Browse here to find out more about the most recent London Geek dinner. There's another one coming up on Tuesday 16th of May - it's a Girl Geek Dinner so you'll either have to be a Girl or pursuade one to take you along! Full details of the upcoming...

Many people at InfoSec expressed great interest in joining a new User Group that's focused 100% on Microsoft Information Security - it's being run by MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals). We discussed the essence of the various different successful User...

There are many well known pieces of Malware that target Microsoft Word Macros - hence they are turned off by default in recent versions of the software. Following Yvonne's comment re. how to keep Malware off your systems we spoke to discuss how to...

Following my recent post , James has referred me to Mactopia which confirms that IE has indeed been discontinued for OSX . I'm sure this isn't exactly ground breaking news to Mac officionados. If any of you are reading this then I'd love to hear how...

Information is NOT Power. Timely access to accurate information can give the holder the ability to make powerful decisions. Effective Information Technology can enable the required flow of information. Inappropriate Information Security Policues, Processes...

If you're planning to join either TechNet or MSDN @ our Technical Roadshow in Birmingham this week (Tuesday is Infrastructure day, Wednesday is Developer day) then I recommend considering the Train as your means of transport if you're travelling from...

I'm not casting aspertions on Apple's Safari browser in any way. @ InfoSec I discussed Internet Explorer 7's Phishing filter (for Windows XP and Windows Vista) - several people asked me WHY Microsoft don't provide something for the Mac to help mitigate...

The most popular area of discussion I experience regarding Microsoft @ InfoSec related to Bitlocker (a feature of the high-end SKUs of Windows Vista) - formerly known as Full Volume Encryption and Secure Startup. There's some interesting discussion...

InfoSec (uber security show in London >10,000 attendees) this week has been great fun. Hard work by the entire Microsoft and MVP team together with all the associated agencies, crew and behind the scenes folk. Our aim of giving purely technical...

Andy made an interesting comment regarding his interest in Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardware based security to compliment the software controls in his environment. I'm not familiar with the 3rd party he refers to (Wave) though can highly recommend...

Steve Riley's looking for your feedback on what works for you - please browse to here and give him your comments. I like smart cards and wouldn’t dream of accessing sensitive information on a machine that isn't managed by someone I trust. I don’t like...

Click here to download Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 . IE 7 is nearing release bringing with it a wealth of security improvements including significant re-engineering and new features including the anti-phishing filter. Much will no doubt be made of the...

Browse here to register for Rafal's free event - it's running in the UK (Reading) on the 17th May. Rafal's frequently the top rated security speaker at TechEd and IT Forum. The event is described as follows: "“A typical corporate user spends an...

This is the final part of a three part response to a comment made by Matt in his comment regarding the least privilege model in Windows Vista. Part 1 was: Let's review how privilege is used in Windows NT, XP, 2000 and 2003 : Part 2 was: How will...

This is the second part of a three part response to a comment made by Matt in his comment regarding the least privilege model in Windows Vista. Part 1 was: Let's review how privilege is used in Windows NT, XP, 2000 and 2003 : The access control...

Many of us are concerned about the ever increasing threat to information security and business continuity posed by malicious software. Before delving into ways to deal with malicious software it’s important to ensure that we are all familiar with the...

This is the first part of a three part response to a comment made by Matt in his comment regarding the least privilege model in Windows Vista. Let's review how privilege is used in Windows NT, XP, 2000 and 2003: Objects including files, services...

Browse here to find out more about the event. InfoSecurity (InfoSec) Europe 2006 is an exhibition and symposium held in London from the 25th to 27th April. As I've mentioned before it's a huge event - typically over 10,000 IT and security professionals...

Eileen's posted a nice concise description explaining "what is RPC over HTTP(S)". As we move away from requiring Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) as a transport we gain flexibility, a better user experience and a reduced...

The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) provides an excellent technical reference for terminology used in Microsoft products. You don't need an MSDN subscription to access the dictionary - just browse here

Many of us are concerned about the ever increasing threat to information security and business continuity posed by malicious software. The more I study malicious software the more I believe that as an industry we need to focus our efforts upon preventing...

The SMS client is present on my computer (Windows XP SP2) to ensure that it's up to date with security updates. I think that's a good thing. I happen to also use Windows Update and therefore tend to have security updates on my machine before I arrive...

Earlier today I was asked "what is ISA Server?" - the person who asked me was completely non-technical and therefore I held off from answering "Internet Security and Acceleration Server - it's an Application Layer Firewall with integrated Cache" as this...

I encourage customers to architect machines such that data is stored in a separate partition of the hard disk – this makes it far less painful should the worst case scenario of machine rebuild be required. It’s certainly true that insidious malicious...

Click here to play with the Traffic Information MashUP - and here to find out what a MashUP is! In layman's terms a MashUp is where you (as an application developer) build upon an existing application - the term comes from DJ's mixing music samples. ...