Many people may have been surprised by the massive Sony Pictures hack that happened late 2014, but security experts saw it coming a long time ago. In 2005, Sony received an auditing report that they were Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) incompliant.... Read More
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Press release: Specops Password Policy Blocks Vulnerable Passwords
Stop users from creating passwords on known leaked password and password hash lists. Block password and password hash lists from major leaks Test hash of new password against hash dictionaries Specops Software announced today a new release of Specops... Read More
Search for custom AD attributes from the helpdesk
From Specops Password Reset (SPR) 6.4 and onwards, there will be a new registry setting that will allow you to specify the AD attribute to search from the helpdesk. If the registry setting is not set, the default will... Read More
Where can I find my driver on WinPE?
You may receive a “A connection to the deployment share couldn’t not be made. The following networking device did not have a driver installed.” wizard error if you import the wrong driver, or are missing the driver on WinPE.... Read More
Will you pass a HIPAA audit?
One of the most valuable types of data is online healthcare patient data. Multiple Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) breaches in the past showed that fraudsters obtained the records and filed false claims with insurers or bought... Read More
Find correct driver for my new hardware with Windows 10 WinPE
A customer turned to me for help when he got this error message during OS deployment to a new Dell machine. This error message is very common when your WinPE boot image is missing the driver for a new... Read More
Deploy Greenshot (open source application) with Specops Deploy / App
Greenshot is an open source screenshot tool, similar to the Windows Snipping Tool, but with more functionalities – and it’s free. In this blog, I will demonstrate how to install an open source application such as Greenshot with Specops... Read More
Press release: New Version of Specops uReset Advances End-User Adoption Features
New enrollment features address number one self-service password reset solution challenge Forced enrollment capabilities introduced New user based reporting shows who has enrolled Allows IT administrators to target the right users with the right actions Stockholm – February 3,... Read More
[Guest blog] Specops OS Deploy – Windows 10 notes
If you are a Specops Deploy customer and looking to deploy applications to Windows 10 computers in your environment. I have good News! Windows 10 works great in Specops OS Deploy 6.0! I’m now on my second Windows 10... Read More
Top data breaches in 2015
2015 is the year that every organization woke up to the dire state of security. As the year comes to an end, we look back on some of the high-profile top data breaches and the damage they have done.... Read More