Monthly Archives: August 2009

Windows 7 XP Mode – Sophos error: facts not found

Posted on 27/08/2009 by Roger

Well, the title is not completely from me – I just quoted another blog post. I wrote recently on Why Windows 7 XP Mode makes sense from a security perspective and was even quoted on the register. The “funny” thing … Continue reading →

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Why it pays to be secure – Chapter 1 – Data Breaches

Posted on 27/08/2009 by Roger

Our EMEA Security Program Manager, Henk van Roest, started this series internally and with his consent I am publishing it here in my blog as I think it contains a lot of great information for you to use. Returning to … Continue reading →

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The Future of the Internet in 2020

Posted on 25/08/2009 by Roger

This is a pretty interesting survey: Future of the Internet III: How the Experts See It Here are the key findings: The mobile device will be the primary connection tool to the internet for most people in the world in … Continue reading →

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Why it pays to be secure – Introduction

Posted on 22/08/2009 by Roger

Henk van Roest, our EMEA Security Program Manager is running a pretty successful internal blog. Before summer vacation he started a series called “Why it pays to be secure” which I think has some great information in it. I asked … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer 8 best to protect customer

Posted on 21/08/2009 by Roger

NSSLabs just recently published a study on browser security with regards to Phising and Malware protection, which we comissioned. To take it upfront: The whole methodology is transperent and therefore rather than challenging the results, let’s learn from them how … Continue reading →

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Legal Risks of the Cloud

Posted on 20/08/2009 by Roger

I just stumbled across an interesting blog post named Legal Implications of Cloud Computing. I am not a lawyer and therefore unable to judge the details but overall it gives a good view of the risks and challenges. Roger

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Why Windows 7 XP Mode makes sense from a security perspective

Posted on 17/08/2009 by Roger

I have to admit: When I first learned about Windows 7 XP Mode I was quite surprised. How can we actually ship an XP Virtual Machine with Windows 7? Well, then I started to think (no, it did not hurt … Continue reading →

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Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Role EAL 4+ certified by BSI

Posted on 15/08/2009 by Roger

That’s new: We have Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Common Criteria EAL 4+ certified. The new thing is that we certified it in Germany by the BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik). You can find the report here: https://www.bsi.bund.de/cae/servlet/contentblob/612768/publicationFile/35487/0570a_pdf.pdf Roger

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Onion News: The Future of Privacy – the Google Opt-Out Village

Posted on 14/08/2009 by Roger

Not really serious – just fun (or isn’t it??): Roger

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The Microsoft Security Update Guide

Posted on 13/08/2009 by Roger

I know that these news are not new but I was away when we announced it and to me it is important enough to take it up afterwards. Over the last few months we worked on a document explaining everything … Continue reading →

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