Microsoft has been updating its Recycle Bin technology for years. The 2012 version has a GUI and provides a much easier way to restore deleted...
Active Directory recovery and restoration made simple
An Active Directory administrator has many daily tasks that are essential to the organization. However, the task of ensuring Active Directory can be put back...
Windows Active Directory security hardening: Honeypot #1
To catch an attack and an attacker, both the administrator and the organization need to be prepared. This can come in a few different forms....
Good-bye 2015: Final week of year tasks for Active Directory
As administrators, we are the employees that rarely get to take time off work, as someone needs to ensure that the network is up and...
Three misconfigured Active Directory security settings
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of possible settings related to Active Directory, including group membership, user rights, access control lists (ACLs), delegations, and so...
Audit policy settings to track Active Directory changes
The ability to track all changes that occur to any objects in Active Directory could provide insight into attacks and other misconfigurations. The good thing...
Securing content located in a distributed file system
A distributed file system (DFS) is used to “mask” the location of content that is shared on a server. A DFS allows administrators to alter...
Receive alerts when an executive user account is locked out
We all know that executives (the people in the wooden offices) are important. Executives are a special group of users who must be handled with...