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Articles & Tutorials for 2008 year

Symantec Altiris SecurityExpressions - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Network Auditing: Date - Dec 25, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Symantec Altiris SecurityExpressions was selected the winner in the Network Auditing category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Karalon Traffic IQ Professional was first runner-up and i-Sprint Enterprise AdminGuard and Stealthbits StealthAUDIT were second runners-up.
Writing an Effective Security Policy (Part 2): Date - Dec 17, 2008; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; How to write an effective security policy, covering elements of technical controls that should be found in the majority of policies in the world of PCI DSS, SOX, Euro SoX, Hippa and ISO 127001.
Security Through Virtualization: Date - Dec 11, 2008; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; How to use virtualization tools to increase the security of your Windows environment.
Protecting System Files with UAC Virtualization (Part 2): Date - Dec 09, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; How to control User Account Control virtualization using Group Policy, the Registry, and Task Manager.
Writing an Effective Security Policy (Part 1): Date - Dec 03, 2008; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; How to write an effective security policy.
Menlo Logic's AccessPoint SSL VPN Software - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - VPN Software: Date - Nov 27, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Menlo Logic's AccessPoint SSL VPN Software was selected the winner in the VPN Software category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Check Point VPN-1 Power was first runner-up and Astaro VPN Clients and Winfrasoft VPN-Q 2008 were second runners-up.
Protecting System Files with UAC Virtualization (Part 1): Date - Nov 26, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; How User Account Control uses Virtualization to protect the system.
Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy (Part 4): Date - Nov 19, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; Testing the clients and seeing how the security certificates are assigned and removed automatically and how clients are connected and disconnected from the network.
The Pros and Cons of Behavioral Based, Signature Based and Whitelist Based Security: Date - Nov 13, 2008; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Taking a look at multiple security approaches, how they operate, and the strengths and weaknesses of each, along with a brief discussion of sandboxing and virtualization as security mechanisms.
Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy (Part 3): Date - Nov 11, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; How to configure a NAP IPsec Enforcement policy on the NPS and then moving on to the client systems so that we can use them for testing.
Instant Messaging: Friend or Foe?: Date - Nov 05, 2008; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Taking a look at the security fundamentals and IM risks associated with opening up the messaging client access to the world.
AW Security Port Scanner - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Network Security Scanner: Date - Oct 30, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; AW Security Port Scanner was selected the winner in the Network Security Scanner category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner and ManageEngine Security Manager Plus were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy (Part 2): Date - Oct 29, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; Installing and configuring the Network Policy Server, the Health Registration Authority and the subordinate CA.
Sharepoint Data Security Risks: Date - Oct 22, 2008; Author - Jesper M. Christensen; Section - Articles / Web Application Security; The challenges of securing data on Microsoft SharePoint sites, lists, pages and the information made available through data-links to backend systems (through BDC and manually created data-links).
Security in the Mobile Device Era: Date - Oct 15, 2008; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; How to secure Windows Mobile 6.1 devices and looking at some issues that arise when you incorporate non-Windows mobile products (such as the iPhone) into your Windows network.
Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy (Part 1): Date - Oct 09, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; How to put together a NAP solution using IPsec policy enforcement.
More VOIP, More Security: What needs to be done when securing VOIP: Date - Oct 07, 2008; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; How to implement a VOIP solution whilst abiding by a security framework, and the challenges that we can expect when implementing VOIP.
Creating and Managing Local Groups on Servers and Desktops: Date - Oct 01, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; With the new Group Policy Preferences, you can create and manage the members of local groups. Here, learn how to do all of this with the new GPP settings.
Microsoft ISA Server - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Firewall Softare: Date - Sep 25, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Microsoft ISA Server was selected the winner in the Firewall Software category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Symantec Endpoint Protection and Astaro Security Gateway were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Using Group Policy Filtering to Create a NAP DHCP Enforcement Policy (Part 4): Date - Sep 24, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; Setting up the DHCP server to work with the NPS server and the NAP policies, and then configure Group Policy so that NAP policy and NAP components are automatically configured for any machine that belongs to the NAP computers security group in Active Directory.
Control ALL USB Devices Using Group Policy: Date - Sep 17, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; How to use Device Installation Restrictions to control USB devices on Windows Vista.
