The article is posted in the security management column section on TechNet and is the Viewpoint article in the July security newsletter. Check it out, and please tell me what you think. It's been generating some opinions :) Do you trust your administrators...

In my presentation on remote access at TechEd, I gave three scenarios: web-based access to internal resources, published with ISA Server "desktop over the Internet" using Terminal Services and the remote desktop web connection full IP-based...

Somehow this escaped our notice during the proof phase, but the hosts file that's printed in the book (and burned on the CD-ROM) is completely bogus. It actually blocks a number of very good sites that have anti-spyware software and even blocks MVPS.org...

At TechEd US this year Jesper and I noted a new worry many of you were having: trusting your administrators. Or, more accurately it seems, an inability to trust your administrators. This is troubling, since these are the people who have unfettered access...

As usual, I'm speaking at several TechEds around the world. Here's the list: Europe , in Amsterdam (4-8 July) Japan, in Yokohama (2-5 August) Asia , in Singapore (24-26 August) New Zealand , in Auckland (28-31 August) Australia , in Gold Coast (31...

Ah well, antother TechEd has come and gone. These have become my most favorite events -- the amount and quality of customer interaction simply increases year after year. You know you guys are really finally starting to understand it all! :) I get better...

This year at TechEd I have three sessions. The policy talk is really a lot of fun, I guarantee it'll make you think! The privacy talk I am co-presenting with my good friend Byron Hynes ( http://spaces.msn.com/members/byronphynes ). Security policies...

There is a lot at stake in security configuration guidance. First, it is easy to understand why people are clamoring for it. Everyone can see the benefit in turning on some setting and blocking an attack. In some environments, doing so is not even an...

The publisher has posted their own pre-ordering page. Please go here: www.awprofessional.com/title/0321336437 And if you enter the promotional code JJSR6437 , you'll get a nice discount!

Friends, the book is now ready at Amazon for pre-ordering. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321336437/protectyourwi-20 Thanks to everyone for all your interest!

For those of you who don't know, Jesper Johansson and I have been writing a book. It's called Protect Your Windows Network: From Perimeter to Data and is published by Addison-Wesley. We finished writing all the chapters a couple months ago; it's in copy...

Seems like once a week I hear from someone worried about stolen laptops -- or, worse, just joined the ranks of laptop theft victimhood. The best way to stay out of that club is to keep the thing with you at all times, or leave it in your hotel room when...

I'm now writing semi-regular articles for TechNet. These are part of the security management series, and they're also linked from the security newsletter. The first column is a two-parter about IPsec. Part 1 describes the technology: how it operates...

And am finally gonna start posting some things here, starting with many of my recent presentations. Please see http://www.steveriley.ms and click the "Presentations" link in the left side column. There you'll find PPTs for most of the sessions I've delivered...