This has absolutely nothing to do with security but is a lot of fun: A few years ago, I read an article about Geocaching. Basically, this is a treasure hunt using GPS. Wikipedia describes it like that: Geocaching is similar to the 150-year-old game letterboxing, which uses clues and references to landmarks embedded in stories. . . . → Read More: Vacation differently: Find new interesting places using Geocaching
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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 saw a lot of chatter on blogs and Twitter about Windows 7 E (the European edition without Internet Explorer). On July 24th, we published a new proposal on that. Read our statement yourself: Microsoft Proposal to European Commission Roger It is pretty typical – these things often happen, when I have a really bad Internet connection . However, I am back home and the connection is kind of better now… I guess you have seen and heard about the two out of band updates we shipped yesterday. They are kind of special and I . . . → Read More: A few comments to yesterday's Out of Band A few months ago, I already had some discussions with Eugene Kaspersky during an event of the Council of Europe on Cybercrime, how to address cybercrime on the Internet. At the moment, I am at a very, very slot connection and just got, what I saw on my RSS feed enclosure and could not verify . . . → Read More: Kaspersky's View of a Secure Internet – Does this make sense? I think not Well, as I am not really working, just a quick one: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6787&rss Roger The day before yesterday we opened the Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines Beta and would look forward to getting your feedback and comment. So, sign up for it if you are interested: Sign-Up Now for the New Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines Beta Opening July 13th! Roger As you know, I am a big fan of the concepts behind Network Access Protection as it allows to dynamically define zones on you network. We just published a whitepaper called Manage Network Access Protection at Microsoft: Network Access Protection (NAP) is a powerful new Windows Server 2008 feature that can help protect networks . . . → Read More: Manage Network Access Protection at Microsoft Just some fun before I leave for vacation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUawhjxLS2I BTW: Office 2010 really rocks – I am running the Technical Preview since quite a while now… Have a good summer Roger This is “real” hard-core security. If the ATM feels that it is tempered with, it releases pepper spray. It is kind of a “self-defense” mechanism. I just hope it never thinks that I am tempering with the machine when I just want to get money… ATMs fitted with pepper spray Roger I often see a lot of discussions on Information Warfare. Today I just stumbled across a paper published by RAND called Strategic Information Warfare – A New Face of War – from my first impression definitely worth reading Roger |
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