Microsoft Live Mesh: What are the Security Implications?: Date - Sep 11, 2008; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Web Application Security; The security implications of cloud computing in general and Live Mesh in particular, and what mechanisms Microsoft has built in to protect your "meshed" devices and data.
Using Group Policy Filtering to Create a NAP DHCP Enforcement Policy (Part 3): Date - Sep 09, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; Taking a closer look at the policies created in the previous article and seeing what they do in the NAP DHCP enforcement solution.
Risk Analysis: Things to Consider When Working Out How Much Risk We Carry: Date - Sep 03, 2008; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Understanding risk is an important element of deciding on the protection mechanism selected to protect assets. This article will focus on the framework that will help justify the appropriate controls.
WinINSTALL - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Patch Management: Date - Aug 28, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; WinINSTALL was selected the winner in the Patch Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. GFI Languard NSS and Shavlik NetChk Protect were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Using Group Policy Filtering to Create a NAP DHCP Enforcement Policy (Part 2): Date - Aug 27, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; How to use the NAP policy wizard to automatically create the Network, Health and Connection policies that will be used to control access to the network.
Installing and Using the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Vista: Date - Aug 20, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; Windows Vista now has a new toolset for managing a Windows Server 2008 enterprise. Once you follow the steps, you will be able to administer all of the new features of Windows Server 2008.
Using Group Policy Filtering to Create a NAP DHCP Enforcement Policy (Part 1): Date - Aug 14, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; How to implement Group Policy to control DHCP Network Access Policy enforcement. This improves the level of granularity you can apply to DHCP enforcement for NAP clients.
Securing your OCS deployment: Date - Aug 12, 2008; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Taking a look at the security concerns involved with unified communications and how to add security to OCS.
Controlling Group Policy Security Settings Refresh and Application: Date - Aug 06, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; By default the security settings in a GPO will refresh every 16 hours. This article will discuss the details on how the process works and where it can be altered.
Active Administrator - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Group Policy Management: Date - Jul 31, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Active Administrator was selected the winner in the Group Policy Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Active GPOAdmin and Special Operations Suite were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Kerberos in a Sharepoint Environment: Date - Jul 30, 2008; Author - Jesper M. Christensen; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; The basics of using Kerberos in a Sharepoint environment.
Overview of the Windows Server 2008 Firewall with Advanced Security Part 3b: Introduction to Domain Isolation: Date - Jul 23, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Firewalls & VPNs; Creating the client and server domain isolation rule that will require security (authentication) and also configuring the server to accept inbound ping connections so that we can test the rule.
Documenting Authenticity of Evidence for the E-Discovery Process: Date - Jul 16, 2008; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; E-discovery is an important part of civil and criminal court processes. Inability to produce material can hinder the legal process and damage your case. Be prepared with a plan by which you can find evidentiary material and prove its authenticity.
Clean up Those Pesky Temporary Internet Files Using Group Policy Preferences: Date - Jul 10, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; One way to improve the protection of desktops and the network is by cleaning up Temporary Internet files. By cleaning up these files, you can protect the desktop and network from being invaded by malicious files.
Overview of the Windows Server 2008 Firewall with Advanced Security Part 3a: Introduction to Domain Isolation: Date - Jul 08, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Firewalls & VPNs; How to use Group Policy to enforce domain isolation through the use of IPsec.
Securing the Local Administrators Group on Every Desktop: Date - Jul 02, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; There are typically three different tasks that you need to perform to secure the Local Administrators group. Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 (with the RSAT installed) provide amazing new controls that make these configurations a breeze!
How to Block NDR Spam: Date - Jul 02, 2008; Author - GFI Software; Section - Network Security Library / Anti Spam; In this paper we provide a technical explanation of NDR Spam and recommend solutions that can prevent or limit exposure to this kind of unsolicited email.
Kaspersky Security - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Email Anti-Virus: Date - Jun 26, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Kaspersky Security was selected the winner in the E-mail Antivirus solution category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Symantec AntiVirus and BitDefender Security were first runner-up and second runner-up.
The Difference Between Application and Session Layer Firewalls: Date - Jun 25, 2008; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Firewalls & VPNs; A review of the differences between Application and Session layer firewalls.
