Are Your IaaS Domain Controllers Secured in Azure? https://ift.tt/3mrTO2Z Are Your IaaS Domain Controllers Secured in Azure? Hi Everyone, Zoheb here again with my colleague Tim Beasley. Today, we will be sharing some best practices to help ensure that your VMs (virtual machines) (including Domain Controllers) are secure in your Azure/Cloud environment. I […]
Convert Hyper-V virtual machines from generation 1 to 2 https://ift.tt/3ms8iQ5 Hyper-V introduced the second-generation virtual machines with Windows Server 2012 R2. They offer several advantages over Gen 1 VMs, so you should consider converting to them. Although an automatic conversion does not exist, you can avoid a new installation of the VM. Wolfgang Sommergut has […]
Step-by-Step Guide: How to use Azure Bastion with VNet Peering? (Using Azure Portal) https://ift.tt/2KVUMqg In my previous blog post, I demonstrate how to setup Azure Bastion with Global VNet peering. This blog post can access using this link. In there I used Azure PowerShell for the configuration. Some of the readers asked if it’s possible […]
Securing a Windows Server VM in Azure https://ift.tt/3fLQOMg If you’ve built and managed Windows Servers in an on-premises environment, you may have a set of configuration steps as well as regular process and monitoring alerts, to ensure that server is as secure as possible. But if you run a Windows Server VM in Azure, apart […]
Azure Site Recovery update rollup 52 – November 2020 https://ift.tt/3qc7elL This update provides fixes and download links for the latest versions of these Azure Site Recovery components: Site Recovery Unified Setup and Site Recovery Mobility Agent (both are version 9.38.5796.1)—Used for Azure Virtual Machine (VM) replication as well as replication of on-premises VMware virtual machines and […]
Infrastructure as Code assessment with Terraform https://ift.tt/2I2TqbT Security is of utmost importance for any piece of code or infrastructure The traditional security approach was based on a ticketing system to provision a piece of infrastructure. This method worked well in smaller settings where companies managed small infrastructures with minimum turnover. This was true in the […]
Quick Guide — How to Troubleshoot Active Directory Account Lockouts https://ift.tt/2VfLCqj Active Directory account lockouts can be hugely problematic for organizations. There have been documented instances of attackers leveraging the account lockout feature in a type of denial of service attack. By intentionally entering numerous bad passwords, attackers can theoretically lock all of the users […]
CVE-2020-27125, CVE-2020-27130, CVE-2020-27131: Pre-Authentication Vulnerabilities in Cisco Security Manager Disclosed https://ift.tt/32SZds4 Following the publication of proof-of-concept (PoC) code, Cisco released three advisories for multiple vulnerabilities silently patched in a recent update. Organizations should apply these patches immediately. Background On November 16, Cisco published advisories for three vulnerabilities in Cisco Security Manager, a tool to monitor […]
Create a DNS Record With Ansible for Windows https://ift.tt/39jpPGC In this blog post I will show you how to create a DNS A record with Ansible on a Windows Server 2019 DNS Server. This post follows the post I have shown you on how to create a DNS zone on a Windows Server DNS Server […]
How to Monitor an Azure virtual machine with Azure Monitor https://ift.tt/3m71Ca0 How to Monitor an Azure virtual machine with Azure Monitor This week in the Azure tip video, we are going to have a look at how to monitor an Azure virtual machine (VM) with Azure Monitor. You can use Azure Monitor to collect and […]
