Tag Archives: Policies

Blocking Social Media Sites–a False Sense of Security?

I blogged often about it: Blocking certain websites today can fire back in different ways. The CIO published an article called Workarounds: 5 Ways Employees Try to Access Restricted Sites – and they say: “Some workarounds can be dangerous because … Continue reading

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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 – … Continue reading

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10 of the Top Data Breaches of the Decade

You might have read that I ranted a little bit about the iPad data breach: Who needs a (vulnerable) iPad if you can get an nPad? and some people pushed back – which I can understand. So, to put it … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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 … Continue reading

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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

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Banning Social Media – a good idea?

I am really against banning social media – especially with the reasoning of the work performance. To me, this is a management job, not a technology job and by banning social media to make people more productive – I doubt … Continue reading

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Microsoft Security Compliance Manager: Now available!

I recently blogged about the Beta version of our Security Compliance Manger, helping you to manage the security baselines in your organization. There are some screenshots in the corresponding post: Making the Management of Security Compliance Easier! Now, we released … Continue reading

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Why Today’s End-User Education Fails!

I was reading a paper recently, where I initially thought it is a joke (it looked scientifically, therefore I was not too scared). But as our research department did it, it is serious and really, really good – at least … Continue reading

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