Controlling Service Security Using Windows Server 2008: Date - Jun 18, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; With Windows Server 2008 Microsoft has added some new control over services. When you combine all of the control that Microsoft provides for services in a Group Policy Object you can ensure that your services are protected.
Top 5 Security Reasons to Use Windows Vista: Date - Jun 12, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; The top 5 security based reasons to move to Windows Vista for all users in the environment. The reasons are valid and very reasonable.
Overview of the Windows Server 2008 Firewall with Advanced Security Part 2: Inbound and Outbound Firewall Rules: Date - Jun 10, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Firewalls & VPNs; The inbound and outbound firewall rules that you can create to control incoming and outgoing connections to and from the Windows Server 2008 computer.
Top 5 Security Settings in Group Policy for Windows Server 2008: Date - Jun 04, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; How to reduce the attack surface on your desktop machines by using 5 security settings in Group Policy.
VirtualizationAdmin.com - New Virtualization site added to the TechGenix Network!: Date - Jun 02, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest site – VirtualizationAdmin.com - a site completely dedicated to Virtualization related topics such as desktop virtualization (VDI), hypervisors, storage virtualization, and application virtualization.
AccessPatrol - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Portable Storage Security solution: Date - May 29, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; AccessPatrol was selected the winner in the Portable Storage Security category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. USB CopyNotify! and GFI EndPointSecurity were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Overview of the Windows Server 2008 Firewall with Advanced Security Part 1: Setting the Firewall and IPsec Connection Security Defaults: Date - May 28, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Firewalls & VPNs; The general settings to configure the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.
Security compliance: Date - May 21, 2008; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; In this article we will focus on things your organisation can do in working towards compliance. This will better improve the security posture of your company whilst reducing the attack surface area.
Protecting Users Against Themselves: Date - May 15, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; How to prevent your staff from unintentionally turning into an insider threat.
The Windows Server 2008 Connection Manager Administration Kit: Date - May 13, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Firewalls & VPNs; Taking a look at the Windows Server 2008 CMAK and how you can use it to create secure connectoids for PPTP, L2TP and SSTP remote access VPN client connections.
Top 10 Security Settings to make directly after Installing Active Directory: Date - May 07, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; The initial settings that you should make to get Active Directory secure for your network before you dive into setting up the entire structure.
Security and Virtualization: Date - Apr 30, 2008; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; What security measures to keep in mind when using Virtual Machines.
Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Antivirus solution: Date - Apr 24, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security was selected the winner in the Antivirus solution category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. avast! Server edition and McAfee VirusScan Enterprise were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Controlling Encrypting File System (EFS) using Group Policy: Date - Apr 23, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Using Group Policy to control where EFS can be used.
VirtSec: Protecting Virtual Infrastructures: Date - Apr 23, 2008; Author - Brett Callow; Section - Network Security Library / Network Security; This white paper will examine the challenges associated with securing a virtualized infrastructure.
Data Leakage, preserving confidentiality: Date - Apr 16, 2008; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Content Security (Email & FTP); Article focusing on data leakage and how this information asset is lost and the result of exposure. This vulnerability may be the result of inadequate measures, or poorly implemented controls that expose organizations and their clients.
Protect Public Computers with Windows SteadyState, Part 2: Date - Apr 10, 2008; Author - Jakob H. Heidelberg; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; How to configure Windows SteadyState – a completely free toolkit from Microsoft that helps administrators take control of shared access computers running Windows XP.
Readers' Choice Awards Yearly Round Up 2007: Date - Apr 09, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; The winning solutions for the 2007 Readers' Choice awards.
AVG: Protecting you from Web-borne threats: Date - Apr 09, 2008; Author - Brett Callow; Section - Network Security Library / Network Security; This paper explains how AVG Technologies products reduce the risk of web-borne threats by providing real-time protection against existing and emerging threats.
Configuring the Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Gateway (Part 2): Date - Apr 08, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; How to install and configure the TS Gateway and the RDP client; making and testing the connection.
Analyzing a Hack from A to Z (Part 4): Date - Apr 02, 2008; Author - Don Parker; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; How to write some IDS signatures.
Extending Enterprise Security Beyond the Perimeter: Date - Apr 02, 2008; Author - Brett Callow; Section - Network Security Library / Network Security; This white paper will examine the risks associated with deperimeterization and explain which solutions can be used to mitigate such risks without impacting user productivity.
