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A security design framework is a structure on which all future security designs can be built. As a security designer, you should create a base security design framework on which your security designs can be built or you (or your design team) might end up with incomplete assessments, lack of follow-through, and an incomplete picture […]

Three characteristics of data—purpose, integrity, and sensitivity—will help you define a categorization scheme that can be used in all security designs. Categorizing data will help you determine the extent to which it should be protected. Think of these as the dimensions that define the data. Just as height, width, and depth define objects such as […]

For an organization to stay in business and maximize profits, its management must consider certain business drivers for each business activity the organization undertakes. Common business drivers that the security design must address include the following:70-294  mb2-631   70-640   70-297   70-630

The initial and ongoing cost of security The real and perceived cost of security will always […]

Identifying the Sources of Risk: It’s Not as Simple as It Seems Many risk management experts caution that we should look for all sources of risk. They identify the sources of risk as people, processes, and technology. Other experts include things beyond our control, such as your ISP’s lax password policy that could be a […]

Considerations for Determining How Security Design Affects End UsersTo help you determine how a change in security can affect end users, ask yourself these questions: 1D0-410 70-431 70-299
How will a stronger password policy actually work at the end-user level? Will requiring a longer password mean more passwords are written on paper where unauthorized users might […]

When it comes to managing the security for the systems on a network, many administrators are tempted to install service packs and hotfixes the moment that they are released. Although such a strategy can keep you on the cutting edge of security, following the strategy blindly will eventually lead to cutting yourself. 70-284 70-272 70-630 […]

Security templates are text files that store policy settings from the Security node in an Active Directory Group Policy. These text files can be imported and applied to GPOs, altering the settings in the GPO to conform to a particular security standard. Because they are text files, security templates are often far easier to manipulate […]

Wireless Network Security Fundamentals 70-431 70-272 70-284For those of us responsible for managing the security of a network, wireless technologies expose severe security weaknesses that we have overlooked for years. Wired networks have relied on physical security to protect the privacy of communications. In other words, the only barrier preventing an attacker from capturing another […]

Configuring Authentication for Web Users  920-221  70-299  70-541
Active Directory is a perfect way to store credentials for internal users because it can provide single sign-on authentication for a variety of network resources, including Web servers. If your organization provides an internal Web site, the Web site should authenticate users by using their existing Active Directory […]

Enabling anonymous authentication for earlier applications 70-643 156-215.1 642-444Anonymous authentication allows users and network clients to be authenticated (but not necessarily authorized to access network resources) without providing any credentials. Unlike earlier Windows operating systems, in Windows Server 2003, anonymous users are not considered to be members of the Everyone group and therefore will not […]