoft will deliver a record-tying 13 security updates on Tuesday to patch more than two dozen vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.
    05 February 2010
    Tags: Windows Xp • Operating Systems • Network Security • Dos • Affect

  • Cisco ASA doesn't support Internet Explorer 8

    The advantage of these connections is they support TCP-based applications and give administrators power to restrict those applications that have access to internal resources.Cisco says customers that need to use IE8 and the ASA Smart Tunnels…
    15 January 2010
    Tags: Explorer • Connections • Appliances • Ssl Vpn

  • Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle release security fixes

    Database servers should not be exposed to the network, but IT administrators need to scrutinize affected application servers to determine the amount of risk the servers are exposed to.Zero-Day ExploitsQualys' Kandek also noted that a Intevydis, a…
    13 January 2010
    Tags: Smb • Reader • Network Security • Javascript • Execution • Crash

  • Microsoft gets to grips with IE8 flaws

    Remember, Vista was much the same when it came out," he said.There are three other security advisories being released, MS09-069, MS09-071 and MS09-074 spelling out additional tactics for users and company administrators to further protect Windows…
    09 December 2009
    Tags: Microsoft Office • Flaws • Affect • Bugs • Bet • Exploited

  • Microsoft beta to shake up directory services

    He says NGAD is a reshaping of the programming model for Active Directory.In addition, the directory design means multitudes of new cloud or other applications won't be hammering the central Active Directory architecture with lookup requests and…
    19 November 2009
    Tags: Active Directory • Identity • Api • Instances • Programming • Addon

  • Oracle to patch 38 bugs in huge update

    Six of these flaws may be exploitable over a network without any type of authentication, Oracle said.Also in the mix are eight fixes for the company's E-Business Suite, three for Oracle Application Server and one for the Industry Applications…
    19 October 2009
    Tags: Patches • Patch • Fixes • Adobe • Bug • Suite

Latest Features

  • Apple iPad offers IT department opportunities

    It would also be easier to manage from a security aspect, as the network administrators take care of user access control to any given data resource on the local network.If Apple is serious about the business angle of the iPad they will need to…
    11 February 2010
    Tags: Tablet • Skill • Presentations • Opportunities • Gadget • Covering

  • All you wanted to know about the Leopard Server

    The RADIUS server integrates with Open Directory and allows administrators to configure access to wireless networks based on Open Directory usernames and passwords.This is a huge security and administrative advantage for any organisation needing…
    01 November 2007
    Tags: Folders • Audience • Admin • Mac Os • Macs • Collaborative

  • Beta testers get hands on Vista v2.0

    SP1 will also add support for Direct3D 10.1, so that games developers will be able to take greater advantage of Direct3D graphics.Administrative changesSystems administrators should be aware that SP1 makes changes in the way system administrators…
    02 October 2007
    Tags: Flash Memory • Reliability • Windows Vista • File System • Administrators • Hard Disk

  • Interop brings a round of WLAN updates

    In the past, administrators logged onto each controller separately. Bluesocket's new software image for its controller family creates for the first time a consistent software platform for that product line Cisco adds code and a new application…
    24 May 2007
    Tags: Aruba • Split • Asset • Pbx • Rfid • Wlans

  • Why IT staffers, and users, will like Apple's plans

    Drag-and-drop and Dock support will be included in Spaces.Improved Spotlight searching, which will allow searching of remote computers and servers, as well as advanced search options.Core Animation, which will enable developers to create complex…
    12 September 2006
    Tags: Searching • Mac Os • User Interface • Macs • Onboard • Next Generation

  • Databases at war

    Database administrators are given real-time information on such requests, and can make a decision as to whether they are valid.One of the advantages of the system is that it does not distinguish between internal and external attacks.
    16 August 2006
    Tags: Databases • Requests • Startup • Granted • Achieved • Commands
 

How-Tos

  • How to build your own Wikipedia

    These include defining to what extent end users will be able to edit wiki pages, setting standards for how administrators will respond to updates from users and setting rules around uploading text files or videos.Two years ago, Michele Hovet, IT…
    05 January 2010
    Tags: End Users • Management System • Cio • Guidelines • Mention • Edit

  • Case Study: What makes Harvard's net tick

    Our Critical Alerts DashBoard Security Event Manager provides local network security administrators with better overall visibility by delivering archived and real-time security data from the core network [intrusion-detection system], border…
    29 March 2006
    Tags: Accounting • Serving • Scripts • Inventory • Selecting • Serves

  • The rise of smart buildings, part 2

    I see IP going down to the individual device," says Anno Scholten, chief technology officer at BAS vendor Plexus Technology.But sharing the IP backbone raises security concerns among network administrators.
    18 March 2005
    Tags: Controllers • Interfaces • Buildings • Xml • Door • Gigabit Ethernet

  • Strategies for automatic patch management

    By understanding the pluses and minuses of each class of solution, IT administrators can choose the patch management alternative that fits their environment, their budget and their overall administrative approach.
    20 August 2004
    Tags: Active Directory • Departments • Automated • Sms • Utilities • Automatic

  • Security attributes of a server management platform

    Users either have unnecessary privileges or insufficient access to servers; the trusted administrators often have full access to all servers, while support teams often have little or no access to appropriate servers.
    03 August 2004
    Tags: Automation • Activity • Communication • Audit • Access Control • Encrypted

  • Secure your wireless net with a shoestring

    Your WLAN security system should place a high emphasis on eliminating false positives, as these have a tendency to increase cost and can ultimately affect overall security if your administrators get in the habit of ignoring valid attacks.
    22 July 2004
    Tags: Wireless Networks • Schemes • Wired • Affect • Intrusion • Detect

Reviews

  • Whitelisting security comes of age

    For example, three of the programs reviewed (Bit9 Parity, Lumension Application Control, and SignaCert Enterprise Trust Services) download every file hash directly from Microsoft, so administrators don't have to busy themselves with defining all…
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Active Directory • End Users • Enabled • Audit • Trust • Trusted

  • CoreTrace Bouncer application control review

    But a simpler label would avoid potential confusion.Three Security Configurations are provided out of the box: All Installed Systems, Pending Systems, and Unsecured Systems, but administrators are encouraged to make their own custom groupings.
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Active Directory • Events • Rogue • Trusted • Preventing • Buffer

  • Adobe AIR 1.0 review

    Administrators can control (via OS registry key) which AIR apps may be installed on a local system (trusted source only, for example, or none at all), and whether they can be updated automatically or uninstalled.And because AIR apps are treated as…
    22 April 2008
    Tags: Learn • Libraries • File System • App • Deeper • Business Advisor

  • Ubuntu 8.04 'Hardy Heron' review

    Other new features are likely to be overlooked by desktop users but appreciated by systems administrators. There have been security improvements, including better memory protection and a fine-grained access control system called PolicyKit.What's…
    31 March 2008
    Tags: Active Directory • Ubuntu • Installation • Desktop Linux • Stability • Pressed

  • Windows Server 2008

    The ability to enforce Windows Firewall settings within an Active Directory domain provides a hierarchically enforced mechanism that thwarts branch office or subsidiary server settings made by local administrators.
    27 February 2008
    Tags: Peak • Copying • Dos • Loads • Terminal • Dynamically

  • VMware Infrastructure 3.5

    It allows administrators quick and easy access to reports on outstanding security patches and bug fixes that apply to one or more VMs and lets them schedule the installation of those patches.Update Manager traces its ancestry to Shavlik…
    18 December 2007
    Tags: Automated • Vm • Wizard • Shops • Stability • Balancing

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