A new version of NTFS Security Management Suite v2.5 has been released recently to copy permissions from one shared folder to many shared folder(s). The new feature named as “Copy Permissions – Advanced”, allows a baseline security template to be applied to other folders that carry the same or similar structure to that of the […]

What is NTFS Permissions? NTFS permissions play a vital role in securing Operating system objects (Folders, Files, and Services etc). NTFS permissions works on the basis of what is called an Access Control Model which contains the following: • Access token • Security Descriptors Access token: Contains information about the logged on user and their […]

This primer is intended to introduce the reader to NTFS file system in Windows. Even though the NTFS file system is more than 2 decades old, it is still one of the less understood. This article gives a quick introduction to NTFS, covering the most essential elements which may be further explored using various articles […]

Good network monitoring and reporting tools report important network events from multiple locations, to the network administrator. It’s either delivered to his email inbox or deposited at the indicated location in the preferred file format, at the designated time. All these network events have to be reported along with their correct time and date. However […]

A new version of NTFS Security Manager, version 2.1 has been released recently with features like Grant permissions on sub folders and files that do not have inherited permissions from their parent object, Copy permissions to target folder’s sub folders and files that do not have inherited permissions from their parent object and Replace accounts […]

A new version of NTFS Security Manager 2.0 has been released recently with features like Copy Permission to copy permissions from one sharefolder to other share(s)folder(s), Replace option to replace an existing account with single or multiple accounts by retaining the same permissions in the permissions list and Change History to view permissions change history […]

A new version of NTFS Security Auditor 3.0 has been released recently with features to report on effective Dynamic Access Control (DAC) permissions in Windows Server 2012 and Security Viewer feature. The new version provides different types of Effective DAC reports and presents NTFS permissions of entire local file system folders and network shared folders […]

– Grant, Revoke, Modify Permissions on Shares, Folders and Files With Vyapin’s NTFS security Manager you can modify the security permissions of Shares, Folders and Files present in your network without affecting the inheritance from the parent object. Vyapin’s NTFS Security Manager has been architected using the latest Microsoft .NET technology, bringing you the best-in-breed […]

Scan Profiles (Shares) – Scan a subset of Shares in computers for recursive scanning and reporting Figure #1: Scan Profile Manager – Shares Existing shares are listed with provisions to create a new scan profile (or) modify / delete / view the existing profiles. Figure #2: A sample Scan Profile for Shares You can create […]

We have released a new security audit solution called NTFS Security Auditor to manage NTFS permissions / security in the Windows network. Vyapin’s NTFS Security Auditor audits the NTFS security across your Windows network. It gives a complete inventory report of all the users and their permissions to the Files/Folders/Shares. You can track unauthorized access […]

NTFS Permissions reports on Files, Folders and Shares using Admin Report Kit for Windows Enterprise. There are several powerful features available in Admin Report Kit for Windows Enterprise to generate reports on NTFS permissions on files and folders residing in servers and workstations across multiple domains in the network. All reports may be scheduled and […]

One of the headaches in finding out the NTFS permissions on files and folders is determining the effective permissions. Files and folders may have permissions explicitly set on them for users and groups and also have implicit/inherited permissions (e.g. users having access or deny to a folder by virtue of  their membership in a group or a nested […]