Microsoft Security Guidance blog
Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection (Deployed Part 4 Final)
Our final Solution Accelerator story is about Napera, a company that provided an interesting twist...
Author: frasim Date: 05/19/2008
Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection (Deployed Part 3)
NAP provides several key benefits to an organization's defense-in-depth model. One of these benefits...
Author: frasim Date: 05/12/2008
Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection (Deployed Part2)
The next installment of the Forefront Client Security/NAP integration story is about one of our...
Author: frasim Date: 05/08/2008
Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection (Deployed!)
Windows Server 2008 introduced a new PC protection technology that provides administrators an answer...
Author: frasim Date: 05/05/2008
Windows Server 2008 Security Guide Now Available!
Microsoft is pleased to announce the Windows Server 2008 Security Guide, which is now available to...
Author: Vladis Date: 03/20/2008
New Beta Available: Microsoft Forefront Integration Kit for Network Access Protection
I would like to announce the beta release for the Microsoft® Forefront™ Integration Kit for Network...
Author: Tom Cloward - MSFT Date: 03/13/2008
External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint Now Available
I am happy to announce the release of the External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint! What is the...
Author: BillCan Date: 03/06/2008
New Beta Available: The Extranet Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint
I am happy to announce the beta release for the Extranet Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint. We...
Author: BillCan Date: 01/14/2008
Security Solution Accelerators Top SA's
As a member of the Solution Accelerators - Security and Compliance (SA-SC) team, I’d like to share...
Author: frasim Date: 11/26/2007
Help us develop a new Solution Accelerator focused on Secure Collaboration
Employees need to share documents with individuals from other companies, such as partners and...
Author: BillCan Date: 10/05/2007
Which Windows Services Do We Need?
When you look at Microsoft Windows services, it can be confusing to sort through them and understand...
Author: frasim Date: 09/13/2007
Driver Manager & malware
Protecting yourself from malware can be difficult, especially when it comes to identifying malware...
Author: frasim Date: 08/20/2007
When it comes to malware - what keeps you awake at night?
It’s a challenge to protect an organization’s valuable assets against malware. And as malware...
Author: Tom Cloward - MSFT Date: 08/07/2007
Malware Removal Starter Kit
The thought that a computer infected with malware is irreparable is both undesirable and should be...
Author: frasim Date: 07/12/2007
Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs announced at Tech Ed 2007!
At Tech Ed 2007 last week, the Solution Accelerators team publicly announced the release of the Data...
Author: BillCan Date: 06/11/2007
Solution Accelerators team at TechEd!
A number of members of the Solution Accelerators - Security and Compliance (SA-SC) team will be at...
Author: chasec Date: 05/24/2007
We'd like your feedback
You may have noticed that the most recent entry on SecGuide - entitled "Nefarious spam" - was a...
Author: Jims Date: 04/02/2007
Nefarious spam
We’ve all seen phishing expeditions; however I have to admit that the following example has to be...
Author: frasim Date: 03/26/2007
Beta Available for the Data Encryption Toolkit and EFS Assistant
The Solution Accelerators for Security and Compliance (SA-SC) team is currently developing the Data...
Author: BillCan Date: 03/15/2007
Contribute to the Longhorn Server Security Guide! Join the Review Team!
The Microsoft Solution Accelerators Team is building guidance and an automation tool for the...
Author: Vladis Date: 02/16/2007
Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs Executive Overview Released
The Solution Accelerators for Security and Compliance team is pleased to announce the release of the...
Author: BillCan Date: 02/14/2007
2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide – make sure your voice is heard!
The 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide will provide instructions and recommendations about how to...
Author: BillCan Date: 02/14/2007
Vista Security Guide: Audio and SSLF configuration
The SSLF configuration currently prescribed in the guide contains a setting recommendation that...
Author: BillCan Date: 01/24/2007
Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs Security Analysis Beta Released
The Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs project team has released a beta for one of the documents...
Author: BillCan Date: 01/19/2007
Fundamental Computer Investigation Guide for Windows Now Available!
Microsoft is pleased to announce the Fundamental Computer Investigation Guide for Windows, which is...