Enterprise Security Analyzer - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Event Log Monitoring solution: Date - Mar 27, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Enterprise Security Analyzer was selected the winner in the Event Log Monitoring solution category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. EventTracker and GFI EventsManager were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Configuring the Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Gateway (Part 1): Date - Mar 26, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; How to put together a working Terminal Services Gateway solution.
Configuring Granular Password Settings in Windows Server 2008 – The Easy Way: Date - Mar 19, 2008; Author - Jakob H. Heidelberg; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; This article will demonstrate “The Easy Way” of how to handle Granular Password Policies – also known as Fine-Grained Password Policies - in a Windows Server 2008 domain environment.
Using WEVTUTIL to Manage Event Logs: Date - Mar 13, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; In addition to the new subscription option that Event Viewer now possesses, there is a new command line utility, WEVTUTIL, which allows you to control nearly every aspect of the Event Viewer logs.
Analyzing a Hack from A to Z (Part 3): Date - Mar 11, 2008; Author - Don Parker; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; We finished off gathering the required information from the target network in part two. In part three we will now pull off the hack, and transfer some tools over to the compromised webserver.
Security Baselining with AGPM Templates: Date - Mar 05, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; How to use Advanced Group Policy Management to create security baselines.
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Web Application Security: Date - Feb 28, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner was selected the winner in the Web Application Security category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. N-Stalker Web Application Security Scanner and Vforce were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Windows XP SP3 Security: Date - Feb 27, 2008; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; In this article we will focus on Windows XP Service Pack 3 security features and Operating System changes.
Group Policy related changes in Windows Server 2008 - Part 4: Group Policy Preferences continued: Date - Feb 20, 2008; Author - Jakob H. Heidelberg; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; Taking a closer look at Group Policy Preferences, including Actions, Item level Targeting, Export/Import, Common options, Shortcuts and more.
Configuring Windows Server 2008 as a Remote Access SSL VPN Server (Part 3): Date - Feb 14, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; We will perform some small configuration changes in the Active Directory and on the CA Web site. Then we will focus on the VPN client configuration and finish up by establishing the SSL VPN connection.
Multifactor authentication in Windows – Part 2: Preparing Devices on XP and Windows 2003: Date - Feb 12, 2008; Author - Martin Kiaer; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; How to prepare Windows to support multi-authentication devices and give you some best practice advice along the way, when preparing smart cards or USB tokens in your Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 environment.
Scripting and Automating Custom Group Policy Delegation: Date - Feb 06, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; How to alter one or all GPOs using Microsoft GPMC scripts.
RSA Smart Card 5200 - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Authentication - Smart Cards: Date - Jan 31, 2008; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; RSA Smart Card 5200 was selected the winner in the Authentication / Smart Cards category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Authenex ASAS and eToken were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Configuring Windows Server 2008 as a Remote Access SSL VPN Server (Part 2): Date - Jan 30, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; The steps required to get a simple three machine SSTP VPN client/server solution to work.
PCI DSS Compliance (Part 2): Date - Jan 23, 2008; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Maintaining a vulnerability management program, implementing strong access control measures and maintaining an information security policy.
ADM Template Repository: Date - Jan 16, 2008; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; Control over registry using an administrative template repository solution.
Improve Data Protection Processes: Date - Jan 16, 2008; Author - Tom Olzak; Section - Network Security Library / Content Management; Protecting sensitive data is an ever-changing practice. Security managers must be aware of all data sources within their respective organizations, and where they might be used and by whom. This whitepaper discusses Content Monitoring and Filtering.
Analyzing a Hack from A to Z (Part 2): Date - Jan 10, 2008; Author - Don Parker; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; We will finish analyzing the scan packet trace to pull out all the profiling information, and begin the network attack.
Configuring Windows Server 2008 as a Remote Access SSL VPN Server (Part 1): Date - Jan 08, 2008; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; A high level overview of VPN networking technologies and a description of Microsoft VPN protocols, highlighting the advantages of the new SSTP VPN protocol.
PCI DSS Compliance (Part 1): Date - Jan 02, 2008; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; We will cover PCI DSS compliance and how to form solutions that help your organisation become complaint.