Windows Vista Security
We Have Moved
Good day, Paul Cooke here. The Windows Vista Security blog has been a great avenue for us to talk...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 12/11/2008
Microsoft SIRv5 Released
Good day, Paul Cooke here. The Microsoft Malware Protection Center has published volume five of the...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 11/03/2008
TechED - EMEA
Good day, Paul Cooke here. I am in Barcelona getting set up for some sessions at TechEd-EMEA in...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 11/03/2008
Windows Vista Security Stories @ TechEd - Recap
Good day! Paul Cooke, Director of Enterprise Security, here. Orlando entertained close to 9,500...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 07/18/2008
Windows Vista and Malware
Hi, Austin Wilson here. Recently there have been some questions raised about the susceptibility of...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 05/09/2008
Disk encryption: Balancing security, usability and risk assessment
Hi: Russ Humphries here. There’s been a lot of attention this week paid to memory attacks against...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 02/22/2008
Windows Vista Security One Year Later
Hi, Austin Wilson here. Now that Windows Vista has been available to business customers for more...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 01/23/2008
(Driver Signing <> Kernel Patch Protection) AND (KPP <> Driver Signing)
So I am reading a lot of stories that seem to have confused, or incorrectly aligned, Windows Vista...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/15/2007
FAQ: Why can’t I bypass the UAC prompt?
[This item was authored by Aaron Margosis and originally appeared on his Non-Admin Blog.] The...
Author: uac Date: 08/09/2007
x64 Driver Signing Update
Hi, it’s Scott Field, Windows Security Architect, again. Microsoft recently became aware of a third...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/02/2007
Windows Smartcard Framework Certification Program Goes Live
Hi – everyone! I’m David Cross the Director of Program Management for Windows Security. It has been...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 07/01/2007
Windows Vista Security at 180 Days
Just as he did at the 90-day mark, Jeff Jones, a Microsoft Director from the Trustworthy Computing...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 06/20/2007
PKI Enhancements in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
I’m Avi Ben-Menahem, the lead program manager for the PKI and smart card technologies in Windows...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 06/01/2007
The Windows Vista Security Blog is Back
We’re back! You’ve probably noticed that the blog hasn’t been updated much lately. We’re going to...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 05/17/2007
Windows Vista Security Guide 1.2 Released
We have identified an issue with version 1.1 of the Windows Vista Security Guide, which caused some...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 01/05/2007
Windows Vista Security Guide Now Available
Microsoft’s Solution Accelerator – Security and Compliance team is pleased to announce the release...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 11/09/2006
Windows Vista Security Center: User-Focused Improvements
I’m Chas Jeffries, and I’m the lead program manager for Windows Security Center (WSC) for Windows...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 10/18/2006
Bloggers Report on Vista Security
Microsoft’s hard work in the area of security for the soon-to-be-released Windows Vista operating...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 10/04/2006
USB Blocking in Release Candidate 1
One of the favorite enterprise features of Microsoft® Windows Vista™, USB device installations, gets...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 10/03/2006
Windows Vista Security Guide Update: Good News and Bad
The good news: The Windows Vista Security Guide Beta is now live! You can download it from...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 09/06/2006
Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1)
As you may have heard by now, Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is complete! See the...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 09/06/2006
Cisco and Microsoft NAC/NAP Announcement at Security Standard Conference
This week I’m at the inaugural Security Standard conference in Boston Massachusetts. Security...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 09/06/2006
Vista Security Guide Beta Opportunity
We have an update on the Windows Vista Security Guide we announced last month. We’re far enough into...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 09/02/2006
Windows Vista Sidebar Security
Brian Teutsch, Program Manager for Windows Sidebar posted an article on the sidebar security model...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/31/2006
Built-in Administrator Account Disabled
In Windows Vista we made numerous changes to our user account model. Standard users are now the...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/27/2006
New Authentication Functionality in Windows Vista
The Windows Authentication Team works on the core Windows authentication components, such as the...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/25/2006
Windows Vista Security Guide
The Solutions for Security and Compliance team is currently developing the Windows Vista Security...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/23/2006
Security Update Policy for Windows Vista
Windows Vista is the first major Microsoft product release that will be serviced with security...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/15/2006
An Introduction to Kernel Patch Protection
Hello, I'm Scott Field, an Architect working on Windows Kernel Security. There have been a lot of...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/12/2006
Flash Swag: Windows Vista Build 5472 DVD
We have reached our limit. All the DVDs are gone. If you do not receive one you were not one of the...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/08/2006
Back From Black Hat
Well, we’re back after an exciting week in Las Vegas presenting on Microsoft Windows Vista. There...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/07/2006
Windows Vista Security Testing
Hi, I’m Austin Wilson, Director of Product Management for Windows Vista security. Our first focus...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 07/28/2006
Welcome to the Windows Vista Security Blog
Thousands of people from around the world have been hard at work to ensure that Windows Vista is the...
Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 07/24/2006