The Trusted Stack

What is the trusted stack and how can it help improve your overal security posture? This blog looks at why it was necessary for Microsoft to further evolve their SD3 with layered defence strategy.

THU 03 JULY 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

The Blacklist Alternative

As we have seen from previous blogs, blacklists are becoming more and more ineffective against an ever increasing malware and increasingly innovative criminal minds

SUN 29 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

The Evolution of BotNets Podcast

Botnets have been known to be a significant threat to corporations and governments alike. Many companies have only just been able to create adequate defences by co-operating with the Computer Emergency Response Teams

Recorded at First2008

FRI 27 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

Moving Beyond Penetration Testing Podcast

Over the last few years more and more companies have grown used to the concept of penetration testing to help detect security holes in their applications, networks and operating systems.

Recorded at FIRST2008

FRI 27 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

FIRST, CERT Coordination Centre launch free 'net protection

New methods that organisations and individuals can adopt for free to protect themselves from malicious internet attacks were unveiled today at the 20^th annual conference of first, the forum of internet response and security teams.

THU 26 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

You’ve Been Hacked : Lessons to be learnt

Well actually it was me.  Just before coming to FIRST, I was backing up different parts of my computer and so created some shares and opened up my guest account so that I didn’t have to bother about user names and passwords

WED 25 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008

The First Best Security Practices Competition

An exciting new component introduced at this year's FIRST conference in Vancouver was the Best Practices competition with a first prize of $5000.

WED 25 JUNE 2008 |Featured in: FIRST 2008