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7 Ways a System Administrator Directly Impacts Your Business

IT Toolbox

Good system administrators can handle data security, disaster recovery, communications, scalability, vendor relations, and more. The post 7 Ways a System Administrator Directly Impacts Your Business appeared first on Spiceworks.

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How a Systems Administrator Role Preps You for a Cybersecurity Career

Association of Information Technology Professional

IT Security Specialist Jason Hernandez believes systems administration is valuable experience for IT pros – especially for those interested in cybersecurity.

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Connected Devices, Remote Security: Data Encryption and Security in the Cloud

CTOvision

Security” used to mean worrying about HTTPS certificates on your websites. Then the “bring your own device” (BYOD) phenomenon caused system administrators to worry about things like […].

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Microsoft Defender update kills Start Menu shortcuts and program files on Windows

TechSpot

Last Friday was a rather unlucky day for Windows users and system administrators worldwide. According to multiple reports, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint turned into a shortcut and file "killer" that fateful day, after the security suite began to delete application shortcuts from the Windows Taskbar and Start Menu, sometimes even.

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Microsoft Defender flagged legit URLs as malicious

TechSpot

Microsoft Defender is once again turning its "security" protection against legit features. This time, system administrators have been flooded with security warnings regarding legitimate URL links, which were "incorrectly" flagged as malicious by the Defender service. Read Entire Article

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Microsoft extends brute-force attack protections to local Windows accounts

TechSpot

As Microsoft works to implement a more secure Windows ecosystem, new security policies have become available for users and system administrators. The most recent policy concerns so called brute-force attacks, a tried and tested threat against the Windows account management subsystem.

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Becoming a Self-Taught Cybersecurity Pro

Information Week

Here's how one system administrator developed his own personal online night school curriculum to gain the expertise for a successful security career. Cybersecurity pros are in high demand.