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Microsoft: Internet both safer and more dangerous

In an interview, Microsoft security executive Scott Charney tells CNET News' Ina Fried about the latest threats as well as new ways that Microsoft is trying to thwart the hackers.

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Hacking, Security, Scott Charney, News, microsoft, ina fried, virus, hackers, internet

Videos 2009-04-21

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Delays, delays on White House cyber positions.

Where is the cybersecurity czar? And the White House intellectual property coordinator? The folks for those important federal tech positions have been chosen but there is no sign of announcements being made, NextGov says. The likely nominees for cyberczar: Howard Schmidt, former White House special adviser...

Tags: Job, White House, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Microsoft exec outlines Windows 7 security [video]

Mobile-device security, two factor log-ins, and AppLocker, a code-signing feature for applications, are just a few of the security advancements Microsoft is rolling out with its Windows 7 operating system. Scott Charney, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing division, explains at the RSA Conference in San Francisco how it...

Tags: RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Video, Microsoft Corp., Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Microsoft exec outlines Windows 7 security

Mobile-device security, two factor log-ins, and AppLocker, a code-signing feature for applications, are just a few of the security advancements Microsoft is rolling out with its Windows 7 operating system. Scott Charney, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing division, explains at the RSA Conference in San Francisco how it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft, Windows 7, security, applications, mobile devices, code signing, two-factor login, RSA

Videos 2009-04-21

Placing bets on proposed cyberczar position

President-elect Obama should appoint a Center for Cybersecurity Operations and appoint a cyberczar to oversee its operations, according to a report by the U.S. Commission on Cybersecurity. According to Business Week: Active policing of government and corporate networks would include new rules and a "red...

Tags: Cybersecurity, CRN, Powell, Government, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-10

RSA: Microsoft launches trusted Internet initiative; Aims for security dialogue

Microsoft said Tuesday at the RSA security conference that it is launching a trustworthy Internet initiative much like its Trustworthy Computing plan launched in 2002. And like Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative it all started with a whitepaper. That fact is what makes Microsoft's strategy and research chief's...

Tags: RSA Security Inc., Microsoft Corp., Trustworthy Computing, Craig Mundie, Internet, Security, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-08

Microsoft puts the post-Vista wheels in motion

Windows Vista is not fully baked, but that doesnt mean senior management isnt already thinking about "Vista+1" as they like to call the next Windows client release (the one I believe is -- or at least was -- code-named "Fiji"). Microsoft has not yet built or tested even a...

Tags: COSD Jon DeVaan

Blog posts 2006-10-12

Masters of cybercrime

The consensus among the panelists at a Churchill Club discussion entitled "Masters of Cybercrime: The Ultimate Battle of Good and Evil," was that the good guys aren't winning. The panelists included Joe Boerio, CTO, Franklin Templeton Investments; Brad Boston, Senior VP and CIO, Cisco; Scott Charney, Vice President, Trustworthy...

Tags: Marcus Sachs, MP3, Podcasts, Government, Digital Music, Homeland Security, Digital Media, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Security, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2005-06-02

PC Forum here we come...

Starting Monday, David and I will be posting from Esther Dyson's PC Forum conference in hopefully sunny Scottsdale, Arizona. Stay tuned for our coverage, including some podcasts and live action photos. The "PC" in PC Forum was about the personal computer when the conference started 28 years ago. Now "PC"...

Tags: PC Forum

Blog posts 2005-03-18

Report tells programmers to put security over creativity

Report tells programmers to put security over creativityMake it simple and FASTI cannot stand all the imbedded junk in a webpage. Make it simple, clean looking and fast. Leave the animated junk to the kids.Can you say Palladium?I knew you could.is it the programmers fault? Why blame them for...

Tags: Development tools, programmer, security, software, government, Business Software Alliance

Discussion threads 2004-04-01