Windows Vista Security

We Have Moved

Good day, Paul Cooke here. The Windows Vista Security blog has been a great avenue for us to talk...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 12/11/2008

Microsoft SIRv5 Released

Good day, Paul Cooke here. The Microsoft Malware Protection Center has published volume five of the...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 11/03/2008

TechED - EMEA

Good day, Paul Cooke here. I am in Barcelona getting set up for some sessions at TechEd-EMEA in...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 11/03/2008

Windows Vista Security Stories @ TechEd - Recap

Good day! Paul Cooke, Director of Enterprise Security, here. Orlando entertained close to 9,500...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 07/18/2008

Windows Vista and Malware

Hi, Austin Wilson here. Recently there have been some questions raised about the susceptibility of...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 05/09/2008

Disk encryption: Balancing security, usability and risk assessment

Hi: Russ Humphries here. There’s been a lot of attention this week paid to memory attacks against...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 02/22/2008

Windows Vista Security One Year Later

Hi, Austin Wilson here. Now that Windows Vista has been available to business customers for more...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 01/23/2008

(Driver Signing <> Kernel Patch Protection) AND (KPP <> Driver Signing)

So I am reading a lot of stories that seem to have confused, or incorrectly aligned, Windows Vista...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/15/2007

FAQ: Why can’t I bypass the UAC prompt?

[This item was authored by Aaron Margosis and originally appeared on his Non-Admin Blog.] The...

Author: uac Date: 08/09/2007

x64 Driver Signing Update

Hi, it’s Scott Field, Windows Security Architect, again. Microsoft recently became aware of a third...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/02/2007

Windows Smartcard Framework Certification Program Goes Live

Hi – everyone! I’m David Cross the Director of Program Management for Windows Security. It has been...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 07/01/2007

Windows Vista Security at 180 Days

Just as he did at the 90-day mark, Jeff Jones, a Microsoft Director from the Trustworthy Computing...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 06/20/2007

PKI Enhancements in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

I’m Avi Ben-Menahem, the lead program manager for the PKI and smart card technologies in Windows...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 06/01/2007

The Windows Vista Security Blog is Back

We’re back! You’ve probably noticed that the blog hasn’t been updated much lately. We’re going to...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 05/17/2007

Windows Vista Security Guide 1.2 Released

We have identified an issue with version 1.1 of the Windows Vista Security Guide, which caused some...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 01/05/2007

Windows Vista Security Guide Now Available

Microsoft’s Solution Accelerator – Security and Compliance team is pleased to announce the release...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 11/09/2006

Windows Vista Security Center: User-Focused Improvements

I’m Chas Jeffries, and I’m the lead program manager for Windows Security Center (WSC) for Windows...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 10/18/2006

Bloggers Report on Vista Security

Microsoft’s hard work in the area of security for the soon-to-be-released Windows Vista operating...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 10/04/2006

USB Blocking in Release Candidate 1

One of the favorite enterprise features of Microsoft® Windows Vista™, USB device installations, gets...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 10/03/2006

Windows Vista Security Guide Update: Good News and Bad

The good news: The Windows Vista Security Guide Beta is now live! You can download it from...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 09/06/2006

Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1)

As you may have heard by now, Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is complete! See the...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 09/06/2006

Cisco and Microsoft NAC/NAP Announcement at Security Standard Conference

This week I’m at the inaugural Security Standard conference in Boston Massachusetts. Security...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 09/06/2006

Vista Security Guide Beta Opportunity

We have an update on the Windows Vista Security Guide we announced last month. We’re far enough into...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 09/02/2006

Windows Vista Sidebar Security

Brian Teutsch, Program Manager for Windows Sidebar posted an article on the sidebar security model...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/31/2006

Built-in Administrator Account Disabled

In Windows Vista we made numerous changes to our user account model. Standard users are now the...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/27/2006

New Authentication Functionality in Windows Vista

The Windows Authentication Team works on the core Windows authentication components, such as the...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/25/2006

Windows Vista Security Guide

The Solutions for Security and Compliance team is currently developing the Windows Vista Security...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/23/2006

Security Update Policy for Windows Vista

Windows Vista is the first major Microsoft product release that will be serviced with security...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/15/2006

An Introduction to Kernel Patch Protection

Hello, I'm Scott Field, an Architect working on Windows Kernel Security. There have been a lot of...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/12/2006

Flash Swag: Windows Vista Build 5472 DVD

We have reached our limit. All the DVDs are gone. If you do not receive one you were not one of the...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/08/2006

Back From Black Hat

Well, we’re back after an exciting week in Las Vegas presenting on Microsoft Windows Vista. There...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 08/07/2006

Windows Vista Security Testing

Hi, I’m Austin Wilson, Director of Product Management for Windows Vista security. Our first focus...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 07/28/2006

Welcome to the Windows Vista Security Blog

Thousands of people from around the world have been hard at work to ensure that Windows Vista is the...

Author: windowsvistasecurity Date: 07/24/2006