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• The Last Episode on Physical Security!

  This wraps up the 4-part series where I discuss physical security at Microsoft with one of the guys who keeps you safe when you visit Redmond or any other of the many Microsoft campuses around the world. Thanks Johnny for making us all feel safe when... Posted Sep 10 2008, 05:42 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Video, Events, Microsoft, Security Management, Physical Security, IT Pro, People, Tech-Ed 2008, The Security Show

• The Security Show – Episode Three: Gates Guards and Guns

  Part 3 of my chat with Johnny Walker! He’s got great security info to share. Share this post: Read More... Posted Sep 09 2008, 05:49 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Video, Events, Microsoft, Security Management, Physical Security, IT Pro, Tech-Ed 2008, The Security Show

• The Security Show: Episode 3 “Gates, Guards and Guns”

  More of my sitdown with Johnny Walker who helps run our Microsoft Global Security Operations Center. When we talk about physical security, as IT Pros, we’re typically talking about securing the datacenters and the boxes themselves. Johnny also has to... Posted Sep 08 2008, 05:45 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Video, Events, Microsoft, Security Management, Physical Security, IT Pro, People, Tech-Ed 2008, The Security Show

• You got to love convergence! The Security Show: Episode 3 – Gates, Guards, and Guns

  In Episode 3 of the popular Security Show, we sit down with Johnny Walker who is a Group Program Manager with Microsoft Global Security Operations Center (GSOC). We’ve done a podcast on TechNet Radio with Johnny in the past, but this time we get into... Posted Sep 04 2008, 06:03 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Video, Events, Microsoft, Security Management, Physical Security, IT Pro, People, Tech-Ed 2008, The Security Show

• The FBI Celebrates it’s 100th Anniversary!

  I had the distinct honor this week, of attending the Bureau’s 100th Anniversary celebration event here at the Dallas FBI Field Office . (I’m the one that’s not blurry in the picture on the left) The event itself was very well done and the speeches by... Posted Jul 23 2008, 09:56 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Video, Events, Security Management, Jack Bauer, People, Industrial Espionage, Insider Threat, FBI, Crime

• Is Kai Axford Speaking at TechEd 2008?

  The short answer is YES! However, I'm not going to be confined to a single breakout room like I was last year. (ESPNism: " You cannot stop him, you can only hope to contain him .") If you remember, we had such a huge amount of folks wanting to get into... Posted Apr 17 2008, 05:33 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, Microsoft, Security Management, Funny Stuff, Physical Security, IT Pro, People, Partners, Small Business Security, Insider Threat, Tech-Ed 2008

• RSA 2008 - Day Last: Underground Online Crime

  Well, I'm sorry for the delay in posting, but I didn't get home until after 10:30PM on Friday night, but American Airlines did get me home and given the issues with the MD-80s recently, I'm just happy to have made it. Even got bumped to First Class which... Posted Apr 14 2008, 06:19 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, malware, Security Management, IT Pro, People, RSA 2008, Crime

• RSA 2008 - Day 3: Breakfast with the MSAT and Cruising the Expo

  Who Doesn't Like Breakfast? Sort of a slow day here at RSA today. My guess is that all those parties sort of took their toll on the majority of the attendees. I got up early to catch up on some schoolwork (yes....the quest for the elusive MBA continues... Posted Apr 11 2008, 01:53 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, Microsoft, Security Management, Funny Stuff, IT Pro, People, Travel, RSA 2008

• RSA 2008 - Day 2: Windows vs. Linux, PLUS Insider Threat Experts, and The Parties

  Day 2. I'm a but wore out since I was up into the wee hours trying to get my new video blogging mess figured out. The process that I thought would be (encoding and uploading).....wasn't. But the part that I thought would be easy (quality of the HD stream... Posted Apr 10 2008, 12:51 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, Security Management, User Groups, IT Pro, People, Industrial Espionage, Insider Threat, RSA 2008

• RSA 2008 - Day 1: Craig Mundie and Omarosa

  A New Direction I got up nice and early and managed to drag myself over to the convention, to be sure I wouldn't miss Craig Mundie's keynote where he announced the new End-to-End Trust vision we've been hearing about internally for a few weeks. Craig... Posted Apr 09 2008, 12:30 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, Security Management, Funny Stuff, IT Pro, People, RSA 2008

• The End to End Trust Vision: Microsoft's Framing of the Discussion and Call for Dialog Around Security

  You've been sitting around asking yourself, " Okay okay...I heard Bill Gates announce the whole 'trustworthy computing' concept back in 2002... What's next Microsoft? How do we solve the future security problems as an industry?" As you know, the Internet... Posted Apr 08 2008, 09:48 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, Microsoft, Security Management, IT Pro, People, Partners, RSA 2008

• Where's Kai? RSA Conference 2008!!

  Well...if you're an IT Security Professional, you owe it to yourself to make the journey to the annual RSA Conference at least once in your life. It's the world's biggest security conference and many a great new announcement is made here. This year, it... Posted Apr 07 2008, 03:28 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Events, Security Management, IT Pro, Industrial Espionage, Travel, Insider Threat, RSA 2008

• Not your Mama's Webcasts: Kai does the Defense in Depth Webcast Series

  Hopefully you were able to join me for a terrific two weeks of webcasts!! In 8 sessions we covered every layer of the security model known as "defense in depth". For those of you who missed out on the great fun we had, here's a way to go and check out... Posted Jan 17 2008, 05:37 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Webcast, Windows Vista, Events, Microsoft, Bitlocker, Podcasts, Security Management, Threat Assessment, Physical Security, Encryption, IT Pro, People, Partners, Small Business Security