By Randy Franklin Smith, 08/23/2010
The short-term benefits of flexibility and quick deployment can be quickly overshadowed by security and compliance risks as organically created SharePoint sites are embedded in ...
By Randy Franklin Smith, 09/26/2008
Here's what you need to know about installing a rereleased security update.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 08/27/2008
Here's how to make it so that a user can log on only from a specific computer.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 06/26/2008
Find out how to secure VMs of different organizations or untrusted users that are being hosted on the same host system.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 05/27/2008
Learn how to prevent users from using a service account to log on to the network.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 03/27/2008
Find out why it’s so dangerous to place a domain controller at a remote site instead of in a data center.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 03/27/2008
Take a look at how Windows Server 2008’s RODC features can address the risks associated with placing a DC at a remote site.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 03/27/2008
You can use Windows Server 2008’s BitLocker Drive Encryption, Trusted Platform Module, and Read-Only Domain Controller functionality to prevent the exploitation of physically ...
By Randy Franklin Smith, 03/27/2008
Answers to your Windows security questions.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 03/10/2008
By Randy Franklin Smith, 02/28/2008
Answers to your Windows security questions.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 02/28/2008
Discover which event ID will log whether an administrator selected the "User must change password at next logon" check box.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 02/28/2008
Use Icacls to remove a user or group’s allow or deny permissions from a file server.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 02/28/2008
Learn how to set the security level of IE’s Internet zone and prevent users from changing it.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 01/24/2008
Is Windows blocking you from opening certain files downloaded from the Internet? Find out where you can configure the policies that let you open attachments and Internet files.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 01/24/2008
Do you need to know which folders and files a user can access? Find out how to use AccessChk to generate a report that shows what data a given user can view.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 01/24/2008
Find out why SPF might be preventing people outside of your organization from receiving your telecommuter's email messages.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 01/24/2008
Answers to your Windows security questions.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 12/27/2007
Although UAC does secure workstation OSs, it doesn't necessarily make the information stored on workstations more secure. Find out just how UAC protects workstations.
By Randy Franklin Smith, 12/27/2007
Is IE prompting your users to choose a client certificate, even if they have only one certificate to choose from? Here's how to stop IE from doing so.