best practices

Hosted, and service, and cloud, oh my!

2011-11-03

I’ve been a member of LinkedIn practically since the beginning, and have joined (and followed) several groups as a lurker, but today was the first time I actually engaged in a thread. A fellow member posted a question about just what makes a something that which can be offered “as a Service.” There were many [...]

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Who are you, and how do you prove it?

2011-10-26

Usernames and passwords are not enough to authenticate users in today’s threat-filled environment. Two factor authentication is something that needs to be on your radar now, for internal, external, and cloud-based applications.

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That’s just TMI

2011-07-29

Are we maybe sharing just a little too much information online? Signs say yes; read this article and share your opinion.

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It’s time to stop the madness!

2011-05-06

I’m one person, why do I have fifteen different accounts at work?

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Hey! You! Get off of my cloud!

2011-02-04

Everywhere you look, folks are jumping on the bandwagon that is The Cloud. The Cloud may soon come to rival the late 90’s habit of putting “e-“ or “cyber” in front of every service and application offered in the hopes of making it sound cool*. While I absolutely believe that cloud services have their place [...]

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Imagine a $10 million mistake…now hit send.

2010-12-20

I read an article the other day about an email sent out by a Swiss bank that wound up costing them a $10 million dollar account, and I started thinking about how much I missed the outbound email scanning that I used at a previous employer. If that bank had the same tool the bank [...]

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howto://prevent SharePoint giving users the cooties

2010-11-01

If you are running a SharePoint site, your users are constantly uploading and downloading files from the site. You need to make sure it doesn’t become a vector for spreading malware through your environment. Forefront Protection 2010 is what you want, and this post will tell you how to get it set up and running.

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Web filtering-what are other SMBs doing?

2010-10-15

Those fine folks over at GFI recently released the results of a survey titled Survey: Web filtering in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs.) (pdf) If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time, you know that this subject is of interest to me. The survey was conducted earlier this summer and calls out some [...]

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Zen and the Art of Naming Conventions-service accounts

2010-10-13

Follow these best practices for naming and maintaining service accounts and enlightenment will surely follow.

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Windows auditing for fun and profit

2010-10-04

You know you should be auditing security events in Windows, but what settings should you set? This post goes over my preferences, which work well for me in almost all situations.

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howto://protect your network from spam

2010-08-18

Another guest post written by me on behalf of GFI Software, this one covers eight simple steps systems admins can follow to help reduce SPAM. It’s posted over at Buchatech.com, and a link to the article is contained in this post.

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howto://make remote teams work

2010-08-04

Throw out the playbook, forget about the conference room. It’s time to embrace instant messaging, web cams, and presentation software. These are the realities of having a remote workforce.

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