Active Directory Install at DHS Questioned

Author: Donald Sears

June 9, 2010 7:01 pm

An audit of the Department of Homeland Security’s Microsoft Windows
Active Directory at its headquarters revealed that its implementation
failed to fully comply with the department’s security guidelines, and no
mechanism was in place to ensure its level of security, DHS’s inspector
general said in a report. Read the full article. [GovInfoSecurity]

An audit of the Department of Homeland Security’s Microsoft Windows
Active Directory at its headquarters revealed that its implementation
failed to fully comply with the department’s security guidelines, and no
mechanism was in place to ensure its level of security, DHS’s inspector
general said in a report. Read the full article. [GovInfoSecurity]

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