Comments on: System administrators and network security http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2006/12/21/system-administrators-and-network-security/ Within Don Parker's blog various computer network security issues are discussed. Find coverage on topics such as patch management techniques, reverse engineering, IDS and IPS evasion, anti-virus and firewall usage. Commentary on the top network security news stories and rumors in the blogsphere. Analysis of common security issues faced by Microsoft Windows users and information is shared to help train network security analysts. Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:52:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU by: Don Parker http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2006/12/21/system-administrators-and-network-security/#comment-8752 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:47:31 +0000 http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2006/12/21/system-administrators-and-network-security/#comment-8752 Hello Ahmed, It all comes down to what level of risk you are willing to accept. Yes you can go with two sys admins and hope that at least one of them would be honest enough to report wrongdoing. That or as I mentioned have an outside contractor come in who signs an NDA and then audits the network. Outside of perhaps some high assurance .gov or .mil networks this is commonly done. Hello Ahmed,

It all comes down to what level of risk you are willing to accept. Yes you can go with two sys admins and hope that at least one of them would be honest enough to report wrongdoing. That or as I mentioned have an outside contractor come in who signs an NDA and then audits the network. Outside of perhaps some high assurance .gov or .mil networks this is commonly done.

]]> by: ahmed http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2006/12/21/system-administrators-and-network-security/#comment-8745 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:19:38 +0000 http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2006/12/21/system-administrators-and-network-security/#comment-8745 well sure u r right don..but the idea of this kind of outside monitoring is not accepted in such situations..so what about to make 2 admins in the organization..so that they monitor each other!! well sure u r right don..but the idea of this kind of outside monitoring is not accepted in such situations..so what about to make 2 admins in the organization..so that they monitor each other!!

]]> by: Don Parker http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2006/12/21/system-administrators-and-network-security/#comment-7848 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:43:46 +0000 http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2006/12/21/system-administrators-and-network-security/#comment-7848 Hello Amit, I would suggest you email the editor and request that such an article be written. You may reach him at michaelv [at] techgenix [dot] com Thanks for your comment. Hello Amit,

I would suggest you email the editor and request that such an article be written. You may reach him at michaelv [at] techgenix [dot] com Thanks for your comment.

]]> by: amit http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2006/12/21/system-administrators-and-network-security/#comment-7840 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:17:43 +0000 http://blogs.windowsecurity.com/parker/2006/12/21/system-administrators-and-network-security/#comment-7840 please provide such type of article please provide such type of article

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