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Category Archives: Government
US Cybersecurity Research!
The Department of Homeland Security published a report on A Roadmap for Cybersecurity Research, I was definitely impressed! All the themes, which are important to me are in their list : Scalable trustworthy systems (including system architectures and requisite development … Continue reading
Cloud Computing: Benefits and Risks of Moving Federal IT into the Cloud
July 1st, Scott Charney, Corporate Vice President Trustworthy Computing was testifying at a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Basically the hearing was on the benefits and risk of Cloud adoption for the US government. If … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Government, Industry, Microsoft
Tagged Cloud, Cybersecurity Agenda, Government, Legislation, Strategy
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Raid against Piracy
There seem to be policy organizations being serious about fighting piracy! Hungary, actually with 41% pirated software “not even that bad”, seems to be really serious. But before, let me just take those 41% up for a second: This means … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Industry, Law Enforcement, Piracy
Tagged Cybercrime, Law Enforcement, Legislation, Piracy
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The Importance of International Collaboration–Even in Exercises
One of the biggest challenges in Critical Infrastructure Protection or Incident Response is collaboration. Collaboration between the public and the private sector as the private sector is most often running the critical infrastructure; collaboration between different governments as well as … Continue reading
Notebook searches at a country border
I guess you still know the discussions a while ago where it was made public that notebooks can be searched without suspicion when you cross the border to the US. Actually the truth is, that this can happen everywhere as … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Government, Law Enforcement, Legislation
Tagged Cybercrime, Government, Law Enforcement, Legislation, Policies
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Should the Government be able to enforce security updates?
This is actually an interesting question. A lot of governments enforce rules and regulations on how you have to run your car, how often you have to check it, in which condition you have to keep your tires etc. The … Continue reading
Open Source and Hackers
The debate is probably as old as the Open Source software development model: Which one is more secure: Open Source or shared source as we at Microsoft run it? I know that we could now enter a religious debate about … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Cybercrime, Industry, Microsoft, Open Source, Process, Processes, Security
Tagged Behavior, Development Lifecycle, Ecosystem, OpenSource
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Do we Need Special Laws?
Well, yes we need Cybersecurity Legislation without doubt but sometimes the legislator goes too far in my opinion. I read this article this morning: Use Google Street View Maps & Serve More Time. I quote: The state legislature in the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Cybercrime, Legislation, Terrorism
Tagged Crime, Cybercrime, Law Enforcement, Legislation, Policy Makers
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Microsoft Security Intelligence Report – What it means for EMEA
“Unfortunately” I have been on vacation when we released the Security Intelligence Report last week. Nevertheless I would like to take the opportunity and look at it more from a EMEA perspective. One of the interesting data points we always … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Cybercrime, Government, Incidents, Industry, Law Enforcement, Microsoft, Security, Trends
Tagged Behavior, Botnet, Collaboration, Cybercrime, Ecosystem, Hacking, Incidents, Malware, Statistics
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A Detailed Analysis of an Attack – Do We Need an International Incident Sharing Database?
I recently came across a paper called Shadows in the Cloud, which is actually a follow-up report of Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network, an investigation of the attacks on the office of the Dalai Lama and some governmental … Continue reading
Posted in Associations, Crime, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Cybercrime, Government, Incidents, Industry, Law Enforcement, Legislation, People, Policy, Process, Security, Technology, Terrorism, Trends
Tagged Cloud, Collaboration, Crime, Cybercrime, Government, Hacking, Incident Sharing, International, Law Enforcement, Legislation, Policies
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