IL3
Looking for a template / checklist to assist in IL3 implementation

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2012  1:29 PM
Access control, authentification, Identity & Access Management

Secret Service and identity theft
I was researching the TJX data breach (since I was a victim) and found myself being directed to the Secret Service Web site. What’s up with that?

Answer Question   |  September 10, 2007  4:32 PM
Identity & Access Management, Identity theft, provisioning, Security tokens, Single sign-on

windows password question
I recently purchased a computer from a “going out of business” sale for my fathers business and when I try to logon to Windows I get the logon screen with domain. I have a valid username and password but obviously i am not connected to a domain. I need to bypass this if possible. The [...]

Answer Question   |  September 21, 2010  12:09 AM
Biometrics, Digital certificates, Firewalls, Forensics, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Interoperability, Intrusion management, Network security, provisioning, Security, Security tokens, Single sign-on, Software, Tech support, VPN, Wireless

Selecting an area within security to start
Hi, I’m studying for an MSc in Information Security from Royal Holloway University of London, I have a B.Engg. degree in computers and a PG Diploma in Networking and Communication as well as the CCSA and CCNA. I’m also studying for the CISSP. Now, with all these qualifications, could you please tell me which would [...]

Answer Question   |  June 25, 2008  4:06 PM
Access control, Application security, Biometrics, Browsers, Career development, CCNA, CCSA, Certifications, CISSP, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Intrusion management, MCSE, Network security, Networking, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms

Remote users with VPN client slow access times
I have couple of remote users with VPN clients. From time to time when they are not connected to main site they report that it takes long time to open documents on local machines. Their laptops are attached to domain; I enable logon cache in for 50 logons, via policy. Am I missing anything else? [...]

Answer Question   |  June 21, 2007  12:23 PM
Biometrics, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, Identity & Access Management, Management, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft Windows, Mobile security, OS, provisioning, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, SQL Server, Wireless

Procedures for a new area.
We are a company where we have expirience on network remote administration and now we have open a new area, The area of security. Now I need to start to make new procedures like when a new customer come to us and ask if we can handle the security for his network… I need to [...]

Answer Question   |  May 28, 2008  10:13 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Cabling, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, Hardware, Hubs, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network management software, Network security, Networking, Outsourcing, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Project management, provisioning, Remote management, Risk management, Routers, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Switches, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms

Critical Error in Security Log
All, I mamange a Windows 2003 Small Business Server Network with 9 clients. The server provides all network services. We use Logon/logoff, shared storage, and print server functions. We do not use exchange except for the server reporting tool. We do use about 4 instances of SQL. All clients are Windows XP Professional patched to [...]

Answer Question   |  December 28, 2006  7:08 AM
Biometrics, configuration, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, Identity & Access Management, Management, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft Windows, OS, Patch management, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, provisioning, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Software, SQL Server, Tech support, vulnerability management

Moving into the InfoSec role
I work at a company that currently does not have a position dedicated to information security. I come from a background in networking with a good portion of my focus on firewalls and other security related technologies. I am interested in positioning myself into the role of InfoSec Admin at my compnay and was hoping [...]

Answer Question   |  December 22, 2006  1:36 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms

convert public folder IPM.POST to IPM.NOTE
i have an sbs 2003 with exchange runing on it and gut a public folder that i’ve created for general mail to the employee’s. i’ve routed all mail to that folder from specific account, the problem is that the mail’s arrived as a IPM.POST format mails and not like the traditional mails that is more [...]

Answer Question   |  December 4, 2006  6:56 PM
Application security, Availability, Bandwidth, Biometrics, Business/IT alignment, Database, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, E-business, Encryption, Exchange, Exchange security, Identity & Access Management, Instant Messaging, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, provisioning, Secure Coding, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spam, SQL Server

User rights,
Key applications/services: Active Directory, Domain controller, Terminal Services, Dentrix. 2 Servers running Win server 2003 standard. Network Setup, server3 hosts database/application called Dentrix. Server4 hosts the client for Dentrix and is a terminal server so that remote users can access program. This client needs to be run as (minimum) poweruser when run on a “normal” [...]

Answer Question   |  November 15, 2006  8:46 AM
Active Directory, Biometrics, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, Identity & Access Management, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, provisioning, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, SQL Server

security problem
Hello, I have small workgroup having 10 computers in my office. I do some personal work in office like using yahoo messenger, checking personal e-mails and some online banking site. But how does one of my senior knows it? I do everything lonely and securely so that nobody in the office knows it. But he [...]

