The Security Compliance Manager is a free Solution Accelerator from Microsoft which has been designed to enable organisations to take advantage of the experience of Microsoft security professionals and reduce the time and cost required to harden Windows infrastructure. The Security Compliance Manager provides access to the complete database of Microsoft recommended security settings; using this information [...]
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Microsoft Whitepaper: The Microsoft Exchange Large Mailbox Vision
March 31, 2010
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This recent whitepaper from Microsoft discusses having large mailboxes without breaking your budget and keeping e-mail on the Exchange Server instead of allowing it to be scattered in Outlook Data Files (.PST files). By centrally storing email on the Exchange server it helps reduce the risk of data loss; improves regulatory compliance and increase productivity among [...]
Read moreActive Directory Forest Recovery
March 16, 2010
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Microsoft have updated their Active Directory Forest Recovery whitepaper to reference Windows Server 2008 R2. Hopefully nobody every has to go through a forest recovery – but just in case the day ever arises – you should practice a forest recovery regularly; because you do not want to be learning how to do this on [...]
Read moreMicrosoft Security Compliance Manager (BETA)
February 11, 2010
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This week see’s the beta of ”Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM)” released, the tool will enable you to view, update, and export security baselines for the following Microsoft products. Internet Explorer 8 Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 Windows 7 Windows Server 2003 SP2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows Vista SP2 Windows XP SP3 I have not had a chance [...]
Read morePCI-DSS – It’s not rocket science.
January 12, 2010
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PCI-DSS – It’s not rocket science. For nearly two years, I worked on a PCI-DSS project for one of the worlds most recognisable brands. What is PCI-DSS? PCI-DSS is a mandatory compliance standard for all companies, who process, store or transmit payment card information. There is a sliding scale of compliance and reporting of [...]
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