Posted by Jacqueline Beauchere , director, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft Microsoft and others in the technology industry have long maintained that helping to keep individuals and families safer online is a “shared responsibility” – among industry, government, law enforcement,...

Posted by: Tim Rains , director, Trustworthy Computing After recording over 25 videos on various topics related to cloud security, privacy and reliability, the Trustworthy Computing Cloud Fundamentals Video Series has concluded. During the series I had the chance to talk to numerous Microsoft cloud...

Posted by: Dave Forstrom , Director, Trustworthy Computing A year ago this week we extended a challenge to the security community: a challenge to be unconventional; a challenge to look beyond the norm. Rather than reward a continued focus on finding individual problems (which we all know will exist;...

Posted by: Brendon Lynch , Chief Privacy Officer As we increasingly rely on technology for many aspects of our lives, the amount of data created continues to grow at an exponential rate. An important challenge for organizations is to provide privacy statements describing the collection, use and...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing In my two previous articles recapping the Security Development Conference 2012 I shared some insights from Richard Clarke’s keynote and General Michael V. Hayden’s keynote . The final keynote of the conference was delivered by Scott...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing If you’ve been following this series then you know I’ve previously written about the importance of security, compliance and privacy in the cloud. Whenever I talk to customers these themes continually come through as important topics...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing It goes without saying that the physical security of the data centers where cloud services are hosted is a very important aspect of security to all of the customers I talk to. After all, if an attacker can gain physical access to the hardware...

Posted By: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing In the past I’ve said a perfectly operated cloud service that has vulnerabilities in it due to lackluster development processes isn’t going to help protect the data that cloud customers store and process in the cloud. As reported in...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing If you have been following our Trustworthy Computing Cloud Fundamentals Video Series you have probably seen at least two videos where we discuss the importance of transparency in cloud security controls. In addition, we have shared how the Cloud...

By: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Industry collaboration is critical to helping businesses, governments and citizens realize safer computing experiences. It is also important in the context of cloud security. Earlier in this series I discussed the benefits of industry collaboration...

By: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Earlier in this series I wrote about transparency and how the Cloud Security Alliance’s (CSA) Security Trust and Assurance Registry (STAR) provides cloud customers with some insight into how cloud providers are managing the security controls...

By: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing The consumerization of IT, referred to by many people as “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD), is a very hot topic these days as organizations grapple with the challenge of managing the risks in allowing their data to be placed on personal mobile...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Cloud computing is a top of mind issue for many customers, and privacy issues are among some of our customers biggest concerns. Protecting privacy is part of Microsoft’s long-term commitment to Trustworthy Computing, and we strive to build...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Twice a year we produce the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) – an incredibly detailed view into the threat landscape and threat trends in 100+ countries around the world. One piece of data that tends to catch people’s attention...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Many organizations want to take advantage of the cloud, but the data within existing services often contains a mix of the organization’s high, moderate, and low impact data. In this next installment of Trustworthy Computing’s Cloud...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Electronic discovery, or e-discovery, is a hot topic among security professionals whose organizations are using cloud services or are evaluating using cloud services in the future. When there is a need to perform forensic investigations to...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing If you’ve been following our Cloud Fundamentals series, you’ve heard me discuss why transparency is important for both cloud service providers and their customers. Another important aspect of this theme that customers have discussed...

Posted by: Matt Thomlinson, General Manager, Trustworthy Computing Security Today, I am excited to announce the inaugural Security Development Conference will be held in Washington D.C. on May 15-16. This event will bring together business decision makers, security engineers, managers of software...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Benchmarks and evaluation standards for cloud computing security is a topic that is top of mind for many organizations that are evaluating the potential uses of this new computing paradigm. Many of the customers I have talked to say they would...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Security industry associations are a very important part of the computing ecosystem. Among other things they provide education, training and certification for security professionals, develop and share benchmarks and security best practices...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing In my last blog post , I discussed some of the challenges associated with achieving acceptable levels of transparency for organizations seeking the benefits of cloud computing. For many organizations, visibility into how their cloud providers’...

Posted by: Jacqueline Beauchere , Director, Online Privacy and Safety * Click on graphic for larger view. Before I go any further, I want to assure you that this is a legitimate Microsoft blog, and that I genuinely work for the company. If you’ve received an unsolicited phone call from...

Posted by: Brendon Lynch , Chief Privacy Officer Cloud computing has quickly become a mainstream technology. Global businesses, entrepreneurs and government agencies are embracing the cloud to accelerate innovation and cut costs. But the continued growth of cloud computing is not inevitable...

Posted by: Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing Communications A big part of my job at Microsoft is talking to CISOs, CSOs, as well as VPs and directors about the security of their organization’s assets, including intellectual property and confidential data. Recently I had the opportunity...

By: Adrienne Hall I was in London recently to deliver a keynote at the RSA Conference Europe . I spoke about many of the cloud topics I’m passionate about. Things such as balancing risk and potential when considering the cloud and how the cloud can make security updating more cost efficient...