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• Is Cloud Computing Really Risk Transference?

  The current buzz in the technology industry is all about this idea of Cloud Computing. It goes by many many names but we’ll just stick with this one to eliminate confusion. Sure, it’s a great idea and vendors are talking about “moving your data to the... Posted Feb 18 2009, 03:07 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security Management, IT Pro, Electronic Discovery, Compliance, Small Business Security, Crime, Cloud computing

• Big Bang Machine Hacked!

  Well, apparently no one planned any information security with the super collider. I love the quote from this guy who is obviously not a security guy “ We don’t know who they were but there seems to be no harm done. ” Right. No harm done. We’re sorta sure... Posted Sep 15 2008, 07:00 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security Management, IT Pro, Industrial Espionage, Crime

• 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

• Well, maybe I’ll get a great refund in in 2009

  Apparently the IRS just realized that they had about 1,800 unauthorized web servers attached to their corporate network !!! Now I’m glad to hear that their CIO is working to get them removed, but sounds to me this is a great opportunity for them to implement... Posted Sep 09 2008, 11:14 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security Management, Threat Assessment, IT Pro, Electronic Discovery, Insider Threat

• 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

• NEWS: ISA Server and Forefront TMG will be supported on hardware virtualization!

  Supported Virtualized Security Solutions? Yeah….We Got That! We’ve gotten many requests for this and today we’re announcing that ISA Server and Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) will now be supported on hardware virtualization. This means that... Posted Aug 28 2008, 01:32 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Virtualization, Security Management, IT Pro, Partners

• Microsoft to the Compliancy Rescue!

  One of the things I do at every CSO Council, is to ask the security executives what their Top 3 issues are. (We learned a long time ago that you can't ask execs to nail it down to a single issue!) These are the top concerns they have around information... Posted Jun 19 2008, 05:08 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security Management, IT Pro, Electronic Discovery, Compliance

• 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

• Dripping Data: Understanding and Reducing Insider Threat (Part IX) - Oldies, but Goodies

  Well....I received an absolutely unexpected and pleasure of an email from one of the excellent speakers over at the The Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies about my blog posts! I'm not sure they were reading or simply scanning for references... Posted Jan 17 2008, 05:09 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Books, Microsoft, Security Management, Threat Assessment, Physical Security, IT Pro, Industrial Espionage, Insider Threat

• TechNet Radio: Physical Security at Microsoft

  This is a pretty interesting podcast that I had the privilege to conduct a few weeks ago. I had the chance to go see Microsoft's Security Operations Center (SOC) and talk to Johnny Walker, CPP (Certified Protection Professional), the guy who leads the... Posted Dec 06 2007, 06:22 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Webcast, Microsoft, Podcasts, Security Management, Physical Security, IT Pro

• Dripping Data: Understanding and Reducing Insider Threat (Part VIII) - Phone Home + The Power of the PMP!

  " Hey IT Guy , c heck out my cool phone! I can use it as a modem for my laptop! " Ever heard that from one of those end users? I'm sure you have. Sounds much better than " Check out my cool wireless bridge I've been using to exfil sensitive data out of... Posted Dec 05 2007, 06:08 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Podcasts, Security Management, IT Pro, Social Engineering, People, Industrial Espionage, Insider Threat

• Dripping Data: Understanding and Reducing Insider Threat (Part VII) - Moving Data Out of Your Organization

  Well, if you've been following along...we talked about who the insiders are and the metrics behind economic espionage. We've discussed why they do it and how they get the data. But I know this probably hasn't been very technical for most of you. Today... Posted Nov 16 2007, 05:36 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Windows Vista, Microsoft, Security Management, Threat Assessment, Physical Security, IT Pro, Industrial Espionage

• Announcing the Microsoft Office 2007 Security Guide

  If you've made the jump to Office 2007, which I know many of you have, you'll want to grab a copy of the free Office 2007 Security Guide . It provides prescriptive Group Policy setting and security configuration recommendations to help strengthen the... Posted Nov 13 2007, 08:16 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Office, Security Management, IT Pro