The calculus is pretty established that complex passwords = better security. The corollary to this is that complex passwords = more help desk calls. This is just one of those truths due to the fragility of human memory. So software has evolved to solve this equation. Understanding that passwords will be forgotten and that help…
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Have you ever pulled up a colleague’s name in the GAL hoping to find their mobile number only to find it annoyingly blank? Or tried to query Active Directory to find out how many users are in the Marketing department only to realize that Active Directory is woefully incomplete? Welcome to the world of the…
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Sarbanes Oxley spawned a whole new segment of the IT industry, auditing for the sake of auditing. Auditing changes within your network is, and always has been, important, but SOX compliance has veered many of the softwares that do this towards the checkbox solution. Just make sure you have auditing in place. This takes us…
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There is an annoying tension in IT between security and productivity; complexity and simplicity; passwords and users. The more complex a password is, the more secure it is. And the more likely it will be forgotten. Think about it, who can remember $n0OpD@wGl33t? Or type it without your hands cramping? But, your main goal is…
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Imanami is pleased to announce GroupID 6, available immediately for customers and evaluators. GroupID 6 continues to promote directory and group management for Active Directory, bringing three new key features into the GroupID suite: Active Directory history tracking Self Service Password Reset Ability for users to opt in to smart groups Active Directory history tracking…
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Every organization has distribution lists and security groups, usually lots and lots of them (that’s a technical term meaning greater than the number of users). Sometimes Active Directory is just bursting with AD groups. Every single one of these groups gives access to information, files and folders, or resources of some kind. So, obviously, accurate Active…
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Groups manage user accounts, computer accounts, and other groups to simplify network administrations. Working with groups makes maintenance easier and less complex as compared to working with users. In Active Directory, you can create both security groups and distribution lists as static groups. Static groups are best suited when group memberships change occasionally. However, creating…
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Defining identity management exactly is an interesting question. In many ways the definition is completely different from organization to organization and vendor to vendor. Wikipedia (the authoritative source of collective watered down wisdom) says: Identity management is a broad administrative area that deals with identifying individuals in a system and controlling access to the resources…
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Change in Active Directory is a constant never ending thing. That’s my quote, not very literary, but let me temper it with these classics: “It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today.” –Isaac Asimov “There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus “When it’s time to change, you’ve…
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I saw an interesting article recently from WindowsIT Pro Magazine that asked if your organization was prepared for what could very likely be a year of greater than normal employee turnover. Then, I got an email from LinkedIn that pointed out all of my contacts who had changed jobs in the past year. That number…
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