For the past two years, Chef software used commercially has required a separate license. Cinc enters the scene as a free and completely compatible Chef distribution that makes it a genuine alternative.
Lithnet Password Protection for Active Directory provides flexible rules beyond that possible with group policies alone and prevents the use of previously compromised passwords.
Three IAM security misconfiguration scenarios are rather common: allowing the creation of a new policy version, the modification of a role trust policy, and the creation of EC2 instances with role passing. We look at ways to avoid and detect IAM security holes.
Firewalls and network address translation often stand in the way of access to remote systems, but the free RPort software works around these obstacles and supports remote maintenance through a tunnel locally, in the cloud, and from your home office.
The Domain Name System is repeatedly the target of or is leveraged for attacks on corporate infrastructures; however, it also lets you protect corporate networks against attacks and malware. The Blocky DNS server sets up quickly to secure DNS queries and DNS filtering for corporate networks.