Answer Question   |  February 19, 2008  3:44 AM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Backup & recovery, Biometrics, Browsers, Career development, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Data analysis, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, DB2, Desktop management applications, Development, DHCP, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, DNS, Ecommerce applications, Encryption, Enterprise Desktop, Exchange, Exchange security, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intel, Interoperability, Intrusion management, LANDesk, Lotus Domino, McAfee, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft Windows, Mobile security, Network security, Networking, Networking services, Oracle, patching, PC/Windows Connectivity, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Postini, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Software, Spam, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Symantec, Systems management software, Tech support, Trojans, Vector Networks, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms

Application Access Control Management
Is there an enterprise wide software management program that can manage access to our web-based applications, vendor specific programs located thru out the entire company, and our MS applications, including MS Outlook? In other words, we would like to control all of the various software programs and applications thru the use of one product. For [...]

Answer Question   |  February 17, 2011  11:38 AM
Biometrics, Compliance, CRM, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Identity & Access Management, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Single sign-on, Systems management software

accessing password protected hd
Hello everyone. Computer A crashed unexpectly. It turned out to be the motherboard but what im concerned with is the hard drive. I put the hard drive from computer A into a spare IDE slot on computer B. I booted computer B with computer B’s own hard drive and attempted to grab the files i [...]

Answer Question   |  October 27, 2006  7:09 PM
Application security, Biometrics, Database, Digital certificates, Encryption, Exchange, Identity & Access Management, Instant Messaging, Microsoft Windows, provisioning, Secure Coding, Security, Security tokens, Single sign-on, Software

accessing a password-protected hd
Hello everyone. My brother sent me his hard drive becuase his motherboard crapped out and he needs the data from his hard drive. I plugged it into my computer through an IDE connection and i can see most of the files on the computer. However, the data he needs resides within his “documents and settings” [...]

Answer Question   |  May 24, 2010  7:03 PM
Application security, Biometrics, Database, Digital certificates, Encryption, Exchange, Identity & Access Management, Instant Messaging, Microsoft Windows, provisioning, Secure Coding, Security, Security tokens, Single sign-on, Software

Dos attack
I have been receiving security alert messages from our firewall nearly everyday. e.g TCP Packet – Source:144.120.8.89,39341 Destination:192.168.1.1,25 – [DOS] TCP Packet – Source:210.7.0.36,3473 Destination:210.7.12.23,135 – [DOS] Thu, 2006-10-19 16:30:03 – UDP Packet – Source:192.168.1.111,1443 Destination:202.62.124.238,53 – [Any(ALL) match] can someone help me… Thanks in advance Wanz.

Answer Question   |  July 8, 2009  4:36 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms

Running Syantec Antivirus on a Windows Domain Controller
I am currently in the process of deploying Symantec AntiVirus Corporate edition in my Windows-based network. In the manual it states, Do not install the primary management server on the following: Miscrosoft Exchange Server, Web server, or programs that prevent you from restarting the computer at any given time. I assume the last one would [...]

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2007  9:53 AM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, configuration, Current threats, Database, Desktops, Development, Digital certificates, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Instant Messaging, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, provisioning, Secure Coding, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, vulnerability management, Web security, worms

Allow regular user to unlock screensaver locked computer
We have the problem that in a multiuser environment users either lock their computers, or have the screensaver automatically lock it, and leave the workstation. As a result, nobody else can use that computer. By default, only the current user or an adminstrator can unlock the computer. I would like to allow select users who [...]

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2007  1:31 AM
Biometrics, Compliance, CRM, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Identity & Access Management, Network management software, Networking, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Single sign-on, Systems management software

Best practices involving admin rights for user on user system
We are currently in the middle of figuring out the approach we are going to take in regard to a user having admin rights on their system. Typcially we set up a new user as an administrator on their system when they are logged into the domain. They don’t have a local admin account on [...]

Answer Question   |  August 18, 2010  4:23 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Business/IT alignment, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Desktop management applications, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, Exchange security, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, Hardware, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Network security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Project management, provisioning, Risk management, Routers, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Systems management software, Tech support, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms

SECURE FTP SITE ON Windows 2003
We have a Windows 2003 IIS server setup behind our firewarll which is a PIX firewall. What is the best method to establish a secure FTP site on this IIS server? I have reviewed this topic on the internet and actually talked with somebody from IPSWITCH and the best method available is to purchase a [...]

Answer Question   |  September 8, 2006  8:22 AM
3Com, Access, Access control, Application security, Availability, backdoors, Bandwidth, BEA, Biometrics, BroadVision, Browsers, Cabling, Cisco, Citrix Systems, Compliance, configuration, Corporate portal applications, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, Desktops, Development, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Epicentric, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, Hardware, Hubs, human factors, IBM, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Network security, Networking, Oracle, OS, Patch management, patching, PEN testing, PeopleSoft, Performance management, Ping, Platform Security, Plumtree, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Routers, SAP, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, Switches, Sybase, TIBCO, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Web services, Web Services Standards, Web site design & management, Wireless, worms

mandatory profile in Windows server 2003
I have a working roaming profile. How do I make it a mandadory profile that users can never change?

Answer Question   |  August 22, 2006  5:18 PM
Biometrics, configuration, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, Identity & Access Management, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, provisioning, Security, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, SQL Server, vulnerability management