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IDS/IPS Where do I find out what I really need
I have a network which is not external facing, that has been sub-contracted out so that I only interface with trusted networks,so I don’t believe that I need to have IDS/IPS above my existing firewalls. Is there any document/policy statement anywhere that defines that?

Answer Question   |  June 10, 2013  4:23 PM
IDS, IPS, Network, Policy, Security
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5 pts.

What can we do to better protect ourselves from authentication-based attacks?
According to the 2013 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, authentication-based attacks continue to plague enterprises as 80% of all attacks collected by Verizon (and other partners) were authentication-based. Who’s to blame for these attacks? Well. Tom Bowers, regional security architect at ePlus, says it’s users and their passwords. What can we do to better protect [...]

Answer Question   |  May 6, 2013  1:06 PM
Password, Security, Security management
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14,060 pts.

Change email address and password
I forgot my password and my email address had been disconnected. How do I get my pass code?

Answer Question   |  February 26, 2013  9:03 PM
Email account, Password
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10 pts.

Login and password
We are trying to get into our portal on the Deepwater horizon site. I have asked and received confirmation for a new password and login i.d. 3 times. They sent me a confirmation of my password but when we tried to login, it ask for the information to establish a claimant. When we filled this [...]

Answer Question   |  February 18, 2013  3:43 PM
Login password, Password management
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5 pts.

Find a penetration tester
I need to find a penetration tester who is certified and qualified. Where do I start to look? Thanks

Answer Question   |  November 29, 2012  12:48 PM
Penetration Testing, Security
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15 pts.

According to the Searchsecurity.com, what is phishing?
What are two ploys phishers commonly use?

Answer Question   |  October 23, 2012  12:18 AM
Phishing, Security
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15 pts.

Application Policy
Good Morning EveryBody; we are trying to make a new application policy in our company..(Background- we have a number of people here who make small to medium application to meet our needs and requirenmnet)BUT they do not follow standrads and guidelines…i mean they do not have even application policy/templatelguideline;;; i have an empty POLICY,which can [...]

Answer Question   |  October 10, 2012  4:34 AM
Policy
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385 pts.

Password Saver
Hi All Could you suggest me an free application download where I can save my passwords in that application and that I do not want to remember. Something like Tam-Esso (tam single sign-on).  The above is offered by IBM, an excellent application where I use my system login to login Tam and can login to [...]

Answer Question   |  September 19, 2012  7:12 PM
Password and ID management
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10 pts.

Open IT Forum: How are you protecting yourself from a password attack?
From online banking to email accounts, passwords have become a very important part of our everyday lives. This week, we posted an infographic that shows how passwords are at greater risk than ever before. How are you protecting yourself from a password attack?

Answer Question   |  September 10, 2012  5:39 PM
cybersecurity, Password management
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14,060 pts.

application policy
i need someone to help me make an application policy ????

Answer Question   |  August 27, 2012  5:33 AM
Policy
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385 pts.

How do I set password restrictions in ESXi 5
I would like convert some ESX 3.5 scripts that implemented password restrictions to work on ESXi 5. In ESX 3.5, I used the esxcfg-auth command which does not appear to be supported in ESXi 5.0, so I need the alternatives. I would like to require the user change his password every 60 days. On ESX [...]

Answer Question   |  May 16, 2012  5:34 PM
ESXi5, Password policies
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5 pts.

password recovery of Nortel 11C
I have a system Nortel 11C and i forget the login and Password. anyody can tell me how can i recover it or login as factory default. Thanks & Regrads, Ahmer

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2012  12:58 PM
Nortel, Password recovery
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10 pts.

How to blacklist a domain account in Zimbra mail server?
How to blacklist a domain account in Zimbra mail server? I am often getting a Phising mails to all my users clients saying that Please provide the username and pwd for resetting otherwise your mailbox will be fullfilled. Please help me out of this issue…

Answer Question   |  December 5, 2011  5:33 AM
Mail server, Phishing, Security, Zimbra
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5 pts.

Outlook 2007
I just re-installed my Office 2007 and Outlook will not accept my password. I have tried every password that I have used in Outlook with no success. How may I remove the old password and install a new one?

Answer Question   |  October 14, 2011  5:29 PM
Outlook 2007, Outlook Administration, Outlook security, Password cracking
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15 pts.

How many switches for a small network?
im designing a network for a small business. There are three departments in the business retail sales – 80 employees, sale support – 10 employees, accounts – 15 employees. I’ve decided to use star topology. It will have one router connecting to many switches. I was thinking of using multiple 48 port switches. Would it [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  9:20 AM
Network Configuration, Network design, Port Switches, Switches
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5 pts.

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
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5 pts.

Password Protection for PDF in AS/400
Hi, Currently we are generating PDF using Spool Mail. Now, User wants to have a password for the PDF. Will it be possible to have? If So, How we can do this? Suggest me. Pradeep.

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  4:44 AM
AS/400, AS/400 PDF, AS/400 security, Password Protection, PDF
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3,520 pts.

Active Directory LDAP, Set Custom Security Persmissions on 3 Attributes, not the whole class
Fellow experts, I signed up just a few minutes ago, and hope to become a valuable contributor on this forum, however I need your expertise now… so put on your AD Schema hat… I have an object class “organizationalPerson” and three optional attributes in the class. I went into adsiedit and edited the security of [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  12:41 PM
Active Directory, LDAP, NTFS, Permissions, Schema, Security
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20 pts.

Blocking command line on desktops
How can we block the command line on 7 desktops for all non-administrator users?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  5:27 PM
Administrator password, Command line, Command line tools, Permissions and authentication, Permissions and settings
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755 pts.

Virus scanner (McAfee 8.7.1) won’t update on a schedule
Our proxy server allows most traffic to the web but our virus scan (mcafee 8.7.1) will not update on a schedule. It will update manually. Can you help?

Answer Question   |  June 28, 2011  6:24 PM
McAfee, McAfee Antivirus, Proxy Server Configuration, Proxy servers, Virus detection
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975 pts.