Microsoft has identified Dynamic Access Control (DAC) as one of the most important new features in Windows Server 2012 because it's designed to provide better security, risk-management, and auditing ...

Connor Anderson is vice president of Riverfront Technology in Clinton, Iowa. Security at the edge of the network is typically geared toward guarding against external threats. But Fortinet’s latest ...

Mike Schutz, group product manager of Security and Access Products at Microsoft has an interesting article up at the Microsoft TechNet Web site headlined: “Microsoft Is Committed to Interoperability ...

To say Windows is a huge platform is an understatement. At a high level it seems so large because everything tends to work together in a way that makes sense for both administrators and employees ...

Controlling who gets access to what in Active Directory means digging into the depths of AD. So grab a shovel and come along. In addition to writing this column, I have a weekly newsletter called ...

Microsoft has extended Entra’s powerful access control capabilities to on-premises applications — but you’ll need to rid your network of NTLM to take advantage of adding cloud features to your Active ...

Active Directory (AD) is an excellent file and folder permissions, security, and management tool. It allows administrators to give permission to access specific folders to specific users. Simply put, ...

IS Decisions today announced UserLock 13.0, a major update to its identity and access management (IAM) solution — ...

An access control gap in Microsoft's Active Directory (AD) service may allow users within Windows environments to access domains beyond those for which they are authenticated, all while IT admins are ...

Adding a computer to Active Directory is straightforward. In most cases, all you need to do is join the workstation to your Windows domain and reboot it once or twice. You can use Active Directory ...