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Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/19/2005
I've heard Jesper talk about this many times and have used passphrases for a long time myself. The...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/19/2005
Bill Reid has provided an article for the TechNet Industry Insiders which looks at how to increase...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/18/2005
Thanks to Rob for setting me straight with regard to my last post about Team Foundation Server....
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/15/2005
Rob Caron works for Microsoft Corp. and he's looking for your feedback regarding how important you...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/14/2005
During the course of my conversations with people at TechEd last week on item came up time and again...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/14/2005
<This post has been edited to attribute the image accordingly> The Marketing Soiree was a very...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/13/2005
Duane put's it quite nicely in his post - there's definately far more to security that just a single...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/13/2005
I'm staggered that there's a Trojan which is transmitted by email which purports to be information...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/12/2005
Check out Eileen's post by clicking here to read about Steve Balmer's views on Blogging... Steve was...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/11/2005
I'm looking forward to tomorrow night's Marketing Soiree which is taking place in London. Full...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/10/2005
Travelling from my hotel to TechEd I've been walking through Vondelpark - a place festooned with...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/08/2005
This picture was taken following our Malware chalk 'n' talk last night @ TechEd EMEA. I really...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/07/2005
Don't get carried away by the title to this post - no conference venue is going to have good...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/07/2005
In case you're new to MBSA it's a security scanner which you can download(for free), install it on a...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/06/2005
Mat has posted a great article explaining about the dangers of walking around in Amsterdam. We're...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/05/2005
I've worked for Microsoft for two and a half years and yet this is the first time I've been to...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/04/2005
Sorry Michael - by mistake I missed your name off the description in my earlier post about the...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/04/2005
I'm going to be at TechEd EMEA all next week and would love to meet as many of you as possible to...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/01/2005
View the recording of Mark Russinovich's TechEd session titled Understanding and Fighting Malware: Viruses, Spyware and Rootkits
Click here to view the recording of Mark Russinovich's TechEd breakout session, Understanding and...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 07/01/2005
There's good article here which advocates the best advice when it comes to dealing with Malware -...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/30/2005
H.Carvey has an excellent Blog which is titled "Windows Incident Response" and as such is packed...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/30/2005
There are a couple of sessions at TechEd which will go into detail on practical steps you can take...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/29/2005
Earlier today I received an email titled "I EXPECT YOUR REPLY ." - the body text suggested that by...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/28/2005
I spoke today at the Oracle User Group meeting which for the first time was held at Microsoft. It...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/28/2005
In case you're not familiar with the Security Configuration Wizard(SCW) it's a great tool that's...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/26/2005
The Administrator Accounts Security Planning Guide has recently been posted to TechNet and hence is...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/24/2005
The Chatham House Rule is used by convention in many security meetings held in the UK. I blogged...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/23/2005
I enjoyed speaking on a panel today at the TIF conference. - full details of TIF can be found on...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/22/2005
There's some great advice in the comments to my recent post about Malware - thanks to everyone who...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/22/2005
There's a new paper on our website which discusses how the events team use Windows Server System...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/21/2005
Thank you to everyone who's added their comments to my posts. Unfortunately there's a technical...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/20/2005
Please let me know what techniques you've found useful to tackle the growing menace of malware. Do...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/19/2005
There's a good definition of both Phishing and Pharming here together with discussion of DNSSEC(in...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/17/2005
I was researching for a piece on security culture when I found an excellent post which included a...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/17/2005
If you're struggling to get the balance right between the enhanced security gained by enabling the...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/15/2005
Tomorrow night(Wednesday 15th June) we'll be presenting at the Cavendish conference centre in London...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/14/2005
Children of course think they know best. I know I did. Some would argue I still think I'm right too...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/13/2005
I'm finding word of mouth networks / social networks incredibly interesting - the Geek Dinner being...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/10/2005
To view recordings(podcasts) of all kinds of interesting demos and interviews direct from TechEd USA...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/10/2005
Jeffery Palermo has posted a nice summary of the myths Steve and Jesper dispelled @ TechEd USA. Like...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/10/2005
Several of you have sent me email complaining that you were unable to post comments to my blog - my...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/10/2005
Ben Metcalf's post about the London Geek Dinner raised some interesting points which were a topic of...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/09/2005
Thanks to those of you who joined us at the Technical roadshow yesterday in London. I enjoyed...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/09/2005
Last night I went to my first GeekDinner (details of future UK events can be found here) which took...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/08/2005
Shawn posted an interesting article along these lines which is accessible here Browse to...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/07/2005
The easiest way to lock your screen on Windows XP is to press the Windows key(often known as the...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/06/2005
There are some vivid reminders of how important security awareness is to everyone at the Native...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/02/2005
According to an article by Ciphertrust in May 2005 there were in excess of 172,000 new zombies...
Author: Steve Lamb Date: 06/02/2005