The Great Virtualisation Secret

In this Special Report, Ben Chai examines one of the great myths of the virtualisation market and how unravelling the myth can truly benefit your business

WED 13 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Special reports

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

Japan Cert technical director discusses FIRST 2009

In this short podcast, FIRST steering committee member and Director of Technical Operations for Japan Cert, Yurie Ito gives us the inside information on the 2009 FIRST Conference in Kyoto.

THU 10 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

Security vs Civil Liberties

There are some who would want to remove the anoymity of the internet to help protect against cyber crime.  This is in itself a noble idea but as security people we should be ever mindful that we are here to enable people.  I think the following really expresses the opposing view.

TUE 08 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