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Month: October 2014

Firewalls Network Security WatchGuard
Shannon Lewis

Evil Tor Exit Node – WSWiR Episode 127

Security FUD, Black Energy, and Tor Terror Happy Halloween! The Internet “threatscape” has changed drastically over the past few years, with many more cyber security incidents each year and tons of information security (infosec) news in the headlines. Can you keep up? If not, maybe my weekly infosec video will help.

ManageEngine Network Management
Shannon Lewis

Windows Active Directory Password Policy: Still ​Misunderstood

I am going to make this short and sweet. I want to not focus on the Password Policy settings and ​ focus just on the deployment of the Password Policy in Active Directory. Here is the reality of the Password Policy in bullet format, for easier consumption: The Password Policy for the domain is defined in the Default Domain Policy Group Policy Object (GPO) by default

General
Shannon Lewis

KrebsOnSecurity Honored for Fraud Reporting

The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners today announced they have selected Yours Truly as the recipient of this year’s “Guardian Award,” an honor given annually to a journalist “whose determination, perseverance, and commitment to the truth have contributed significantly to the fight against fraud.” The Guardian Award bears the inscription “For Vigilance in Fraud Reporting.” Previous honorees include former Washington Post investigative reporter and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Susan Schmidt ; Diana Henriques , a New York Times  contributing writer and author of The Wizard of Lies  (a book about Bernie Madoff); and Allan Dodds Frank , a regular contributor to Fortune.com and The Daily Beast . I’d like to thank the ACFE for this prestigious award, and offer a special note of thanks to all of you dear readers who continue to support my work as an independent journalist.

ManageEngine Network Management
Shannon Lewis

OpManager Adds SIEM Plug-in: Integrate Your Data Center Security and Performance Management

Security threats are on the rise.Needless to say, the impact of security breaches has serious business consequences. Besides the cost of data loss, data breaches tarnish your business brand by causing business discontinuity, compliance violations and customer distrust.