A handset-based network-penetration tool that runs on a Linux phone has been announced in the US. The NeoPwn tool is based on a modified Linux 2.6.24 kernel, and will let IT professionals toggle ...

How can you confirm your systems are configured appropriately and maintain that configuration over time? In our tests, Preventsys Network Audit and Policy Assurance 1.5 proved to be a flexible, ...

Network Auditing is never an easy task, especially if you’re auditing one that is quite large. Chances are you’re just a regular Joe or Jane. Therefore, a large network audit is probably not on the ...

David Strom is the author of two books on computer networking, along with thousands of articles on various IT topics. Follow him on Twitter: @dstrom As agencies' networks widen their reach through the ...

Can someone recommend a "network audit" tool? commercial or open source...<BR><BR>Need to find a tool that will record mac addresses, IPs, etc. I'm thinking some type of probe architecture where ...

As an administrator, you have a great many tools at your fingertips. One of the tools you do not want to ignore is Active Directory Auditing. By auditing certain events, you can record which user is ...

Federal networks are set to change. The General Services Administration is working with agencies to transition them to its $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract, which will enable ...

Is there a low-cost PC auditing tool that can run from a command line to send sysinfo-like system information to a central location by e-mail or by writing to a network share or SQL database? Aida32 ...

While recently talking with a fellow network admin, I learned about Nipper. While there are many tools available to perform security audits of network devices, Nipper is unique. Let me show you why.

Why would anyone need firewall audit software? If you're already jugging hundreds of rules on multiple firewalls, here's what these tools can do for you. Firewall audit tools automate the otherwise ...

Many of us don’t give much thought to just what is traversing the corporate network. That is largely a job for the company’s system administrator. The thing of it is, though, the sysadmin quite often ...