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 ...
IP Address Geo-Location
PowerShell script that uses a free IP geolocation API (ip-api.com) to get the location of an IP address. Please note that the accuracy of the location ...
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 ...