Roger Halbheer on Security
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…
DetailsJust an update on my recent post on The “KHOBE – 8.0 earthquake†– What’s behind it. In the meantime we worked with Matousec and confirmed that neither Microsoft Security Essentials nor Forefront Client Security are affected by this “vulnerabilityâ€. So, to me it is as I stated above: Make noise but for sure not…
DetailsOn different social media this article actually gets tremendous coverage: KHOBE – 8.0 earthquake for Windows desktop security software. Now, before you read the rest here, I am not an AV-specialist nor do I have very deep, deep knowledge on the details of our file system drivers and the Windows kernel. I just try to…
Details“Unfortunately†I have been on vacation when we released the Security Intelligence Report last week. Nevertheless I would like to take the opportunity and look at it more from a EMEA perspective. One of the interesting data points we always publish is the Malware Infection Rate. Remember, there is a huge amount of data we…
DetailsThe week before the last one, it happened to me – like it happened to thousand of other travelers all across the globe: I got stranded. Luckily for me I should have been flying out from home rather than flying home and being “stuck†home is much easier to handle 🙂 At least for me.…
DetailsAs I was on vacation last week, I could not blog on that but still – if you do not have seen that, you should look into this blog post by the Froefront team. I hope it clarifies certain questions you might have: Update on Forefront security management
Roger
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…
DetailsI 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…
DetailsWe just opened the Beta for Windows Intune, your new PC management and security solution in the cloud. Here is a screenshot if the web console:
So, go and sign up for the Beta: http://www.microsoft.com/online/windows-intune.mspx
Roger
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…
DetailsI 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 that this is really successful. Now, I read this article: Why Banning Social Media Often…
DetailsI 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 the final version of it. It can be found here: Microsoft Security Compliance Manager
Roger
If would like to start with an important statement: This is the first blog post I made with a disclaimer to start with. The content of this post is not an official Microsoft position and might not reflect the Microsoft opinion! Let’s have a chat about piracy. When I look at my neighborhood, I often…
DetailsThis is a private post – and does not really have a lot to do with my job at Microsoft. Well, a little… A friend of mine – actually the EMEA Security PR guy at Microsoft – is an addicted dart player and participates often in dart tournaments. Which has a big advantage for me:…
DetailsI 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 it definitely made me think. It is called So Long, And No Thanks for the…
DetailsI blogged on Day 1 and Day 2 but as I expected, I was unable to blog yesterday on the conference. However, let me just briefly give you my impression of the final day: The core part of this last day was a whole block on Cloud Computing. There were different presentations on the subject…
DetailsAnd the second day starts. I just met with Jeremy Kirk from IDG and it is great to see that the press is actually interested in such a conference as well. The day today started with a long session on different initiatives against cybercrime. A lot of good information: Interpol offers quite some good services…
DetailsAs you saw from previous posts, I am at the Octopus Conference on Cooperation against Cybercrime at the moment. We had yesterday the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe and one of her key statements was that different bodies (like the Council of Europe, UN etc.) should not compete. The Budapest convention by…
DetailsA few years ago, the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime was signed within the Council of Europe. Since then it was ratified all across the globe by a lot of countries or at least used as the base for legislation. Since a few years as well, the Council of Europe is organizing a conference on Cooperation…
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