Well, this is a strange day for me: Today in Bern we had the biggest launch ever in Microsoft's history: We launched Windows Vista and Office 2007 for General Availability - yes, you can now get one at your local store! It is there. So time to say...

"One of the most basic conundrums in computer security is the constant trade-off between security and usability. At the end of the day, if security is too complicated to use, then it simply won't be used. Even if a feature offers a good level of security...

A pretty interesting document in my opinion. The interesting thing is, we are stating that "this guide is for IT Professionals in the United States" - well, it is publicly available and interesting for everybody involved in forensics. You can download...

This paper reviews the performance of six counter-forensic tools and highlight operational shortfalls that could permit the recovery of significant evidentiary data. In addition, each tool creates a distinct operational fingerprint that an analyst may...

Very interesting and an amazing result... ;-) Urs http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~nrp3d/papers/computers_and_security-net-java.pdf

Networked printers — yes, printers — can open your corporate network to malicious attacks. They need security patches. See the article by Deb Radcliff: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=277746&pageNumber...

There is an extremely interesting short statement by Michael Howard regarding MS07-004: The coding bug is in Vista but it does not have any effect: Read yourself: http://blogs.msdn.com/michael_howard/archive/2007/01/10/why-windows-vista-is-unaffected...

There was quite some chatter about the "missing updates" for tonight and the question about what happened to them. Well, the answer is fairly simple: Our advanced notification is the best knowledge we have about the forthcomming update-release cycle the...

It's there for a longer time, but I still get many requests about it's avaiability... So, here it is: The Windows Vista Security Guide! http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/security/guide.mspx Direct document download: http://www.microsoft...

How to configure BitLocker and how to get BitLocker to rock in Windows Vista using best-practice methods. (Found on windowssecurity.com) http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Best-practice-guide-how-configure-BitLocker-Part1.html Urs

"Welcome back to all those that were on vacation, and a happy new year. As you may have noticed from relative inactivity in my blogging, it’s been quite a hectic time here on the product development team. We’ve been hard at work on our next release, and...