Articles

Change of Address  

Windows Server 2016 automatically prefers IPv6 addresses, if available, but the manual configuration steps differ from IPv4 and necessitate new tools. Here's how to approach IPv6 in your daily admin work.

Private Eye  

Automating the pen test discovery process in the era of IoT, the cloud, and social media.

Externally Sealed Off  

To prevent an intruder attack in Active Directory, Windows Server's security features along with freeware monitoring can save the day.

Set Theory  

Database administrators at the Swiss foundation Switch were increasingly encountering corrupt data, which prompted a painstaking bug hunt. The solution they found increased performance by a factor of six.

Staying on Top  

When dozens of new services and VMs emerge and disappear every day in dynamic cloud environments, conventional monitoring provides false alarms, not operational security.

On the Prowl  

Security vulnerabilities often remain unknown when the data they reveal is buried in the depths of logfiles. Apache Spot uses big data and machine learning technologies to sniff out known and unknown IT security threats.

Dig Deep  

Scout2 is an open source auditing tool that helps you keep your AWS environments secure.

Jump!  

Because the cloud is ubiquitous, some companies think that outsourcing their business applications to Amazon, Google, and the like is a breeze. In fact, on the way, treacherous winds blow just off the beaten track.

Preprogrammed  

Incorporating scripts into Group Policy can make a sys admin's job much easier.

Container Security  

Docker containers are a convenient way to run almost any service, but admins need to be aware of the need to address some important security issues.