Core Concepts
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Effective Password Policies
Learn what risks your password policy can protect you from and some simple rules for configuring a good password policy.
Windows IT Security
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Randy Franklin Smith
Risk Analysis
Effective risk analysis grows from knowing which assets need protection, mapping low-level assets to high-level assets and risks, weighing options against your resources, and choosing your battles wisely.
Windows IT Security
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Randy Franklin Smith
Embrace the IT Audit
Make your next IT audit a success by knowing how auditors operate.
Windows IT Security
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Randy Franklin Smith
The Importance of Controls
IT auditors think of terms of controls—you should, too, for a successful IT audit.
Windows IT Security
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Randy Franklin Smith
Access Control
For a more secure network, limit users to only the resources and levels of access they require.
Windows IT Security
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Randy Franklin Smith
What's the Password?
Password resets can be the weak spot in any password-based authentication scheme. Find out how to buff up this type of security.
Windows IT Security
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Randy Franklin Smith
Security Awareness
Securing your systems depends on user and management cooperation and buy-in. Here are some ways to win the hearts and minds of your company's user base.
Windows IT Security
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Randy Franklin Smith
Core Concepts: Defense in Depth
Having a defense-in-depth strategy is about more than just having multiple controls and defensive technologies. The essence of defense-in-depth pertains to how you position those defenses.
Windows IT Security
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Randy Franklin Smith
Sharing Information Securely
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) uses certificates and public/private keys to ensure the reliability and authenticity of digitally signed certificates.
Windows IT Security
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Randy Franklin Smith
RunAs Gotcha
Watch out for this RunAs glitch.
Windows IT Security
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Jan De Clercq
Get the Most from Least Privilege
The concept of least privilege can help you restrict the spread of malware and other security threats.
Windows IT Security
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Randy Franklin Smith
Keep Your Secrets Safe
Although encryption is about keeping information secret, there’s nothing secret about the encryption process. Here are the basics of symmetric key encryption and public/private key encryption.
Windows IT Security
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Randy Franklin Smith
Reducing Your Company's Attack Surface
Enhance your network's security by eliminating unneeded functionality that intruders can target.
Windows IT Security
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Randy Franklin Smith
The 3 Pillars of Information Security
Every security requirement you try to meet ultimately boils down to one of three pillars: confidentiality, integrity, and availability. And every security threat you try to address ultimately threatens one of them.
Windows IT Security
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Randy Franklin Smith
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