Typing Arabic without a Arabic Keyboard: Microsoft Maren

I am using a Latin keyboard and my Arabic is kind of “rusty” but I guess that this could be of real help if you write Arabic:

Microsoft Maren

There is a good video on that page.

Roger

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

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 the theme of deploying security updates once more, we need to look at the potential . . . → Read More: Why it pays to be secure – Chapter 1 – Data Breaches

Why it pays to be secure – Introduction

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 him then to go public with it but he told me that he is not . . . → Read More: Why it pays to be secure – Introduction

Internet Explorer 8 best to protect customer

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 we can improve.

As I do not want to take the joy away for . . . → Read More: Internet Explorer 8 best to protect customer

Why Windows 7 XP Mode makes sense from a security perspective

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 too much )… But before I share my findings with you, let me tell you . . . → Read More: Why Windows 7 XP Mode makes sense from a security perspective

Join the Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines Beta

The day before yesterday we opened the Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines Beta and would look forward to getting your feedback and comment. So, sign up for it if you are interested: Sign-Up Now for the New Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines Beta Opening July 13th!

Roger

End-to-End Trust: The Internet – a safer place to work, play, learn and do business

I often have the opportunity to keynote events on security. I rarely want to talk about products but much more about the way I see the development around security on the Internet.

The reason why I do this presentation the way you see below is, that threats change and criminals evolved (and will still . . . → Read More: End-to-End Trust: The Internet – a safer place to work, play, learn and do business

SafeSearch in Bing

One more proof that we listen to you: We made certain changes to Bing in order rot help you to protect from sexual explicit content. Please read the corresponding blog post Safe Search Update.

Even though this is very good news, it does not change my view that education of parents and children is at . . . → Read More: SafeSearch in Bing

Bing and the Video Preview (and Family Safety Settings)

You might have seen recent posts on Bing getting under attack because of the video preview feature, which works (obviously) for “normal” videos as well as for porn…

To be clear upfront: I am the daddy of two great sons at the age of 7 and 10, so at least the 10-year-old starts to get . . . → Read More: Bing and the Video Preview (and Family Safety Settings)

Securing Microsoft's Cloud Infrastructure

A lot of people and companies are talking about “the Cloud” today. I guess that there are not too many companies that share the same track record of running online services as Microsoft. 1994 we launched MSN and since then we are in this business.

Microsoft Global Foundation Services (the group responsible for this infrastructure) . . . → Read More: Securing Microsoft's Cloud Infrastructure

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