That’s All Folks : A Last Post from FIRST 2008

Well that’s your lot for now, podcast and blog wise.  I’ll occasionally be checking in and perhaps if the guys at ITProportal let me, even publish a few more rants and podcasts here.

MON 14 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Recovery when disaster strikes

In this year’s 2008 FIRST conference, keynote speaker, Microsoft's George Stathakpolous showed us some statistics which indicated that Japan had the least amount of malware infections in the world by a huge order of magnitude

THU 10 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

FIRST Program Chair: Podcast

Whilst working at the FIRST 2008 Conference, I got to share an office with the 2008 and 2009 program chairs, who would share with me some pretty interesting and useful aspects of how members can influence the FIRST security conference program structure.  So I couldn't resist having a podcast with them

WED 09 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Establishing End to End Trust Summary

This is my last blog on Microsoft's End to End Trust vision.  It looks at a different way of viewing security and summarises my thoughts after the disucssions I had with keynote speakers, Microsoft's George Stathakopolous, Ivan Krstić and Cisco's John Stewart.  Do go to the links for Microsoft and add your comments, good or bad.

TUE 08 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Internationality of FIRST Podcast

As we've mentioned over and over again, FIRST is a truly international conference aimed at enabling delegates worldwide to network and swap stories and tips to better defend their environments and systems.   In this podcast, Uri, a delegate from Estonia, talks about why he enjoys being at FIRST over other conferences.

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Microsoft Trusted Stack: Hardware and O/S

In this blog we look a the difficulties of hardware and O/S trust which are the forth and fifth elements of the Microsoft Trust Stack.  

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Microsoft Trusted Stack: The Software Stack

In this blog we look a the difficulties of software trust which is the third component of the Microsoft Trust Stack.  

MON 07 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Chairing and Cheering First Podcast

What is it like being a Chairman and a Vice Chair for FIRST?  Long time steering committee member, Kennneth R Van Wyk has given his time to work in both of these positions and others. In this short podcast Ken shares with us what the roles involve and the importance of FIRST to the global security community.

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Microsoft Trusted Stack: Can We Really Trust Data?

Continuing a series of blogs on the Microsoft Trusted Stack model, Ben Chai looks at whether we can ever really trust data.

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Microsoft Trusted Stack: Can We Ever Trust People?

Can we ever trust any kind of identity module?  What if everyone had a chip to identify them and this chip was required to logon to a computer, network or the internet?  Would this be failsafe?  We think not.  Read on to find out why.

FRI 04 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008