If Autoruns, Processor Explorer, FileMon, RegMon and the other SysInternals tools aren't already in your arsenal, then you need to take a look at the instructions for these invaluable free utilities on the Sysinternals site. If you already know, love and tote them around on a USB stick, memorise http://live.sysinternals.com instead; this hosts the full set of tools as EXEs files, complete with help files, so you can run them from any machine you need to work on without needing to install them or even unpack a ZIP file. read more
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A smart approach to IP-based video surveillance
The trend towards converged security requires companies to keep their eye on physical premises. Here's how to specify and deploy an IP-based video surveillance solution for your small business clients.read more -
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Specifying and supporting disk encryption
Encryption is at the top of the business agenda following a spate of embarrassing data breaches. How can you design and implement encryption systems to suit your customers’ needs without making life harder all round?read more
A smart approach to IP-based video surveillance
The trend towards converged security requires companies to keep their eye on physical premises. Here's how to specify and deploy an IP-based video surveillance solution for your small business clients.
Getting ISO27001 Certification
The requirement for information security certification is spreading from large organisations to small ones. What’s involved, and do you need it?
Dealing with a Data Breach
It’s the call no-one wants to get: your client has experienced a data breach, and is worried that customer data may have leaked from the business. It is your job to fix the problem as best you can, and give the client peace of mind. There are four key steps in incident management.Secure Remote Access with SSL VPNs
What to look for when choosing an SSL VPN appliance for small business customers
Secure sockets layer (SSL) virtual private network (VPN) software has been around for a long time, but it is only relatively recently that is has been delivered on dedicated hardware appliances that specialise in hosting remote access, with many of those devices aimed squarely at the SMB market.
Offering Consultancy on Email Compliance Issues
If you ask your customers what they know about legislation involving data, the chances are you’ll be horrified by the answers.
Setting up a VPN between two sites
Setting up a VPN between two sites for a small business to create a single network; although the interface will be different for every router, the functions are roughly the same.
Configuring routers correctly
Your client needs a router to connect them to the Internet – but unless it is configured correctly, it could represent a significant security loophole.
Mobile email with Linux email servers
Not every business runs Microsoft Exchange. Maybe the company isn’t based around a Microsoft infrastructure or Exchange is too expensive or they use something else for historical reasons.Centralising anti-virus protection for business
Disinfectant for the desktop, with less swabbing. Many small businesses’ anti-virus software strategies are a mess: here’s how you look after it for them, with minimal fuss.
PDF Security: obfuscated code, hackers and other threats
Hackers are finding increasingly inventive ways of exploiting holes in Acrobat.
The same rich content that makes PDF so useful to businesses can also make it a security risk. Embedding links, images, tables and media uses JavaScript and that allows PDF files to be exploited as an attack vector for hackers.
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