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January 26, 2009  7:14 PM

Do you manage a firewall and want to find the source of malicious network activity? – Check out the Internet Malicious Activity Map



Posted by: Troy Tate
activity, Firewalls, graph, internet, malicious activity, malware, network, network security, research, Security, Subnet, WWW

For those of you who manage your own network, you have to consider the strength of the firewall at your network perimiter, the knowledge and skills of those who manage it. You also have to provide technology that can help protect your mobile users. Part of building that secure environment is...

November 19, 2008  3:58 PM

Tools for documentation – screen marking & screen captures



Posted by: Troy Tate
administration, DataCenter, Development, documentation, howto, Microsoft Windows, Monitoring, reporting, toolkit, tools, troubleshooting

If you don't already document your network and configurations, then you should begin immediately as it is a never-ending task. There are lots of ways of doing this and I will mention some of those in future postings. One of the best tools is simply capturing screen shots and placing those in a...


November 18, 2008  1:15 PM

Did you see this? – Microsoft Exchange Online – Evaluating Software-plus-Services



Posted by: Troy Tate
administration, CIO, DataCenter, design, Development, email, Exchange, Exchange 2007, howto, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, tools


November 11, 2008  4:07 PM

Did you see this? – Microsoft SharePoint Toolkit



Posted by: Troy Tate
administration, analysis, awareness, debugging, design, Development, diagnostics, howto, internet, LAN, Metrics, Microsoft Windows, Monitoring, MOSS, network analysis, Networking, Performance, performance monitoring, reporting, SharePoint, toolkit, tools, troubleshooting, WAN

Many organizations are finding value in the Microsoft SharePoint technologies. Whether you use the free Windows SharePoint Services or the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, your organization will gain a lot of value from using these services. To enhance your ability to manage these technologies,...


November 11, 2008  3:58 PM

Did you see this? – Microsoft Windows Virtualization team blog



Posted by: Troy Tate
administration, awareness, blog, blogging, design, Development, Microsoft Windows, RSS, server, Virtualization

For those of you who are fans of Microsoft Windows Virtualization, this blog from the Microsoft Windows Virtualization Products Group might be of interest to you. Keep informed and provide feedback to the team as...


November 11, 2008  3:51 PM

Did you see this? – MS08-067 and the Security Development Lifecycle



Posted by: Troy Tate
administration, analysis, awareness, blog, Data security, debugging, design, Development, malware, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, patching, risk, Security, server, vulnerability

As you probably already know, Microsoft issued an urgent out of cycle security patch recently for a Vulnerability in Server service could allow remote code execution. Look here for additional


October 6, 2008  1:12 PM

Did you see this? – Process monitor now does TCP/UDP monitoring



Posted by: Troy Tate
administration, analysis, anti-virus, Data security, debugging, diagnostics, forensics, howto, internet, LAN, malware, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Monitoring, network analysis, Networking, packet capture, Performance, performance monitoring, recovery, reporting, research, Sandbox, Security, Sysinternals, toolkit, tools, troubleshooting

If you ever need to get under the covers of running Windows processes for investigating why a system is running slow, then the Sysinternals toolkit has an updated tool that will help you. Per the website:

Process Monitor is an advanced monitoring tool for Windows that shows...


October 3, 2008  7:59 PM

Did you see this? – Open Source Tools University



Posted by: Troy Tate
administration, analysis, anti-virus, blog, blogging, Data security, debugging, design, diagnostics, Firewalls, forensics, howto, internet, IT education, LAN, Metrics, Monitoring, network analysis, Networking, packet capture, Performance, performance monitoring, podcast, reporting, research, Sandbox, Security, SSL, toolkit, tools, troubleshooting, WAN, wireshark

If you are like me, you like those little goodie tools like nmap and wireshark that do something that is actually pretty complex but do it well and have a great following. I just came across this website that I am going to have to take some time to go through and find all of the nuggets it offers....


October 2, 2008  12:00 PM

My server is hung! What do I do? – debugging resources



Posted by: Troy Tate
administration, debugging, diagnostics, howto, Microsoft Windows, Performance, performance monitoring, recovery, reporting, server, toolkit, tools, troubleshooting


September 19, 2008  12:53 PM

Did you see this? – Encyclopedia of internal network security threats



Posted by: Troy Tate
antivirus, awareness, botnet, Browsers, Data security, design, Firefox, forensics, homeland security, honeypot, malware, man-in-the-middle, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Monitoring, Networking, Policy, reporting, research, risk, Security, tools, troubleshooting, vulnerability, web, website, WWW

Promisec has released an online encyclopedia of internal network security threats. This is available online for free. There is a lot of information to look through and decide how the risks affect your organization. Take...