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Recording devices like webcams and microphones become standard devices in every modern laptop. These devices can be hacked easily by potential intruders or being under attack of remote tapping. A simple worm that installed on the laptop can operate the webcam and microphone remotely and send the audio and video information to remote operator. Hacking these devices are not just a privacy issue, they can expose companies and organizations to industrial and military espionage.

Network configuration management refers to mechanism that allows controlling and maintaining changes of network devices either automatically or by network administrator request. Since networks in any size are constantly vulnerable to configuration changes and faulty configuration in live equipment can have devastating effects on networks reliability and services, using the appropriate software can simplify configuration tasks and reduce configuration errors of network devices.

Syslog protocol is typically used for management systems and security auditing it is commonly used for integrating logging information from many different types of systems into a central repository. In large IT networks there are huge amount of syslog events that requires syslog root cause correlation analysis.

Using visual diagrams of networks asset for management and maintenance can improve the stability and performance of enterprise networks. Visio 2007 database capabilities can create a network topology diagram automatically using a simple script.

USB devices make it really easy for potential attacker to exploit unprotected computers with malicious virus and Trojan software and provide a gateway to the network for manipulating sensitive data. Detecting USB storage devices using the preinstalled Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) on windows platforms is free and will only require a simple script.

MAC address spoofing is quite an easy task for a potential intruder. This is the main reason for not using MAC address protection as a single network access control (NAC) mechanism. There are some nice tools and drivers that can be found on the net that will change MAC address of specific platform to any other MAC address. But it can be done easily on any windows platform using the windows built in registry editor.

Using SNMP is the ideal way for managing network performance and traffic. Either doing it manually or using any preferred tool the exact port speed will be required for having accurate performance and traffic results. Trying to use the standard SNMP interface speed query on Ten Giga port will return a speed of about 4.3Gbps instead of the expected 10Gbps speed.