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January 2005 - Posts

I'm on holiday until 7th Feb so no comments will be moderated until my return

Many of you have provided feedback to my recent posts - as my blog is moderated these won't be visible until I return and get chance to read them all. Please keep contributing in the meantime as your comments are (generally!) very valuable to the community. Read More
posted Monday, January 24, 2005 3:14 PM by Steve Lamb | (Comments Off)
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How to give GoogleLove(or MSNLove!) to interesting sites without killing them

The following comments are all IMHO not those of Microsoft.......blah blah blah.... you get the idea! As readers will be aware, I recently linked to content on a third party site. My intent was to advocate the author's content to my followers(both of Read More
posted Friday, January 21, 2005 12:53 AM by Steve Lamb | 7 Comments
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What is a BlogCast? Robert Scoble discusses the term @ Channel9

Robert posted an entry @ Channel9 - see Eileen's Blog for more information. Finally word is getting out there :-) Read More
posted Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:19 AM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments
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Is it right to eolith remove posts?

...or should you let them stand regardless? I've only been posting for a little while and am very much learning as I go along. At the moment I thing it should stand as is - typos or not unless feedback suggests it's offending readers.IMHO posts should Read More
posted Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:22 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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I'm in a cool discussion on Blogging by Robert Scoble

Robert's talking to a whole bunch of folk who want to blog but are terrified! I find Blogging's a little like a first date - pretty scary ahead of time, generally lots of fun when you stop worring and get on with it - of course that's not the case with Read More
posted Tuesday, January 18, 2005 6:41 PM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
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Is there a cool alternative to the iPod?

Clearly there's massive competition in this space. I was about to ask you what devices you think come close or even exceed the coolness of the classic iPod. I have a friend(Tony Krijnen) sat next to me who's watching me type this post - as a result Read More
posted Tuesday, January 18, 2005 6:32 PM by Steve Lamb | 12 Comments
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I've pulled my previous post titled "How to Turn your Windows machine into a LINUX box"

As you'll know if you read the post(before I pulled it) and followed the link(referenced in it) you'll know that the very last page of humour included an inappropriate word. I pulled the post as I really don't want to offend anyone - after all Children Read More
posted Tuesday, January 18, 2005 6:09 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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Become a Security Insider! Join the most exciting security community in the World!

I'm the lead Technical Security Advisor for Microsoft's ITPro community in the UK. My role involves evangelising the our security technologies(most of which are built into Windows) to help ITPros deliver real world business benefits - reducing costs by Read More
posted Sunday, January 16, 2005 6:18 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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Threat Modelling helps Microsoft Developers to build more secure code

Larry Osterman's posted a really interesting article explaining how Threat Modelling helps his team improve the security of the code they develop. As Larry goes on to explain the technique's not new, nor is it rocket science and yet it's often under utilised Read More
posted Sunday, January 16, 2005 3:12 AM by Steve Lamb | (Comments Off)
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What's a BlogCast?

A BlogCast is simply a very short (typically five minute) webcast that's hosted on a Blog. The idea is that we're all busy people who want specific information and don't have the time/patience to sit through lengthy webcasts to find what we're looking Read More
posted Sunday, January 16, 2005 1:38 AM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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Michael Platt is Blogging again!!!

After somewhat of a break he's back :-) If you're interested in integrating your Mainframe and Windows environment then check out his latest post Mike is an expert in software architecture :-) Read More
posted Sunday, January 16, 2005 12:54 AM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments

Don't forget the free ISA webcast week - you'll learn how to protect Exchange, IIS, Sharepoint and critical applications from hackers

I posted details of the upcoming ISA Webcast series here. If you've not registered yet then time is running out - it's free and will teach you all about application layer firewalling and how to protect critical information systems from the real threat Read More
posted Saturday, January 15, 2005 9:38 PM by Steve Lamb | (Comments Off)
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What feedback would you like to give Microsoft Product Groups on Security

I'm working in Redmond(Seattle) this week - I flew over from the UK last night. I'm working with the product groups for the entire week and am keen to give your feedback regarding security functionality of our products(Windows, Office, Security Business Read More
posted Saturday, January 15, 2005 6:04 PM by Steve Lamb | 11 Comments
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Microsoft Anti-spyware Beta software is ready for you to try - it's on time following the Giant acquisition

Michael Swanson beat me to it blogging about the availability of the beta code - if you've not already seen it I recommend checking out his article for an excellent overview. The beta code itself can be freely downloaded from here. Our internal Read More
posted Thursday, January 06, 2005 3:42 PM by Steve Lamb | 3 Comments
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ISA Application Layer Firewalling free webcast series covering deployment, troubleshooting, improve network security and configure anti-virus and content filtering plus exchange integration and ISA security appliance drill down

An entire week of webcasts can be registered for at the ISA event site "Whether you plan to upgrade to Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 or want to learn how to get the most from your current ISA deployment, this week of technical webcasts Read More
posted Thursday, January 06, 2005 11:54 AM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
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How to think like a hacker - Scott Culp's 10 Immutable Laws of Security

Back in the year 2000 Scott Culp published a paper outlining the 10 Immutable Laws of Security. I've restated them here to be concise but strongly encourage you to read the original article as it develops each law to discuss each in turn. If you're Read More
posted Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:52 PM by Steve Lamb | 2 Comments
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Effective Security is all about assessing and mitigating risk - discussed by Bruce Schneier in his session titled "The Three Truths of Computer Security"

It's pure coincidence that many of my posts today discuss Bruce Schneier's content. I came across an interesting webcast from Bruce Schneier while reading Julien Couvreur's Blog. The webcast is rather old (year 2000) though the vast majority of the Read More
posted Tuesday, January 04, 2005 6:13 PM by Steve Lamb | (Comments Off)
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Great Comment from Bruce Schneier "we tend to worry about the spectacular and rare rather than common events such as spose abuse and automotive accidents"

Bruce Schneier gave a interesting podcast promoting his new book Beyond Fear. Lots of common sense and yet highly relavent information and some great quotes including the following: "More people are killed per year by pigs than by Sharks" Read More
posted Tuesday, January 04, 2005 4:17 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments
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Great source of free security webcast/podcasts from the likes of Bruce Schneier and Phil Zimmermann

The ITConversations website contains some very interesting broadcasts from eminent security speakers. The top level site includes a vast range of topics.  The site includes the tag line of "Listener-supported audio programs,interviews and important Read More
posted Tuesday, January 04, 2005 3:41 PM by Steve Lamb | (Comments Off)
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