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Concise practical demonstrations in the form of mini-webcasts comprising audio and video

Tricks tips and shortcuts to help you get the most from your infrastructure - check out the updated blogcast repository

  Brian Tucker is doing a great job of helping the IT PRO community to help itself by hosting your short video demonstrations of how to solve technical problems - otherwise known as blogcasts. The beauty of blogcasts is that you can easily create Read More
posted Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:11 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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How to roll back a Security Configuration Wizard Policy to remove the lock down

Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) makes it so easy to roll back a policy that I nearly didn't record this blogcast. I went ahead as I appreciate that you may not have had chance to try this for yourself and it's always nice to see someone else demonstrate Read More
posted Wednesday, March 01, 2006 9:29 AM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Do your systems meet your security policy? Here's an easy way to find out

It's one thing to define a security policy, it's quite another thing to be confident that all of your servers comply to the associated technical requirements. Click here to view a blogcast that shows you how to use the Security Configuration Wizard's Read More
posted Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:43 PM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
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View a BlogCast showing the installation of ISA Service Pack 2 (SP2)

As mentioned last week Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) Service Pack 2 is now available. Maarten Goet has kindly recorded a blogcast showing the installation of ISA SP2 and discussing the benefits of the upgrade. You can view Maarten's Read More
posted Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:45 AM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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The BlogCastRepository is a great site that provides free demonstrations of how to make the most of software features

The BlogCastRespository is a great community resource that's available for you to learn from other people's experience of the best way to use software. Being a community resource you are able to sumbit your own demonstrations too. To view the extensive Read More
posted Monday, February 06, 2006 11:51 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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How to create a new policy for Security Configuration Wizard (SCW)

Click here (or on the image below) to view a BlogCast that demonstrates how to create a new policy via the Security Configuration Wizard (SCW) GUI. The BlogCast is a little long (ten minutes) as it takes you through the entire wizard which includes Read More
posted Thursday, February 02, 2006 7:21 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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How to dramatically reduce your system's Attack Surface - Use Security Configuration Wizard

SCW is an abbreviation for Security Configuration Wizard which is a means of turning off the features of Windows Server that aren't required by YOUR applications. SCW takes the guess work out of which services you can turn off, which network ports Read More
posted Monday, January 30, 2006 9:17 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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How to Secure wireless networks?

A good point of reference is http://www.microsoft.com/wifi as you'll find a wealth of best practise advice there. Another good source is the current TechNet Magazine which can be accessed both online (you can download the entire thing) and in print too Read More
posted Friday, December 02, 2005 11:08 AM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Thanks to everyone who joined our Blogging Session last night

Eileen and I thoroughly enjoyed explaining and demonstrating the various aspects of blogging. Eileen posted an entry earlier today containing all of the links to sites and tools used last night. I showed you how to set up a blog and post on MSN Spaces, Read More
posted Friday, October 14, 2005 4:42 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Royal Holloway MSc in Computer Security

<I've edited this post to add a link to the pictures together with the following image> Thank you to everyone I met at Royal Holloway from the MSc in Computer Security (distance learning) course. I can honestly say I rarely get to meet to many Read More
posted Monday, September 19, 2005 2:05 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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For those who only want to read Security posts

Some would say there's more to live than security but they're lying! OK I do sometimes post outside the field of security and hence... I tag every post on my blog into categories to make it easier for you to navigate. Take a look on the left hand side Read More
posted Friday, September 09, 2005 8:58 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Effective ways to use least privilege

Check out Aaron Margosis' blog for tricks and tips to make it easier for you (and those around you!) to run with Least Privilege User Access(LUA). We're no doubt all familiar with the argument of "I need Administrator/root access to do my job" - and of Read More
posted Monday, May 23, 2005 10:14 AM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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Blogcast showing how to secure a home wireless network via WPA

I've recorded a Blogcast(short focused webcast) which demonstrates how to secure a home wireless network using Wireless Protected Access(WPA). The Blogcast itself can be accessed via this link. I show how to configure a LinkSys wireless access point to Read More
posted Monday, May 09, 2005 3:06 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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BlogCast showing how to run as a non-privileged user in XP SP2

NOTE: I've amended the URL for the Blogcast... Finally I've recorded my first BlogCast having followed the excellent instructions from www.blogcastrepository.com. It's only a short recording but it shows how to create a non-privileged account in Windows Read More
posted Friday, April 22, 2005 10:41 AM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
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Looking for no-nonesense free demonstrations online of how to actually apply the technology you already have? Watch some blogcasts!

I've ranted on about a new phenomenon named "Blogcasts" for several months now. Blogcasts are all about accepting that most of us have very little time to find answers to problems, need practical advice, find webcasts can often be long and little relavence(there Read More
posted Friday, April 22, 2005 5:04 AM by Steve Lamb | 5 Comments
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