If You could make one security annoyance go away in 2013, what would it be?
If by some miracle, the universe bent itself to our will this year, and you could sweep away a single factor that presents a constant thorn in our side when managing security.. what would it be? Mine...
View ArticleOpen Source Two Factor Authentication Recommendations
I am working with a client in the Finance arena. They have a requirement for additional authentication when a user authorizes a transaction in an application that was developed in SharePoint 2010. The...
View ArticleUsers sharing passwords-I can't win
Hi all, I have a domain environment with AD. There are about 25 users with PCs, and they primarily only need to use their assigned PC and not log in to others. Over the years, I have emailed, memo-ed,...
View ArticleAccess Restriction Due To CloudFlare
Hello, we have started experiencing an issue earlier today involving CloudFlare. Basically when visiting any website that is using CloudFlares services we are being blocked because our IP has been...
View ArticleHow do you determine if a cloud storage provider is safe?
Simple enough question you'd think :) You're looking for a cloud storage provider, whether it's for collaboration or for backups or whatever. You look at various vendors from small names to big names...
View ArticleWe're in the market for a new CCTV system, can anyone help?
Hi all, We're a 13 site company and looking to replace the existing CCTV system. Currently, each site has a 16 channel DVR and we have a central security office that monitors the cameras and alarms...
View ArticleSSL Certificate Expired Warning
This morning spiceworks generated an alert that our SSL certificate was about to expire in the next 30 days. The certificate is valid until Oct 2013. Not knowing what spiceworks is looking at I am not...
View ArticleThycotic Secret Server Feedback
We are looking at a few enterprise password vault products, and the timeline on the project has just been moved up by about 30 - 45 days. Does anyone in the Spiceworks community have any feedback from...
View ArticleAnyone care to share security awareness traning material?
I am wanting to put together a series of videos for my staff. Does anyone have powerpoint files/docs they are willing to share that they use in security awareness traning? Topics such as phishing,...
View ArticleLooking for free disk encryption software that is FIPS 140-2 compliant.
Does anyone know of a free whole disk encryption software that meets the FIPS 140-2 standard?
View ArticleWeird failed login/break in attempts
I was going through our Exchange 2010 logs and I came across the attached login attempts. They occur every 15 minutes in the early morning hours. I'm wondering where such a thing could have come from....
View ArticleHow secure is LastPass password manager?
I have seriously been considering using a password manager. I have been looking at KeePass and LastPass, with the latter being cloud-based. The cloud-based part sounds both convenient and scary....
View ArticleMysterious Teamviewer Remote Session
Hi, I recently noticed that a teamviewer remote session was made to a coputer of former It Staff that was terminated due to questionable server config revision that resulted to operation disruption....
View ArticleFree IP Cam software
Anyone know of any good free (not a trial, FREE) IP security cam software? Doesn't have to be opensource but wouldn't mind!
View ArticleSSL Certificate Providers, Who do you use?
I was hoping to get some feedback from the community on SSL providers, costs, support, etc. I currently use GeoTrust, who I do like, but as with any vendor I like to review every now and again to see...
View ArticleConverting or playing an .h264 video file from DVR??
Hi fellow spiceheads!!! I am wondering if anyone can help me out. I am trying to download some security camera DVR footage for work and I downloaded the file but I am having a hard time finding a...
View ArticleSSL Certificate signed with an unknown Certificate Authority
Hi all, Followed the instructions at http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/922-assign-ssl-certificate-from-iis-to-spiceworks-w-existing-cert to install our globalsign wildcard cert. All works...
View ArticleEncrypting all sensitive data carried around on USB sticks
Any Suggestions on a good tool to do this at GP level, so I don't have to install encryption software on every laptop/Desktop/Tablet we have
View ArticleSo: Trusteer Rapport. Yea or Nay?
I got this email this morning from the accounting department: "Dear IT Manager, I would like to download Trusteer Rapport to protect our corporate bank account against online fraud. Recommended by our...
View ArticleAny Free software to turn WebCam into Security Camera?
Anyone know of any good free software that would turn a webcam into a security camera? So I can record video when a motion is detected?
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