I wanted to thank Securevantange in making the Security Compliance Management toolkit a success in their world. Our customers and partners are all very pleased with the new baselines provided in the Security Compliance Management toolkit for...

I am happy to announce the release of the External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint! What is the External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint? The External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint provides guidance and tools to deploy a pre-built...

Participate in a pre-release review program for the Windows Vista Security Guide . The Program ends September 26. This guide will provide IT Professionals with specific recommendations and tools about how to guard against real-world security threats...

If you deal with credit cards at your company, you probably have had to worry about the Payment Card Industry data security standards. Earlier this month, five credit card companies got together to create the PCI Security Standards Council ( https://www...

Our team has just shipped a Beta release of the Fundamental Computer Investigation Guide for Windows . This new Solution Accelerator will provide IT Professionals with the tools, processes, and best practices necessary to conduct an internal computer...

The SSLF configuration currently prescribed in the guide contains a setting recommendation that prevents the Windows Audio service from starting correctly. The Windows Audio service manages audio for Windows programs. If this service is stopped, audio...

The Solution Accelerators for Security and Compliance team is pleased to announce the release of the Executive Overview for our newest Solution Accelerator, the Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs. A free Solution Accelerator from Microsoft, the...

The 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide will provide instructions and recommendations about how to help strengthen the security of the 2007 Microsoft Office system on Windows Vista™ or Windows XP SP2 desktops and laptops. We are conducting a requirements...

The Microsoft Solution Accelerators Team is building guidance and an automation tool for the Longhorn Server Security Guide. The guidance focuses on how to help create and maintain a secure environment for servers running the Microsoft® Windows Server...

The Solution Accelerators for Security and Compliance (SA-SC) team is currently developing the Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs (DET). The Toolkit is a collection of guidance and tools designed to help you address specific data security risks that...

We’ve all seen phishing expeditions; however I have to admit that the following example has to be one of the cleverest I’ve seen so far, or a total fluke. Traditionally you would expect a plea from a company explaining that your account or username...

A number of members of the Solution Accelerators - Security and Compliance (SA-SC) team will be at Tech-Ed 2007 from June 4th - 8th in Orlando, and we're looking forward to talking to some of our customers. We will have a booth in the Technical Learning...

The Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs project team has released a beta for one of the documents that is part of the solution. The Security Analysis discusses the risks to data presented by laptop computers, and reviews the various technologies that...

If you are thinking about laptop protection, specifically how to protect your company's laptops if they are lost or stolen, we would like to hear from you. My group (Microsoft Solutions for Security and Compliance) is looking at this topic, and would...

Fellow MSSCer José Maldonado just posted an update on the Windows Vista Security Guide - one of our very important solutions-in-progress - to the Windows Vista Security blog . Enjoy! Derick Campbell Microsoft Solutions for Security and Compliance

Are you responsible for data protection on your organization's mobile computers? If so, we need your help! My team has just begun a project focused on protecting data on laptops against loss or theft. To ensure that we deliver a solution that is as...

Ross Carter and Bill Canning of the Microsoft Solutions for Security and Compliance team will be conducting a webcast on September 14th to discuss their recently released Regulatory Compliance Planning Guide. The webcast will start at 11:00am Pacific...

Thought I'd show folk the latest from Microsoft Solutions for Security: The Windows XP Security Guide v2.0 The Windows XP Security Guide v2.0 covers the procedures involved in creating a safe computing environment. This includes recommended security...

Information Workers Security Handbook The Security Business and Technology Unit (SBTU), with the assistance of the Microsoft Solutions for Security (MSS) team has put together an Information Workers Security Handbook IT professionals have requested guidance...

The Security Risk Management Guide The Security Risk Management Guide was developed in order to address the challenges when attempting to put in place a plan for security risk management. This guide helps plan, build, and maintain a successful security...

MSS participates in the November 2004 Security 360 web cast on Social Engineering. View the archived web cast at: http://mssecurities.savvislive.com/20041116/registration.html

Staying Prepared: Developing Effective Security Policies and Implementing Them through a Security Program The Security Management Service Management Function (SMF) guides organization leaders and senior managers through issues that they should consider...

Microsoft Solution for Securing Windows 2000 Server http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14837 Windows Server 2003 Security Guide http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/windowsserver2003/w2003hg/sgch00.mspx Securing Wireless LANs with...

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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/topics/architectureanddesign/ipsec/default.mspx Isolating Network Resources to Better Protect Against Rogue Machines, Infections and Information Theft · How does one restrict sensitive traffic to specific...