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Windows Vista's looking really good

Last week I was fortunate enough to be able to join many Microsoft techies at an internal conference...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 01/20/2006

It's amazing how fast time passes - blogs.technet.com is a year old

Thanks to Tony Soper for reminding us that TechNet Blogs are a year old and that there are 336 blogs...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 01/19/2006

Do you ever receive telephone calls from your Bank asking for your PIN?

I've heard of this happening from time to time but I've never experienced it myself until just...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 01/19/2006

How to extract a file from an ISO image

There's a free tool that enables you to view the contents of an ISO image and extract individual...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 01/18/2006

Who do you go to for security advice?

Do you have experience of participating in User Groups? Which ones would you recommend? Are they...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/21/2005

Windows Server 2003 and XP SP2 have achieved Common Criteria EAL4 - here's a measure of how secure Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP are

Moments ago this information hit the press in the form of a press release and white paper that you...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/14/2005

Free webcast showing how to use Rights Management to stop information leaking from your organisation

I recently recorded a thiry minute webcast for a live TechNet audience. Please click here to view...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/14/2005

Will my software break under Windows Server R2?

As John Howard mentions in his post Windows Server R2 is entirely based on Windows Server SP1 - it...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/12/2005

Enhanced Security in Visual Studio 2005

As you may already be aware there are a vast array of security features in Visual Studio 2005 which...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/09/2005

Running Virtual Server R2 on Windows Vista

This is not a supported configuration nor am I recommending you to try this at home/work HOWEVER I'm...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/09/2005

Windows Server Release 2 (R2) is available for download

The official launch of Windows Server 2003 R2 (Release 2) took place earlier this week (Tuesday 6th...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/09/2005

What sessions would you like to see at TechNet?

We're planning next year's TechNet events at the moment and at present the following topics will be...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/09/2005

Make sure you get your wireless security passphrase right on Windows Vista

This won't come as a surprise for those of you who've read many of my blog entries or who've...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/07/2005

How to find your way around London - here's a free journey planner for bus train tube and boat

Anyone who's visited London is likely to have used many of the available transport options including...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/02/2005

How to Secure wireless networks?

A good point of reference is https://www.microsoft.com/wifi as you'll find a wealth of best practise...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/02/2005

XBox 360 Launch in the UK - it's here!

If you're reading this tonight (1st Dec) then it's not quite happened yet but XBox 360 launches in...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/01/2005

Looking for advice on developing secure applications?

The MSDN UK Evangelist team have worked with the best practise experts throughout the company to...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 12/01/2005

Free Hands on lab for Rights Management - try it for yourself

The following resources make it easy for you to get to grips with Rights Management - enabling you...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/30/2005

Here are some great free webcasts covering security and many other topics including Threat Modelling

There's a wealth of webcasts available from TechEd Orlando - I know it's a while since the event but...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/29/2005

What's a Geek Dinner and when can I go to one?

*This post has been edited to correct the "Click here" link - thanks to Marc Liron for letting me...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/28/2005

Fill a few more braincells with security knowledge at these events

Tuesday 29th Nov- Public Key Infrastructure – tell me in plain English AND THEN deep technical how...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/28/2005

Tips for using syskey to store the start up key on a USB token

Following my last post there were some comments asking questions - I'd like to make sure that anyone...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/27/2005

How to use Syskey to make it more difficult to break into your laptop(s) via offline password guessing

Windows XP (and Server 2003) rely upon a series of "Master Keys" to protect both user specific...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/25/2005

A really handy trick that let's you display multiple timezones in Outlook 2003's Calendar

John Howard posted a description of how to display multiple timezones in Outlook 2003 - it's so...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/24/2005

What is a Virus, Worm or Bot(net) - here's an excellent security awareness video

There's an excellent security awareness video that was produced on behalf of the Dutch Government...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/23/2005

Life is NOT Binary!

As technologists we tend to forget that there are problems that can't be solved purely with...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/18/2005

The "We Share Your Pain" Video can be viewed here - as shown @ IT Forum 2005

Jesper showed the following video @ IT Forum - many people I've spoken to asked where they could...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/17/2005

Child Internet Safety resources available here

We visited an London Secondary School and spoke to 150 Children aged 11 - 12 years of ago about how...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/06/2005

How to secure your web server and transactions via PKI and ISA - check out my detailed article in TechNet Magazine

I've recently written an article for November/December's TechNet Magazine which looks in detail at...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/03/2005

News from the consumer awareness campaign - GetSafeOnline

We've been evangelising to the good people of Birmingham today - local radio, the main library, the...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/02/2005

Teaching Security to Developers

Thanks to everyone @ VBUG Birmingham last night for making me so welcome. I was greated with lots of...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/01/2005

Join us on 29th Nov to find out in Plain English AND deep technical HOW PKI works

Many of you have asked me questions about Public Key Infrastructure with regard to it's use for...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 11/01/2005

IT Forum is really close now - there's still time to sign up to join us

Browse here to see the details and register. You can see a list of sessions and find out all about...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/31/2005

Demonstrating Windows Vista at the Oracle User Group in the UK

I'm working for the day at the annual UK Oracle User Group event in Birmingham - there are two...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/31/2005

Halloween Spooktacular - I'm speaking @ VBUG on Monday

Halloween Spooktacular Date: Monday 31 October 2005Topic: Understanding and Fighting Malware:...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/28/2005

I wish I hadn't seen this...

As it's Friday afternoon (in the UK at least) I want to share this with you - I took the following...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/28/2005

The GetSafeOnline tour is coming to a City near you very if you're in the UK

Tony Blair kicked off the Get Safe Online campaign at a press launch in London this morning....

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/27/2005

Get Safe Online launches tomorrow - it's all about consumer awareness of security

I've been sat on my hands for weeks now as I've wanted to tell you all about WHY I've been rather...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/27/2005

What would you like to know about PKI?

Like many of you I've heard all the stories about how PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) "will save the...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/26/2005

Business Travel Stops Here...

Browse to business travel stops here for a light hearted view business travel :-)

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/20/2005

Join us tomorrow (Tues 18th Oct) to find out all about Privacy and Dispell some Myths

I'm presentating two sessions from TechEd (written by Steve Riley, Jesper Johansson and Byron Hynes)...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/17/2005

Thanks to everyone who joined our Blogging Session last night

Eileen and I thoroughly enjoyed explaining and demonstrating the various aspects of blogging. Eileen...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/14/2005

Would you like to limit who can read your blog?

The audience in tonight's TechNet event asked whether there's an easy way to restrict who can access...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/13/2005

Right now I'm teaching about Blogging to a TechNet audience

Eileen Brown and I are teaching a room full of people (perhaps you!) about the wonders of Blogging....

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/13/2005

Star Wars and Security - helping friends stay safe

Thanks to Bryan for making me smile with his post about security earlier today - he included a...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/13/2005

The Girl Geek Dinner was fantastic!

Thanks to everyone present for making the evening such a huge success. I'll post more about this...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/13/2005

I'm going to a "Girl Geek Dinner" tomorrow night in London!

No I'm not a girl! Chaps are allowed to go if invited. Details of the "Girl Geek Dinner" can be...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/10/2005

Where to start in Microsoft Security?

I recommend browsing to https://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/default.mspx as a top level page...

Author: Steve Lamb Date: 10/04/2005

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