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Consumerization of IT–How to address thisBring Your Own Device or Consumerization of IT are fairly hot themes in a lot of customer organizations. When I talk to customers, there are typically different reactions, once we bring this up. Some tell us, that it is not part of their strategy; some tell us that they plan to do it but that they have a hard time figuring out, how to secure such an environment; very, very ... 
10 Years of Trustworthy Computing at MicrosoftBefore joining Microsoft a little bit more than 10 years ago, I ran a team at PricewarehoureCoopers on e-Business Risk Management – classical security consulting in the Internet bubble time. When I announced that I will leave PwC and join Microsoft, I got interesting reactions (and remember, this was 2001). Mainly they were along two lines: Oh, you are joining a desktop company? ... 
10 Reasons to migrate off Windows XPI would like you to sit back, close your eyes and think about the year 2001. Think about how you used technology back then, how you used the Internet. Now, let’s take it a little bit further back in history and think of the year 2000. Just after we realized that the Year-2000-Problem was handled very well by the industry. How you used technology, how you used the Internet, the ... 
Office 365 Becomes First and Only Major Cloud Productivity Service to Comply With Leading EU and U.S. Standards for Data Protection and SecurityA long title but this was the title of the official press statement yesterday. Compliance is always a key question in the public cloud space. Therefore it is very important for us that we now achieved three things: Office 365 is compliant with EU Model Clauses, Data Processing Agreements and ISO 27001 among other standards. Office 365 is the first and only major ... 
I just read an article this morning on Linux servers under the Phalanx gun: A problem with people, not code. There were quite some things which made me think when I read it: There was a statement in there, which I – obviously – did not like at all: Linux may be inherently more . . . → Read More: Servers still not patched As you know, I am Swiss. Switzerland is known as being one of the most direct democracies in the world. It is not uncommon for us having (or being allowed) to vote every other month as there are a lot of ways to influence what our politicians and/or our government does. This makes the system . . . → Read More: Why I do not like e-Voting We have regular ConfCalls with our security support to exchange trends and issues we see. During the last one we had an interesting discussion I would like to share with you: We seem to get a hell lot of calls mainly from the consumer segment with Virus/Trojan/Spyware infections. The way they get the malware is . . . → Read More: „Scareware“ on the Raise As you (hopefully) know, the release of Internet Explorer 8 is coming closer. One thing we always look at is how to make surfing more secure and more private. The IE team just launched a blog post on the InPrivate features of IE 8 which is definitely worth looking at: IE8 and Privacy Roger As you all know, most jurisdictions allow individuals to ask for data collected by an organization (being it a company or a governmental organization). A lot of countries have Data Protection Commissioners that look into what companies and more often governments do with regards to PII (Personal Identifiable Information). After 9/11 the United States forced . . . → Read More: How to circumvent Privacy Laws Yes, it is true: There is somebody who publically put known PINs on the Internet. I bet yours is there too: http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/pin.htm Roger I just read an interesting post by Michael Howard (Security is bigger than finding and fixing bugs). He refers to a statement Google seem to have made on its development practices (Google shares its security secrets): In order to keep its products safe, Google has adopted a philosophy of ‘security as a cultural value’. . . . → Read More: Secure Development: More than „just“ code! Are you interested to learn how Windows 7 (next version of Windows) is engineered? Are you willing to get in touch with the engineering team? Then read their blog: Engineering Windows 7 Roger We all know that crime is global and that they are doing their best to leverage the legal shortcomings and the limitations of the cooperation between Law Enforcement agencies. There is a good article about one case in the New York Times which is definitely worth reading: Global Trail of an Online Crime Ring . . . → Read More: The Global Network of Crime Our teams around the Microsoft Security Response Center recently launched a new blog called MSRC Ecosystem Strategy Team Blog. The blog is thought to give more insights into the work we do with the security ecosystem knowing that vulnerabilities and attacks today not “only” affect Microsoft products but very often the Internet as such – . . . → Read More: Announcement of the MSRC Ecosystem Strategy Team Blog |
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