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September 2005 - Posts

Why encryption may be your worst enemy!

So many people advocate encryption as being the best way to secure data. To quote from the book of Riley (Steve) "If confidentiality is your priority then go ahead and encrypt your data" (not quite a direct quote but you get the idea). For businesses Read More
posted Wednesday, September 28, 2005 3:16 PM by Steve Lamb | 8 Comments
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I must be mad - free one day security and management training without slides

I'm hosting a TechNet briefing titled "Make your systems work for you - a practical demonstration of how to develop a secure well managed infrastructure" on 24th October in London. Click on the link - it's entirely free of charge though spaces are limited. Read More
posted Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:46 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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There's no place like ::1

I saw that on a t-shirt recently @ a security event - I wonder how many (few) people understood it! IPv6 jokes - whatever next! Read More
posted Monday, September 26, 2005 2:40 PM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments

My poor neglected blog

Ode to my blog. Why haven't I payed you the attention you deserve in the last couple of weeks? To say I've been charging around speaking at countless events whilst true is not an excuse. I will make it up to thee. Last week I spoke @ the Triple i convention Read More
posted Monday, September 26, 2005 12:27 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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How long do I spend blogging and why do I do it

I've met many interesting people this week whilst speaking at many events including FinSec (Enterprise Security for Financial Institutions) and UCISA's (Universities and Collages Information Systems Association) symposium - as a consequence I haven't Read More
posted Friday, September 23, 2005 4:11 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Royal Holloway MSc in Computer Security

<I've edited this post to add a link to the pictures together with the following image> Thank you to everyone I met at Royal Holloway from the MSc in Computer Security (distance learning) course. I can honestly say I rarely get to meet to many Read More
posted Monday, September 19, 2005 2:05 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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Upcoming Free Microsoft Security Webcasts

Microsoft Security Webcast Series: Upcoming & On-Demand   Microsoft Security Webcasts Defense in Depth: Strategies to help secure your environment and reduce malware Live and on-demand webcasts available now Attend this webcast Read More
posted Friday, September 16, 2005 7:37 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Should children be encouraged to secure their family's PCs?

I met a diverse group of people earlier today and one of the interesting debates that we touched upon was - "Should Children be encouraged to secure their family's PC(s)". In my experience there seem to be two schools of thought:  - firstly Read More
posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 7:00 PM by Steve Lamb | 6 Comments
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WinFS was demonstrated @ PDC this week

I was unable to go to PDC (Microsoft's Professional Developers' conference) like so many of you but I have read Tom Sander's  article talking about a demonstraton of WinFS - click here to read more. Many people have asked me about "what's happened/ing" Read More
posted Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:54 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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I'm so pleased that my wife has been awarded her MSc

Congratulations to Julie Lamb MSc for her award in Sociology! Read More
posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:58 PM by Steve Lamb | 5 Comments

For those of you who speak @ Conferences...

If your audience look as excited as those below then WORRY!   Read More
posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:31 PM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments

So many conferences, so little time

I'm really enjoying meeting so many of you at so many security conferences. In the last couple of weeks I've spoken @ the following: * Live on BBC Radio Berkshire - this one wasn't security related * Henley School of Management - "Security for Mere Read More
posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:14 PM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
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Great new toy - an electronic picture frame

Someone was kind enough to send me an electronic picture frame as a special "thank you" for some extra work I did outside my day job in the field of raising security awareness. I'm very grateful as it was a total surprise and a wonderful toy. The device Read More
posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9:08 PM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments

The Strider HoneyMonkey Project is all about finding the malicious sites out there

If you'd like to see what Microsoft Research are up to in the field of protecting you from malicious intent then have a look @ the Strider HoneyMonkey website. Here's a quote from the site "Strider HoneyMonkey is a Microsoft Research project to detect Read More
posted Wednesday, September 14, 2005 10:25 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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"Robin Hood" syndrome - Hackers donate YOUR money to support Katrina relief efforts!

Just browse to a recent article on Brian Krebs' "Security Fix" column to read all about Phishers who appear to be donating to the relief effort using the credit card details of their victims! Read More
posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:53 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Why do most security "experts" look scary?

I read a computer magazine yesterday - this in itself is a rarity. I purchased it as there was a whole section dedicated to security citing advice from leading security "experts". I won't go into detail about the advice itself as it's too early on Read More
posted Tuesday, September 13, 2005 10:14 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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For those who only want to read Security posts

Some would say there's more to live than security but they're lying! OK I do sometimes post outside the field of security and hence... I tag every post on my blog into categories to make it easier for you to navigate. Take a look on the left hand side Read More
posted Friday, September 09, 2005 8:58 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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Here are some great Cheat Sheets and here is why I love the term "Ego Surfing" and what on Earth is Technorati anyway

I've just been reading KC's blog post about Cheat sheets - it's well worth a look as the site he links to contains summaries of all kinds of useful information - the list is almost endless - well worth a look. I've heard the term "Ego Surfing" many times Read More
posted Friday, September 09, 2005 8:37 AM by Steve Lamb | 5 Comments
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Thanks to everyone who join me at tonight's Technet event in Reading

I really enjoyed meeting so many people at tonight's TechNet event. Apologies to those who couldn't find a seat - there were over 110 of you and the room couldn't quite cope. Thank you for being so interactive and enthusiastic. For those of you who read Read More
posted Thursday, September 08, 2005 10:41 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Come and join me for a Security Configuration Chalk and Talk at IT Forum

IT Forum is just around the corner and it's in Barcelona :-) Jesper and I are planning to host a chalk and talk all about how to configure your servers to only provide the features you actually need - Security Configuration Wizard is a great feature Read More
posted Wednesday, September 07, 2005 8:48 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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How to fix "unsupported browser" errors when using IE7

Some sites attempt to check the browser version and get rather confused if IE>6. If you are evalating IE7 Beta then a good tip is to add the following registry entry - bear in mind this is unsupported but I presume the Beta software is too so nothing Read More
posted Monday, September 05, 2005 3:31 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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How to fix the problem of: Since enabling WPA my wireless client can't connect

I recently helped a friend of mine to implement Wireless Protected Access (WPA) at his home. I made the classic mistake of telling him that it would only take a couple of minutes to set up. Enabling WPA on his wireless router was really easy - particularly Read More
posted Friday, September 02, 2005 4:57 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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My thoughts are with the people of New Orleans...

I was fortunate enough to spend a week in New Orleans last year which makes it all the more chilling to hear the horror stories of those caught up in the grip of the flood waters. The television showed the street my hotel was on - I could hardly recognise Read More
posted Thursday, September 01, 2005 5:07 PM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments