If users are the lynchpin of Identity Management, then groups are the catalyst to security and productivity. Your organization wants to provision users into Active Directory and keep that data accurate. When an organization provisions a user, they want them to be automatically added to the correct security groups and distribution lists. 

There's a problem with the widespread distribution of administrator rights in your organization, and it has nothing to do with security. That problem is compliance. Read this whitepaper to learn how you can fulfill FDCC, SOX, PCI, HIPAA & GLBA compliance by eliminating administrator rights. 

In large networks, the sheer number of permission settings makes it almost impossible to gain a clear overview of overall security, and checking that all those permission are in compliance with corporate and regulatory standards is a Herculean task. 

This paper illustrates how you can now centrally administer database users and role memberships leveraging your existing LDAP directories. 

Healthcare organizations face a host of HIPAA Security Rule compliance challenges with the move to put patient medical records online. Lumension helps organizations address these compliance challenges by providing the proactive IT risk management and the required audit readiness to meet many aspects of the HIPAA Security Rule. 

This paper will illustrate how Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops can help organizations comply with specific HIPAA mandates, while at the same time increasing their overall efficiency and agility. 

In this presentation transcript, IT author Jonathan Hassell walks you through some of the key changes made to R2 in three key areas: Active Directory, Group Policy and Terminal Services. 

A complete desktop management solution needs to be one that not only meets the standardization requirements of the computer, but simultaneously meets the personalized needs of the user. Desktop Authority 8 comprehensively manages the Windows desktop throughout the desktop lifecycle, reducing the total cost of desktop and application ownership. 

This white paper focuses on best practices for implementing an enterprise Active Directory infrastructure using virtualization technology. We will discuss how to perform a full migration of your physical AD infrastructure to a virtualized environment. 

This paper explains why accurate network time -- and therefore precise network time synchronization -- is critically important for network management. Read on to learn more about the importance of network time synchronization.