Security

Windows LAPS and the migration from Microsoft LAPS

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In this era, the topic of IT security is becoming more and more important. A possible attack vector has always been the local admin passwords. In most cases, these were hard-wired into the installation image and had not been changed for years. Not only a risk from former employees. The lateral movement also poses a … Read more

Active Directory Service Recovery Mode (DSRM)

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Learn about Active Directory Service Recovery Mode (DSRM) - a critical but often overlooked feature of Active Directory. This article highlights the importance of DSRM, how it works, and the risks associated with unauthorised access. It also presents best practices for handling and changing DSRM passwords. Finally, it discusses the role of DSRM in the context of IT baseline protection. A must read for any administrator who wants to manage their Active Directory database securely and efficiently.

Learn about Active Directory Service Recovery Mode (DSRM) – a critical but often overlooked feature of Active Directory. This article highlights the importance of DSRM, how it works, and the risks associated with unauthorised access. It also presents best practices for handling and changing DSRM passwords. Finally, it discusses the role of DSRM in the context of IT baseline protection. A must read for any administrator who wants to manage their Active Directory database securely and efficiently.

What is the German IT baseline protection (IT-Grundschutz)?

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The German IT-Grundschutz forms the basis for IT security in Germany and is internationally recognised. This is a collection of recommendations that help IT systems to be protected against security threats. In this blog article, I would like to take a closer look at the origin, international acceptance and structure of the German IT-Grundschutz.

German Federal Office for Information Security (German BSI) security recommendations for Windows 10

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The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has published new documents on Microsoft Windows 10 and how to secure it. I looked at the BSI security recommendations for Windows 10 before I wanted to report on them. The background to this is that in the past, publications in this direction were sometimes more than outdated when they were published or they were very superficial.

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Microsoft identified a critical vulnerability and closed it via the Microsoft Store

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I have already addressed the question of the correct handling of the Microsoft Store several times, for example in the article “Windows 10 and the Microsoft Store“. Now it is all more important that the IT departments deal with the topic again.

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Setting up Office 365 – Part 2

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Setup Office 365 - Part 2

This article is part of my migration from my old Office 365 to my new Microsoft 365 Tenant. It is also about setting up Office 365, the other Microsoft 365 topics will follow later. I also have written this article intentionally so that it can also be used for setup outside of a migration scenario. Part 1 was about choosing the right edition, setting up the account and configuring the domains and DNS.

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Website monitoring with PRTG

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Webserver Überwachung mit PRTG

This time an article slightly outside the Microsoft world. This time there is an excursion into monitoring and the monitoring of web servers under Linux. Some know this, nothing is worse than when the website you want to visit is not reachable. Since this happened to me 2 times in 2 days, the web server has hung up and I could not find the error, something had to be done.

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