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Security and Usability
It is not a new concept: The secure way is only secure if it is the easiest way. I have seen a lot of solutions which are extremely secure – in the eyes of the security people. However, the users find a lot of ways to circumvent the security measures Read More...
Posted 26 November 09 10:04 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Security – A Feature Discussion? Some Thoughts on Google’s Chrome OS
To be clear upfront: This is not a “Microsoft versus Google” post. I cannot even judge how far Google pushed security with the Chrome OS. But the following article raised quite some questions how we look at security: Inside the Google Chrome OS security Read More...
Posted 19 November 09 10:18 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Power of Knowledge: Security Intelligence Report v7
It is a good tradition since quite a while that we make the intelligence we have available accessible to the broad public. This will help out customers to protect themselves much better. The Security Intelligence Report (SIR) is built on a unparalleled Read More...
Posted 02 November 09 05:06 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series for IE 8 and Windows 7
Just a brief one: the Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series has been updated to incorporate Internet Explorer 8 and Windows 7. So, to help you to manage security and compliance in your environment, you should have a look at it: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/cc835245.aspx Read More...
Posted 30 October 09 06:09 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Look at the Enhanced Mitigation Evaluation Toolkit
Recently we announced the availability of the Enhanced Mitigation Evaluation Toolkit. This is a toolkit which makes it easier to defend your application on different levels – free of charge. Read the post done by our Security Research and Defense guys: Read More...
Posted 29 October 09 02:26 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Why it pays to be secure – Chapter 3 – But how do I?
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. Security — you hear about it every day. Being responsible Read More...
Posted 18 October 09 08:20 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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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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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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Join the Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines Beta
The day before yesterday we opened the Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8 Security Baselines Beta and would look forward to getting your feedback and comment. So, sign up for it if you are interested: Sign-Up Now for the New Windows 7 and Internet Explorer Read More...
Posted 14 July 09 10:42 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Manage Network Access Protection at Microsoft
As you know, I am a big fan of the concepts behind Network Access Protection as it allows to dynamically define zones on you network. We just published a whitepaper called Manage Network Access Protection at Microsoft : Network Access Protection (NAP) Read More...
Posted 13 July 09 11:04 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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File Classification Infrastructure: More content
At the Analyst Event last week I was asked more than once about the File Classification Infrastructure. As it was something I never looked into the details, I started from the blog post I wrote mid May File Classification Infrastructure in Windows Server Read More...
Posted 29 June 09 04:41 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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Microsoft awarded for Security
This is probably one of the best news I read since a long time. I often said, that I am convinced that we are in a lot of areas around security leading the industry. The complexity of building multi-purpose software in a secure way started to be addressed Read More...
Posted 16 June 09 09:03 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Securing Microsoft’s Cloud Infrastructure
A lot of people and companies are talking about “the Cloud” today. I guess that there are not too many companies that share the same track record of running online services as Microsoft. 1994 we launched MSN and since then we are in this business. Microsoft Read More...
Posted 28 May 09 09:44 by rhalbh | 3 Comments   
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Patch Management, a key step towards compliance!
As you might have read, I recently blogged about my infrastructure and the future of a platform towards a better management of compliance – honestly, I actually played with our latest technology . I wrote about Deploying PKI Time Sync on Virtual DCs Now, Read More...
Posted 22 May 09 02:18 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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