September 2009 - Posts

Thoughts on the Registered Traveler Programs at Airports
When I entered the US this time, I got a brochure on how I could avoid the line at immigration and just get a fast track by registering with the Global Entry Program , a program, which would pre-screen me and then I just have to register with a machine Read More...
Posted 30 September 09 06:03 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Microsoft Security Essentials – Ready to download
Why pay for a Anti-Malware solution if you can get one of the best solutions in the world for free – go and download it! It is there: http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ And now, the disclaimer: It runs only on genuine Windows! Have fun, enjoy. Read More...
Posted 29 September 09 06:20 by rhalbh | 2 Comments   
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Interesting Cyber Security Challenge
I read an article on Cyber Security Challenge Brings Out the Best about a “defend your system” challenge by the USENIX Security Conference in Montreal, Canada. I like the approach: Find and fix common vulnerabilities on a web server. Roger Read More...
Posted 29 September 09 05:40 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Hey, You, Get Off of My Cloud
I recently had different discussions with different customers and we were looking into the key questions to ask, when you plan to move to the cloud (yes, I am working on a corresponding blog post). I was then asked whether we have an answer to these questions Read More...
Posted 27 September 09 01:47 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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When it comes to security, who do you trust more - Microsoft or Google?
I started to read the article and actually just wanted to Tweet about it but then I voted and had to publish at least the current state: When it comes to security, who do you trust more? Microsoft (44%) Google (32%) Neither (22%) Both (3%) Total Votes: Read More...
Posted 26 September 09 04:18 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Do you really want to move to the Cloud? Really?
Well, the question is not too provocative. The longer I look into the risk, the more I am asking this question. Now, we have to separate the different company sizes. I guess for a small and medium business – with the correct safety measures – it makes Read More...
Posted 25 September 09 05:31 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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IT outsourcing most affected by data leaks – What about the Cloud?
I recently asked in a panel, where the difference is between Cloud Computing and classical outsourcing – I kind of became unpopular because this is simply uncool… But I stick with it (knowing there are differences) but the difference is not that big in Read More...
Posted 24 September 09 12:10 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Moving to the Cloud: Where it worked and where I was challenged
I am running a whole environment at home to experience our technology. However, up to now it was all “on premise”, no Cloud integration. This has to change. Therefore I was more than happy to join our internal  Hosted Exchange 14 beta program. We Read More...
Posted 21 September 09 09:46 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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When Goog becomes your Roommate (a “must see”)
I just found that this morning. If you have 15 minutes, you have to watch these videos. They are really fun (are they?):   Enjoy! I did (partly) Roger Read More...
Posted 17 September 09 05:03 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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Microsoft SDL Team Releases New Security Testing Tools
I often mention that we try to give you all the tools we have as long as it makes sense form a risk perspective. The risk perspective is a simple one: If we give it to you as our customer, we give it as well to the criminals. There are two new tools which Read More...
Posted 16 September 09 03:10 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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H1N1 (Swine) Flu Preparedness - Guide for Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources
This morning I stumbled across a guide by the US Health & Human Services with regards to H1N1. Even though it did not catch much news lately I am not sure whether it is really over. Staying prepared it definitely not a bad thing. Even though it is Read More...
Posted 16 September 09 07:33 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Typing Arabic without a Arabic Keyboard: Microsoft Maren
I am using a Latin keyboard and my Arabic is kind of “rusty” but I guess that this could be of real help if you write Arabic: Microsoft Maren There is a good video on that page. Roger Read More...
Posted 09 September 09 10:44 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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Monitoring the Virtual Environment
I recently blogged on how I monitor my environment: Monitoring - a Key Activity to a Trustworthy Infrastructure? In the meantime, I am doing more. I was just recently looking into System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). So, I installed it on my monitoring Read More...
Posted 08 September 09 11:44 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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PHP on Windows Server 2008 – My New Photo Gallery
Well, it was one of these days. In order to make photos available to our family we used SharePoint since quite a while. It did a fairly decent job but I wanted more fancy stuff. So I started to look for something in Silverlight as Silverlight is our web Read More...
Posted 04 September 09 04:59 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
Why it pays to be secure – Chapter 2 – Vulnerabilities
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. The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) Read More...
Posted 03 September 09 10:11 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Is the “Managed Desktop” the ultimate solution?
When I talk about the big trends, one of them is about the call of the younger generation for more flexibility. Flexibility in this context is about where you work, when you work and how you organize yourself. If you take this as a given, you have to Read More...
Posted 01 September 09 10:39 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Security Policies – Confidentiality
Hmm, think about it, when you write the next version of your policy: Roger Read More...
Posted 01 September 09 08:44 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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