There's good article here which advocates the best advice when it comes to dealing with Malware - "don't get it in the first place!". I accept that most users need a little more help than simply being told that. Adam and Charles(authors of the post) understand...

H.Carvey has an excellent Blog which is titled "Windows Incident Response" and as such is packed full of interesting content detailing the trials and tribulations associated with effective incident response. There's a nice summary post here which looks...

There are a couple of sessions at TechEd which will go into detail on practical steps you can take to reduce the risk of Malware in your environment. I'm joining Tony on the Chalk and Talk sessions and hence look forward to discussing how to deal with...

Earlier today I received an email titled "I EXPECT YOUR REPLY ." - the body text suggested that by replying I'd receive a huge sum of money. Clearly this is a scam. Don't reply as doing so would confirm that your email address is valid/live and hence...

I spoke today at the Oracle User Group meeting which for the first time was held at Microsoft. It was a very interesting gathering of people - thanks to all involved. The audience comprised members of the user group who run Oracle on Windows - many...

In case you're not familiar with the Security Configuration Wizard(SCW) it's a great tool that's shipped with Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003. You can read all about it here . SCW ships with schema definitions for fifty applications - mainly Microsoft...

The Administrator Accounts Security Planning Guide has recently been posted to TechNet and hence is available for free download. It's a great place to start in reviewing how you manage privileged access. What ever type of user you are it's important to...

The Chatham House Rule is used by convention in many security meetings held in the UK. I blogged about this yesterday but upon reflection I don't think the title I used was very helpful - to read the post click here

I enjoyed speaking on a panel today at the TIF conference. - full details of TIF can be found on their website . The audience comprised representatives from many high profile companies together with members of the press. The entire conference took...

There's some great advice in the comments to my recent post about Malware - thanks to everyone who contributed. If you would like to learn from your peers in the community then please take a look at the comments by clicking here . If you'd like to contribute...

There's a new paper on our website which discusses how the events team use Windows Server System integrated components including ISA Server and MOM to deliver the infrastructure required to provide services to thousands of attendees at the various shows...

Thank you to everyone who's added their comments to my posts. Unfortunately there's a technical problem with my blog which means that the comment counter remains at zero next to each post. Your comments have been published as you'll see when clicking...

Please let me know what techniques you've found useful to tackle the growing menace of malware. Do you find techniques such as using low privilege for day to day operations to be something you can achieve? Running as non-admin should theoretically...

There's a good definition of both Phishing and Pharming here together with discussion of DNSSEC(in the comments to the post) which comprises a proposed enhancement to DNS which would stop the majority of native attacks including posioning. DNSSEC as a...

I was researching for a piece on security culture when I found an excellent post which included a paper given by Harris Miller(president of the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)) on Internet Security to a Senate committee. I like the...

If you're struggling to get the balance right between the enhanced security gained by enabling the firewall whilst maintaining the productivity of your systems then I recommend reading Michael Howard's recent post - click here to read the details. Michael...

Tomorrow night(Wednesday 15th June) we'll be presenting at the Cavendish conference centre in London - if you're in the City then it's a good opportunity to see practical demonstrations and to meet your peers. There will be two sessions with a break in...

Children of course think they know best. I know I did. Some would argue I still think I'm right too much of the time! When it comes to the serious matter of teaching Children how to be safe on the Internet the folk who created Nettysworld are certainly...

I'm finding word of mouth networks / social networks incredibly interesting - the Geek Dinner being a classic case in point. Robert spoke about his experience as a blogger and the impact that such networks have had on him and the world at large. It was...

To view recordings(podcasts) of all kinds of interesting demos and interviews direct from TechEd USA click here Thanks to Paul Fallon's post for providing the URL of the site listed above. As Mike Hall explains "A podcast is an audio or video file...

Jeffery Palermo has posted a nice summary of the myths Steve and Jesper dispelled @ TechEd USA. Like many of you I was unable to be there in person though I am going to TechEd Europe in July and look forward to hearing the session for myself. Jeffery...

Several of you have sent me email complaining that you were unable to post comments to my blog - my apologies but I had a configuration problem in my blog set up - thanks to Eileen for helping me fix the problem. For me the beauty of blogging is that...

Ben Metcalf's post about the London Geek Dinner raised some interesting points which were a topic of conversation during the evening. Let me quote Ben for a moment... "Robert Scoble was interesting to talk to, and we exchanged numerous notes about...

Thanks to those of you who joined us at the Technical roadshow yesterday in London. I enjoyed meeting members of the community and listening to the challenges many of you face. It's very easy to sit down in a room and pontificate about how to design a...

Last night I went to my first GeekDinner (details of future UK events can be found here ) which took place in London. This was a real community activity - two hundred people met in a restaurant to talk about "stuff". The only thing we all had in common...