Mobile Alerts: Pushing EventSentry alerts directly to your mobile devices...
When it comes to mobile alerts, email seems to still be the prevalent method of choice for many IT pros. There are many good reasons why network alerts delivered via email are convenient: easy to...
View ArticleCryptoLocker Defense for Sysadmins
It seems as if CryptoLocker has been making the rounds lately, much to the dismay of users who don’t have working backups of their precious office documents. While I admire Cryptolocker’s simplicity...
View ArticleEventSentry Mobile v1.3 for iOS Available!
We’re excited to announce EventSentry Mobile v1.3 for the iOS platform. The new version remains free, is optimized for iOS 7, sports a refreshed interface and also includes a brand-new feature for...
View ArticleAutomatically Restarting a Failed Windows Process
Whether it’s a critical process running on a server or an application on your desktop – sometimes processes terminate and need to be restarted – immediately. With EventSentry & EventSentry Light...
View ArticleThe Essential Security Tools of the EventSentry SysAdmin Tools
Part of our larger EventSentry network-management solution, the freeware EventSentry SysAdmin Tools offer a set of graphical and command-line utilities designed to help you with your daily...
View ArticleThe “Check” Monitoring Utilities of the EventSentry SysAdmin Tools
Last week, we talked about the security-focused utilities of the freeware EventSentry SysAdmin Tools, part of the larger EventSentry network-management solution. The SysAdmin Tools offer a set of...
View ArticleThe Network Monitoring Focus of the EventSentry SysAdmin Tools
We’ve already talked about the security-focused and “check” monitoring utilities included in the freeware EventSentry SysAdmin Tools, part of the larger EventSentry network-management solution. The...
View ArticleHow the EventSentry SysAdmin Tools Focus on File System Maintenance
Over the past couple months, we’ve taken time to go through the various EventSentry SysAdmin Tools, one by one, and show you how they can benefit your environment in powerful ways. We’ve talked about...
View ArticleManaging Windows Services & Service Credentials
Every Windows server runs a seemingly ever increasing number of services which range from built-in services providing core Windows functionality (e.g. Print Spooler, Bitlocker, WMI) to 3rd party...
View ArticleAn alternative to email alerts. Part 1: Using Trello to manage EventSentry’s...
Trello is a simple yet powerful and innovative task management / collaboration platform for teams. With Trello, the developers have basically taken the familiar concept of traditional white boards...
View ArticleHow to identify long-running processes
I always enjoy visiting customer sites for training or consulting since I learn about their unique challenges and requirements, and how EventSentry can meet them. During a recent visit an interesting...
View ArticleReliable SMS Alerting with the SMSEagle
Emails are still the alert type of choice for most network administrators, but they come with a major pitfall: They either rely on your local email server, the Internet connection, or worse: both. So...
View ArticleAn alternative to email alerts. Part 2: Integrating EventSentry with Slack
Slack is a flexible, web-based messaging app for teams which supports multiple (mobile) platforms with the goal of streamlining communication and collaboration. In some ways, Slack feels like a...
View ArticleTrapping CryptoLocker/CryptoWall with Honey
When I wrote my first, original post about CryptoLocker (“CryptoLocker Defense for Sysadmins”), I didn’t intend there to be a part 2 or even 3. But alas, due to the “popularity” of CryptoLocker and the...
View ArticleCryptoLocker Defense for Sysadmins
It seems as if CryptoLocker has been making the rounds lately, much to the dismay of users who don’t have working backups of their precious office documents. For a different (and easier) approach to...
View ArticleAutomatically restarting services or processes based on resource usage
In the ideal world, every software we install on our servers and workstations uses as few resources as possible, doesn’t have memory or handle leaks and never crashes. But in reality, Sysadmins often...
View Article3-2-1-Go! EventSentry 3.2.1 is out!
I am e-x-c-i-t-e-d to announce the availability of EventSentry v3.2 and tell you more about the new features and improvements. So, if you’re looking for a little bit more than the release notes then...
View ArticleDefeating Ransomware with EventSentry & Auditing
There seems to be a new variant of ransomware popping up somewhere every few months (Locky being the most recent one), with every new variantion targetting more users / computers / networks and...
View ArticleAdditional Notes on EventSentry Update v3.2.1.30
Our latest patch for EventSentry v3.2 (v3.2.1.30) requires some additional information in addition to the release notes. Heartbeat Monitoring (Agent Status) By default, the EventSentry Heartbeat...
View ArticlePerfect hardware for a TV-based dashboard
Dashboards are a great way to visualize large amounts of information in a concise matter. In IT we usually display various types of network data from a monitoring software, but dashboards are used in...
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