Note-to-self: Review, Refresh and Revitalize your Group Policy Skills – Updated for Server 2012

Source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/tangent_thoughts/archive/2013/02/02/review-refresh-and-revitalize-your-group-policy-skills-updated-for-server-2012.aspx

Group Policy Documentation Survival Guide.

Windows Server 2012 Group Policy Guide.pdf

Note-to-self: understand and manage the risk posed by targeted attacks by determined adversaries

Source:

• http://blogs.microsoft.com/cybertrust/2013/06/13/targeted-attacks-video-series/

Bookmark this:

• http://blogs.microsoft.com/cybertrust/

Microsoft has released a series of whitepapers that are designed to help organizations understand and manage the risk posed by targeted attacks by determined adversaries.  These papers include:

• Determined Adversaries and Targeted Attacks
• Mitigating Pass-the-Hash (PtH) Attacks and Other Credential Theft Techniques
• Best Practices for Securing Active Directory

In addition, they have published a short series of videos that introduce many of the topics covered in these papers.

Full details at: http://blogs.microsoft.com/cybertrust/2013/06/13/targeted-attacks-video-series/

The shortcut below:

Introduction to Determined Adversaries and Targeted Attacks:

Mitigating Pass-the-Hash Attacks:

Anatomy of a Cyber-attack Part 1:

Anatomy of a Cyber-attack Part 2:

Importance of Securing Active Directory: