Steve Riley on Security
Formerly of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group.
Just a quick update, to make sure everyone knows. I've moved my blog from MSInfluentials to...
Date: 08/19/2009
Friends, as a part of Microsoft’s second round of restructuring, my position was eliminated...
Date: 05/06/2009
Yesterday, Donnie Hamlett, a Microsoft core infrastructure optimization specialist, gave a webcast...
Date: 01/09/2009
An interesting comment recently appeared on my older post about whether or not to use...
Date: 01/05/2009
Greetings. In case you haven’t already read about it, we recently updated the Microsoft Security...
Date: 12/01/2008
At Windows Connections two weeks ago, during my keynote speech “How IT will change in the next 10...
Date: 11/24/2008
Back when the spam was spiraling out of control, I configured my blog to close comments after 90...
Date: 10/15/2008
Customers have long requested a way to configure a computer to automatically disable its wireless...
Date: 10/15/2008
Way back in 2005, Jesper Johannson and I wrote Protect Your Windows Network. It’s still available,...
Date: 09/29/2008
A pretty good question came across the newsgroups the other day. Someone was asking what are the...
Date: 09/16/2008
One problem with making your email address available (which I will continue to do, don't worry) is...
Date: 09/16/2008
Check this out:...
Date: 09/11/2008
What's on your mind? What do you want to learn more about? Tell me, tell me... Oh, and for 2009 I...
Date: 08/25/2008
The other day an office mate asked, "Do you twitter?" Sorting through the various snarky...
Date: 06/27/2008
Contrary to popular belief, the rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. Well, ok, no...
Date: 06/25/2008
Please let me know if this is a feature you'd be interested in. We're looking to build the business...
Date: 04/23/2008
Surely time itself has warped and it's suddenly April 1st. Come on, if you read the following,...
Date: 02/18/2008
I've seen some conversations lately about the Power Users group -- how powerful is it, really, and...
Date: 02/11/2008
TechNet Spotlight features videos of many presentations from our TechEd conferences. Here are some...
Date: 02/05/2008
Another new resource for you... I know from my time with customers in meetings and at events that...
Date: 02/01/2008
IPsec is a wonderful technology for identifying computers and securing the exchange of data between...
Date: 02/01/2008
Recently, the question of using AES for SSL has come up in the newsgroups and at some conferences....
Date: 11/07/2007
Last month, in my post "Autorun: good for you?" I described why I believe you should disable Autorun...
Date: 10/30/2007
This week, I'm attending and spoke at a cybercrime conference in Singapore. One of the presenters...
Date: 10/25/2007
In the right-hand column I've added a new section with four interesting bits of info for you: A...
Date: 09/26/2007
A few days ago, I wrote a brief post about my non-use of antivirus software on my own computers. A...
Date: 09/25/2007
Yes, if you're a five-year-old and you're tired of always asking mom or dad how to start the game on...
Date: 09/23/2007
In the newsgroups a few weeks ago, someone asked about which anti-virus software is best for...
Date: 09/23/2007
Recently in the newsgroups (news:microsoft.public.security, to be specific) the question of password...
Date: 09/04/2007
Over the past month I've received at least three enquiries from people asking about the legitimacy...
Date: 08/19/2007
Got an email today from a customer asking about how BitLocker will affect the ability of law...
Date: 07/13/2007
A while back, the technology in Vista called mandatory integrity control got a new name: Windows...
Date: 07/13/2007
Yep, I know it's popular, it's considered by some electronic music "aficionados" to be a waste of...
Date: 07/05/2007
Take a few moments and indulge in a thought exercise with me. Consider your company’s complete...
Date: 07/02/2007
New article up... Back in the days of the paleocomputing era, no one ever thought about installing...
Date: 05/29/2007
A few times each year, Bill Gates or Steve Ballmer publish an executive memo. The first memo was...
Date: 02/06/2007