Years ago information security or cybersecurity was in the hands of specialists, which set the rules and the users had to follow – in theory. Whether the users really followed the rules, policies and recommendations is a different story but it worked that way. I rarely remember a CIO/CFO or CEO really being interested in . . . → Read More: Cybersecurity–Do we need to change the approach?
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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 ... 
This is actually a great speech but very, very, very scary: and the scariest part is that I never looked at it that way but he is right Roger It is kind of strange: I worked with some kids on Tuesday on online safety challenges and mainly we talked about Facebook, Netlog, Twitter etc. We had a lot of very good discussions with them about how to protect your privacy Tonight we will talk to the parent’s of these kids and do our best . . . → Read More: Should you Accept Your Parent’s Facebook Friend Request? Well, basically this title attracted my attention: How to Do an Online Background Check for Free. I had to try it with myself. So I started, following the sites and suggestions in the article: I clicked on the first link and landed on 9 Sites That Find People and Their ‘Sensitive’ Information – cool. Let’s . . . → Read More: How to Do an Online Background Check for Free Blocking social media in companies seems to be fairly common; however I personally do not like it for different reasons. I would like you to open a debate and educate me. Tell me, why it is good or bad. Tell me, which risks you are looking at, when/if you do it. . . . → Read More: Blocking Social Media–What is Your View? Sometimes I feel that people think the Internet is a room, where the laws of our society do not apply anymore… I read an article this morning on Swiss news called Drei Monate Haft für Beleidigungen auf Facebook – and here is an English version of it: Jail for French Facebook user. Sometimes I . . . → Read More: “Freedom of speech” does not mean you can say everything! Actually I had a few very interesting discussions lately as a reaction on my post Is There Any Value in Twitter? Yes? Think Again… and I think Thibaud brought it to the point: Mass-follow is the “problem” – in other words me . I had thought about getting out of Twitter but I will . . . → Read More: The Value of Twitter–Revisited I am tweeting since quite a while but the click-through rate is below 0.1%. Why is this the case? Is there actually any value of Twitter or is it just a system, which is taking care of it itseld? . . . → Read More: Is There Any Value in Twitter? Yes? Think Again… Recently, we had an interesting discussion on Social Media. It actually all started with somebody sending a link around called http://pleaserobme.com/ to see who actually just said that they are not at home – information which can easily be gained through Twitter search. . . . → Read More: Interesting Discussion on Social Media This is an interesting information: FTC Takes Action Against Employee Bloggers. I am often asked about the rules and guidelines we have internally for bloggers. One is to be transparent. Whenever I blog, tweet or comment on a blog, I am always transparent that I am working for Microsoft – at least when I do . . . → Read More: FTC Takes Action Against Employee Bloggers |
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