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An Introduction to Intrusion-Detection Systems

whitepaper They detect attempts and active misuse either by legitimate users of the information systems or by external parties to abuse their privileges or exploit security vulnerabilities. Intrusion-detection systems aim at detecting attacks against computer...

Tags: network security

[22 May 2008]

Is Your WLAN Putting Your PCI Compliance at Risk?

whitepaper Retailers that are not in compliance are subject to fines or suspension of credit card processing privileges. The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard was created in 2004 by major credit card companies - American Express, Discover...

Tags: security standards

[13 May 2008]

Role Sharing in Password-Enabled PKI

whitepaper In these schemes, using passwords only, a group of users share the privileges of a role through sharing the private key of that role. Password-enabled PKI schemes simplify the management of end users' private keys by storing them in password...

Tags: pki

[02 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Securing Services and Critical Accounts (Level 300)

whitepaper However, these applications often require service accounts to be configured to run with the highest possible privileges, a security risk that can enable an attacker to gain unrestricted access to the computer, domain, or entire forest.

Tags: network security

[01 May 2008]

Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'

News UAC does not request these confirmations from users with administrator privileges, but, in Vista, users do not have this status by default. As the developers were able to grant the back-end part of the program privileges to run without express user...

Tags: hack, uac, vista

[29 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 18.04.08

Round-Up Cross was the group program manager for UAC, which, when activated, requires people to run Vista in standard user mode rather than having administrator privileges, and offers a prompt if they try to install a program.

Tags: microsoft, windows, google, broadband

[18 Apr 2008]

Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'

News David Cross, a product unit manager at Microsoft, was the group program manager in charge of designing User Account Control (UAC), which, when activated, requires people to run Vista in standard user mode rather than having administrator...

Tags: vista, uac, microsoft

[14 Apr 2008]

Superior Identity Management Features in Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter

whitepaper Microsoft Identity and Access solutions are a set of technologies designed to help organizations manage user identities and associated access privileges. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter provide the enhanced...

Tags: security management

[11 Apr 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Using Windows Event Logging to Enhance Compliance and Security (Level 200)

whitepaper This data provides with an accurate picture of failed attempts to log on, changes to the status of accounts and privileges, and accounts that have been misused or locked out. The event logs in Microsoft Windows contain crucial information about the...

Tags: security standards

[11 Apr 2008]

IT Solutions Company Improves Security, Gives Users Trouble-Free Access to Data

whitepaper BRAIN FORCE wanted an easy-to-deploy solution that would give it the security it needed without restricting users' administrative privileges to their computers or access to needed files on the company network.

Tags: application servers

[23 Mar 2008]

Intelligence and Identity

whitepaper A well-architected identity management solution ensures that the users are set up automatically when they first join the organization, that they can quickly access applications and data appropriate for their varied roles, and that personal details...

Tags: network security

[19 Mar 2008]

Privileged User Monitoring and Audit (PUMA)

whitepaper To achieve the most effective and least costly solution, organizations need a risk-based approach designed for privileges within the context of the user's roles, responsibilities, processing norms, and allowable activities.

Tags: infrastructure management

[11 Mar 2008]

Fortifying Your Agency With Security Management

whitepaper In addition, managing users and their access privileges is straining the administrative capability of most agencies, as well as challenging their existing security mechanisms. Federal agencies understand the critical importance of protecting...

Tags: security management

[28 Feb 2008]

Home Entertainment Buying Group Streamlines Business Processes and Communication

whitepaper Employees are assigned job roles that establish access privileges and define targeted content on a home page. Home Theater Specialists of America (HTSA) is a buying group of 54 high-end audio/video retail businesses with combined annual sales over...

Tags: application servers

[28 Feb 2008]

MSDN Webcast: ASP.NET Soup to Nuts: Auction Site Database (Level 200)

whitepaper The attendee will also learn about developing stored procedures to support the auction site and configuring the auction site application so it can securely connect to the database by limiting the access to just the required privileges.

Tags: database management

[27 Feb 2008]

Semantics, Implementation and Performance of Dynamic Access Lists for TCP/IP Packet Filtering

whitepaper These exceptions are granted depending on the privileges of the user. The use of IP filtering to improve system security is well established, and although limited in what it can achieve has proved to be efficient and effective.

Tags: tcp - ip

[05 Dec 2007]

A quick look at print authentication

whitepaper As this new HP white paper explains, print authentication is a cost-effective, relatively non-disruptive means of verifying that the people who want access to network printers are who they say they are -- and that they have the access privileges...

Tags: multifunction peripherals, print, authentication, printers

[27 Nov 2007]

Oracle Identity Manager Architecture

whitepaper Enterprise provisioning involves the management activities, business processes and technologies governing the creation, modification and deletion of user access rights and privileges to an organization's IT systems, applications and physical assets.

Tags: high availability, provisioning, manager, rights

[19 Oct 2007]

Oracle Identity Manager

whitepaper Oracle Identity Manager, formerly named Oracle Xellerate Identity Provisioning, is a highly flexible and scalable enterprise identity management system that manages users' access privileges within enterprise IT resources.

Tags: knowledge and data management, manager, identity, identity management

[19 Oct 2007]

SELinux NSA's Open Source Security Enhanced Linux: Using and Administering SELinux

whitepaper As with any multiuser system, the user has to create accounts for users and assign them the proper privileges. This paper lays out the first administrative tasks the user needs to do and some ongoing administrative tools he or she will want to know...

Tags: linux - open source, tasks, carry, policy

[17 Oct 2007]

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