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The Basics of GDPR

Last year around this time, you may recall getting a flurry of emails from various vendors like Google, Apple, and even your friends here at Devolutions, informing you about their obligations and your...

Passwords vs. Passphrases: Let the Battle Begin!

Welcome fight fans to our main event of the night – the heavyweight championship of the account protection world! In the red corner is the popular fan favorite: PASSWORD. And in the blue corner is the...

AI Data Protection Private Security

Can AI Be the Answer to Data Protection and Private Security ?

AI – The Potential Answer to Enterprise, Government, and Personal Security The beauty of AI lies in its ability to learn from previous data. And it uses that previous data to make recommendations and ...

NIST Advise Against Regularly Changing Passwords

NIST Changes Course and Advises Against Regularly Changing Passwords

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its recommendations for user password management, and some of the advice is causing quite a stir across the InfoSec world. O...

The Basics: How to Manage Role-Based Access Control Using Vaults in Remote Desktop Manager 2019.1

The more clothes you have, the more drawers you need to keep things neat and tidy (actually for me, I just need a beautiful, glorious, huge walk-in closet!). Well, the same goes for entries: the more ...

Password Vault Manager Now Fully Integrated in Remote Desktop Manager

[IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT] Password Vault Manager Now Fully Integrated in Remote Desktop Manager

We are pleased to announce that Password Vault Manager (PVM) is now fully integrated in Remote Desktop Manager (RDM). Why Did We Do This? Password Vault Manager has been around for many years helping...

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Sysadminotaur #81: New PC

SOC 2 Certification – We’re Almost There!

Recently, we highlighted that we have added 2FA to Devolutions Cloud, and we plan on expanding 2FA across all of our products in the coming months. Today, we take a deeper look at another major securi...

Best Practices Zero Trust

The Basics of Zero Trust Architecture + 8 Best Practices

The conventional approach to information security is to deploy enforcement mechanisms at the network perimeter, such as next-generation firewalls, proxy servers, network intrusion detection systems, a...

Devolutions Under the Hood - SSO for Devolutions Account

As part of our ongoing focus on helping Sysadmins and other IT professionals enhance security and strengthen governance, I am delighted to announce that we have integrated Single Sign-On (SSO) for Dev...

Cyber Security Quick Wins

5 Cybersecurity Quick Wins

One of the defining features of cybersecurity is that it is an ongoing (read: endless) commitment vs. a one-time event. Despite this, many IT security professionals are under extreme pressure to produ...

How to Update Your Devolutions Password Server Registration Serial

If you replace the lock on your door, then obviously your old key won’t fit. Well, the same is true when you renew your Devolutions Password Server license: you’ll get a new registration serial, which...

9 Critical Skills for IT Job 2019

9 Critical Skills for Landing an IT Job in 2019

Programming, website design and development, networking – these were the valuable IT skills of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. And there is no reason to think that they are not still useful. B...

Devolutions Road Map 2019

Devolutions 2019 Road Map

It’s the start of a new year here at Devolutions, which means that it’s my privilege to share our 2019 Road Map, which highlights the goals we have planned for the year ahead. Before getting started, ...

How to Configure 2FA in Devolutions Server

We all need to keep up-to-date with everything nowadays! If you’re old enough, you’ll know the old saying “Keeping up with the Joneses” – and no I don’t mean Keeping up with the Kardashians. It means ...

The Basics: Protect Your Data Source with 2FA in Remote Desktop Manager

The start of a new year means that it’s also the season for New Year’s Resolutions! My pledge this year is to eat healthier and go to the gym, so that I can fit into those jeans I bought two years ago...

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Sysadminotaur #80: Slow Start

Free vs Paid Password Manager Devolutions

Password Manager: Free vs. Paid

Just like Stanley from The Office, we agree that it would be lovely if every day was Pretzel Day. After all, who doesn’t love free stuff? However, in the real world we often need to pay for things — a...

Principle Least Privilege POLP Explained

Principle of Least Privilege (POLP): What, Why & Best Practices

The principle of least privilege (POLP) is a policy in which end users are given only the amount of access they need to carry out their jobs — nothing more and nothing less. Understandably, some end u...

Updated 2019: most popular free remote desktop solutions

Discover the most popular free remote desktop solutions of 2019. Compare top tools like AnyDesk, Chrome Remote Desktop, and TeamViewer to find the best option for your remote access needs.