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...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/19/2009

Good bye, and good luck

Friends, as a part of Microsoft’s second round of restructuring, my position was eliminated...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 05/06/2009

Questions about virtualization and security?

Yesterday, Donnie Hamlett, a Microsoft core infrastructure optimization specialist, gave a webcast...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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,...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 09/16/2008

Who is "dodacrazy" and what is a "montize buddy"?

Check this out:...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 08/25/2008

Tweet!

The other day an office mate asked, "Do you twitter?" Sorting through the various snarky...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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,...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/11/2008

Videos of some of my presentations

TechNet Spotlight features videos of many presentations from our TechEd conferences. Here are some...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/01/2008

Microsoft IPsec diagnostic tool

IPsec is a wonderful technology for identifying computers and securing the exchange of data between...

Author: TechNet Archive 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....

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 09/23/2007

Password policies. Once again.

Recently in the newsgroups (news:microsoft.public.security, to be specific) the question of password...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive 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...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/06/2007

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