The CIA Triad: Establishing a Common Baseline for User Access to Company Data (Written by Wes Blackwell, Forsyte I.T. Solutions) One issue that many organizations, government or private, need to face eventually is what to do with their data and systems. How does one begin to evaluate their practices and the needs of their clients?…
Overview Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) is a way of storing passwords inside of Active Directory. Domain admins are given access and control over who can view this information ensuring that only authorized users can gain access to passwords stored in the AD. LAPS is a Microsoft product (so no additional downloading is required) and…
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) is Microsoft’s cloud-based filter service for combing through in/out bound emails for any potentially malicious activity within. This includes but is not limited to phishing, malware, and viruses. ATP is an excellent solution to protect any organization from a potentially catastrophic intrusion or destruction of sensitive data. ATP is not limited…
MIM (Microsoft Identity Manager) as a service is fundamentally an identity data sync service. It will pull from various sources such as HR databases, ERP’s, Email Systems, Active Directory, Oracle’s Banner database, etc. It allows control over what objects from these sources it syncs such as user’s, groups, and permissions. All of these are flexible…