News Help your customers securely deploy Windows Server 2008 with the Windows Server 2008 Security Guide! http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=92550 Every day, adversaries attempt to invade your customers’ networks and access their servers—to bring them down, infect them with viruses, or steal information about customers or employees. Your customers are looking to Microsoft and Windows Server® 2008…
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February 2008 – Technical Rollup Mail – Security
News Security Policies in the Application Development Process http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8061034 By John Steer, CISSP, Senior Security Consultant, Microsoft ACE Services Corporate security policies are a critical part of securing your corporate assets. This article covers the role of the security policy as a driver in the application development lifecycle, and explains why it is important…
January 2008 – Technical Rollup Mail – Security
News Effective Security http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8014764 From Stephen Lamb. Effective security is all about risk. Measure it. Decide which risks you are uncomfortable with and take steps to mitigate them. It’s also about People AND Processes – technological controls alone will not give you Effective Security. Server Security: Less is More http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7938703 By Shawn Travers,…
December 2007 – Technical Rollup Mail – Security
News Anywhere Access: Enabling More Secure Business in a Public World http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753667 Today’s business leaders are putting a premium on providing “anywhere access,” where employees, partners, and customers can securely share and access critical business information from any device and any location, on or off the network. Read the Yankee Group report on the…
December 2007 – Technical Rollup Mail – Security
News Anywhere Access: Enabling More Secure Business in a Public World http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7753667 Today’s business leaders are putting a premium on providing “anywhere access,” where employees, partners, and customers can securely share and access critical business information from any device and any location, on or off the network. Read the Yankee Group report on the…
November 2007 – Technical Rollup Mail – Security
News *Are you using the NEW SUPPORTABILITY FEATURES for ISA Server 2004 and 2006?* In addition to the following features listed below, ISA Server 2004 Service Pack 3 and the ISA Server 2006 Supportability Update provide a new diagnostic logging feature. • Improved log viewer functionality, including an enhanced details pane view, text colouring, and…
October 2007 – Technical Rollup Mail – Security
News The “De-perimeterization” of Networks http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7374750 By Ido Dubrawsky, Security Advisor, Microsoft Communications Sector In this month’s Viewpoint, learn how and why the hardened perimeter is giving way to a process known as “de-perimeterization” — the slow disappearance of the perimeter network (also known as DMZ, demilitarized zone, and screened subnet) in order to accommodate…
September 2007 – Technical Rollup Mail – Security
News Database Security 2007: Threats and Priorities Within IT Database Infrastructure http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7243601 Application Security, Inc. and the Ponemon Institute have conducted this inaugural study on database security to document how business and government organizations secure database resources and respond to targeted threats. Find out why, despite organizations’ awareness of these threats, inadequate protection of corporate…
August 2007 – Technical Rollup Mail – Security
News Microsoft Launches Malware Protection Center http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/ Get the latest information about malware and potentially unwanted software on the Microsoft Malware Protection Center Portal. Browse the MMPC’s malware encyclopedia, download the latest virus/spyware definitions, submit malware samples, and find links to additional content. Securing a Better Future for Electronic Medical Records http://www.microsoft.com/business/peopleready/business/relationships/insight/digitalrecords.mspx For reasons both…
July 2007 – Technical Rollup Mail – Security
News Microsoft Unveils Next-Generation Forefront Business Security Solution Codename “Stirling” http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6951832 Announced this month, the new Microsoft Forefront solution, codename “Stirling,” is a single product that will deliver unified security management and reporting with comprehensive, coordinated protection across client, server applications, and network edge. “Stirling” acts as a distributed system, sharing and correlating information to…