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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| Posted in FIRST 2008| Section: Security

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| Posted in FIRST 2008| Section: Security

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| Posted in FIRST 2008| Section: Security

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| Posted in FIRST 2008| Section: Security

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| Posted in FIRST 2008| Section: Security

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.

Trust in People

Trust in Data

Trust in Software

Trust in O/S

Trust in Hardware

Mon, 07 July, 2008| Posted in FIRST 2008| Section: Security

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.

Trust in People

Trust in Data

Trust in Software

Trust in O/S

Trust in Hardware

Mon, 07 July, 2008| Posted in FIRST 2008| Section: Security

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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| Posted in FIRST 2008| Section: Security