December 2007 - Posts

Response to Trust-based messages
In my other post in a Q&A excerpt with Dave Crocker by Investor's Business Daily, I'd like to now respond to some of my selected quotes. Crocker: You have to create what I call a trust overlay to the existing e-mail system. Existing senders and receivers Read More...
Posted 29 December 07 10:59 by tzink | 1 Comments   
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Spam's new nemesis: Trust-based messages
The other day I was reading Investors Business Daily and came across an article whose title you see in the subject line of this blog post. The article is a Q&A Dave Crocker of BrandenBurg InternetWorking. If you're like me and too lazy to click the Read More...
Posted 29 December 07 10:57 by tzink | 0 Comments   
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2008 Security Industry Predictions from the Forefront Team
It’s almost 2008, so it’s the time of year when people make predictions for the coming year. The security industry is rapidly evolving, so look for more changes in 2008. Here is our list of predictions. -- The Forefront Team Top Security Industry Trends Read More...
Posted 20 December 07 05:37 by David Burt | 0 Comments   
Study: IT Pros More Concerned about Data Loss than Spam, Malware
Microsoft’s Forefront team has posted a new study conducted for Microsoft by CMG Market Research measuring the perceptions of 1,274 information technology (IT) managers in the U.S. toward 12 security concerns, such as malware, temporary workers, hackers, Read More...
Posted 18 December 07 06:00 by Brittany M. | 2 Comments   
Attachment(s): Forefront Security Tracker Part 1.pdf
Microsoft placed in Visionaries Quadrant of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for SSL VPN, North America, 3Q07
Microsoft has placed in the Visionaries Quadrant of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for SSL VPN, North America, 3Q07 Report (SSL VPN stands for secure socket layer virtual private network). Gartner finds that “The consolidation of vendors and competition in Read More...
Posted 17 December 07 09:36 by David Burt | 1 Comments   
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Ron Moritz, Former Senior Executive at both CA and Symantec, Named General Manager for Edge Security & Access Group at Microsoft
Ron Moritz, a senior executive at CA International, is joining the Microsoft Forefront team as the new General Manager for the Edge Security and Access Group. Ron joins Microsoft from CA (formerly Computer Associates), where he was the Senior Vice President, Read More...
Posted 13 December 07 08:45 by David Burt | 0 Comments   
It's December! Time for the spam season, right?
Ah, the holidays are upon us. And, as we all know, 'tis the season for piles of spam! Or is it? Last year, we saw a very large run up of spam heading into December, but in the month of December itself I saw nothing out of the ordinary. Here is the breakdown Read More...
Posted 11 December 07 12:01 by tzink | 0 Comments   
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Announcing the Microsoft Forefront Technology Adoption Program
With the successful release of Forefront Client Security v1, it’s time to focus our efforts on the next release! The Forefront Technology Adoption Team (TAP) is excited to announce the launch of our new program. The next version of the Forefront Client Read More...
Posted 06 December 07 10:16 by David Burt | 0 Comments   
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More than 20 percent of Exchange on-premise mailboxes with Forefront Security for Exchange Server
From an interview with, Margaret Arakawa, senior director of Security & Access Product Marketing at Microsoft: We’ve seen significant demand from customers across the complete product portfolio, from client to server to network edge security. On the Read More...
Posted 04 December 07 06:51 by David Burt | 0 Comments   
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