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February 2005 - Posts

A Post-RSA Nap

Posted Friday, February 18, 2005 11:27 PM by stepto
A Post-RSA Nap By now it's no secret that this year we decided to use RSA to help people understand a little more about the MSRC, who we are, what we do, and especially why we do it. The answer to that last, by the way, is a combination of "we are committed Read More...
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The MSRC heads back to Redmond

Posted Friday, February 18, 2005 11:25 PM by stepto
The MSRC heads back to Redmond In addition to spending time with customers and partners at RSA -- as well as some eager, repeat "Wheel" fans -- we had the opportunity to spend a couple of evenings with some of the journalists who cover security issues. Read More...
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Helping Customers Face to Face

Posted Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:24 PM by stepto
Helping Customers Face to Face It's hard work to stand the whole day, as anyone who has worked a conference will tell you. But it's really also a lot of fun to hear the stories from our customers (though I do fear I'm going to learn some kind of Pavlovian Read More...
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Musings at midnight from the “W” bar

Posted Thursday, February 17, 2005 11:22 PM by stepto
Musings at midnight from the “W” bar For reasons that are not entirely clear to me, I found myself hanging out in a very crowded “W” bar at midnight last night – well past my bedtime – unless, of course, there is some security incident, in which case Read More...
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Trends, or lack thereof...

Posted Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:21 PM by stepto
Trends, or lack thereof... Sometimes you can pick up a common theme when you go to an industry show. You find that lots of vendors are talking about topic X or half of the talks seem to mention topic Y. I still haven’t found that common theme though at Read More...
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MSRC "Wheel of Fortune"

Posted Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:19 PM by stepto
MSRC "Wheel of Fortune" We've had another really busy day on the show floor. We've had a continuous line at our “Wheel of Fortune” as survey participants are eager to spin our wheel and win an Xbox game! The surveys keep coming in and we’re getting a Read More...
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Securi-tini anyone?

Posted Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:18 PM by stepto
Securi-tini anyone? We had a great time last night at a party Microsoft hosted. It was at the Foreign Cinema, which is an awesome restaurant with enormous white walls everywhere that they play movies on. People mingled, eating fantastic food and drinking Read More...
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MSRC Customer Survey: Win an Xbox game!

Posted Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:16 PM by stepto
MSRC Customer Survey: Win an Xbox game! Wow, what an exciting day yesterday at RSA! Bill Gates actually talked about the Microsoft Security Response Center within the very opening of his keynote address! Bill also outlined Microsoft’s three key focus Read More...
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Alive and kicking at the end of Day 2!

Posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 11:13 PM by stepto
Alive and kicking at the end of Day 2! It's almost 6:30 and while the MSRC "Wheel of Fortune" has finally stopped spinning my head has not. I cannot get over how many people are here, and how many stop and discuss Microsoft's security efforts (I am sure Read More...
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The MSRC "Update Tuesday"; Week Prior to RSA

Posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 11:12 PM by stepto
The MSRC: "Update Tuesday" Week Prior to RSA Day 2 at RSA has reminded us that we certainly are arriving in San Francisco after a big week in Redmond. Our team, which manages vulnerabilities and releases security updates AND manages security incidents, Read More...
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Bill Gates Keynote: Internet Explorer 7.0!

Posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 11:11 PM by stepto
Bill Gates Keynote: Internet Explorer 7.0! I am absolutely ecstatic to repeat Bill Gates’ announcement this morning at RSA that there will indeed be an Internet Explorer 7.0! The Internet Explorer team is a great bunch of people who've been watching the Read More...
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Kevin Kean, Director with the MSRC

Posted Tuesday, February 15, 2005 11:10 PM by stepto
Kevin Kean, Director with the MSRC My first impression of RSA this year is - wow RSA has really grown! The scale reminds me of some of the networking shows a few years ago. This morning a huge number of people were signing up for the full conference. Read More...
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Stephen Toulouse, Security Program Manager with the MSRC

Posted Monday, February 14, 2005 11:07 PM by stepto
Stephen Toulouse, Security Program Manager with the MSRC My introduction to security response was the Slammer attack. I’d been on the MSRC team for all of a month, and suddenly this attack on SQL servers appears, even impacting the Internet! I had just Read More...
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Simon Conant, Security Program Manager with the MSRC

Posted Tuesday, February 08, 2005 11:05 PM by stepto
Simon Conant, Security Program Manager with the MSRC As the newest member of the team, I flew into Redmond on the Sunday before February's "Update Tuesday" (i.e. the release of Microsoft's February security updates). Although originally from New Zealand, Read More...
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Meet Debby Fry Wilson, Director with the MSRC

Posted Tuesday, February 08, 2005 11:03 PM by stepto
Meet Debby Fry Wilson, Director with the MSRC As Director of the Security Response Center within the Microsoft Security Business and Technology Unit, I’m really pleased that the MSRC is able to participate in this year’s RSA. Indeed, a year ago, our team Read More...
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Welcome to the MSRC at RSA

Posted Tuesday, February 08, 2005 8:06 PM by stepto
Welcome to the MSRC at RSA Thanks for checking out the Microsoft Security Response Center blog from RSA. While it's not quite RSA yet, we wanted to take the opportunity to welcome you all and give you a little insight into what you can expect to see on Read More...
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