Features

Features

• Apply Folder Redirection in Windows with Group Policy Objects

  You can set up Folder Redirection in Windows systems by using Group Policy Objects. Learn how GPOs can accomplish this task in Basic Redirected Folders.  Continue Reading

• Creating the Secure Managed Desktop

  Get an overview of what a managed desktop is and is not and learn how to implement many new desktop features like Redirected Folders, Offline Files and the Synchronization Manager.  Continue Reading

• Managing Windows folders with Redirected Folders

  The ability to manage Windows folders with Redirected Folders in both Windows XP and Vista grants administrators centralized control without changing user experience.  Continue Reading

• Managing folders inside the Windows documents folder

  Optimize Windows folder management with Redirected Folders by working inside the documents folder, which forces users to save their data on a shared drive of your choice.  Continue Reading

• Password security FAQs

  Password security is a topic that site experts Kevin Beaver and Wes Noonan have to deal with on a regular basis. Check out this collection of recent password security questions for advice on cracking through a locked hard drive and what to do if you...  Continue Reading

• Endpoint security

  Guest instructor Ben Rothke, provides tactics for endpoint security, policies for controlling endpoints and insight as to where endpoint security technology is headed.  Continue Reading

• Windows security testing: Five tips for the summer

  If you don't test the security of your systems, you are practically begging hackers to crack into your network and steal business-critical information. Learn Windows security testing secrets and how to penetrate your own network to prepare for ...  Continue Reading

• Hacking Exposed Windows: Windows security features and tools

  In Hacking Exposed Windows, by Joel Scambray, you can learn how to prevent malicious attackers from hacking into your network and damaging or stealing the business critical data you have stored in your Windows machines.  Continue Reading

• Vista security option changes to named pipe access

  Poorly secured named pipes are a well known way for malicious hackers to infiltrate Windows networks. A hacker could take advantage of these named pipes by connecting to a Windows system as an anonymous user. With the advent of Windows XP, however, ...  Continue Reading

• Identity and Access Management Security School

  Security concerns are moving from centralized networks to remote offices, to endpoints and to the Internet. This increases the need for better identity and access management. This Security School explores critical topics related to helping security ...  Continue Reading

• VPNs and remote access

  Virtual private networks can reduce the cost of business communication while extending secure remote access to teleworkers, travelers and mobile professionals. But deploying and managing a secure VPN can be challenging. In this lesson, guest ...  Continue Reading

• Top network security tips of 2006

  The top Windows networking security tips of 2006 cover a range of topics, including network isolation, open source Windows security tools, VPN security and more.  Continue Reading

• Safe enterprise Web browsing: Five tips in five minutes

  It is no secret that workers often spend part of their work day casually browsing the Web. But this casual surfing, if left unmanaged, can seriously jeopardize the security of your network. With these five tips, learn to effectively manage your ...  Continue Reading

• Endpoint security quiz

  This endpoing security quiz will test your know-how and make sure you know how to keep network endpoints like laptops and mobile devices secure.  Continue Reading

• Windows security toolbox: Network security

  Ping and tracert are great, but sometimes you need a more powerful utility when troubleshooting your network -- especially where security is concerned. Check out these 12 free network security tools -- from scanners to network mappers -- that we've ...  Continue Reading