What’s one of the biggest insider threats to the corporate network? The high-tech folks that put it together, make changes to it, and know more about what’s on it and how it works than anybody else.

Not all systems administration (sys-admin) is done by people. Some applications need administrator access to communicate and make changes. Furthermore, remote management tasks are often carried out ...

The latest Snowden documents show how the National Security Agency targets system administrators, in particular their personal email and social media accounts, in order to access target networks. The ...

A lone admin recently drew attention to the power the humble system administrator wields when he made front page international news by leaking details about PRISM, an NSA electronic surveillance ...

Do as I say, not as I do: Admin mistakes often surpass the severity of those made by users. Here are 10 of the most common -- and their remedies Security isn’t merely a technical problem — it’s a ...

In case you didn't appreciate your loyal system administrator last week, there's still time to get in on the festivities Last week I was so busy ranting about Ed Snowden, Bradley Manning, and our ...

A former systems administrator at Medco Health Solutions Inc. was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison today for planting a logic bomb that could have taken down a corporate network that held ...

I'm not exactly new to linux, but I've had a very long run where I haven't had much contact with it. My first was setting up smb to run a fileserver. I also learned either ipchains or iptables (can't ...

A SysAdmin has an almost endless list of tasks they must complete on a regular basis. Some are so routine that they can be done while multitasking, others require careful attention to detail and a ...

Phil Cox, analyst at consultancy SystemExperts, says he recently learned about a sys admin who moved from group to group in IT operations over a decade, in networking, telecom and desktop support.