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Talks about Windows Vista Security and how to defeat Malware in Edinburgh in November

The Business Technology Alliance User Group are a very active community based in Scotland. On the 29th November 2006 there will be an evening of technical discussion no doubt including intense technical debate at Microsoft's Offices in Edinburgh. The Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:00 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

Alun Rogers of the IT Pro Security User Group will be speaking @ NxtGenUG's Halloween Spooktacular 2 next week

Join Alun and the folk from the NxtGenUG on Monday 30th October in Birmingham (England!) for a talk about how to deal with Viruses and Malware. Click here to read the details for yourself . Last year's gathering was really good fun and included a technical Read More...
Posted Monday, October 23, 2006 9:42 PM by Steve Lamb | 0 Comments

What should a User Group be? A New Information Security User Group is taking form

Many people at InfoSec expressed great interest in joining a new User Group that's focused 100% on Microsoft Information Security - it's being run by MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals). We discussed the essence of the various different successful User Read More...
Posted Saturday, April 29, 2006 6:30 PM by Steve Lamb | 8 Comments

I'm NOT a Girl!

...but I have been to a Girl Geek Dinner and plan to go to more. As the name suggests they focus on the female perspective of technology. Of course I have no idea how many of you are Girl Geeks - if you are one then you can add your name to the WIKI and Read More...
Posted Friday, April 07, 2006 2:40 PM by Steve Lamb | 4 Comments

Security Quick Reference - here's a list of security resources for IT Pro, Dev and Consumers alike

Security Quick Reference Guidance The Security Guidance Centers provide the most prescriptive security guidance Microsoft has to offer as well as security tools, security response information, such as security bulletins and virus alerts, to assist in Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 06, 2006 6:47 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments

Would you like to join a security user group in the UK?

I've spoken to many IT Professionals to find out whether there's a security user group in the UK that provides the opportunity to meet peers and share ideas - I've not been able to find one in the UK though have found many active groups in America. Am Read More...
Posted Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:49 PM by Steve Lamb | 5 Comments

Teaching Security to Developers

Thanks to everyone @ VBUG Birmingham last night for making me so welcome. I was greated with lots of Halloooween pumpkins - one of which was carved with a semi-colon in it rather than a face - a C# joke apparently! I delved into how Malware gets onto Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 01, 2005 2:45 PM by Steve Lamb | 1 Comments

Industry Insiders are looking for contributions

Industry Insiders is the term given to an outreach activity that the team(Microsoft's IT Pro Evangelists in the UK) are engaged in to help bring together technical experts in the ITPro Community and provide a high visibility forum for them to share their Read More...
Posted Friday, April 22, 2005 5:34 AM by Steve Lamb | 0 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