Maintaining User Rights

Normal workdays include users passing through some kind of security checkpoint to be able to get at your data, if you don’t already have something in place you need to get one. Microsoft Servers come with Active Directory, and although Microsoft is trying their hardest to make it difficult and cumbersome to manage, it still is the best solution out there for managing user access to data.

Issues arise however over time as employees come and go and rights are assigned and data folders change or move. To keep track of this I suggest you keep a spreadsheet that tracks groups and users. We offer such a spreadsheet, but you must keep it encrypted or in a secure location as it does contain important data.

A subset of managing users is the user group. Always use groups instead of adding rights directly to users. Managing a group and then just adding and removing users prevents some of the major vulnerabilities such as one user with rights to the wrong folder.

Another reason to use groups is the audit. Instead of having to go through every user and determining what folders they have access to or purchasing a software application to do that, you can just list the groups and the users in the groups and verify them in there.

There are four types of Groups:

1. System Generated
2. Departmental
3. User
4. Application

What I do is name the groups in this format:
1. DPT – Accounting
2. GRP – Machine Shop
3. APP – Quickbooks

Using this format it is quite easy to find the groups when you are in a hurry. Need to add a user? When adding a user you can browse APP and you get all the application groups to choose from. Or DPT and get all the departments in the system.

Just a quick way that may be helpful...

A revolution is needed.

This is where our technology is leading us, because there are two few men to lead the technology.

Men no longer have to be men, they can be Neanderthals. They can speak without fearing repercussions, they can act with impunity on the internet.

Look at the men out there, teaching their children that being an asshole is humorous. They drive loud, make sure everyone is watching them, they flaunt and tease and bully. Just like wild animals. This is what our current technology is reducing civilization to. If men can’t get noticed, they get louder, become even more obnoxious, and they are willing to give up all that is sacred to get it, to get that 5 minutes of fame.

My father taught me about integrity a long time ago. He had his weaknesses, but we all do, and what is more he overcame that, he overcame all his issues, to make me who I am. That is what a father does. A man does that, he does that for his children.

He overcomes his weaknesses.

Not with drugs, but with a strong sense of character.

A man stands up for the oppressed, he does not fight because he thinks he is oppressed. Men fight now for anything, they react with anger and violence without using their brain at all, and the result is more battered women and children, more shots fired and more irrational speak on the airwaves.

Real men are righteous.

Men understand love and life, and the fragility of children in their care. They understand that it is precious, and they are not so willing to throw it away.

A man stands up for something he believes in, but he does not fight for something he knows nothing about. Men know that a weapon does not make you a bigger man, it makes you a bigger threat. A man should never get to the point where he has to commit murder.

A man listens but he does not blindly follow. He can see the difference between someone who is speaking for themselves and someone who is doing right. A man does good. He knows the difference between right and wrong, and just being loud does not make you right.

A man has respect. Respect for his enemy, his boss, his coach, his rival. At sporting events a man buys a ticket not to demand a win but to see a game between extraordinary players. A man can accept the results of fair play. A man coaches a team to win through instruction, not blind obedience. Having men follow you into battle does not ensure a victory, a victory is ensured when the men follow you into battle because they have been taught how to win. A man handles a win with poise and grace, and handles a loss with dignity.

A man admits he was wrong, accepts responsibility and changes his life, he becomes better, a better man. A real man follows the laws of God, a Christian man follows the commandments of Christ too.  A man does not just say he believes in Christ, he has to be able to show it in his actions; clothe the naked, feed the sick, love thy neighbor. Nowhere in his teachings did he say teach men to fish so they can go feed themselves.

A man knows that a patriot is one who understands democracy, that compromise is not failure, that no man is more ‘equal’ than any other. Tyranny is when one man will not accept any other views than his own.

The revolution has started alright. The time of the Neanderthal is over.

The internet in its current state cannot sustain itself under its own weight, there will be more blood. The right to express yourself should not be extended to the internet, because there are no real men on the internet.