Author: Vladis Date: 01/15/2007
New MSI available for the Vista Security Guide
Please download the latest Windows Installer .MSI file to ensure you have the latest version of the...
Author: BillCan Date: 12/20/2006
Computer Investigations Beta - Now open!
Our team has just shipped a Beta release of the Fundamental Computer Investigation Guide for...
Author: Derick Campbell [MSFT] Date: 11/01/2006
Good News: PCI Standards Updated
If you deal with credit cards at your company, you probably have had to worry about the Payment Card...
Author: BillCan Date: 09/13/2006
The Windows Vista Security Guide Beta Program Wants You!
Participate in a pre-release review program for the Windows Vista Security Guide. The Program ends...
Author: secguide Date: 09/07/2006
What Are Your Regulatory Compliance Pains?
We are in the process of planning our roadmap for upcoming guidance. One of the areas we'd like to...
Author: BillCan Date: 09/01/2006
Regulatory Compliance Webcast Coming Soon
Ross Carter and Bill Canning of the Microsoft Solutions for Security and Compliance team will be...
Author: BillCan Date: 09/01/2006
Laptop Data Protection: We need your help!
Are you responsible for data protection on your organization's mobile computers? If so, we need your...
Author: BillCan Date: 08/28/2006
Windows Vista Security Guide Update
Fellow MSSCer José Maldonado just posted an update on the Windows Vista Security Guide - one of our...
Author: Derick Campbell [MSFT] Date: 08/23/2006
Are you thinking about laptop protection?
If you are thinking about laptop protection, specifically how to protect your company's laptops if...
Author: BillCan Date: 08/07/2006
Long Passphrases Rock!
There's been a lot of conversation about this topic recently on my project team, and I'm starting to...
Author: BillCan Date: 08/07/2006
Regulatory Compliance Planning Guide
My team has now released the Regulatory Compliance Planning Guide....
Author: secguide Date: 06/14/2006
Securing Windows 2000 Server Updated 5.31.06
In line with my team's efforts to make sure the prescriptive guidance we provide is authoritative...
Author: secguide Date: 06/12/2006
TechNet link to all MSSC guides
We created a TechNet link so y'all can see an up-front view of our solutions - we'll update this...
Author: secguide Date: 05/02/2006
Some updates to MSSC guides March-April 2006
My team has made edits / updates to some of our guides: Security Risk Management Guide v1.2 March...
Author: secguide Date: 05/02/2006
Governance, Compliance and Policies Blog
Bill, one of our colleagues at MS has this blog that has some useful discussions around Governance,...
Author: secguide Date: 03/08/2006
Jan 06: Least Privilege to User Accounts on Windows XP
The least-privileged user account (LUA) approach ensures that users follow the principle of least...
Author: secguide Date: 01/18/2006
December 2005 Updated Security Guides
We've updated a couple of security solutions and they went live 12.27.05:The Threats and...
Author: secguide Date: 12/29/2005
Creation and lifecycle management of email and security distribution groups
MSSC is looking into the possibility of a solution/tool to help with creation and lifecycle...
Author: secguide Date: 12/27/2005
Security Poll: The "I need to" List
I've been running an informal poll since October 2005 targeted to IT pros and IT "generalists"...
Author: secguide Date: 12/27/2005
TechNet Learning Paths v1.00
The folk over in Microsoft IT Pro marketing have put together the TechNet Learning Paths site. The...
Author: secguide Date: 12/21/2005
PWC research on global state of information security
This is a month or so old, but good reading. PWC research on global state of information security....
Author: secguide Date: 11/07/2005
Version 2.1 of the Windows XP Security Guide now available
The Windows XP Security Guide. is the first of three closely related security guides that are being...
Author: secguide Date: 10/25/2005
IdM v1.3 automatically provision identities into multiple directories
The v1.3 update to the Microsoft Identity and Access Management Series now includes the new...
Author: secguide Date: 10/03/2005
September 2005 Rootkits Webcast
This technical webcast helps you know your enemy. We focus on the latest methods used by rootkit...
Author: secguide Date: 10/03/2005