Easy - Download and start reading immediately. Flexible - Read on multiple operating systems and devices. Easily read eBooks on smart phones, computers, or any eBook readers, including Kindle. We cannot process tax exempt orders online. If you wish to place a tax exempt order please contact us. Add to cart. Official usage statistics for Windows Server are difficult to come by, although US-CERT reports that as of July , "there were 12 million physical servers worldwide still running Windows Server According to a survey of 1, IT professionals released in March by IT firm Spiceworks , 15 percent of firms that used Windows reported that they had fully migrated away from it, while half of all firms had partially migrated, 28 percent said they were planning to migrate, and 8 percent said they had no plans to migrate.
Sigler says that numerous organizations that are still using Windows Server are likewise running older versions of SharePoint, the Internet Information Services platform, or Exchange. Some organizations remain stuck on Windows Server and older software due to tight IT budgets in recent years, says information security expert Brian Honan, who heads Dublin-based BH Consulting and also serves as a cybersecurity adviser to Europol, the European law enforcement agency.
Honan says beyond the cost of the new hardware, organizations are also faced with the cost of new software and training, as well as the challenge of having to test and potentially re-engineer numerous applications and processes that currently work on Windows Server devices.
But the dangers of continuing to use unsupported operating systems have been well documented. Since Microsoft ceased supporting Windows XP, for example, the operating system has been vulnerable - and remains vulnerable - to numerous flaws that have been patched via updates to more modern Windows operating systems. And every time Microsoft patches a more modern version of Windows with a flaw that also affected Windows XP, it gives attackers the option of reverse-engineering the fix, and then creating malware that can target the flaw to exploit XP systems en masse.
The same goes for Microsoft's server software, Honan warns. Trustwave's Sigler says the security risks facing organizations might not be immediately severe once Microsoft stops releasing patches for Windows Server and starts releasing updates for only more modern versions of its server software. Still, the security risks will only increase, going forward.
Schwartz is an award-winning journalist with two decades of experience in magazines, newspapers and electronic media. He has covered the information security and privacy sector throughout his career. Before joining Information Security Media Group in , where he now serves as the executive editor, DataBreachToday and for European news coverage, Schwartz was the information security beat reporter for InformationWeek and a frequent contributor to DarkReading, among other publications.
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By browsing bankinfosecurity. Sign In. Create an Account. Become A Premium Member. All Topics. ATM Fraud. ACH Fraud. Social Media. Cybercrime as-a-service. Account Takeover. Insider Threat. Risk Assessments. Vendor Risk Management. Remote Workforce. Operational Technology. Security Operations. DDOS Protection. Cloud Security. Privileged Access Management. The story about Windows Server starts with an emphasis on the role of the administrator that remains central to its successful deployment and maintenance.
The first chapter is an overview of the Windows Server components from an administrative perspective. Shortly, this chapter covers the historical perspective, product family as well as the new features and administrative implications. There are a number of common sense tips for implementing Windows Server The authors describe ten of them which represent good guidelines for planning an upgrade, and some additional issues which must be taken when creating a Windows Server enterprise from scratch.
What you also encounter here are core instructions about a basic installation, automated or unattended installations as well as remote installations. The fourth chapter gives you the ability to understand the user and administrator interface, to work with the Microsoft management Console and administrative tools. Some of the covered topics are the dual view monitoring facility, Internet connectivity and Winkey quick keys combinations.
The authors manage to give you a working knowledge of some Active Directory concepts such as the function of the Active Directory, logical structure components, how AD schema defines object and its attributes, and open standards support and naming conventions. In chapter six, story about AD is continued and system administrator interaction and maintenance are explored. The authors explain and perform some of the AD tasks. This chapter covers process of planning the AD, installing the AD with one example of installation on the first domain controller.
You can read about the AD administrative tools and get some knowledge how to use these tools to perform key management tasks. To avoid enumeration of all topics covered here, I will simply put it this way — this chapter provides a framework for AD use. One of the core administration responsibilities is user accounts and group management and chapter seven explores all related information. You will understand user profile types and you will be brought forth with the full meaning of groups.
The complexities of domain local and global security groups are also presented. Moving on you will get an understanding of the concept of group policies. You can also follow a few implementation examples and you can explore concept of one of the widely promoted aspects of Windows Server , IntelliMirror. You are presented with theoretical examinations of NTFS permissions security and folder sharing following by working examples of settings permissions, transferring ownership, and creating shared folders.
A profound attention has been brought over distributed file system sharing DFS with topology, and the process of creation and deleting DFS. To introduce a higher level of security the authors present important technologies for system administrators: Kerberos, version 5 and PKI.
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