I’m happy today to introduce a guest blog post by Matt Thomlinson, the General Manager of Trustworthy Computing Security at Microsoft, who leads the Microsoft Security Engineering Center (MSEC), the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), and Global Security Strategy & Diplomacy (GSSD)....

Trending Security News Probably the most widely discussed and interesting story in security news was the follow-on activity from McAfee’s disclosures last week of “Operation Shady Rat.”   As we noted previously , Vanity Fair called it an “unprecedented cyber-espionage campaign and intellectual property...

When I was a teenager and a group of us headed to the car for some fun, someone would inevitably yell “I’ve got shotgun,” kicking off a race to the car and a round of “discussions” before seating arrangements were finally settled – specifically, who got to sit in the...

With the annual Black Hat (Vegas) conference providing extra focus on cybersecurity this week, but also eclipsing most other news, I want to call attention to the EastWest Institute publication of their report on the Second Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit: Mobilizing for International Action . The EWI...

Trending Security News Mark this phrase – “trusted supply chain.” It is not in Wikipedia yet, but it is an important discussion point for managing cybersecurity and risk that looks at the question of where your software came from and who touched it before it was deployed on your...