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Articles & Tutorials for November, 2004

Windows Update Services Review: Date - Nov 30, 2004; Author - Amit Zinman; Section - Articles / Windows 2003 Security; The long awaited Microsoft patch management replacement for SUS is finally in public Beta and provides some much required features.
Using Restricted Groups: Date - Nov 25, 2004; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Windows OS Security; If you are a medium or large sized organization, you might have thousands of clients and hundreds of servers that you need to manage. Manually trying to manage all of the local groups on all of these computers is difficult, and almost impossible. Have no fear, Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are here! GPOs provide a mechanism that allows you to control the membership in local groups, and even domain groups, on any computer in the Active Directory enterprise. The specific configuration that you use for this task is the Restricted Groups GPO setting.
Social Engineering meets the Bot (Part 2): Date - Nov 23, 2004; Author - Don Parker; Section - Articles / Viruses, trojans and other malware; In part two if this article is where we begin to get some answers. Much like the fabled trojan horse contained soldiers who opened the gates of Troy our supposed ASM is not what it appears to be.
Social Engineering meets the Bot (Part 1): Date - Nov 18, 2004; Author - Don Parker; Section - Articles / Viruses, trojans and other malware; All exploits or malware leverage a specific weak link in a program. This is done through various means. Social engineering on the other hand exploits the human link. What though if both an exploit and social engineering were combined? Read on to find out how both worlds collide.
Darwinism Meets the Virus and Worm: Date - Nov 16, 2004; Author - Don Parker; Section - Articles / Viruses, trojans and other malware; Viruses are largely a threat that is contained if one has an anti-virus solution. This begs the question of what then is the next big threat in terms of malware code? The answer to that would be the new, and more lethal worms such as Slammer for one. What would happen though if someone with coding talent were to harness the chaotic world of the worm?
Customizing Windows Security Templates: Date - Nov 11, 2004; Author - Derek Melber; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Are there security settings that you wish were in a Group Policy Object, but are not? How much time, effort, and administration time could you save if you had these security settings deployed through a Group Policy Object? I am going to unlock the ability for you to customize the security settings that are deployed by Group Policy Objects.
Review of Microsoft’s Security Risk Management Guide: Date - Nov 09, 2004; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; The new Security Risk Management Guide from Microsoft provide prescriptive guidance for companies to help them learn how to implement sound risk management principles and practices for enhancing the security of their networks and information assets. This article reviews the contents of this guide and recommends other vendor-neutral resources on similar topics.
Do You Leave Sensitive Data Lying Around?: Date - Nov 04, 2004; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; How much can another person find out about you and your business by examining your hard disk? Probably a lot more than you think! This article takes a look at how a computer forensics examiner seemingly works magic to bring data that was "gone" back from the dead, and can be useful both to those who want to recover data on their systems and those who want to "forensics proof" their computers.
Instant Messaging: Does it have a Place in Business Networks?: Date - Nov 02, 2004; Author - Deb Shinder; Section - Articles / Misc Network Security; Instant Messaging (IM) is wildly popular with home users, but in a business environment the ability to communicate with colleagues in real time can be either a benefit or a phenomenal time waster. This article looks at the pros and cons of allowing IM protocols on your business network, how to make IM more secure if you do allow it, and how to prevent users from using it altogether.