Risks of Not Implementing a Viable AD Maintenance Strategy
There are numerous potentially costly consequences that can result from not maintaining a clean Active Directory (AD) tree. They fall into two major categories; security and operations. There are certain fundamental activities (best practices) that are very important to be performed on an ongoing basis to keep Active Directory implementations accurate, usable, safe, and up-to-date. This paper addresses the key categories and gives you the prescriptive guidance to successfully achieve AD Management for User Groups, Computer Objects, Security Groups and Distribution Groups.

Access Governance is center stage in 2012. In this paper you’ll explore the need for access governance and develop an understanding of how AG solutions can improve an organization’s governance posture. Every organization is different and faces unique challenges; understanding where you fit within the model will help determine which tasks will most effectively help you achieve governance clarity—taking a real-world approach to meeting the objective without superfluous hyperbole.

Group Policies are so fundamental to network operations and security that controlling them is as much a requirement as preventing viruses. Having stated the obvious, why do so few organizations keep a minute-by-minute eye on GPOs? Sure, most organizations use one tool or another to manage GPO change, but change management processes generally only channel those who…..well…..follow processes. What about changes that are intended to avoid process controls? In far-flung organizations with follow-the-sun domain administration, who knows if controls are even being consistently followed in the first place? Given that a single change to a Group Policy can have a huge impact on network operations or open a gaping security hole, how much is too much to invest to ensure that every change to a GPO is known and understood immediately?

While adoption of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems is steadily growing, healthcare organizations face numerous regulatory requirements including HIPAA/HITECH, PCI-DSS, a variety of state privacy laws, and more. Understanding the complete “attack surface” enables one to take additional steps such as identifying risk, enabling controls to manage risk, and providing audit reporting on where risk lies, how you’re managing it, and where progress is being made. This paper addresses the unique challenges associated with unstructured data and how a framework for compliance can assist in preparing an effective regulatory response.