Desktop Security

Download Free CCleaner 2.07.575, system optimization and privacy tool

root — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:41:58 -0500

CCleaner is a system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It cleans: Internet Explorer (Temporary files, URL history, cookies, Autocomplete form history, index.dat); Firefox (Temporary files, URL history, cookies, download history); Windows (Recycle Bin, Recent Documents, Temporary files, and Log files); Registry cleaner (Advanced features to remove unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, ClassIDs, ProgIDs, Uninstallers, Shared DLLs, Fonts, Help Files, Application Paths, Icons, and Invalid Shortcuts. So comes with a comprehensive backup feature.) Added system tray icon, added minimize to system tray option, and optimized file deletion routines.

Size: 2.76MB
License: Free

List and review of desktop auditing tools

root — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:01:37 -0500

What would you do if Management has a big push coming up to do an asset and hardware/software audit and would like to automate it as much as possible. Below alternative desktop auditing tools you can used. Any more opinion?

1. Alloy Navigator
Alloy Navigator is a comprehensive IT infrastructure management suite offering two major areas of functionality: service support and asset management. Alloy Navigator can be used right out-of-the-box and customized to meet any organization's unique requirements. With Alloy Navigator, you can establish tight control over IT operations, meet increasing infrastructure standards, empower end-users, enhance service delivery, and unlock true value of your IT organization

Second Opinion:
We've been using Asset Navigator from Alloy Software. We can inventory machines via login scripts and the backside is a SQL database, so we can then customize reports w/ Acccess or Excel. It also has a help desk component which we've just implemented and so far so good. The real nice thing is that it provided basic asset management and helpdesk requestes w/o the large overhead of Zen or GPOs on AD.

2. Novell ZENworks
Novell ZENworks, a suite of software products developed and maintained by Novell, Inc. for computer systems management, aims to manage the entire life cycle of servers, of desktop PCs (both Windows-based and Linux-based), of laptops, and of handheld devices (such as PDAs). ZENworks supports multiple server platforms and multiple directory services. As of May, 2008, the current version of the ZENworks Suite, version 10.0.3, offered support for Windows Vista.

3. System Management Server
System Center Configuration Manager

Five tips desktop security audit checklist

root — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:23:11 -0500

This essential tips should be check first before doing in depth desktop security assessment. Here is the key control:

1. Policy & Procedure
• Have desktop security policies and procedures been written?
• Do personnel aware to the policies and procedures?
• Are they kept up-to-date?

2. Periodic review
• Determine whether periodic review for each desktop or laptop configuration?

3. Asset Tracking
• Determine if devices are permanently tagged with a unique identification number or if the vendor serial number is tracked in the hardware listing.
• Assess the adequacy of the procedures used to track personal computing hardware.