August 2009 - Posts

Windows 7 XP Mode - Sophos error: facts not found
Well, the title is not completely from me – I just quoted another blog post. I wrote recently on Why Windows 7 XP Mode makes sense from a security perspective and was even quoted on the register. The “funny” thing was the history of that blog: I was readying Read More...
Posted 27 August 09 09:09 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Why it pays to be secure – Chapter 1 – Data Breaches
Our EMEA Security Program Manager, Henk van Roest, started this series internally and with his consent I am publishing it here in my blog as I think it contains a lot of great information for you to use. Returning to the theme of deploying security updates Read More...
Posted 27 August 09 11:20 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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The Future of the Internet in 2020
This is a pretty interesting survey: Future of the Internet III: How the Experts See It Here are the key findings: The mobile device will be the primary connection tool to the internet for most people in the world in 2020. The transparency of people and Read More...
Posted 25 August 09 06:58 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Why it pays to be secure - Introduction
Henk van Roest, our EMEA Security Program Manager is running a pretty successful internal blog. Before summer vacation he started a series called “Why it pays to be secure” which I think has some great information in it. I asked him then to go public Read More...
Posted 22 August 09 12:06 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Internet Explorer 8 best to protect customer
NSSLabs just recently published a study on browser security with regards to Phising and Malware protection, which we comissioned. To take it upfront: The whole methodology is transperent and therefore rather than challenging the results, let’s learn from Read More...
Posted 21 August 09 04:25 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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Legal Risks of the Cloud
I just stumbled across an interesting blog post named Legal Implications of Cloud Computing . I am not a lawyer and therefore unable to judge the details but overall it gives a good view of the risks and challenges. Roger Read More...
Posted 20 August 09 02:36 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Why Windows 7 XP Mode makes sense from a security perspective
I have to admit: When I first learned about Windows 7 XP Mode I was quite surprised. How can we actually ship an XP Virtual Machine with Windows 7? Well, then I started to think (no, it did not hurt too much)… But before I share my findings with you, Read More...
Posted 17 August 09 02:19 by rhalbh | 9 Comments   
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Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Role EAL 4+ certified by BSI
That’s new: We have Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Common Criteria EAL 4+ certified. The new thing is that we certified it in Germany by the BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik). You can find the report here: https://www.bsi.bund.de/cae/servlet/contentblob/612768/publicationFile/35487/0570a_pdf.pdf Read More...
Posted 14 August 09 11:17 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Onion News: The Future of Privacy – the Google Opt-Out Village
Not really serious – just fun (or isn’t it??): Roger Read More...
Posted 14 August 09 01:58 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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The Microsoft Security Update Guide
I know that these news are not new but I was away when we announced it and to me it is important enough to take it up afterwards. Over the last few months we worked on a document explaining everything which is going on around an Update Tuesday. So, what Read More...
Posted 13 August 09 02:30 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Blaster’s Birthday
I guess you remember the day back in 2003: I was actually on vacation when I was called in back to the Microsoft offices as we had some strange things going on… It was the day of the Blaster breakout. The first time I personally had to deal with a very Read More...
Posted 12 August 09 11:03 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Monitoring – a Key Activity to a Trustworthy Infrastructure?
As you might have read, I recently blogged about my infrastructure and the future of a platform towards a better management of compliance. I wrote about Deploying PKI Time Sync on Virtual DCs Patch Management, a key step towards compliance! Especially Read More...
Posted 11 August 09 05:20 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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