Spam is a pain to deal with. It clogs up your mailbox, brings down mail servers, and can harbor viruses and malware. As much of a hassle spam is to deal with, at least it brings the promise of excitement …

Most employees require full Internet connectivity in order to work productively. Opening the Internet to employees can come at a large cost however – if Internet usage is not monitored, employees can make bad use of it to the detriment …

Patching systems is often seen as a simple task but there is more to the patch management process than meets the eye. You don’t just get the patches and deploy them but you need to start planning and testing before …

Most organizations pay attention to security and patching their systems, but how many have a well-honed patch management policy? Patch management is often seen as a trivial task. Simply click on ‘update’ and that’s it. But in reality there is …

Network auditing is a must for any organization. Networks are dynamic entities; they grow, shrink, change and divide themselves continuously. Network administrators cannot even assume this process is entirely under their control. Users add devices and sometimes even new hardware …

Running a vulnerability assessment is fundamental for any organization. When an administrator is in the process of securing his network, there are a lot of things he needs to bear in mind. Unfortunately, when it comes to network security most …

Have you already heard about the banner trick? Not yet? This is one of the latest sophisticated additions found in the Zeus malware configuration. This addition has been recently discovered, analyzed and reported by Trusteer. Malware such as Zeus place …

Previously “Never touch a running system” was a very common tradition/saying in IT administration. Once software is installed on a system, it will be never touched again as long as software does the job properly. Nowadays, this common tradition has …

PST recovery is often needed by administrators for a number of reasons; to name a few, it can happen because of Outlook crashes, sudden machine shutdowns and when the PST file grows too large. This usually means the administrator will …

System admins know the importance of keeping up with operating systems patches on their workstations and servers, and making sure their antivirus definitions are kept up to date. We plan for and test regularly Microsoft’s monthly releases, and ensure 100% …