This is a full feed of all information from the ITS Training Services IT Professional program. http://its.psu.edu/training System and network administrators are encountering heterogeneous environments with increasing regularity. This fact, combined with a greater need for homogenous security and audit policies on multiple platforms can leave a frenzied administrator over-worked and under-appreciated. Paul Moore, CTO, and Ed Frola, Systems Engineer, from Centrify, were here in October, 2007 to tackle this topic by looking at various ways of integrating non-Windows clients into Active Directory. They offered both vendor and non-vendor-based solutions to address the problem. https://breeze.psu.edu/p82392021/ Author: Ken Layng ITS Training Services security training specialist Ken Layng writes on the Web 2.0 threat. http://its.psu.edu/training/feed_content/itprotext/101207_1.html The recording is now available at <a href="https://breeze.psu.edu/p19145235/">https://breeze.psu.edu/p19145235/</a>. https://breeze.psu.edu/p19145235/ "Addressing Security in Firewall Rules and Web Applications" <p>This session goes beyond the frequent drumbeat of encouraging the adoption of firewall technology, and instead addresses administrators who have already made the decision to incorporate firewalls in their network architecture. While the discussion is kept generic enough to address any firewall vendor, the focus is mainly on firewalls protecting Windows networks.</p> Presenter: Ed Ko, Security Operations and Services https://breeze.psu.edu/p93335591/ Messaging with Microsoft Exchange<p> Exchange Server is a scalable, enterprise-level messaging solution that provides for anti-spam and anti-virus, services for message filtering, disaster recovery, and other services. The June Roundtable featured a panel of Exchange administrators who discussed a wide array of issues pertinent to the deployment and administration of Exchange Server.</p> Panel: Chad Beam, Kirby Huntsinger and Peggy Consodine https://breeze.psu.edu/p26716138/ Server Virtualization with VMware<p> Server virtualization is a growing topic of discussion around Penn State. As constraints on power, space, and cooling become a greater concern, IT departments are looking into the option of server consolidation via virtualization. This session covers server virtualization using VMware software and products such as Vmotion. If you have consolidated or are thinking about consolidating your servers and have concerns or questions, then this Roundtable is for you.</p> Presenters: Jeff Eiben and DAn Dulick, VMware, and Kirby Huntsinger, IST https://breeze.psu.edu/p48326974/ Symantec AntiVirus and WSUS<p> Now more than ever, centralized management of the patching process and virus definition update process are necessary to maintain the consistency and security of systems in a scalable fashion. Moreover, administrators need to find ways of streamlining processes so they can accomplish more tasks in less time.</p> Presenters: Nick Giacobe, Don Fink and Steve Pierce https://breeze.psu.edu/p27302542/ Standardized Management of Your Distributed Network Infrastructure<p> This session addresses a solution to common problems with the management of vendor-diverse network environments. This discussion is vendor-neutral, and is universally applicable to all system and network administrators.</p> Presenter: John Daley, Dell https://breeze.psu.edu/p68005214/ An inside look at Windows Vista<p> This Roundtable presents an inside look at Windows Vista, Microsoft’s next generation operating system. On the agenda are the following: Imaging with WIM files and ImageX, Group policy, New Security Features, New Search capabilities, Enabling the Mobile Lifestyle.</p> Presenter: Steve Straub, Microsoft https://breeze.psu.edu/p44403859/