Because organizations like yours depend on distribution lists and security groups to do their jobs every day, inaccuracies in these lists or groups can have a significant adverse impact. For example, a single employee who’s missing from a distribution group could cause that person to miss the registration deadlines for health insurance. Or a security…
I must admit: I’m a bit of a hoarder. Not in the “you can barely move around in my house amidst my 47 cats” kind of way; just in the “I probably keep things a bit too long” kind of way. I’m probably not going to use that rubber washer or that set of small…
In the TV show called Bait Car, the show’s team leaves a car with its keys in it as bait, and the subsequent theft of the car is recorded for the audience’s viewing pleasure. The premise of the show is that some people lack the personal integrity to simply not steal someone’s car, just because…
I called the bank the other day, and even though I was only asking a simple question, I had to provide the last 4 digits of my social security number, my birthdate, and my verbal password. These security measures are in place in order for the banks to protect the assets they deem critical (which…
In several previous articles, this blog has focused on the importance of the relationship between privileges and Active Directory group management. The two go hand-in-hand: if groups aren’t properly managed, permissions tend to get out of control. Given the importance of this relationship, let’s examine the current state of what users are able to do…
Privileged Account Management (PAM) is a key part of any security strategy. For those of you who may not be familiar with it, PAM focuses on improving the security of privileged accounts and providing more controlled access to those accounts — from an account with Enterprise Admin rights all the way down to an account…