Roger Halbheer on Security
I know I have been very, very quiet over the last two weeks. The reason was, that the worldwide Chief Security Advisor met at our HQ in Redmond for four days to discuss community related questions as well as the future of certain products.
DetailsI already have a problem the way tourism develops on Mount Everest (definitely understanding that some people in the region can make money and a living of it) but now you can even get fast Internet on the base camp: Peak signal: 3G cell service comes to Mount Everest… Is this the way to go?…
DetailsAn interesting analysis by the Malware Protection Center: The Botnet Superhighway
Roger
I just got a mail that my Windows Phone 7 is ready for pick-up. Unfortunately I am in Redmond at the moment and my Windows Phone 7 is in Switzerland. The poor device will have to wait for me for another week (or is it the other way around – poor Roger has to wait…
DetailsAs I am still oof, another short one: Ray Ozzie’s blog is back: http://ozzie.net/
Ray is definitely one of the driving persons behind our overall vision and architecture. So, it is worth keeping him on your RSS feed.
Roger
It is always bad, if comics have a significant portion of truth…
DetailsUsually I blog intensively on the release of the Security Intelligence Report. However, this time I am out of office and have just little time to give you insight. We spent a lot of work to make it more comprehensive and give you a more stable view over quite some time. So there is a…
DetailsI am preparing the worldwide Chief Security Advisor meeting in Seattle, which takes place soon. I am doing at in the Swiss Alps. Isn’t fall in the Alps great?
That’s the power of home office
Roger
Stuxnet is a severe threat – that’s something we know for sure. But if we look at it – what do we really know? What can we learn? Let’s start from the beginning. As soon as Stuxnet hit the news, it was interesting to see, what was happening. There was a ton of speculation out…
DetailsAn interesting question, posed by V3.co.uk: Can cloud security ever work? – How relevant is the question by itself? When computers and especially personal computers were introduced, people asked as well whether the security on a PC will ever work – the question is just not relevant. Let’s face it: The Cloud will come! Period. We just have to figure out, how we will manage risks in the Cloud – that’s our job.
DetailsIf you like Scott Chaney’s suggestion he made at ISSE this week called Collective Defense – Applying Public Health Models to the Internet he raised very good points about the different roles the participants in the Internet Health Ecosystem have to play. Into that, the following article fits in fairly nicely: Comcast to notify subscribers with infected PCs
DetailsNo, this is not yet another announcement – this is a picture of today’s reality. UNHCR just published a website called Protecting and Empowering Refugees, where the results of the partnership between the UNHCR and Microsoft is shown in a pretty impressive way.
DetailsI often hear statements that the risk of losing your identity or being a victim of fraud is much higher online than offline. From my point of view it is more about the feelings of the consumer: In the real world, we know the risks – at least we learned them over the ages from…
DetailsI started with Off to See the World, where I announced that we grow the community. And then I had the pleasure to tell you the we have a new Chief Security Advisor for EMEA – Monika Josi. Now, my team is complete – at least on time zone level: It is a pleasure for…
DetailsSometimes 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 wonder…
DetailsAn year ago we launched Microsoft Security Essentials. I remember the day as I was looking at the Twitter stream to see the overall reactions and they were simply great! Further on, when I travelled, the main complaint I heard in some countries was: “Why do we not have it?†and it is a fair question.
DetailsI am using it since the Beta and it is really cool. I am using Messenger (with the integration to Facebook etc.) as well as the Windows Live Writer to blog.
It rocks: Windows Live Essentials 2011 available for download now
Download and install!
Roger
I read an article called that way but then had to realize that it did not really address, what I expected. Why? Well, because it does not cover the key challenge in my opinion but…
DetailsThis discussion is very old: How much privacy are we willing to give up to help to fight crime. This discussion has to be held in a society. The FBI just kick-started it again in the US.
DetailsLast week, when I was in South Africa, a partner of us pointed me to a very interesting paper by KPMG called Cloud computing: Australian lessons and experiences. What I like is, that a lot of the items I was recently raising, where actually reflected in quotes by customers of Cloud providers as well as by the general findings of the study.
The final conclusion is to me that there are a lot of security benefits moving to the Cloud.
