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Articles & Tutorials for 2009 year

VIDEO: Securing Windows 7 desktops with AppLocker: Date - Nov 18, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles; This video explains of the process of securing Windows 7 desktops using AppLocker utility.
Microsoft Azure: Security in the Cloud: Date - Nov 11, 2009; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; What Microsoft is doing to address the biggest cloud security “hot spots”.
Top 10 Windows Security Configurations: Where and How! (Part 3): Date - Nov 04, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; The final installation on Derek Melber’s top 10 security configurations.
Nessus Security Scanner - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Security Scanner Software: Date - Oct 29, 2009; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Nessus Security Scanner was selected the winner in the Security Scanner Software category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. GFI LANguard and AW Security Port Scanner were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
Buffer Overflows, Data Execution Prevention, and You: Date - Oct 28, 2009; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; What a buffer overflow is, how it can allow a potential attacker to execute a code on your system and how data execution can be employed in order to safeguard against this threat.
Microsoft Security Essentials: Does it have a Place in the Business World?: Date - Oct 21, 2009; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; Is deploying Microsoft’s Security Essentials a great way to save money, an invitation to disaster, or something in between?
VIDEO: Using Advanced Auditing to Troubleshoot Group Policy Security Settings: Date - Oct 14, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Using Advanced Auditing to troubleshoot Group Policy security settings.
Top 10 Windows Security Configurations: Where and How! (Part 2): Date - Oct 07, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Part two of three articles to complete Derek Melber’s top 10 Windows Security configurations.
ISA Server - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Firewall Software: Date - Sep 24, 2009; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; ISA Server was selected the winner in the Firewall category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Astaro Security Gateway and Kerio WinRoute Firewall were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
Maintaining, Mandating, and Mitigating Privacy in Internet Explorer 8: Date - Sep 23, 2009; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Showcasing some of the enhancements in Internet Explorer 8 and how you can use them to make sure you maintain the privacy level you desire.
Windows 7 “XP Mode”: What are the Security Implications?: Date - Sep 16, 2009; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; What are the security implications of Windows 7’s “XP Mode”?
Document placement: File Shares or SharePoint?: Date - Sep 09, 2009; Author - Jesper M. Christensen; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Choosing the right location for your files and how SharePoint can help you secure certain information.
Securing Application Execution with Microsoft AppLocker: Date - Sep 02, 2009; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; A deep dive into AppLocker, Microsoft’s new feature for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
WinINSTALL - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Patch Management: Date - Aug 27, 2009; 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 and Shavlik NetChk Protect were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
Restricting Specific Web Sites in Internet Explorer Using Group Policy: Date - Aug 26, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; How to use Group Policy to restrict Web sites access and how to restrict different users from one another.
Storage Security Best Practices: Date - Aug 19, 2009; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Taking a look at the security issues related to data traveling over the network and the reasons organizations need to become more security-aware when it comes to storage strategies.
Top 10 Windows Security Configurations: Where and How! (Part 1): Date - Aug 12, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; After years in the field, here are Derek Melber’s top 10 Windows security configurations complete with references for you to take a deeper dive into the subject.
Death of VPN: Date - Aug 05, 2009; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Firewalls & VPNs; Secure Remote Computing with DirectAccess.
ScriptLogic Active Administrator - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Group Policy Management: Date - Jul 30, 2009; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; ScriptLogic Active Administrator was selected the winner in the Group Policy Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Quest GPOADmin was first runner-up while GPAnywhere and GPExpert Desktop Policy Manager were second runners-up respectively.
Cloud Computing; The Past, The Present, The Future (Part 1): Date - Jul 22, 2009; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; What a company needs to consider when evaluating a cloud service.
Considering remote access for IT professionals: Date - Jul 15, 2009; Author - Jesper M. Christensen; Section - Articles / Firewalls & VPNs; Taking a look on some different types of remote access solutions that you can use for internal and external support.
DirectAccess: Microsoft's Newest VPN Solution - Part 1: Overview of Current Remote Access Solutions: Date - Jul 08, 2009; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Taking a look at DirectAccess, Microsoft’s latest VPN solution and assessing the current Remote Access Solutions.
Event IDs for Windows Server 2008 and Vista Revealed!: Date - Jul 01, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; How to track every event that is logged on a Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista computer.
Kaspersky Security for Mail Server - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Email Anti Virus: Date - Jun 25, 2009; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Kaspersky Security for Mail Server was selected the winner in the Email Anti Virus category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Symantec AntiVirus for Messaging and BitDefender Security were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
Centralized Auditing is here and it's FREE!: Date - Jun 25, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Discussing Centralized Auditing, focusing on the system requirements and ultimate advantages.
What's new in the Windows 7 Firewall?: Date - Jun 17, 2009; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Taking a look at the Windows Firewall in Windows 7, showing you how to configure it with multiple active firewall policies.
