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What makes Windows Vista more secure than Windows XP? Here's a white paper that gives an overview of the security features of Windows Vista

Thanks to Michael Howard for posting about "Windows Vista Security Enhancements". Michael's post links to a white paper that gives a relatively high level technical overview of the security systems of Windows Vista. The paper titled "Microsoft Windows Read More
posted Friday, May 26, 2006 9:12 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments
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If you're planning to buy new laptops and want to make the most of the security features of Windows Vista

Note: The information in this post is based on the features of beta software and hence they may change before Windows Vista ships. To make the most of Windows Vista's advanced security features you need to ensure that new machines are TPM 1.2 compliant. Read More
posted Friday, February 03, 2006 7:21 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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ISA Service Pack 2 is now available - it provides significant branch office scenario support

Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) Service Pack 2 is now available. You can find out more and download SP2 for yourself by browsing to this link. There's a detailed white paper here. SP2 brings with it enhanced support for the "branch office Read More
posted Wednesday, February 01, 2006 5:39 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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There's a great White Paper detailing how to run Windows XP with the least privilege

Browse here to view the paper titled "Applying the Principle of Least Privilege to User Accounts on Windows XP" - it give a good explaination of how to reduce the amount of time both you and your users need to be logged in with Administrative privileges. Read More
posted Wednesday, January 25, 2006 6:48 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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How to Secure wireless networks?

A good point of reference is http://www.microsoft.com/wifi as you'll find a wealth of best practise advice there. Another good source is the current TechNet Magazine which can be accessed both online (you can download the entire thing) and in print too Read More
posted Friday, December 02, 2005 11:08 AM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Threats Vulnerabilities and Exploits to mobile phones, PDAs, mobile devices and cars as discussed in a report published this week by IBM Security Intelligence Services

I've just read the summary to an IBM Report which discusses the perceived risk of security problems on mobile devices and even cars akin to those suffered by Personal Computer users today. This is something I've been thinking of writing about Read More
posted Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:13 AM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
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Microsoft IT Attack and Penetration Testing Team

The Microsoft® IT Showcase website includes a new article detailing our approach to assessing the security compliance of our internal systems. Techniques and methodologies are discussed to limit the points of exposure whilst addressing the unique Read More
posted Monday, December 13, 2004 12:09 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Load Balancing a Rights Management Server Cluster using Network Load Balancing

The Microsoft® IT Showcase website is a great resource for learning how we secure our environment at Microsoft. MicrosoftIT provide a managed highly available Information Rights Management (IRM) solution for employees use worldwide. A new article has Read More
posted Monday, December 13, 2004 11:44 AM by Steve Lamb | (Comments Off)
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How we at Microsoft Secure our own infrastructure

Ever wondered how we secure our own infrastructure? The ITShowCase website provides IT Professionals with the low down on how we develop, deploy and manage our enterprise technology solutions. The site contains both business decision maker suitable Read More
posted Monday, December 13, 2004 11:22 AM by Steve Lamb | (Comments Off)
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Securing Wireless LANs with PEAP and Passwords

There's a wealth of excellent prescriptive Guidance from Microsoft Consultants which is available for free download at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/guidance The wireless guide explains how to secure both large scale Enterprise networks and Read More
posted Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:23 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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