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• 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

• Death Star Threat Modeling (Part III)

  Good stuff! Last and final part! Share this post: Read More... Posted Aug 10 2008, 02:21 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Threat Assessment, People, Partners, Developer Security

• Death Star Threat Modeling (Part II)

  Here’s Part II of Kevin’s excellent session on Threat Modeling: Death Star Threat Modeling (Part II) Share this post: Read More... Posted Aug 09 2008, 02:18 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Threat Assessment, People, Partners, Developer Security

• Death Star Threat Modeling (Part I)

  I had the opportunity to deliver a presentation to the employees of The Denim Group , one of my favorite Microsoft security partners, based in San Antonio, Texas. One of the consultants on staff is a really smart guy by the name of Brian Williams (whose... Posted Aug 08 2008, 02:14 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Threat Assessment, People, Partners, Developer Security

• Meet The Feds: Part 2

  We start off this episode with Agent Lynd explaining to us the danger of botnets and who these bot pimps are targeting. We see that some of these bad guys are using these “zombie networks” to commit extortion (or face the wrath of my botnet doing a DDoS... Posted Jun 30 2008, 01:17 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Video, malware, Threat Assessment, IT Pro, Jack Bauer, Small Business Security, FBI, Crime, Tech-Ed 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

• It's like having a GSOC of your very own: The Global Real Time Incident Map

  Got too much time on your hands? Feel a need to monitor the entire world for security incidents? Then check this out. I just heard about this and wanted to get it posted, so you guys can see what's not making the evening news. It's a pretty cool website... Posted Jan 09 2008, 03:50 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security Management, Threat Assessment, Travel

• 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

• Wow! I wonder who's going to take the heat for this?

  On the topic of "Ouch. Recently a Chinese Jin-class (Type 094) nuclear attack sub was picked up by a popular mapping application (not Windows Local.live.com....but the OTHER guys.) According to the Strategic Security Blog , it was imaged by a Quickbird... Posted Jul 18 2007, 02:03 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Threat Assessment, Funny Stuff, Physical Security, Jack Bauer

• Hot Sexy Models Demonstrate Threat

  I'm guessing your here to see the "sexy models". Well, I'm about to start delivering a session on Threat Modeling , which is about 100x more useful than any runway modeling. I'll leave the glamour modeling to Tyra Banks and Heidi Klum . (I especially... Posted Jan 03 2007, 04:28 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security Management, Threat Assessment