Increase your level of security with Active Directory access policies and auditing

Overview This chapter excerpt from Active Directory, Third Edition explains how permission to access can be allowed or denied to entire domains or individual properties of a single object.

One way to improve security in an enterprise network running a Microsoft Windows Server is by establishing access policies using the various features of Active Directory. This chapter excerpt from Active Directory, Third Edition, by Robbie Allen, Joe Richards, and Alistair G. Lowe-Norris, explains how permission to access can be allowed or denied to entire domains or individual properties of a single object and how auditing plays an important part in overall access security.

Title: Active Directory, Third Edition
Authors: By Robbie Allen, Joe Richards, and Alistair G. Lowe-Norris
Publisher: O'Reilly Media Inc.
Chapter 11: Active Directory Security: Permissions and Auditing
ISBN: 0-596-10173-2; Third Edition January 2006; Copyright 2006
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