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Protect your data: everything else is just plumbing
Take a few moments and indulge in a thought exercise with me. Consider your company’s complete collection of information processing assets—all the computers, the networks they’re connected to, the applications you use, and the data and information you Read More...
Posted 02 July 07 01:46 by Steve Riley | 7 Comments   
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BitLocker command line interface
Last week at TechEd Europe I showed the BitLocker command-line interface. At other TechEds I've mentioned it but didn't show it. The CLI provides full control over BitLocker, including enabling it on any NTFS volume on the system (the Control Panel UI Read More...
Posted 25 November 06 08:39 by Steve Riley | 14 Comments   
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Why administrative passwords will never be like nuclear missile launchers
During the past few months many people have lamented that Windows lacks a nuclear missile style control option for administrator passwords. Surely you've read about or seen photographs of missile silos where two operators, separated by a distance greater Read More...
Posted 21 November 06 02:16 by Steve Riley | 11 Comments   
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Domain controller security: it starts at layer zero
Recently I seem to have had the same conversation over and over again, in places as far apart as Jakarta, Winnipeg, and Berlin. The question is usually worded like this: "What happens if someone steals one of my domain controllers?" There is, essentially, Read More...
Posted 10 March 06 01:15 by Steve Riley | 8 Comments   
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New column -- The case of the stolen laptop
Seems like once a week I hear from someone worried about stolen laptops -- or, worse, just joined the ranks of laptop theft victimhood. The best way to stay out of that club is to keep the thing with you at all times, or leave it in your hotel room when Read More...
Posted 10 February 05 10:12 by Steve Riley | 2 Comments   
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