Jan De Clercq

Jan De Clercq is a member of HP’s Technology Consulting IT Assurance Portfolio team. He focuses on cloud security, identity and access management, architecture for Microsoft-rooted IT infrastructures, and the security of Microsoft products. He's the author of Windows Server 2003 Security Infrastructures (Digital Press) and coauthor of Microsoft Windows Security Fundamentals (Digital Press) and Cloud Computing Protected: Security Assessment Handbook (Recursive Press).

Articles by Jan De Clercq
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VMM 2012 Adds New Distributed Key Management Feature
The new Distributed Key Management feature in System Center VMM 2012 lets you store cryptographic keys in a special AD container instead of storing them locally on the server.
Replacing Hyper-V's Self-Signed Certificates
If you want to replace Hyper-V's self-signed certificates when connecting to VMs with Virtual Machine Connection tool, follow these steps.
Control EMET with Group Policy
Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 3.0 supports the central configuration of EMET settings using Group Policy Object (GPO) settings; here's how to apply them.
Using EMET to Disable Specific Applications
Microsoft Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) is a security utility for managing attack mitigation features and includes the ability to exempt specific applications from its protection.
Tools to Troubleshoot NAP
You can find a variety of tools for troubleshooting Network Access Protection (NAP) problems, from netsh command to Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager.
Connected Accounts in Windows 8
Windows 8 lets you link a Microsoft account to a local or domain account so you can synch parts of your user profile across machines, but there are security concerns for enterprises.
 Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring Q&A
Use SQL Server and MBAM for BitLocker Recovery Passwords
The Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) tool lets you store BitLocker recovery passwords in a Microsoft SQL Server database, which is more secure than using Active Directory.
Find BitLocker Recovery Passwords
Retrieve BitLocker Recovery Passwords from Active Directory
The BitLocker Password Viewer provides an easy solution for retrieving and viewing Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption recovery passwords that were backed up to Active Directory (AD).
Administrator Control of CA Certificate Trusts
Windows has 3 ways for administrators to control a PKI user's trust anchors in a centralized way: GPO settings the NTAuth AD store, and the Microsoft Root Certificate Program.
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Security Features 2
Learn why the new features in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V might help it become the first Microsoft virtualization platform to truly challenge VMware vSphere.
Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Security Changes
Learn about important security-related changes in Windows Server 2012 Active Directory, including Dynamic Access Control and more.
Microsoft Internet Explorer's Cookie Filtering
Microsoft Internet Explorer provides several cookie-filtering options to help protect users from malicious websites, but it helps to understand the types of cookies before setting policies.
Microsoft Internet Explorer's SmartScreen Feature
Internet Explorer's SmartScreen security feature uses online whitelists to protect users from untrustworthy websites and file downloads.
Q: What's the impact of renewing the enterprise root CA's certificate on our existing PKI clients and subordinate CAs?
Renewing the Certification Authority certificate typically doesn't impact the PKI trust chain validation process that clients use for validating certificates, but beware of certain circumstances.
Q: How can I renew the certificate of my Windows root CA?
You can renew Windows root Certification Authority (CA) certificates through the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) with either a new key pair or the existing key pair.
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May 2013 - The NameTranslate object is useful when you need to translate Active Directory object names between different formats, but it's awkward to use from PowerShell. Here's a PowerShell script that eliminates the awkwardness.

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