Steve Riley on Security : February 2008

February 2008 - Posts

Throw away your digital picture frames: Surely time itself has warped and it's suddenly April 1st. Come on, if you read the following, wouldn't you first think it was a hoax, as did I? Virus from China, the gift that keeps on giving An insidious computer virus recently discovered on digital Read More...
Posted 18 February 08 07:36 by Steve Riley | 4 Comments
Filed under threats, protection, things that make me laugh, things that make me worried, malware, home and family security
Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors: By Steve Riley Senior Security Strategist Trustworthy Computing Group, Microsoft Corporation (originally published at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/secmgmt/sm0208.mspx ) I’ve met thousands of IT pros during my years speaking at conferences Read More...
Posted 13 February 08 09:45 by Steve Riley | 5 Comments
Filed under protection, home and family security
Plan now to eliminate "power users" from your domains: I've seen some conversations lately about the Power Users group -- how powerful is it, really, and why did we remove the group from Windows Vista? That group had rights install software and drivers. And if you can install software and drivers, then you Read More...
Posted 11 February 08 10:03 by Steve Riley | 1 Comments
Filed under Windows Vista, authentication, security policies, access control
Who should do your security audits? Or, how do you organize the security department?: An interesting question came up today. The group responsible for configuring and maintaining the firewalls at a customer also believes that they should be the only ones to audit their configurations. Others in the security department are uneasy with this, Read More...
Posted 07 February 08 02:25 by Steve Riley | 2 Comments
Filed under security policies, risk mitigation, security science
Videos of some of my presentations: TechNet Spotlight features videos of many presentations from our TechEd conferences. Here are some of mine. It's 11:00 PM, do you know where your data is? IT Forum: TechEd Europe, November 2007 The fortified data center in your future TechEd US, June Read More...
Posted 05 February 08 10:14 by Steve Riley | 1 Comments
Filed under conferences and seminars, TechEd
NAP case study published: Another new resource for you... I know from my time with customers in meetings and at events that NAP is something you're all very interested in. You're also being a bit cautious, waiting to see how the market matures, and hoping to learn how some customers Read More...
Posted 01 February 08 03:50 by Steve Riley | 1 Comments
Filed under NAP, IPsec
Microsoft IPsec diagnostic tool: IPsec is a wonderful technology for identifying computers and securing the exchange of data between them. I've written and spoken extensively about in the past. It is, however, a bit of a challenge to configure, especially if you're newly learning about Read More...
Posted 01 February 08 03:39 by Steve Riley | 2 Comments
Filed under authentication, configuration, IPsec, networking, encryption