Converting a distribution group to a security group in Active Directory is a simple process that can greatly improve your ability to manage permissions and resources. By following the steps outlined ...

Although the EC2 console doesn't make it super obvious, you can assign multiple security groups to an individual VM instance. As such, some organizations like to create extremely granular security ...

Group Policy is an essential tool that allows network administrators in charge of Microsoft’s Active Directory to implement specific configurations for users and computers. It is a tool that can apply ...

In my last blog (which admittedly was a bit long, and verbose) I discussed the changing landscape of Identity Networking. With Identity Networking there are many different ways of controlling network ...

NSW premier also announces police will carry long-arm rifles at major New Year’s Eve event in Sydney ...

There are 13 private security guards for every one police officer in downtown Minneapolis, but these groups are far less regulated than police departments. When US marshals shot and killed a ...

Major financial trade associations sent a joint letter Monday to U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calling for reforms to address what they called "preparedness gaps" and "security weaknesses" at ...

Top brass at the Department of Homeland Security approached the Federal Emergency Management Agency this spring with a proposal: What if the agency blocked millions of dollars in security grants ...

In Windows XP Home Edition, there are two basic types of local user accounts (in addition to the guest account): administrators and limited users. With XP Pro, things get a bit more complicated. Users ...

A series of recent arrests related to private security companies in Colombia shows how some of these businesses operate as extensions of organized crime and exposes yet another nexus between security ...