Active Directory information exposed to users?: Date - Jun 10, 2009; Author - Jesper M. Christensen; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; What information normal domain users can see in Active Directory and why this is available to users.
Windows Passwords: Making them Secure (Part 3): Date - Jun 03, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; How to make a Windows password secure enough to solve all of the issues that were covered in the first two installations of this series.
AccessPatrol - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Portable Storage Security: Date - May 28, 2009; 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 respectively.
Infosec Europe: Date - May 27, 2009; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Some of the predictions and the discussions by top Security professionals at Infosec Europe 2009.
Locking Down Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services: Date - May 20, 2009; Author - Chris Sanders; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Things you can do to make your Terminal Server environment more secure.
Security in the Cloud: Trustworthy Enough for Your Business?: Date - May 13, 2009; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Taking a look at “The Cloud”. Is it secure enough for your business?
Windows Passwords: Making them secure (Part 2): Date - May 06, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; What technologies are available to break into a Windows password.
Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Anti Virus solution: Date - Apr 30, 2009; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security was selected the winner in the Anti Virus category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and avast! Server edition were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.
Readers' Choice Awards Yearly Round Up 2008: Date - Apr 23, 2009; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; The winning solutions for the 2008 Readers' Choice awards.
Understanding Microsoft’s Secure Remote Access Offerings: Date - Apr 22, 2009; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; The secure remote access options currently available to Microsoft networks.
Windows Passwords: Making them Secure (Part 1): Date - Apr 15, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; What you can do to increase security for your passwords.
Troubleshooting Kerberos in a Sharepoint Environment (part 3): Date - Apr 08, 2009; Author - Jesper M. Christensen; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; What Kerberos delegation is and when we need to configure it.
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7: More Secure Together: Date - Apr 01, 2009; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Taking a look at some features that make the Server 2008 R2/Windows 7 combination the best for organizations looking to improve the security of their Windows-based networks.
EventSentry - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Event Log Monitoring solution: Date - Mar 26, 2009; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; EventSentry was selected the winner in the Event Log Monitoring category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. AdventNet EventLog Analyzer was first runner-up while Enterprise Security Analyzer (ESA) and GFI EventsManager were second runners-up.
Secure Data Disposal: Date - Mar 25, 2009; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Secure data disposal methods; how organisations that reuse media may employ countermeasures to prevent exposure.
Exposing Microsoft Windows 7 User Account Control (UAC): Date - Mar 19, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Taking a look at the old and new UAC technology to determine if you should consider Windows 7 and UAC.
Security Zoning for Virtualized Environments: Date - Mar 11, 2009; Author - Thomas Shinder; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; An important consideration when assessing the security of a virtualized environment: network security zoning.
Social Networking: Latest, Greatest Business Tool or Security Nightmare?: Date - Mar 04, 2009; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; The good, the bad and the ugly of using popular social networking tools in the business environment.
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Web Application Security: Date - Feb 26, 2009; 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. Defiance Threat Management System and SecureIIS Web Server Protection were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Controlling Service Security Using Windows Server 2008 (Part 2): Date - Feb 25, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; Expanding on the previous article, this time focusing on security settings as well as “real time” updating of the services and their accounts.
Using Group Policy to Negate Conflicker on Windows: Date - Feb 18, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Different methods you can use to help secure a desktop from being infected with the ConFlicker worm.
What's new on the security front with Windows 7?: Date - Feb 11, 2009; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Taking a look at Windows 7 security features and whether, from a purely security standpoint, it is worth the upgrade.
Troubleshooting Kerberos in a Sharepoint Environment (part 2): Date - Feb 04, 2009; Author - Jesper M. Christensen; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Taking a look at SPN Configuration, Duplicate Service Principal Names and DNS Configuration mismatch.
RSA SecurID - Voted WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Authentication/Smart Cards: Date - Jan 29, 2009; Author - The Editor; Section - Site News; RSA SecurID was selected the winner in the Authentication/Smart Cards category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. SafeWord 2008 and eToken were first runner-up and second runner-up.
Unveiling IE 7 and Integrity Levels: Date - Jan 28, 2009; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; How Windows Vista’s Internet Explorer 7 comes with Protected Mode, works with User Account Control, and provides Integrity Levels for internet protection.
The End of Passwords?: Date - Jan 21, 2009; Author - Ricky M. Magalhaes; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; The end of passwords and how new technologies will keep enterprise information assets secure.
Using Certificate-Monitoring Tools with Windows Server 2008: Date - Jan 14, 2009; Author - Robert J. Shimonski; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; How Windows Server 2008 works with Certificate Services as well as which tools you can use to monitor it with.
Troubleshooting Kerberos in a SharePoint environment (Part 1): Date - Jan 07, 2009; Author - Jesper M. Christensen; Section - Articles / Authentication, Access Control & Encryption; Creating a test environment to show which error-messages come from configuration problems.