Category: System Administration
Surviving and Passing SOC Audits – The Physical Walkthrough
The on-site walkthrough with the auditor varies based on whether your data center is located on-site or at a different facility. In this scenario, let ...
Surviving and Passing SOC Audits – Business Impact Analysis
A Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is a strategic process that organizations use to identify and evaluate the potential effects of interruptions to thei ...
Surviving and Passing SOC Audits – Risk Assessment
A company risk assessment is a systematic process used to identify, evaluate, and prioritize potential hazards that could negatively impact an organiz ...
Surviving and Passing SOC Audits – Part Three
In the third segment of our series, we pick up from where we concluded previously, delving deeper into the prevalent vulnerabilities uncovered during ...
Surviving and Passing SOC Audits – Part Two
In part two and three of the "Surviving and Passing SOC Audits", we are going to discuss the most common findings that come up in a penetration test, ...
Surviving and Passing SOC Audits – Part One
For over three decades, I have been intricately involved in numerous SOC audits, encompassing both internal and external penetration tests, as well as ...
Domain Controllers not Synchronizing
These are some basic steps that you can take when troubleshooting why Domain Controllers are not synchronizing.
Check Network Connectivity: Ensur ...
Mirroring not working in SQL Cluster
Some of you might see this error on a SQL Cluster "Database mirroring login attempt by user 'xxxx' failed with error: Connection handshake failed. The ...
Have you checked DNS?
I write this article because three decades of system and network administration have taught me one thing, never underestimate the power of a malfuncti ...
Open Port Scanning
PowerShell script that uses the Test-NetConnection cmdlet to scan for open TCP ports on a given IP address. Please note that this script only scans TC ...