Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) is an easy-to-use tool designed for the IT professional that helps small- and medium-sized businesses determine their security state in accordance with Microsoft security recommendations and offers specific remediation guidance.
C3SC will provide advice for planning, implementing, and maintaining an IT security strategy. Further to the core security services offered, C3SC will also provide consulting services for planning, deploying, and upgrading company Windows infrastructure.
Almost half of all companies surveyed spend less than 2% of their IT budget on security.
And of that figure, 40% spent less than 1% citing the engagement of senior management as a significant obstacle.
Folder views.
If you want all your files and folders to be listed the same way in Explorer, display the format you want in the right pane, e.g. details view, sorted by file type. Then Tools>Folder Options and the Views tab. Hit the Apply to All Folders button and the next time you traverse to a folder it will be in your "standard " display format.
Many wireless access points, public and private, are open.
In a study of 2600 around Indianapolis, researchers from the University of Cambridge found 46% running with no encryption, and many were still using default settings.
Frozen Explorer session?
If your explorer session has stopped responding, hit CTRL+SHFT+ESC to bring up taskmanager. On the processes tab, look for explorer.exe in the Image Name column and hit the End Process button. Your windows session will now seem to disappear. It can be restarted in taskmanager by going to File>New Task (Run) and typing explorer.exe.
Patch management is the cheepest security fix available.
Having an automated patchmanagement system is straight forward to setup with almost no administrative overhead. Set it up once for your environment and it will do the work.
