Monthly Archives: March 2010

Posted in Application Control, Privilege Guard, Windows Security Catalogs | Comments Off

Windows Security Catalogs and Effective Application Control

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Mark Austin

Solutions that provide whitelisting of applications or control the behavior of applications need to provide the administrator with a set of rules that can be used to precisely identify applications. The most common types of rule will check the file name or … Continue reading →

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Centralizing Windows Events with Event Forwarding

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Mark Austin

If you are interested in centralizing events from your Windows desktops or servers then you should take a serious look at Windows Event Forwarding. Event Forwarding is provided by Windows Remote Management (WinRM) and enables you to get events from … Continue reading →

Posted in Application Control, Desktop Lockdown, Group Policy, Least Privilege, Windows 7 | Comments Off

5 Tips for Flexible Desktop Lockdown

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Mark Austin

Desktop lockdown shouldn’t hinder a user from performing their day to day role, so here are 5 tips to achieve flexible desktop lockdown. 1. Implement Least Privilege If you are serious about desktop lockdown then you really need to adopt … Continue reading →