Network password recovery
How can I recover my network password?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:25 AM
Network Password, Network security, Network Security Management, Password recovery

Network and security
I need a book about network and security… can you recommend a good book where I can read about the network and security … And much like another book too, which I can use as ITSupport. It may very well be a new book (year) …

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  9:23 PM
IT Books, Network management, Network security, Network Security Management

Creating ACLs on the network
How can we create ACLs on the network to block out users from attempting to connect to HR file shares?

Answer Question   |  July 27, 2011  5:28 PM
Access Control List, ACL, ACL Manager, File Share Permissions, File Shares, Network security, Network Security Management

Locking down network settings to local admins
How can the network settings be locked down even to local administrators. We track users based on IP and we don’t want to compromise our results or skew them with people monkeying around.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:29 PM
IP address, Local Administrator Rights, Local Administrators Group, Network security, Network Security Management

Blocking rewriteable drives across entire network
How can I block CDRW/DVDRW and USB drives from being used in our Windows XP machines across the entire network?

Answer Question   |  October 14, 2011  7:37 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, Network Security Policies, USB port security, USB security, Windows XP

Can I push out Microsoft Security Essentials to an entire network?
Can I push out Microsoft Security Essentials to an entire network? How can this be achieved easily and quickly?

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2011  4:35 PM
Microsoft Security, Microsoft Security Essentials, Network security, Network Security Management

Has anybody used Cyberoam for network security?
Am looking at implemeting Cyberoam 15i a unified threat management equipment for a small enterprise instead of Microsoft Forefront please i want to know if cyberoam is a good security solution. Thanks

Answer Question   |  March 1, 2011  5:35 PM
Cyberoam, Microsoft Forefront, Network security, Network Security Management

Vendor Security Questions
Hello, I am a student in the Network Security program at the University of Advancing Technology and just read “Plan, Do, Check, Act”. The URL is below. https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/bsi/articles/best-practices/deployment/574-BSI.html Years ago everything was stored in the data center and protected by firewalls, routers, DMZs, IDS/IPS solutions, etc. Recently the “cloud” has become very popular and SaaS [...]

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2011  1:16 AM
Network security, Network Security Management, Open IT Forum, Security

Security audit of access within Active Directory 2008 network
We need to do a security audit to see what users have access to what within our Active Directory 2008 network. Is there a free tool to help with this and possibly reassign permissions based on rules?

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2011  8:23 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory 2008, Active Directory security, Network security, Network Security Management, Security Audit

Automatic clean up antivirus scan
How to automatic clean up virus on infected client computer client via network? so we can monitoring on PC..

Answer Question   |  January 24, 2011  5:16 AM
Antivirus, Network security, Network Security Management, TrendMicro

Disabling Network Threat module in Symantec Endpoint protection
How can I permanently disable the Network Threat module from a Symantec Endpoint protection 11 installation. I installed it by accident and do not want to do a full uninstall/reinstall.

Answer Question   |  March 2, 2011  4:59 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, Symantec Endpoint Protection, Symantec Endpoint Protection 11

Free IT Book: Stealing the Network
This week’s free IT book is a little bit different than the ones we usually feature. Stealing the Network from Sygress contains fictional stories of real life possibilities meant to inspire security and technology pros alike to wonder and muse on the what ifs of security vulnerabilities. For a chance to win this thought-provoking series, [...]

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2011  2:43 PM
Active Directory, Auditing (compliance), Giveaways, IT Books, Network security, Network Security Management, Outlook 2010, Routers, USB drive, Windows Server 2008

Locking down the USB & optical drives on Windows Server 2008 R2
Can we lock down the USB and Optical drives on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box for all users except the administrators group or even just the administrator?

Answer Question   |  February 2, 2011  2:32 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, Optical Drives, USB drive, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server Security

Adding another level of security to SQL 2005 database
We have a SQL 2005 Database. It is protected by Windows Authentication. Can we add another level of security – requiring a SQL username and password along with a valid user name and password on the domain?

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  4:17 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, SQL 2005 Database, SQL Security, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server security, Windows authentication

Open IT Forum: What Internet security solutions have you adopted or chucked?
Antivirus software and PC protection are comforts of the past. These days the biggest threats come from the Internet, and we’re wondering how you protect yourself and your hardware against Internet threats and the less knowledgeable users on your network. We’d love to hear about solutions you’ve tried and liked or disliked. As a thanks [...]

Answer Question   |  January 3, 2011  3:29 PM
Internet security, Internet Security Systems, Network security, Network Security Management, Open IT Forum

External IT company auditing security and policies
We have an external IT company auditing our security and policies. What kind of access should we give them? Should we be worried about auditing the auditors?

Answer Question   |  January 8, 2011  9:08 PM
Audit and compliance, Auditing, Network security, Network Security Management, Security Audit, Security Auditor, Security policies

Scanning Active Directory for weak passwords
Is it possible to scan our active directory and see if people have weak passwords? We have upped the password policy but what about for users that already have passwords and are not scheduled to changed them yet?

Answer Question   |  December 29, 2010  9:06 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory security, Network security, Network Security Management, Network Security Policies, Password Complexity, Password policies

Central Windows Server to aggregate Windows security and audit logs
Can we have a central windows server aggregate all windows security/audit logs? If not does anyone have a script to grab them from domain machines?

Answer Question   |  February 2, 2011  9:03 PM
Auditing software (security), Network security, Network Security Management, Windows Security, Windows Server, Windows Server Security, Windows Server Security Audits

Viewing errors on a Windows 7 desktop
Where can I view errors on a Windows 7 desktop from a failed Microsoft office 2010 installation? What security group would i need to be in to view it?

Answer Question   |  December 28, 2010  5:29 PM
Network security, Network Security Management, office 2010, Remote access, Remote Access Privileges, Remote access security, Windows 7

Free IT Book: CompTIA Security+ Video Mentor
This week’s free IT giveaway is the CompTIA Security+ SYO-201 Video Mentor. Answer one of the unanswered questions and leave the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Voice and Data Network Setup WSUS Downstream Server Problem How much of your sensitive information can you trust to outside organizations? Application data security versus [...]

Answer Question   |  December 31, 2010  4:41 PM
CompTIA Security+, Giveaways, Network security, Network security appliances, Network Security Management, WSUS