Designing a strategy for Certificate Authority (CA) certificate renewal schedule can cause some confusion if you don’t understand the relationship between CA certificate renewals to end-entity certificate renewal overlaps.  However, the following...

This 21 st century world with its enumerable social gadgets intertwined on the Web make driving hazardous. Our world is accustomed to life on the go via LinkedIn, blog postings, Facebook “likes”, and e-mail in our pockets. Our society is in...

In Internet explorer , inside Tools --> Internet Options --> Advanced there are two controls for revocation checking. Check for server certificate revocation controls whether revocation checks occur for HTTPS connections. Check for publisher’s...

Photo GeoTagging seems to be making headlines this week and bring to our attention the potential dangers of Photo GeoTagging. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=7621105&syndicate=syndicate&section http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp...

E-Government continues to grow with citizens demanding more online services daily and the consumerization of IT devices that need access to those services from anywhere in the world. Threats to these systems can outpace that growth at an even greater...

The National Association of State CIO’s (NASCIO) & Deloitte released findings from “ The 2010 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study ” which found that State governments are NOT doing enough to secure citizen data and maintain public trust . In fact...

State & Local Government (SLG) is quickly adopting to demands of 21st century U.S. citizens demanding e-government (E-GOV) services.  With E-GOV comes both the convenience of Internet services necessary to support tech-savvy Cyber Citizens along...

I often get asked where someone can find a comprehensive list of Security tools from Microsoft.  Many tools which may be used by an administrator are not the same set of tools used by a developer or a consumer, but its nice to have a comprehensive...

Microsoft has been dealing with cyber treats for years both internally and with our customers, but just in case you haven’t noticed; there has been a significant change in the tide from both in the focus of such malevolent attacks and public perception...

According to a study done by the Computer Security Institute and the FBI, 97% of interviewed companies and administrations were using antivirus 98% have a network firewall Yet, 15% have reported suffering from network intrusions Almost...

Princeton University published a paper this week entitled: Lest We Remember: Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys which shows how an attacker can extract the contents of DRAM from a computer that is powered off and retrieve the encryption keys from memory...

A new era is dawning in mainstream hacking techniques that target devices that are not very well defended in most homes:  The routers that you get at your local retailer to protect your high-speed DSL or Cable connected PC from malevolent hackers...

A question came up this week on how to Secure Web Applications the Microsoft way. Microsoft has extensive prescriptive guidance that applies to secure online applications. Defense in Depth 1. Start by building on a Secure Platform : · Windows...

What is Social Engineering & why should you care? Social engineering (security) - a definition from Wikipedia: Social engineering is a collection of techniques used to manipulate people into performing actions or divulging confidential information...

Here are some resources from the Microsoft' Internet Safety Toolkit below to help keep you kids and family safe online: • StaySafe.org ( http://www.staysafe.org ) - Educational site intended to help consumers understand both the positive aspects of...

Today in the news there was a story of a major security breach where nuclear secrets were stolen from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A contract employee allegedly obtained highly classified information on uranium enrichment to be sold to a foreign country...

Simply following a few basic safety tips can minimize your risk of being hacked; having your identity stolen; or accidently exposing your children to adult content on the Web. How? Take the time to understand the threats and how to respond to them...