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Automated Control for Risk Assessment on Unix Operating System -I

February 1, 2013 12:00am PST

Control and Risk are the two parts of the coin. Risk management is the process of identifying vulnerabilities and threats to operating system resources to achieving business objectives and...

Provided by: Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center

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Running 'Linux scripts' on Mac or Windows systems

January 31, 2013 8:40am PST

Marco Fioretti addresses the issue of taking scripts written for a Linux-based system and trying to use them on different systems like OS X and Windows.

6 Latest comment by joelschuster

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List open ports and listening services

January 27, 2013 4:35am PST

List open ports and listening services article root Netstat IS a standard Unix Utility It has different syntax than the Linux version, and it's more limited, but it's definitely part of the OS....

2 Started by Imprecator | Latest comment by jackhard

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Understand the Mac directory structure: Basic commands

January 17, 2013 5:51am PST

Understand the Mac directory structure: Basic commands article root good stuff More of this Erik please... 2 points... The "learn the basics" link doesn't go anywhere. Whenever I tell somebody...

4 Started by belfield@... | Latest comment by PSmith1103

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Quest Authentication Services Scores High Marks at the University of East Anglia, Delivering Greater Security and 100% ROI in Less than a Year

January 8, 2013 12:00am PST

With more than 40,000 users with accounts on Unix and Windows applications, UK’s East Anglia University needed a single sign-on (SSO) solution. They turned to Authentication Services from Quest,...

Provided by: Quest Software, now a part of Dell

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Windows Least Privilege Management and Beyond

January 1, 2013 12:00am PST

Devising an enterprise-wide privilege access scheme for Windows systems is complex (for example, each Window system object has its own access control list and the myriad of OS level rights and...

Provided by: Centrify

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10 predictions for open source in 2013

December 7, 2012 12:19pm PST

The end of 2012 is in sight, and predictions about the new year are starting to run rampant. Jack Wallen weighs in with his open source forecast for 2013.

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Driving forces behind Linux and open source growth

December 3, 2012 8:13am PST

Jack Wallen has been watching Linux and open source for well over a decade. In all the ebbs and flows of acceptance, he has never seen such wide-spread usage of the open source platform as now.

5 Latest comment by hunterpaulam

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Comparing Virtualization Alternatives - What's best for your business ?

November 30, 2012 12:00am PST

A new study from Solitaire Interglobal entitled, "Comparing Virtualization Alternatives - What's best for your business ?" is now available. The paper is a quantitative comparison and analysis of...

Provided by: IBM

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Introduction to GIMP image editing tool with simple demos

November 27, 2012 10:14am PST

Ryan Boudreaux offers an overview of the GIMP image editing features and uses some of them to demonstrate what you can do with this tool.

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FreeBSD takes another step toward GPL escape

November 7, 2012 8:49pm PST

The Apple-backed Clang compiler is now the default compiler in FreeBSD.

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Using Microsoft Active Directory to Address Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard Requirements in Heterogeneous Environments

November 5, 2012 12:00am PST

The stiff penalties defined by PCI members are designed to ensure that all merchants and service providers work to maintain consumer trust of payment cards since that loss would impact the...

Provided by: Centrify

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Privileged User Activity Auditing: The Missing Link for Enterprise Compliance and Security

November 5, 2012 12:00am PST

Capturing the detailed actions of privileged users is even more critical in today's business environment that is driving cost efficiencies through IT outsourcing, off-shoring and supplementing IT...

Provided by: Centrify

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Centrally Controlling, Securing and Auditing Access to Cross-Platform Systems and Applications Using the Centrify Suite

November 5, 2012 12:00am PST

For most IT organization, a mixture of Windows UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X platforms is simply a fact of life. However, reducing IT complexity has become a critical issue in the past few years as an...

Provided by: Centrify

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Using Microsoft Active Directory to Address Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Requirements in Heterogeneous Environments

November 5, 2012 12:00am PST

The stiff penalties defined by PCI members are designed to ensure that all merchants and service providers work to maintain consumer trust of payment cards since that loss would impact the...

Provided by: Centrify

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Privileged User Activity Auditing - The Missing Link for Enterprise Compliance and Security

November 5, 2012 12:00am PST

Capturing the detailed actions of privileged users is even more critical in today's business environment that is driving cost efficiencies through IT outsourcing, off-shoring and supplementing IT...

Provided by: Centrify

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Centrally Controlling, Securing & Auditing Access to Cross-Platform Systems & Applications Using the Centrify Suite

November 5, 2012 12:00am PST

For most IT organization, a mixture of Windows UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X platforms is simply a fact of life. However, reducing IT complexity has become a critical issue in the past few years as an...

Provided by: Centrify

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XUTools: Unix Commands for Processing Next-Generation Structured Text

November 5, 2012 12:00am PST

Traditional Unix tools operate on sequences of characters, bytes, fields, lines, and files. However, modern practitioners often want to manipulate files in terms of a variety of language-specific...

Provided by: Dartmouth College

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Five SSH-ready clients for Windows and UNIX

October 23, 2012 7:11am PDT

Five SSH-ready clients for Windows and UNIX article root Linux terminal is not ssh (or openssh) The linux terminal is your SSH client? It's most likley openssh - www.openssh.com What about...

11 Started by xalexx | Latest comment by Devil Monkey