Needing to record vendor activities on my ubuntu servers. psacct or alternative
Hi AllI have a 3rd party vendor who does remote software maintenance on my ERP system. We are very concerned that a junior tech on their side takes a copy of our database for a "rainy day"Currently, I...
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View ArticleHow do you police your network?
Do you proactively scan for events? Do you monitor users folders for unsavory material (photos, etc) that could otherwise stain the company's image or worse? Or was that over your duties, and did you...
View ArticleInformation Security Officer vs Information Security Analyst
What are the main differences between Information Security Officer and Information Security Analyst ? Are there any ???
View ArticleHave I been hacked?
I received about 6 or 7 emails from my boss this morning asking me about some issues he was having with accessing some of the network resources and he was sending them through the snip it tool in...
View ArticleQuick Poll: Is IE7 safe to use today?
We have to use a website from a vendor whose web application is only compliant with IE7. IE7 isn't even safe to use today, is it? I wouldn't recommend IE at all, but if it's necessary I wouldn't think...
View ArticleLogging and reporting on file access?
On a Windows file server, does anyone have any recommendations for software that would log/audit file access and provide some useful way of using the info? For example "Joe Bloggs copied 50GB of data...
View ArticleCan PRISM record or log secure texting apps like Tigertext?
This PRISM thing with the NSA has kinda freaked me out a little bit. I am not trying to hide anything, but do I really want our government to access all my communications anytime they want? Not...
View ArticleThe eternal support guy: IP vs. analog video surveillance
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View ArticleFailover-Cluster maintenance
Hi all, i'm looking for some ways to maintain a failover-cluster..for example some updates on a node.. would be very gratefull for any help :) dembow
View ArticleHow to do a NOT query in Security Centre
So I've got Kaspersky Security Centre 9, and one of the things I love about it is the auditing functionality with the hardware and applications registry. However now I'm trying to find out which of my...
View ArticleKaspersky TotalSpace Alternative
Hi SpiceWorksWorld :-) I was wondering if there were any cheaper alternates out there for Kaspersky TotalSpace? We currently have under 80 users and using the above but it's a bit heavy weight for us...
View ArticleWhy do only 36% of small firms apply security patches regularly?
Why make it easy for hackers to steal your data, and damage your reputation? What's getting in your way - time, money, other priorities? Read more in our blog: The Problem with Patching is - Not...
View ArticleCertificate Authority and Self-signed Certificates
I want to use the Spiceworks agent on some laptops that aren't always on my network.When a user double clicks the helpdesk icon I have on their desktop, it works fine if the shortcut is pointing to...
View ArticleWildcard Certificate Questions
We currently use a wildcard certificate through GlobalSign. It's up for renewal in a couple weeks and I have a couple of questions. I've never done a cert renew that covered so many things, so I'm...
View ArticleRansomeware
Anyone experience the malware called ransomeware? Any suggestions how to remove it? Thank you!
View ArticleVivotek SD7151 Camera Repair
Quick one for y'all Anyone know where I can get a Vivotek camera repaired? one of ours had a run-in with lightning we think, and the network connection doesn't work any more. The lens still pans/tilts...
View ArticleFree/Cheaper alternative to Deep Freeze
Anyone? I want a program that rolls back the operating system to a a previous state on reboot. Free would be amazing...cheap would be ok too :)
View ArticleBlock users from accessing Https://facebook.com
hey, I need to block users from accessing facebook, we are using untangle and I know untangle can does this if we upgrade. The problem is we are a charity and have no money, I am looking for something...
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