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Essential tools and advice for the security-focused administrator. More Tips: http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tips/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. SECURITY TIPS - Security Tip: Conduct internal security reviews - Security Tip: Certified personnel - Security Tip: Is your database really secure? 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Discussion Day: Best practices for backup - Tip Contest: Win a Philips CD-MP3 player with car kit! - Refer your peers to searchWin2000 and win an Xbox ____________________________________________________________________ ********************* SPONSORED BY: Aladdin ************************ FREE WHITE PAPER on "Proactive Content Security": Learn how to protect yourself against the next NIMDA worm without relying on constant updates to your antivirus. Much more that a simple antivirus, eSafe protects your organization against malicious and nonproductive Internet content. Click for our FREE white paper. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3691538;5058249;t?http://www.eAladdin.com/ssm ____________________________________________________________________ CONDUCT INTERNAL SECURITY REVIEWS | by Adesh Rampat Protecting your organization's mission critical data is always a top priority. To ensure your data is safe, you should conduct a periodic internal review to ensure that basic security measures are in place. Here is a list of things to check on a regular basis. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://www.searchWin2000.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci785483,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CERTIFIED PERSONNEL | by Adesh Rampat Should a newly certified employee be given administrator privileges on mission critical applications or servers immediately? Maybe not. Consider these points before you open your network up to newly certified people. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://searchwin2000.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid1_gci537244,00.html?FromTaxonomy=%2Fpr%2F283640 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IS YOUR DATABASE REALLY SECURE? | by Jan Stafford Two database security experts describe the top five ways to bulletproof your database. >> CLICK for the Full Tip... http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci785171,00.html ____________________________________________________________________ ********************** SPONSORED BY: McAfee ************************ VirusScan ASaP stopped the super destructive Goner virus as only the industry-leading online antivirus could. Faster than "I Love You," with $8.7 billion in virus damages, Goner hit hundreds of thousands instantly. But those with McAfee VirusScan ASaP online virus scanning had 100% e-mail protection -- automatically. Click for a FREE trial of VirusScan ASaP. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;3692166;5058249;r?http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/om/techtarget11.asp __________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BEST PRACTICES FOR BACKUP | Discussion Day Who: Liam Scanlon, vp of product development, Bocada Mark Silverman, president and CEO, Bocada When: December 13, 2001, 12:00 - 4:00 PM EST (17:00 - 21:00 GMT) Questions may be posted in advance. Join searchWindowsManageability for this Live Expert Discussion Day, "Best practices for backup -- what you need to know about your environment" to get all of your backup questions answered. 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