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Operating system security (OS security) is the process of ensuring OS integrity, confidentiality and availability. OS security refers to specified ...

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verifying a non-interactive Windows accounts is MSA and how to make it MSA if it is not

bysunhux
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Q1:

How do we check if a non-interactive service account is an MSA

(Managed Service Account)?


Q2:

How do

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Is there a CIS hardening deviation here?

bysunhux
4

We follow CIS hardening benchmarks closely.  In one SharePoint 2019 system's 

 search crawl, the

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pgpool-ii hardening

bysunhux
1
is there a hardening guide for pgpool-ii  or  we just hv to harden postgresql db?

all I get fr …
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typical permissions / ACLs for key (or .cer) files in RHEL

bysunhux
1

Is there any specific permission on encryption key and .cer files and the folders holding them in

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penetration testing scope and order of starting points

byPau Lo
5

If you have any experience in delivering penetration testing against an organisations network

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Steps to remote desktop or DameWare into Strelec Win PE

byIT Guy
9

I often boot from a Strelec Win PE USB thumb drive on certain computers that all have IP addresses

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cyber security & separation of duties risks

byPau Lo
1

If you work in a cyber security role within your organisation, are there any specific duties that

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best practice to secure MS SQL sa ccount

bysunhux
5

What's the best practice of securing MS SQL (2019)'s sa  account?


Can it be safely deleted?


Can we

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best PAM practices for securing root/privileged IDs of Cisco & Verint appliances

bysunhux
3

Q1:

Anyone know if Cyberark PAM has CPM & PSM plug-ins

to support the following appliances (that the

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hardening guides for various Cisco, MS Dynamics and Verint products needed

bysunhux
1

I have CIS (as well as from Cisco) hardening benchmark/guides  

for the typical Cisco

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data discovery in pen tests

byPau Lo
3

From a penetration testing perspective - if an attacker/tester had already gained an initial

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Best practices for managing Windows Breakglass accounts

bysunhux
2


What are the best practices of managing Breakglass

accounts for Windows & MS SQL ?


At our place, we

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InTune compliance policies vs configuration profiles

byPau Lo
2

In basic terms what are the main differences, or perhaps what is the relationship, between a

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password protected pdf & word documents

4
one of my clients has had a death in the family and needs to access some documents (Ie word and pdf)…
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Measuring Vulnerability Risk

4

Can OWASP methodology be used hand-in-hand with Rapid7 and how it measures vulnerability risk? 



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Has anyone used Checkpoint's Harmony solution to protect Android and iOS devices and how was it?

5

Hi Everyone.  


I am looking into a solution that can protect mobile devices (for iOS devices we don't

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Obtain patch history of ESXi and NSX

bysunhux
3

We don't have Skyline nor any of the tools to

list out the patch history (dates & updates/

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Tracing history of password changes dates for Linux RHEL 7 & Ubuntu 16

bysunhux
1

I'm trying to trace the password change dates for 

RHEL 7 & Ubuntu LT16.04 (either by the users

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what to look for in pwck & grpck output for audit compliance

bysunhux
1

A past audit paper request to check for the

outputs of  pwck and grpck on RHEL/Linux.


What are we

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SCCM for patching admin insights

byPau Lo
2

If you use SCCM for deploying security patches to your desktop and server population, can you

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