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• Deploying IPsec Server and Domain Isolation using Windows Server 2008 Group Policy

  As you know (at least I hope that you do) we introduced Network Access Protection with Windows Server 2008. Thomas Shinder now published an article on WindowsSecurity.com about how to implement NAP and IPSec and Domain Isolation via Group Policies. It... Posted Oct 14 2008, 03:39 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Technology, Microsoft Products

• Network Access Protection Design Guide

  I you are looking into deploying Network Access Protection, have a look at the recently published Network Access Protection Design Guide Roger Share this post: Read More... Posted Oct 10 2008, 01:02 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Technology, Microsoft Products

• Some Thoughts on UAC

  I blogged several times already on UAC as this has been (and partly still is) a very disputed security feature in Windows Vista (which I still support!). I just found today a not really new blog post on UAC, which I think is worth reading. It is from... Posted Oct 06 2008, 04:27 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Technology, trends, Microsoft Products, Trustworthy Computing

• Insights into Windows 7 Engineering

  Are you interested to learn how Windows 7 (next version of Windows) is engineered? Are you willing to get in touch with the engineering team? Then read their blog: Engineering Windows 7 Roger Share this post: Read More... Posted Aug 18 2008, 04:13 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Technology, Microsoft Products, Policy, Processes

• Some Thoughts on Today’s Bulletins

  As always: It is the second Tuesday of the months and we released the Security Updates. However, this month is special from one perspective: We released an update for the DNS resolver, which is released simultaneously by a lot of DNS vendors with the... Posted Jul 08 2008, 03:39 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Technology, Microsoft Products

• Windows Server 2008 PKI and Certificate Security

  Fresh out of press (ok, it is out since beginning of April but I just saw it now): Brian Komar, the well-known author of several PKI books on Windows Server just released a new book called Windows Server 2008 PKI and Certificate Security . If you are... Posted Jun 03 2008, 01:01 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Technology, Microsoft Products

• The “successful” attack on Cardspace

  I guess you read it as it was pretty wide-spread in the press in the last few days: On the Insecurity of Microsoft's Identity Metasystem CardSpace . Well, is there any official Microsoft reaction to it? No, not yet and if you look a little bit more... Posted Jun 02 2008, 02:38 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Technology, Microsoft Products, Incidents

• Best Practices for Microsoft PKI & Certificate Management

  You might know Brian Komar. He wrote numerous books on PKI and Certificate Management and he is a well-known speaker at quite some events like TechEd and IT Forum. Now, nCipher organized a Webimar on Best Practices for Microsoft PKI & Certificate... Posted Apr 29 2008, 02:19 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Technology, Microsoft Products, Processes

• Securing My Infrastructure: Introduction

  As you probably know, some time ago, I asked for feedback and themes you are interested in. Some of you replied to me privately, some with comments and I would like to thank you for the constructive feedback. One of the inputs I got several times is that... Posted Jan 29 2008, 03:05 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Technology, Microsoft Products, Securing My Infrastructure

• Insight into IPSec

  I hope you enjoyed Christmas as much as I did (now working on losing weight again J ). Soon I will be in the mountains but before I leave, I found something pretty interesting to read: Tech Insight: Microsoft's IPSec Roger Share this post: Read More.... Posted Dec 27 2007, 05:08 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Microsoft, Technology, Microsoft Products

• Have a look at Server and Domain Isolation

  I am often talking about different zones in the network and how you can create them. There is no a demo kit available for you to download and "play" with it: Server and Domain Isolation Demo Roger Share this post: Read More... Posted Dec 13 2007, 03:25 PM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Security, Microsoft, Technology, Microsoft Products

• Windows Vista is protecting the environment

  When we launched Windows Vista, one of the features which was pointed out to me was power management and how it will lower the costs in the enterprise environment. Well, I put my focus on the security technologies (obviously) and ignored the power management... Posted Dec 01 2007, 04:24 AM by TechNet Blogs Filed under: Technology, Microsoft Products