The security log for Windows is full of great information, but unless you know how to control, manage, and analyze the information, it is going to take you much longer to get the information that you want out of it. This article will describe some of the tips and tricks that can be used to better dig the information that you need out of the security log, making your job easier, you more efficient, and the overall security of your network better.

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Winner in the Patch Management Category of Readers’ Choice Awards: GFI LANguard

August 25, 2010 - GFI LANguard was selected the winner in the Patch Management category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Ecora Patch Manager and WinINSTALL were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

GFI LANguard

“Our Readers’ Choice Awards give visitors to our site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respect...

In 2008, I published an article on this site about the threats that mobile phones can pose to business networks and steps you could take to secure Windows Mobile 6.1 phones. The smartphone market has boomed since then and companies are faced with a plethora of employee-owned handheld devices may have access to your company’s resources. Along with new iterations of Windows Mobile and the iPhone, we have Android based phones - along with those that run Symbian, Palm and Nokia’s new Maemo operating systems. With these new and improved models come new security issues.

The good news is that, as we enter a new and probably even more mobile decade, the industry seems to finally be getting smart about smartphone security. A recent survey from Goode Intelligence indicated that more than half of respondent organizations planned to deploy mobile anti-virus products in 2010. But anti-virus is not enough; if you have smartphones on your network, you need a comprehensive

Derek Melber, MCSE, MVP, is an independent consultant, speaker, author, and trainer. Derek’s latest book, The Group Policy Resource Kit by Microsoft Press, is his latest best-selling book covering all of the new Group Policy features and settings in Windows Server 2008 and Vista. Derek educates and evangelizes Microsoft technology, focusing on Active Directory, Group Policy, Security, and desktop management. Derek speaks and trains for MISTI, TechMentor, Windows Connections, and TechEd. You...

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If you would like to read the first part in this article series please go to Security Considerations for Cloud Computing (Part 1) - Virtualization Platform.

In the first part in this series on private cloud security, we went over what makes up a private cloud. Many people think of private cloud as someth...

Winner in the Event Log Monitoring Category of Readers’ Choice Awards: AdventNet EventLog Analyzer

March 25, 2010 - AdventNet EventLog Analyzer was selected the winner in the Event Log Monitoring category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. EventSentry and WebSpy Vantage were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

“Our Readers’ Choice Awards give visitors to our site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category,” said Sean Buttigieg, WindowSecurity.com manager. “WindowSecurity.com users are specialists in their field who encounter various network security solutions at the workplace.  The award serves as a

For years users have wanted to save time and effort when accessing servers on the network, Web sites requiring credentials, etc. So, there have been options in the operating system to save usernames and passwords for faster and easier access. I am sure you have seen this, either in a prompt or a check box, asking you to save the password. In Windows you have the ability to store the credentials for resources that you access often, or just don’t want to have to remember the passw...

Winner in the Anti Virus Category of Readers’ Choice Awards: avast! Server edition

April 29, 2010 - avast! Server edition was selected the winner in the Event Anti Virus category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Kaspersky Enterprise Space Security and McAfee VirusScan Enterprise were runner-up and second runner-up respectively.

“Our Readers’ Choice Awards give visitors to our site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category,” said Sean Buttigieg, WindowSecurity.com manager. “WindowSecurity.com users are specialists in