The Importance of Application Security

I think I told the story thousands of time and everybody knows it but I will do it the 1001st time now . When I joined Microsoft and became what is the Chief Security Advisor for Switzerland today, we had an airlift for Windows Server 2003. The Product Manager in Switzerland asked me to keynote . . . → Read More: The Importance of Application Security

Mature your IT and then move to the Cloud

Today, I had the opportunity to talk to a group of partners on Cloud and security. The goal was to make them ready for the Cloud and make them ready to answer the customer’s questions. One block – obviously – was about security and as I look at it (and as I said), this starts . . . → Read More: Mature your IT and then move to the Cloud

End of Support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP2

I just want to make you aware the Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP2 are going out of support. There are a few good blog post you should look at:

End of Support for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista (with no service packs installed) End of support for Windows 2000 and Extended Support phase . . . → Read More: End of Support for Windows 2000 and Windows XP SP2

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 that, which I do not want to as I do not really believe in the . . . → Read More: Open Source and Hackers

We Need Solid and Strong Transparent Processes for the Cloud

This morning I was reading an article called Google seeks to assure customers on cloud security practices on ComputerWeekly. I had to read this – obviously . It references a paper written by the Google Security Officer called Security Whitepaper: Google Apps Messaging and Collaboration Products. So, I read through it and to me it . . . → Read More: We Need Solid and Strong Transparent Processes for the Cloud

Identity in the Cloud

Kim Cameron, one of our key identity architects had an interesting presentation on identity in the cloud and a corresponding interview. Both are worth looking at if you are planning to move into the direction of the cloud. Especially as it is definitely one of the key challenges:

This is Kim’s presentation:

If . . . → Read More: Identity in the Cloud

Customer Stories: Why it is not THAT easy to move to the Cloud

Ait ss you know from my postings on Cloud and security and the paper on the Cloud Security Considerations we wrote, I am convinced that there are five areas you should look at, when you try to migrate to the Cloud:

Compliance and Risk Management Identity and Access Management Service Integrity Endpoint Integrity Information Protection . . . → Read More: Customer Stories: Why it is not THAT easy to move to the Cloud

How to Align Work Live and Private Live

It is often talked about the “New World of Work” or sometimes it is about bringing virtual and physical organizations together – which is often called the Hybrid organization.

The Hybrid organization has different aspects: People, Technology and Buildings. We are running different pilots in different offices like Amsterdam or Zurich to learn what we . . . → Read More: How to Align Work Live and Private Live

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 bodies. The report is written by two bodies who had the privilege to investigate those . . . → Read More: A Detailed Analysis of an Attack – Do We Need an International Incident Sharing Database?

What we can learn for the volcanic cloud for information security

I am one of the grounded people. Luckily for me, I would have had to fly out today and am now “stuck” at home. It is not so fortunate for the event organizer which has a significant amount of sessions he has to do on LiveMeeting now. On the other hand, maybe that this is . . . → Read More: What we can learn for the volcanic cloud for information security

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