The following article is just a portion of my SANS GSNA Gold Paper. Please see the PDF for the full paper.
Windows PowerShell is an extremely powerful way to maintain a modern Windows system. Nagios is an even more powerful way to monitor an entire network of systems. Put them together and, with the help of a Nagios agent such as NCPA, you can make enormous strides in reducing the off-hour calls from frustrated users. Forewarned is forearmed, after all. But Windows isn’t going to let you run PowerShell scripts without a little finagling. So let’s get to it. Read more
Steve is the founder of Straight Talk Entertainment and currently produces and writes for the audio drama Aural Traditions, recently voted Charleston City Paper’s Best Local Podcast. He’s also an Information Security professional and avid shark tooth hunter.