A Report by Resolutions Enterprises Ltd. Nelson Ruest & Danielle Ruest

Experts estimate that more than 65 percent of security breaches today are a result of improperly managed security settings. With the rapid growth of mobile users, telecommuters and contractors, maintaining proper endpoint security settings is becoming more difficult than ever before. In this informative white paper, you learn multiple best practices and innovative ways to secure Windows devices inside and outside of your corporate infrastructure and maintain compliance with corporate standards using Active Directory and Group Policy. Often, the best solution is to fully rely on your AS and Group Policy investments but leverage them on all possible computer systems that interact with your network. For this, you'll need third-party solutions - solutions that extend the power of Group Policy to support all of the disconnected scenarios.

March 2007

A Report by Resolutions Enterprises Ltd. Nelson Ruest & Danielle Ruest

Several new Workplace trends are affecting the ability for organizations to ensure that the computer systems used in support of their business objectives are compliant at all times with the security and other policies they implement and maintain. With the growing prevalence of Microsoft's Active Directory, these organizations have gained a very powerful tool for the management and administration of their internal computer systems. But when the systems they need to rely on are external, it becomes almost impossible to ensure that they are secure and compliant. Which types of situations lead to potential security or compliance issues and what can organizations do about them? These questions and more are discussed in this first part of a two-part series on managing endpoints in a disconnected world.

January 2007

IDC EXECUTIVE BRIEF By Fred Broussard and Al Gillen

There is little doubt that mobile computing is the next big wave in the evolution of business information technology. This Executive Brief examines the business drivers for extending today's enterprise networks, the challenges of this computing environment, and the benefits of implementing key policy-management technologies to gain control.

August 2006