Enterprise Network Security Blog from ISDecisions
School Network Management. You’ve got your work cut out!
If you’re responsible for school network management at a school, college or university, I don’t envy you. You have a tough job. Not only do you need to keep out the usual external threats like viruses, trojan horses, hackers and the like from your network; you need to ensure that you protect against students’ … Continued
On-Premises & Cloud Storage. Audit & Respond to your Hybrid File Environment.
With the new launch of FileAudit 6, IT professionals can now get insights into the access to and usage of data stored across both cloud and on-premises environments. Furthermore, FileAudit can now automatically respond and take action when an alert…
Who Last Accessed, or Attempted to Access your Shared Folders
As an important security and compliance measure, watch how you can easily identify activity on your most sensitive shared files and folders. FileAudit not only gives you optimal visibility into what is happening to your organization’s data but the opportunity to…
Stronger Access Control Management
If your Windows network has data that could be of any value to someone without proper authorization to access it, then your organization needs stronger access control. The demand for secure access poses a serious challenge to IT professionals. IT…
How to Monitor File Changes across Windows Servers
Who accessed a particular file share, and what changes happened? If you’re not able to answer this question quickly, you’re not alone. Monitoring file changes is one of the simplest tasks in keeping sensitive data safe but also one of…
Force Remote Logoff after Idle Time
With UserLock, watch how IT administrators can easily set an automatic forced logoff, on all locked or open machines, after a certain idle time. This can include remote desktop sessions opened by the domain user. Resolving Optimization and Security Issues Fast and fluid access to shared workstations is key to their utility, but … Continued
Managing Call Center Access to a Windows Network
The importance of getting access management right cannot be overstated. You need to make sure that anybody accessing your systems – and the data within – is exactly who they say they are. This is especially important when dealing with agents and customer service representatives who have access to vast amounts of sensitive data. … Continued
FileAudit reviewed and recognized as a leading cyber security software
IS Decisions has much to celebrate after our proactive auditing and monitoring software, FileAudit, won two awards under the top cyber security software of the FinancesOnline software review platform. FinancesOnline, a platform for business software reviews, conferred FileAudit with the…
Beyond Group Policy to Control Active Directory Accounts
With the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) now in full force, businesses must protect confidential data from unauthorized access. Strict administration of Active Directory (AD) user accounts is essential and although Group Policy is the tool of choice, processes such…
Windows File Server Auditing with FileAudit
With the limited usefulness of native Windows Tools, FileAudit is a software solution that greatly enhances file and folder access auditing across Windows file servers. Windows File Server Auditing Software When native Windows tools don’t cut it, admins turn to third…
Network security in Universities, Colleges and Schools.
IT teams responsible for network security in Universities, Colleges and Schools are experiencing more and more pressure to secure their networks from both external and insider threats. According to the CSO,13% of data breaches last year happened at educational institutions. According to EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit association…
Nine Steps to better File Share Auditing
File share auditing helps organizations secure their most sensitive files, folders and file shares and simplifies adherence to compliance standards. When successful file auditing is in place it can help both identify a data breach as well as to potentially stop a breach. Attackers are looking for one thing – files Across almost all industries, … Continued
Insider Threat Best Practice – without the need for an SIEM solution
With so much news focusing on external attacks, one of the greatest threats to your organization’s data security, revenue, and reputation is insider threats. Insiders – employees with access to data that is externally valuable – are responsible for 28% of all data breaches. While 28% may not seem as large as the implied 72% … Continued
How Strong is Your SMB Security Strategy?
SMBs today are under attack from malware, ransomware, external threats and data breaches. But, with the lack of sophistication around most SMBs security stances, the prospect of remaining unaffected by attacks is bleak. So, SMB’s and MSPs servicing them need…
New distribution agreement for the Netherlands
Dutch organizations set to benefit from enhanced file auditing to protect against data breaches. Global cybersecurity vendor IS Decisions today announces an exclusive distribution agreement with NVB ICT DIENSTEN, an ICT specialist, to deliver its security solution FileAudit across the…
What lessons can companies learn from getting breached?
In a sense, getting stung can be the key to taking notice — and maybe that’s a blessing in disguise. IT security is a topic often seen as solely the IT department’s concern. For management, the means taken to…
Cybersecurity advice for Higher Education
Information security continues to challenge both large and small institutions alike. According to EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit association of IT leaders in higher education, information security remains the #1 issue in 2018 for the third year in a row. Perhaps this is…
Taking a Proactive Approach to Avoid Data Breaches
It seems like IT’s general approach to any kind of attack – which includes data breaches – is a reactive one. Think about it, in every kind of attack-related scenario – whether an external attack, an insider threat, malware infection, ransomware attack, etc. – the “business as usual” methodology is to detect the attack/infection … Continued
