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How to Conduct Internal And External Network Security Audits

According to a recent survey of IT executives and network administrators by VanDyke Software Inc., 46% of companies that undertake internal security audits find that the tests result in the identification of significant security problems. That’s close to half, and the number rises to 54% for external network security audits conducted by outside companies. Think [...]

Physical Security

Unauthorized access to your servers can occur just as easily from the inside as the outside. Perhaps even more so since the internal organization is seen as less of a threat. While that may be (somewhat) true from a user perspective, the unauthorized use of the organization’s facilities and hardware is a very real threat. [...]

Securing Apache

This discussion of mod_security refers to mod_security 2.x on Apache 2.x. mod_security 2.x only works with Apache 2.x. It is not backward compatible with Apache 1.x. Back on our Internet Servers page we showed you how to change a couple security settings to reduce the amount of information about your server that is given out [...]

OS Configuration

Hardening the operating system involves many things are are not only operating system-specific, but may often vary from one “flavor” of an operating system to another. Typical steps include: Disabling all default accounts and groups that are not needed. When an operating system is installed it sets up quite a few user accounts and groups [...]

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