Google's approach to privacy is a decade behind Microsoft, the Redmond software giant's chief privacy strategist told ZDNet.com.au on Thursday in a video interview.
An IBM X-Force security researcher has promised to exploit massive holes in Windows Vista's defences at the upcoming Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas.
Australians experience one of the highest levels of cybercrime in the world, according to a new survey but are Aussies really such easy targets?
The IT security industry has come to a frank realisation that the current approach to preventing malware is simply not working. Is whitelisting, which is the reverse of our current approach, the answer?
Shortly after the 9/11 bombings, Microsoft hired Scott Charney, a federal prosecutor for the US justice Department, to head up its Trustworthy Computing division. At AusCERT 2008, ZDNet.com.au caught up with Charney to hear his thoughts on how those events changed the security landscape and what he thinks about the current state of IT security.
"No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come," said Howard Charney, Cisco's senior vice president, borrowing from Victor Hugo to summarise the power of the Internet.
It's high time for a better way to protect my identity online, CNET News.com's Mike Ricciuti says. I'm sick of yellow stickies.
The Linux community could benefit by taking a page from Microsoft's security playbook, says CNET News.com's Robert Lemos.
Two years after Chairman Bill Gates called on Microsoft to redouble its efforts to secure its software, the company is beginning to make progress, according to customers--but much work remains.
Microsoft will focus on adding new security technologies to its products, educating its customers and improving its process of releasing patches, CEO Steve Ballmer pledged on Thursday.
Until 9/11 security was simply a cost, says the VP of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group the stock exchange being knocked out suddenly changed this.
Microsoft customers need to better authenticate applications they install on their PCs, so the next challenge for Microsoft is to figure out how to provide that information, according to Scott Charney, the VP of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group.
Penetration testing is a good way to audit whether your controls over standardised configurations are working, says the VP of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group.
Measuring investments in security should factor in costs and benefits affecting privacy, economics and culture, says the VP of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group
"We can craft ways to protect the values of privacy and security, although in some cases there are tensions to be worked out," says the VP of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group
You've got a lot invested in that current infrastructure, but there are those who are telling you it's time to upgrade. When is really the right time?
Less than two months after launching its Windows Server 2003 operating system, Microsoft has released a security patch to fix a vulnerability that could let malicious sites run damaging code on the server.
Commentary: Bill Gates is beating the drum for tablets, Smart Display, and Web services - purchased with his US$5bn research budget. The question is: do we want to follow, and can we afford to?
Scott Charney's carreer has taken him from prosecutor in Bronx County to vice chairman of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board. Now he's literally looking for trouble as Microsoft's chief security strategist.
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