Articles
Windows OS Security
- Protecting System Files with UAC Virtualization (Part 2)
- How to control User Account Control virtualization using Group Policy, the Registry, and Task Manager.[04 January 2009]
- Protecting System Files with UAC Virtualization (Part 1)
- How User Account Control uses Virtualization to protect the system.[18 December 2008]
- Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy (Part 4)
- Testing the clients and seeing how the security certificates are assigned and removed automatically and how clients are connected and disconnected from the network.[17 December 2008]
- Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy (Part 3)
- How to configure a NAP IPsec Enforcement policy on the NPS and then moving on to the client systems so that we can use them for testing.[26 November 2008]
- Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy (Part 2)
- Installing and configuring the Network Policy Server, the Health Registration Authority and the subordinate CA.[13 November 2008]
- Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy (Part 1)
- How to put together a NAP solution using IPsec policy enforcement.[21 October 2008]
- Using Group Policy Filtering to Create a NAP DHCP Enforcement Policy (Part 4)
- Setting up the DHCP server to work with the NPS server and the NAP policies, and then configure Group Policy so that NAP policy and NAP components are automatically configured for any machine that belongs to the NAP computers security group in Active Directory.[09 October 2008]
- Using Group Policy Filtering to Create a NAP DHCP Enforcement Policy (Part 3)
- Taking a closer look at the policies created in the previous article and seeing what they do in the NAP DHCP enforcement solution.[19 September 2008]
- Using Group Policy Filtering to Create a NAP DHCP Enforcement Policy (Part 2)
- How to use the NAP policy wizard to automatically create the Network, Health and Connection policies that will be used to control access to the network.[02 September 2008]
- Using Group Policy Filtering to Create a NAP DHCP Enforcement Policy (Part 1)
- How to implement Group Policy to control DHCP Network Access Policy enforcement. This improves the level of granularity you can apply to DHCP enforcement for NAP clients.[29 August 2008]
- Controlling Group Policy Security Settings Refresh and Application
- By default the security settings in a GPO will refresh every 16 hours. This article will discuss the details on how the process works and where it can be altered.[24 August 2008]
- Clean up Those Pesky Temporary Internet Files Using Group Policy Preferences
- One way to improve the protection of desktops and the network is by cleaning up Temporary Internet files. By cleaning up these files, you can protect the desktop and network from being invaded by malicious files.[26 July 2008]
- Securing the Local Administrators Group on Every Desktop
- There are typically three different tasks that you need to perform to secure the Local Administrators group. Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista SP1 (with the RSAT installed) provide amazing new controls that make these configurations a breeze![23 July 2008]
- Controlling Service Security Using Windows Server 2008
- With Windows Server 2008 Microsoft has added some new control over services. When you combine all of the control that Microsoft provides for services in a Group Policy Object you can ensure that your services are protected.[12 July 2008]
- Top 5 Security Reasons to Use Windows Vista
- The top 5 security based reasons to move to Windows Vista for all users in the environment. The reasons are valid and very reasonable.[07 July 2008]
- Top 5 Security Settings in Group Policy for Windows Server 2008
- How to reduce the attack surface on your desktop machines by using 5 security settings in Group Policy.[30 June 2008]
- Top 10 Security Settings to make directly after Installing Active Directory
- The initial settings that you should make to get Active Directory secure for your network before you dive into setting up the entire structure.[13 June 2008]
- Security and Virtualization
- What security measures to keep in mind when using Virtual Machines.[30 May 2008]
- Protect Public Computers with Windows SteadyState, Part 2
- How to configure Windows SteadyState – a completely free toolkit from Microsoft that helps administrators take control of shared access computers running Windows XP.[16 May 2008]
- Configuring Granular Password Settings in Windows Server 2008 – The Easy Way
- This article will demonstrate “The Easy Way” of how to handle Granular Password Policies – also known as Fine-Grained Password Policies - in a Windows Server 2008 domain environment.[27 April 2008]
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