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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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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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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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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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Physical Security: ATMs equipped with Pepper Spray
This is “real” hard-core security. If the ATM feels that it is tempered with, it releases pepper spray. It is kind of a “self-defense” mechanism. I just hope it never thinks that I am tempering with the machine when I just want to get money… ATMs fitted Read More...
Posted 10 July 09 02:36 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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Google Chrome and Silent Patching
This morning I opened one of the Swiss Sunday newspapers and Google Chrome made it to the front-page with a “best practice approach” for deploying security updates. In the article itself it was claimed that Chrome is one of the best browsers with regards Read More...
Posted 11 May 09 03:58 by rhalbh | 18 Comments   
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The Carbon Footprint of Spam
McAfee just published an interesting report as they are taking a different approach on Spam. They were looking at the environmental impact of Spam. So, how much energy do we have to invest in order to fight spam? These are the key findings from their Read More...
Posted 25 April 09 09:36 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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The Windows 7 UAC “Vulnerability”
It is always interesting how some things spin off. The claimed UAC vulnerability in Windows 7 in one of those events. There are numerous blogs which claim that they found a huge vulnerability in Windows 7. The reason for that is that you can change the Read More...
Posted 03 February 09 10:03 by rhalbh | 22 Comments   
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Apple Recommends Running Multiple AV Engines
This is an interesting thing: I just read this post on ZDNet . The blamed us for being the key target for viruses and they always told me that they do not have a security problem. I am convinced that there is no software product having no security vulnerabilities Read More...
Posted 03 December 08 06:45 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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Get Safe Online – This Week
We see this concept all over Europe: There are National Security Awareness Days (or how ever they are called) in a lot of European countries. During these events, the industry (from software to banking to government to …) gets together to raise awareness Read More...
Posted 18 November 08 02:00 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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Security through Collaboration
If you ever heard me keynote an event you know that one of the key messages I have is, that partnerships are necessary in order to be able to protect against today's threats. At Black Hat USA we just announced a new program called Microsoft Active Protections Read More...
Posted 06 August 08 04:35 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Is Security Research Ethical?
Shoaib's blog actually pointed me to a pretty interesting article called Face-Off: Is vulnerability research ethical? - Security Experts Bruce Schneier & Marcus Ranum Offer Their Opposing Points of View . Not surprisingly Bruce says "yes" and Marcus Read More...
Posted 22 May 08 03:26 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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Technology to Circumvent Censorship (Part 2)
Back in March I blogged on a Technology to Circumvent Censorship . I actually expected some dialogue on this but today somebody posted an interesting comment, I think is worth reading. Just click the link above and look at the second comment Roger Read More...
Posted 24 April 08 01:56 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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