Steve Riley on Security
Formerly of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group.
Blog relocated again
Just a quick update, to make sure everyone knows. I've moved my blog from MSInfluentials to...
Date: 08/19/2009
Good bye, and good luck
Friends, as a part of Microsoft’s second round of restructuring, my position was eliminated...
Date: 05/06/2009
Questions about virtualization and security?
Yesterday, Donnie Hamlett, a Microsoft core infrastructure optimization specialist, gave a webcast...
Date: 01/09/2009
Poll: do you use scheduled scans for malware?
An interesting comment recently appeared on my older post about whether or not to use...
Date: 01/05/2009
Updated Microsoft Security Assessment Tool
Greetings. In case you haven’t already read about it, we recently updated the Microsoft Security...
Date: 12/01/2008
Reading list from “How IT will change in the next 10 years”
At Windows Connections two weeks ago, during my keynote speech “How IT will change in the next 10...
Date: 11/24/2008
Comments, administrivia, and the future of the “infosec professional”
Back when the spam was spiraling out of control, I configured my blog to close comments after 90...
Date: 10/15/2008
Ethernet and WiFi and Bluetooth, oh my!
Customers have long requested a way to configure a computer to automatically disable its wireless...
Date: 10/15/2008
Passgen tool from my book
Way back in 2005, Jesper Johannson and I wrote Protect Your Windows Network. It’s still available,...
Date: 09/29/2008
Internet Explorer security levels compared
A pretty good question came across the newsgroups the other day. Someone was asking what are the...
Date: 09/16/2008
The opt-out from hell
One problem with making your email address available (which I will continue to do, don't worry) is...
Date: 09/16/2008
Who is "dodacrazy" and what is a "montize buddy"?
Check this out:...
Date: 09/11/2008
TechEd 2009: Never too early to start planning
What's on your mind? What do you want to learn more about? Tell me, tell me... Oh, and for 2009 I...
Date: 08/25/2008
Tweet!
The other day an office mate asked, "Do you twitter?" Sorting through the various snarky...
Date: 06/27/2008
Directly connect to your corpnet with IPsec and IPv6
Contrary to popular belief, the rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. Well, ok, no...
Date: 06/25/2008
Do you need RMS/IRM in Office for Macintosh?
Please let me know if this is a feature you'd be interested in. We're looking to build the business...
Date: 04/23/2008
Throw away your digital picture frames
Surely time itself has warped and it's suddenly April 1st. Come on, if you read the following,...
Date: 02/18/2008
Plan now to eliminate "power users" from your domains
I've seen some conversations lately about the Power Users group -- how powerful is it, really, and...
Date: 02/11/2008
Videos of some of my presentations
TechNet Spotlight features videos of many presentations from our TechEd conferences. Here are some...
Date: 02/05/2008
NAP case study published
Another new resource for you... I know from my time with customers in meetings and at events that...
Date: 02/01/2008
Microsoft IPsec diagnostic tool
IPsec is a wonderful technology for identifying computers and securing the exchange of data between...
Date: 02/01/2008
Changing the SSL cipher order in Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista
Recently, the question of using AES for SSL has come up in the newsgroups and at some conferences....
Date: 11/07/2007
More on Autorun
Last month, in my post "Autorun: good for you?" I described why I believe you should disable Autorun...
Date: 10/30/2007
What's your data worth? More importantly, to whom?
This week, I'm attending and spoke at a cybercrime conference in Singapore. One of the presenters...
Date: 10/25/2007
Playing around with my blog
In the right-hand column I've added a new section with four interesting bits of info for you: A...
Date: 09/26/2007
More on the necessity of antivirus software
A few days ago, I wrote a brief post about my non-use of antivirus software on my own computers. A...
Date: 09/25/2007
Autorun: good for you?
Yes, if you're a five-year-old and you're tired of always asking mom or dad how to start the game on...
Date: 09/23/2007
Antivirus software -- who needs it?
In the newsgroups a few weeks ago, someone asked about which anti-virus software is best for...
Date: 09/23/2007
Password policies. Once again.
Recently in the newsgroups (news:microsoft.public.security, to be specific) the question of password...
Date: 09/04/2007
Bogus Microsoft sweepstakes emails
Over the past month I've received at least three enquiries from people asking about the legitimacy...
Date: 08/19/2007
The bad guys will use BitLocker, too
Got an email today from a customer asking about how BitLocker will affect the ability of law...
Date: 07/13/2007
Windows Integrity Mechanism: more than you ever wanted to know
A while back, the technology in Vista called mandatory integrity control got a new name: Windows...
Date: 07/13/2007
I just love cheesy vocal trance!
Yep, I know it's popular, it's considered by some electronic music "aficionados" to be a waste of...
Date: 07/05/2007
Protect your data: everything else is just plumbing
Take a few moments and indulge in a thought exercise with me. Consider your company’s complete...
Date: 07/02/2007
TechNet: Exploring the Windows Vista Firewall
New article up... Back in the days of the paleocomputing era, no one ever thought about installing...
Date: 05/29/2007
Enabling Secure Anywhere Access in a Connected World
A few times each year, Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer publish an executive memo. The first memo was...
Date: 02/06/2007