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Microsoft extends brute-force attack protections to local Windows accounts

TechSpot

As Microsoft works to implement a more secure Windows ecosystem, new security policies have become available for users and system administrators. The most recent policy concerns so called brute-force attacks, a tried and tested threat against the Windows account management subsystem.

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Digital Reasoning: Maker of the Synthesis mission-focused analytics software platform

CTOvision

include: Monitoring Application: New workflow allows compliance analysts and managers to manage, triage, and respond to policy violations detected ineComms. Analyst Queue: Provides ability for compliance analysts to review system-generated alerts in support of eComms surveillance. Capabilities in Synthesys 3.10

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DreamWorks "Turbo" Accelerated By HP » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

He has served many roles in the data center, including support, system administration, web development and facility management. Privacy policy | EU Privacy Policy.' About John Rath John Rath is a veteran IT professional and regular contributor at Data Center Knowledge. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter.

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Security for Big Data Designs: Examining best practices with security architect Eddie Garcia

CTOvision

What this means is providing users access to data needed to do their job, centrally managed access policies and a leveraged role-based access control model built on Active Directory. Policies for audit, data classification and lineage must be enforced, while centralizing the audit repository, performing discovery and automating lineage.

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Security researcher finds a way to run code on Apple, PayPal, and Microsoft’s systems

The Verge

In his Medium post , Birsan wrote that “the majority of awarded bug bounties were set at the maximum amount allowed by each program’s policy, and sometimes even higher.” According to Birsan, most of the companies he contacted about the exploit were able to quickly patch their systems so they were no longer vulnerable.

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Insider Threat: A perspective on how to address the increasing risk

CTOvision

However, in June of 2013, a systems administrator at the National Security Agency (NSA) reminded us of the threat that already exists within an organization, behind the protection of its sophisticated, complex perimeter security. Policies alone do not mitigate insider threats, but they lay a good foundation.

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CIOs Deal With Password Lockout Challenges

The Accidental Successful CIO

In our quest to keep the company’s systems secure, we’ve implemented policies that lock users out after a certain number of incorrectly entered passwords. The Problem With Lockouts All CIOs have had to deal with the problem of getting locked out of their own systems. You know what I’m talking about.