After my initial Global Active Directory Seminar world tour, I came back with one key concept that I feel all Active Directory admins need to consider: Active Directory security baselines. Knowing the current state of your Active Directory security is the first step. This means that you need to perform an analysis on all areas of Active Directory to ensure you know where the overall security falls.
Autoarchiving Security Logs in Event Viewer
A small, nearly hidden feature of the Event Viewer by Microsoft is the ability to autoarchive the logs. Of course, one of the most important Event Viewer logs is the security log. For years, we have had to develop solutions or acquire software to help archive the security log when it fills up; but now, that is no longer necessary.
Active Directory Recovery Management and Change Control
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Overcoming Active Directory Group Bloat!
Most Active Directory environments are riddled with a common problem. That problem is group bloat! Group bloat is the concept that too many people have had the opportunity to create groups and they have exercised that opportunity without any control. As a result , the Active Directory environment has too many groups
2014 Security Year in Review
Whew! Thank goodness 2014 is over! Well, at least if you are considering the year’s security issues, attacks, leaks, and password issues . As a security and Windows Active Directory professional, I feel like I have earned the right and it is the appropriate time to say, “I told you so.” Let me put this into perspective, to prove my point. 2014 financial services firms – $20.8 million lost to breaches 2014 tech companies – $14.5 million lost to breaches 2014 communication providers – $12.7 million lost to breaches Ebay – 150 million user accounts compromised due to phishing attacks, users asked to change password immediately Home Depot – 56 million credit cards compromised US Post Office – 800,000 employees’ confidential data breached Unfortunately, there are many , many more that could be listed