When Windows IT Pro, the IT magazine and community, announced the results of 2013 Community Choice Awards last Friday, we felt the same rare and elusive bliss that a golfer would feel after scoring two aces in one round, nice and clean, with no fluke involved! Why, you ask?
ManageEngine ADManager Plus wins top honors in WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Awards.
It is a proud moment indeed. ManageEngine ADManager Plus has been voted the runner up in the Active Directory Management category of WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ choice awards
Fight Procrastination Day – September 6, 2013
Here are 6 reasons why an admin might procrastinate, and we tell you how ManageEngine ADManager Plus can help fight them! 1. I don’t know how to do it – Lack of expertise in any Active Directory area could be one of your primary reasons, but it doesn’t have to be any more. ADManager Plus offers 150+ pre-built reports and an exhaustive list of AD actions that you can perform through a simple and an intuitive UI
Announcing Android App for ADManager Plus
Do you often find yourself performing administrative tasks, glued to your office desk? Have you wished that managing Active Directory from elsewhere became possible?
5 Top Targets for Today’s Hackers
Black Hat USA bills itself as “the show that sets the benchmark for all other security conferences.” While most conferences tend to over-promote themselves, given the activity at this year’s show, that actually might be something of an understatement. From the defense of government surveillance delivered by NSA Director General Keith Alexander to briefings on the coming “cryptopocalypse” and the risks associated with embedded devices and the Internet of Things, Black Hat reminds us that a little bit of paranoia is warranted in today’s connected world.
This Week’s Five: Active Directory Management & Beyond
This Week’s Five is a weekly column of five interesting reads from all over the web, with a different topic each week. This week, we’ll explore the developments in active directory management.
Sharpen your IAM tool to enjoy safe BYOD
The Bring your own device (BYOD) movement is getting bigger and faster.
If Big Data’s too scary, try Little Data (it’s free)
Here are some stats that will blow your mind: Every minute of every day, 48 hours of video content is uploaded to YouTube, Google receives over 2 million queries, over 100,000 tweets are sent and nearly 600 new websites are created. Perhaps most shocking is that quietly in the background, all of this data is tracked and stored. But what happens to it after that?
HIPAA Omnibus Rule: New Penalty system with steeper fines
The passage of HIPAA Omnibus Rule heralds a new era of accountability for organizations that fall under the category of ‘business associates’ to a healthcare provider. The new rule has made some sweeping changes to the penalty system applied to each HIPAA violation category.
HIPAA Omnibus Rule: Should your organization’s IT department fret over it? — Part II
In the first part of this 2-part blog , we saw the update about the HIPAA Omnibus Rule and the deadline for compliance (September 23rd). Now, let’s analyze the before & after of this new rule, and if it really applies to you. (Check out the examples given for better understanding.) The Scene Before HIPAA Omnibus… Before this law was enacted, it was the responsibility of healthcare providers (hospitals, clearinghouses, insurance companies, etc.) to report to HHS about any breach into the protected health information (PHI) that they store. And they had to comply with the detailed HIPAA Privacy Rule and HIPAA Security Rule in order to show that the PHI had been properly safeguarded, and not been exposed or manipulated.