Security

In his first news post for the Petri IT Knowledgebase, Paul Thurrott discusses the arrest of a British man in connection with of the Christmas Day 2014 DDoS attacks on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.

Daniel Petri shares a tool that makes it easy to configure protocol orders and ciphers without the need for manual and tedious work.

When should you use Restricted Admin Mode for remote desktop connections? Russell Smith outlines limitations and advantages to using this mode in your environment.

Learn about different anti-malware solutions for your Microsoft Azure virtual machines.

Learn how to get started with Microsoft’s free Security Compliance Manager (SCM) tool and how it can be used to manage security and Group Policy settings.

In the first of a three-part series, Russell Smith explains how to use the Windows Server Security Configuration and Analysis Snap-In and the SecEdit command line tool.

Our two-part series on the Windows Server Security Configuration Wizard concludes with a look at how to apply and roll back security policies.

Microsoft has taken the wraps off Interflow, a new security and threat information exchange platform that runs on Microsoft Azure.

Learn how to create custom security policies for Windows Server using the Security Configuration Wizard and how to evaluate risks associated with new policies.

Need to Open or Close Windows Firewall Ports to Apps on Windows 8.1? Learn how to open and close Windows Firewall access to applications manually.