Welcome to Mitch Tulloch's Section

Mitch Tulloch is President of MTIT Enterprises, an IT content development company based in Winnipeg, Canada. Prior to starting his own company in 1998, Mitch worked as a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for Productivity Point International. Mitch is a widely recognized expert on Windows administration, networking and security and has been awarded Most Valuable Professional (MVP) status by Microsoft for his outstanding contributions in supporting users who deploy Microsoft platforms, products and solutions. Mitch is also currently a professor at Jones International University (JIU) where he teaches graduate-level courses in Information Security Management (ISM) that he co-developed with his wife Ingrid Tulloch for JIU's Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program.

Mitch is also a prolific writer and is the author of fourteen books including the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking (Microsoft Press), the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security (Microsoft Press), Windows Server Hacks (O'Reilly), Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell (O'Reilly), and IIS 6 Administration (Osborne/McGraw-Hill). In addition to writing books, Mitch also performs technical reviews for various publishers, writes feature articles for industry magazines like NetworkWorld and Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, writes regularly for O'Reilly's WindowsDevCenter, IT World, and other popular tech sites.

Mitch is currently based in Winnipeg, Canada, where he lives with his wife and business partner Ingrid who is also co-author of the Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking. You can find out more about Mitch at his website www.mtit.com and you can contact him directly at info@mtit.com

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Mitch Tulloch's Latest Contributions

More on Running Windows Under Non-Admin Accounts: Date - Mar 07, 2006; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; This article is a follow up to my previous article on WindowsNetworking.com titled "Running Windows Under Non-Admin Accounts" and shares some comments from readers concerning issues they've found and solutions they've tried for limiting desktop computer users to non-admin accounts. The article also provides some additional workarounds for performing admin-level tasks while logged on to a computer using ordinary user credentials.
Book Reviews: Creating Security Policies and Defining Security Roles: Date - Dec 20, 2005; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Large organizations looking for help on creating security policies and defining security roles and responsibilities need look no further — two titles from Information Shield provide help on just that.
Review of Security Planning Guides from Microsoft: Date - Oct 04, 2005; Section - Articles / Windows 2003 Security; This article reviews the recommendations of several recently released security planning guides from Microsoft that deal with securing administrator accounts and implementing smart card authentication in enterprise environments.
Book Reviews: Still More Security Books: Date - Jul 05, 2005; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Security books keep flooding in from publishers, so it looks like the business of information security continues to occupy a forefront in the minds of both business executives and IT professionals. Here’s my latest pick of what’s good.
Book Reviews: More Security Books: Date - May 03, 2005; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Several publishers have sent me some more books on various security topics, and I want to take a few minutes to let you know which ones I recommend.
Book Reviews: Security Books: Date - Apr 26, 2005; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Security is always an important area for IT professionals, and there's no shortage of books on computer and network security coming out these days. Below are five recent titles on various security topics and my take on them.
Review of Microsoft’s Security Risk Management Guide: Date - Nov 09, 2004; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; The new Security Risk Management Guide from Microsoft provide prescriptive guidance for companies to help them learn how to implement sound risk management principles and practices for enhancing the security of their networks and information assets. This article reviews the contents of this guide and recommends other vendor-neutral resources on similar topics.
Customizing Windows Firewall: Date - Oct 13, 2004; Section - Articles / Firewalls & VPNs; This article looks at the different ways you can customize Windows Firewall when deploying Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. The methods covered include manually configuring Windows Firewall, customizing the Unattend.txt answer file used by unattended setup, customizing the Netfw.inf file that defines the default configuration of Windows Firewall, configuring Windows Firewall using the new firewall context of the netsh command in XP SP2, and configuring Windows Firewall using new Group Policy settings in Windows XP SP2.
Implementing and Troubleshooting Account Lockout: Date - Aug 31, 2004; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; This article examines the advantages and disadvantages from a security standpoint of implementing account lockout on a network running Active Directory. The article also describes some account lockout and management tools you can obtain from the Microsoft Download Center and how to use these tools to troubleshoot account lockout problems.
DHCP Server Security (Part 2): Date - Jul 27, 2004; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; In Part 1 of this two-part article we looked at the different types of threats faced by DHCP servers and outlined some general countermeasures for mitigating these threats. Part 2 continues with a list of practical steps administrators can follow and tools they can use to help secure their Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 DHCP servers.
DHCP Server Security (Part 1): Date - Jul 20, 2004; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Part 1 of this two-part article looks at the different types of threats faced by DHCP servers and countermeasures for mitigating these threats. Part 2 will continue the discussion with a list of practical steps administrators can follow and tools they can use to help secure their Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 DHCP servers.