Roger's Security Blog
As Chief Security Advisor of Microsoft EMEA - lets share interesting security information
Why it pays to be secure – Chapter 5 – I need tools!
Our EMEA Security Program Manager, Henk van Roest, started this series internally and with his...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 03/06/2010
When Security Essentials are not Microsoft Security Essentials
It is so old: Software telling you that you are infected and that you have to install this latest...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 03/01/2010
The Latest Internet Explorer 0Day
As it happens: I have been skiing last week (the weather was gorgeous) and now I am back...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 03/01/2010
Making the Management of Security Compliance Easier!
As you all know, I have two main pet themes: Risk Management and Compliance Management as I see very...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 02/18/2010
SANS Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors – the same as very often…
I just worked my way through the list SANS published. Looking at the list it is not surprising but...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 02/17/2010
Children – A Threat For Corporate Security?
I read this article this morning: Safer Internet Day: How children can undermine corporate security...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 02/10/2010
Use Music to Fight Cybercrime: ‘Maga No Need Pay’
When I travel through Africa, the high piracy rate is often something we address. Not necessarily...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 02/09/2010
Targeted Attacks – the “Real” Problem
When I talk to customers, the different attacks are often something we discuss (obviously). I often...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 02/05/2010
Data Protection Day: An Interesting Study
As you might know, it was time for the Data Protection Day in Europe again. Unfortunately I did not...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 01/29/2010
IE Vulnerability: Going Out of Band
Just to make sure you have seen that: We just released a blog Security Advisory 979352 – Going out...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 01/19/2010
Update on the Internet Explorer Vulnerability
There was and still is a lot of noise regarding the Internet Explorer vulnerability reported in...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 01/18/2010
Security Advisory on the recent Internet Explorer Vulnerability
I guess you might have seen it by now but if not, please make sure you read and understand the...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 01/15/2010
Leveraging Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
The recent IE attacks have show again that the current technology built in Windows Vista and Windows...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 01/15/2010
HP and Microsoft Partnership: That’s What You Need in the Cloud
Often when I talk to our customers and they ask me about the cloud, a lot of questions come up. Most...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 01/14/2010
Un-Google Yourself: Remove your Web Content
A few days ago, I blogged on Tired of Web 2.0? Kill your Online Identities – an automated way to...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 01/12/2010
Tired of Web 2.0? Kill your Online Identities
No, this is not a joke. If you are tired of all the discussions about Web 2.0, the privacy breaches...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 01/07/2010
MTaS: Malware Testing as a Service
Well, in my last post I wrote about the prices for malware. Today I read the next evolution of this:...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 01/05/2010
The Cybercriminal’s Wish List
I know that Christmas is over and I know how my kids actually compile a Wish List: They take most of...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 01/01/2010
Climate: Environmental Atlas of Europe
This is a pretty interesting approach: During the Copenhagen conference now, United Nations...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 12/15/2009
Summary of Bitlocker Discussions
Last week there was quite some discussion about “successful attacks” on Bitlocker. Those discussions...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 12/11/2009
Get Safe Online: Don’t be a Money Mule
You know, there are people who blog late, there are people who blog very late and then there is me…...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 12/04/2009
“Black Screen of Death” Reports
Oh, wow – sometimes the power of social media, the blogs and the Internet can backfire. I guess in...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 12/01/2009
Questions to Ask your (Security) Vendor
You know that I am a big fan of Security Development Lifecycles as we run it internally to build...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 12/01/2009
Security and Usability
It is not a new concept: The secure way is only secure if it is the easiest way. I have seen a lot...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/26/2009
Talking about Transparency – Windows Azure Dashboard
This is a nice feature – on this page...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/20/2009
Security – A Feature Discussion? Some Thoughts on Google’s Chrome OS
To be clear upfront: This is not a “Microsoft versus Google” post. I cannot even judge how far...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/19/2009
Why it pays to be secure – Chapter 4 – I want to learn!
Our EMEA Security Program Manager, Henk van Roest, started this series internally and with his...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/13/2009
COFEE freely downloadable on the Internet?
You definitely have heard of COFEE (Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor) which we make...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 11/10/2009
Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series for IE 8 and Windows 7
Just a brief one: the Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series has been updated to incorporate...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/30/2009
Look at the Enhanced Mitigation Evaluation Toolkit
Recently we announced the availability of the Enhanced Mitigation Evaluation Toolkit. This is a...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/29/2009
Secure Datacenter, Secure Cloud, Secure Government
At the moment I invest a lot of my time in a Whitepaper on Client and Cloud Security. There are a...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/28/2009
Pandemic Planning (Dilbert)
Get ready for the swineflu: Roger
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/26/2009
Could Microsoft solve the scareware problem?
This morning I read the following article: Microsoft can help kill fake antivirus threat. And...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/21/2009
COFEE now distributed via a NW3C as well
COFEE is a tool available to Law Enforcement only to capture online evidence with a little training...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/16/2009
SharePoint External Collaboration Toolkit moved to Codeplex
Quite a while ago I blogged about the SharePoint External Collaboration Toolkit. I just wanted to...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/14/2009
What’s the “Cloud” or better “What’s not a Cloud”
On analyst (and very active Tweeter on https://twitter.com/monkchips) quite a while ago (March 08)...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 10/02/2009
Thoughts on the Registered Traveler Programs at Airports
When I entered the US this time, I got a brochure on how I could avoid the line at immigration and...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/30/2009
Microsoft Security Essentials – Ready to download
Why pay for a Anti-Malware solution if you can get one of the best solutions in the world for free –...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/29/2009
Interesting Cyber Security Challenge
I read an article on Cyber Security Challenge Brings Out the Best about a “defend your system”...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/29/2009
Hey, You, Get Off of My Cloud
I recently had different discussions with different customers and we were looking into the key...
Author: rhalbheer Date: 09/26/2009