• Algeria: Conference on Certification (eID)

    When I tweeted last week that I am on my way to Algeria, I got quite some reactions and questions that I shall report how it was. So, let me try to briefly summarize my impressions. I was invited to speak at a conference on certification in Algiers. Well...
  • Microsoft Security Essentials – Coming even closer to you

    Today we were adding 17 additional markets to our Microsoft Security Essentials offering. I am really excited about that as all these markets are in EMEA: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Romania...
  • Climate: Environmental Atlas of Europe

    This is a pretty interesting approach: During the Copenhagen conference now, United Nations Environment Programme, esa and the European Environment Agency launched a website called the Environmental Atlas of Europe . The goal of this atlas is to give...
  • Summary of Bitlocker Discussions

    Last week there was quite some discussion about “successful attacks” on Bitlocker. Those discussions are often quite interesting for me as they show sometimes that people are looking for one technical solution for all the problems. Bitlocker has a clear...
  • Get Safe Online: Don’t be a Money Mule

    You know, there are people who blog late, there are people who blog very late and then there is me… I actually missed that one even though I was triggered: Mid November there was the Get Safe Online Week 2009 in the UK. Usually they do really good stuff...