In order to improve the efficiency of audit reports, administrators auditing a file server may decide not to monitor certain files and file types. With...
Tracking insider threats with AI
If you thought masked hackers in dark rooms spreading malware were your only security concern, think again. Malicious intent isn’t always the case in such...
Telecommuting is catching up fast—it’s on you to empower your workforce
According to Upwork’s Future Workforce Report, fifty-five percent of the surveyed managers agree that remote work among full-time employees is more common now. These same managers say they expect up...
All you need to know about the November Azure AD MFA outages
In early November of 2018, Microsoft’s Azure Active Directory (AD) multi-factor authentication (MFA) service suffered two global outages. The first outage occurred on November 19, 2018, and users of Azure AD authentication services—including...
Securing Hybrid Active Directory webinar series
Active Directory (AD) administrators are heading into 2019 with security on their minds. The attacks of the past combined with the movement toward hybrid environments...
Five best practices for Active Directory password management [Free webinar]
Passwords are an unavoidable part of both employees’ and IT administrators’ lives. Organizations need a solution that can combat redundant IT service calls, manage passwords...
Minimizing membership in the local Administrators group on workstations
If you have a long list of users with administrative rights, there’s a good chance you’ve offered excessive amount of privilege to accounts that don’t...
ADSolutions’ year in review, Part 1: ADManager Plus
2018 has been a wonderful year for the ManageEngine ADSolutions team, filled with many exciting, new product features. As we take a look back at some of these features,...
Monitoring users for unusual file activity
As we discussed in a previous blog, the user behavior analytics (UBA) engine of ADAudit Plus can help administrators identify anomalies by establishing a baseline...