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August, 2009

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  • Windows 7 XP Mode - Sophos error: facts not found

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    Well, the title is not completely from me – I just quoted another blog post. I wrote recently on Why Windows 7 XP Mode makes sense from a security perspective and was even quoted on the register. The “funny” thing was the history of that blog: I was readying...

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

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    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...

  • The Future of the Internet in 2020

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    This is a pretty interesting survey: Future of the Internet III: How the Experts See It Here are the key findings: The mobile device will be the primary connection tool to the internet for most people in the world in 2020. The transparency of people and...

  • Why it pays to be secure - Introduction

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    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...

  • Internet Explorer 8 best to protect customer

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    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...

  • Legal Risks of the Cloud

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    I just stumbled across an interesting blog post named Legal Implications of Cloud Computing . I am not a lawyer and therefore unable to judge the details but overall it gives a good view of the risks and challenges. Roger

  • Why Windows 7 XP Mode makes sense from a security perspective

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    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,...

  • Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Role EAL 4+ certified by BSI

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    That’s new: We have Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Common Criteria EAL 4+ certified. The new thing is that we certified it in Germany by the BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik). You can find the report here: https://www.bsi.bund.de...

  • Onion News: The Future of Privacy – the Google Opt-Out Village

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    Not really serious – just fun (or isn’t it??): Roger

  • The Microsoft Security Update Guide

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    I know that these news are not new but I was away when we announced it and to me it is important enough to take it up afterwards. Over the last few months we worked on a document explaining everything which is going on around an Update Tuesday. So, what...

  • Blaster’s Birthday

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    I guess you remember the day back in 2003: I was actually on vacation when I was called in back to the Microsoft offices as we had some strange things going on… It was the day of the Blaster breakout. The first time I personally had to deal with a very...

  • Monitoring – a Key Activity to a Trustworthy Infrastructure?

    Posted over 4 years ago
    by rhalbheer}
    As you might have read, I recently blogged about my infrastructure and the future of a platform towards a better management of compliance. I wrote about Deploying PKI Time Sync on Virtual DCs Patch Management, a key step towards compliance...
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