Malcolm Bullock - Optimising Infrastructure for business benefit : Security

Concerned by Sinowal?

mbullock — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:50:06 GMT

Like me you may have read on the BBC's web site today about a ' Trojan virus steals banking info ' ....now I normally pass these articles by knowing the truth BUT I'm aware that to some they will take this as 'read' and worry. So here's the background....(read more)

Out of Band Security Bulletin released

mbullock — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:35:10 GMT

Folks, just in case you've not picked this up elsewhere you should know that we have released an out of band security update . As you know this isn't usual and therefore you should carefully review the information here . It's worth noting that for Windows...(read more)

WebCast: Securing Branch Office User Accounts

mbullock — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:59:35 GMT

I came across this webcast recently and thought that it might be useful to you. The Webcast is basically a 12 minute demonstration of technologies such as Read only domain controller, BitLocker and fine Grained Password Policies in Windows Server 2008....(read more)

Roll-up, come get your Microsoft Ads…

mbullock — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:28:48 GMT

So Steve has the scoop here , and apparently (I’m offline right now) the New York Times has the scoop. I’m at a Microsoft internal conference in Florida this week and at lunchtime we had a preview of some Windows 7 Enterprise features (cool :) ), and...(read more)

Independent research firm recognizes Microsoft NAP as a leader in Network Access Control

mbullock — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:07:36 GMT

Picked this up from the Windows Server teams blog here . Seems like NAP has been highly recognised by Forrester. I think that NAP is something that interests almost every company that I talk to. And I think the real key to NAP is the management solutions...(read more)

Vista Security Saves me….

mbullock — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:14:51 GMT

OK so I knew that this was Malware – AND I executed it on purpose to see which security system on my machine would pick it up, or I knew I faced a rebuild! Look what happened – I opened the e-mail just like my mother might do, double clicked on the attachment...(read more)

Windows Server 2008 Branch Office deployment

mbullock — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:29:54 GMT

Just noticed this video of an interview with UK partner Risual on there deployment of Windows Server 2008 to Branch office. They are discussing RODC and Bitlocker amongst other things. Worth a watch......(read more)

Strengthen your malware defense strategy with the Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit

mbullock — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:27:10 GMT

I've noticed this Accelerator Solution on our ms.com/security site today. Interestingly I think that it was only last week that a customer suggested to me when we were discussing NAP that they thought Malware rather than worms were the current...(read more)

Vista Vulnerability report published for Year 1

mbullock — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:56:36 GMT

Folks, I thought you might be interested in this report that has just been issued compiling the first year's worth of security vulnerability's found in Windows Vista, and comparing Windows XP and non-Microsoft OS's first year vulnerabilities. The...(read more)