Most people know they should use strong passwords, but few understand what strong actually means or why a long, easy-to-remember password can often be more…
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Category: Information Technology
Auditing Active Directory: Securing the Heart of Your Network
Active Directory (AD) is the backbone of most enterprise networks. It controls access, enforces policies, and authenticates every user and computer in the domain. Because…
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Understanding the Linux File System: A Complete Guide
Linux is built on a strong foundation of simplicity, modularity, and transparency. At the core of this philosophy lies its file system, which organizes everything…
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Best Practices for Regular Maintenance and Terminating Users in Active Directory
Active Directory (AD) is the backbone of identity and access management in most enterprise environments. Over time, however, stale accounts, outdated group memberships, and inconsistent…
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Empowering the Future: The Case for Data Literacy
“Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.” – W. Edwards Deming In a world overflowing with information, understanding data isn’t optional—it’s essential. Whether…
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Cyber Security Full Course for Beginner
In this complete cyber security course you will learn everything you need in order to understand cyber security in depth. You will learn all the…
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How the Best Hackers Learn Their Craft
Do you want to know how to build a top-ranked competitive hacking team? It’s all about the system. In sports, we understand systems that coaches…
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Digital Citizenship
Most of us in Western countries lead very insular lives. We understand, on an intellectual level, that not everyone has the same standard of living…
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TrueCrypt’s Demise
TrueCrypt has been the most popular disk encryption software on the market for the past decade. But this past week the developers shut it down,…
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Firewalls: The First Line of Digital Defense
This article was originally written over a decade ago, though I occasionally add updated information for fun. Outside of my normal job, I often work…
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