Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint is the next generation of Forefront Security for SharePoint.   We are currently recruiting customers to join our TAP program for this product. By participating in the Forefront TAP program, you will have the opportunity to gain exposure to this new release prior to general availability. In addition you w.. more »

Hi everyone, Bryan here. I’m going to be presenting two sessions on the SDL next week, one for TechEd Europe and one for the Microsoft Platforma event in Moscow. If you’re attending either of these conferences, stop by and introduce yourself, or better yet stay for the session! TechEd Europe: SIA-205: SDL-Agile: Microsoft’s Approach to Securi.. more »

Advance Notification for the November 2009 Security Bulletin Release To help customers plan and prioritize for this month’s security updates, we wanted to let you know that we will be releasing 6 bulletins (three critical and three important) addressing 15 vulnerabilities, affecting Windows and Microsoft Office products. Customers should plan a re.. more »

This year at the PacSec conference, I will present a Microsoft view of the threat landscape during the first six months in 2009. It will be based on telemetry data published in the latest (SIR) published on Nov 2nd, 2009. You can find agenda of the conference at From data gathered by a number of Microsoft security products (e.g. Forefront Client S.. more »

Last year we developed an internal tool to review servers for security configuration issues. Microsoft offers several enterprise options for doing this such as Systems Center Configuration Manager but the requirements were for a lightweight stand-alone tool focused towards developers and testers who often developed in an unmanaged environment. The .. more »

“…BranchCache is a new capability available as a part of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.  BranchCache helps increase the network responsiveness of applications, giving users in remote offices an experience more like working in the head office. When accessing content stored on Windows Server 2008 R2, users in a branch office don't need to wa.. more »

Management is the holy grail for IT. A well managed network reduces overhead and give you time to do things that will help your company make more money, instead of wasting your time handling things in reactive mode. A far better way to approach things is to be proactive – and that’s what management is all about. That’s why it’s such great news to .. more »

Hi everyone, Bryan here. I’m going to be presenting two sessions on the SDL next week, one for TechEd Europe and one for the Microsoft Platforma event in Moscow. Excerpt from: SDL at TechEd Europe and Platforma.. more »

Microsoft on Thursday said next week’s Patch Tuesday release will consist of six bulletins that address a total of 15 vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office products. According to Microsoft’s Security Bulletin Advance . Read the original here: Microsoft To Issue Six Security Updates Next Week - ChannelWeb ….. more »

SnapNames, the largest reseller of Web site names, Wednesday alleged that a former top executive secretly bid on tens of thousands of domain name auctions over the past four years, driving up costs for other bidders and enriching himself in the process. SnapNames owner Oversee.net said it learned about a month ago that the executive had been .. more »

receive any updates for these retired engines. In order to make sure your Antigen and Forefront products continue to scan efficiently and effectively for malware , any customers running the AhnLab, CA, or Sophos engines must these engines before Dec. 1, 2009 and select from the new set of five engines Authentium, Kaspersky, Microsoft, Norman, and V.. more »

Syed Aslam Basha here. I am a tester on the Information Security Tools team. Apart from performance testing for web sites, I have done load testing on web services for many of our projects. I will show how to create a web test for web service using Visual studio team system 2010 (VSTS) which can be used in load testing. Steps to create web test .. more »

What’s new with the Firewall client? First, it’s got a new name – the Threat Management Gateway client or TMG client. Second – it’s not the Firewall client you used to know. more..... more »

TMG firewalls introduce a new concept for creating Access Rules – called Web Access Policy. The thing about Web Access Policy rules is that they only handle HTTP and HTTPS connections. In addition to that, they are grouped, with the idea that if you group the HTTP/HTTPS rules it will be easier for you to figure out what’s going on. more..... more »

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Howell, Paul (11/04/09) Here is the original: Cracking Passwords in the Cloud: Breakin.. more »

Worm Exploits MS08-067 Bug DOWNAD, also known as the Conficker worm, was first seen in the wild taking advantage of the MS08-067 vulnerability. True to form, it propagated via shared networks See the rest here: DOWNAD/Conficker Turns 1yr.. more »

Cristian Mora Aguilar, Forefront Technical PM, starts off by briefly telling us about Microsoft's secure messaging solution and what business problems it resolves. He then gives us a screencast / demo of some of the cool scenarios enabled and problems solved with the secure messaging solution.  Find out how Microsoft products help secure Mi.. more »

Syed Aslam Basha here. I am a tester on the Information Security Tools team. This blog post is in continuation with How To: Identify Memory Leaks In An Unmanaged Application blog post. I will show how to setup perfmon to collect data for the selected counter in Windows 7. Steps to configure perfmon Click on start –> Click on Run Enter Pe.. more »

Hello, Randy Evans here. I am a principal developer on the Information Security Tools Team. In a recent project, we had a intranet web site that called an IIS hosted WCF service. The WCF service, in turn, called a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) web service. We wanted to utilize the authorization mechanisms of SSRS. To do this, we needed to .. more »