LAS VEGAS -- Interop 2008 -- Microsoft is adding two edge security products to its Forefront line -- next-generation and rebranded versions of its remote network access product and its network edge protection product, the company revealed here today.
The newly christened Forefront Unified Access Gateway (formerly its Internet Access Gateway) and Forefront Threat Management Gateway (formerly Internet Security & Acceleration Server 2006) will be released in public beta versions later this year. Microsoft also announced that it will roll out an updated version of its SharePoint Optimizer for the existing IAG 2007 SSL VPN product next month.
“We wanted to update our naming and branding, and the vision you will see us [following] better over time is the integration and alignment with multiple access solutions across Microsoft” products, says Margaret Dawson, group product manager for Forefront edge products. “We will do a better job of integrating with SharePoint, OWA, mobile, Windows Server, etc."
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Microsoft hosts its own police academy
Hundreds of officials from agencies around the world including the FBI, Interpol, state attorneys general, city and county police, and the Air Force are attending a three-day technology training session at Microsoft's Redmond, Wash., campus beginning on Monday.
Microsoft is training the officers how to use technologies that can help them fight cybercrime as well as help them investigate traditional crime with an online component. Nearly 400 people from more than 80 agencies in 35 countries are attending.
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Microsoft is training the officers how to use technologies that can help them fight cybercrime as well as help them investigate traditional crime with an online component. Nearly 400 people from more than 80 agencies in 35 countries are attending.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Microsoft encourages researchers to hack
Microsoft wants to encourage legitimate researchers to investigate its online services for vulnerabilities -- and promises not to sue as long as they submit the bugs they find
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
30 day countdown until Cisco releases Microsoft-NAP friendly NAC gear
New and Hot subject .....
A story in Network World's Network Access Control newsletter reports that Cisco will have its Microsoft-compatible NAC gear ready in about a month, which should be good news for a lot of potential NAC users who are customers of both vendors. Cisco NAC being compatible with Microsoft network access protection (NAP) means users can deploy NAC without having to also deploy a NAC client. Instead, endpoints using Microsoft Vista and XP with Service Pack 3 can use the built-in NAP
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A story in Network World's Network Access Control newsletter reports that Cisco will have its Microsoft-compatible NAC gear ready in about a month, which should be good news for a lot of potential NAC users who are customers of both vendors. Cisco NAC being compatible with Microsoft network access protection (NAP) means users can deploy NAC without having to also deploy a NAC client. Instead, endpoints using Microsoft Vista and XP with Service Pack 3 can use the built-in NAP
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Microsoft releases public beta of security console
Microsoft on Tuesday released the first public beta of a centralized management console that will pull together administrative tasks around its collection of Forefront security software for clients, servers and the network edge.
At the RSA Conference, Microsoft released the first test code for Stirling, which it unveiled last summer. Stirling is designed as the knot that ties together Microsoft's Forefront security software – Client Security, Security for Exchange Server, Security for SharePoint, Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA), and the Intelligent Application Gateway
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At the RSA Conference, Microsoft released the first test code for Stirling, which it unveiled last summer. Stirling is designed as the knot that ties together Microsoft's Forefront security software – Client Security, Security for Exchange Server, Security for SharePoint, Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA), and the Intelligent Application Gateway
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Sunday, April 06, 2008
Microsoft Technology Day( Kuwait)
Really it was a big event, at the Microsoft Technology Day 2008 held on March 30, 2008. There were around 300 attendees, 20 speakers and 42 sessions on various Microsoft technologies.
I have delivered the following sessions.
1- Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway
2- Microsoft System Center Essential
Speakers were of MVPs, Microsoft employees and trainers from Infocenter Kuwait,
I have delivered the following sessions.
1- Microsoft Intelligent Application Gateway
2- Microsoft System Center Essential
Speakers were of MVPs, Microsoft employees and trainers from Infocenter Kuwait,
Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection
Gartner has positioned Microsoft Forefront Client Security in the Challengers Quadrant of the analyst group’s Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms, 2007
21 December 2007
Peter Firstbrook, Arabella Hallawell, John Girard, Neil MacDonald
Gartner RAS Core Research Note G00153291
The stand-alone antivirus market has been replaced with a broader suite of defensive technologies supported by an extensible management platform that can subsume horizontal products, such as data protection and device management capabilities
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21 December 2007
Peter Firstbrook, Arabella Hallawell, John Girard, Neil MacDonald
Gartner RAS Core Research Note G00153291
The stand-alone antivirus market has been replaced with a broader suite of defensive technologies supported by an extensible management platform that can subsume horizontal products, such as data protection and device management capabilities
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
RSA to kick off next week with Microsoft's 'Stirling'
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Microsoft wins 2008 Info Security Products Guide Global Product Excellence Awards for ISA Server 2006 and Forefront Security for Exchange Server
Microsoft wins 2008 Info Security Products Guide Global Product Excellence Awards for ISA Server 2006 and Forefront Security for Exchange Server
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Microsoft Acquires Security Firm
Komoku technology will be incorporated into Forefront and Windows Live OneCare.
Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
PC World
Saturday, March 22, 2008; 2:19 PM
Microsoft hopes to beef up its security capabilities with the acquisition of Komoku, a developer of rootkit detection products, announced last week.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Microsoft plans to add Komoku's technology into its Forefront and Windows Live OneCare products.Forefrontis Microsoft's suite of enterprise security software that includes malware protection for PCs, security tools for Exchange and SharePoint servers, and gateways that secure remote access to corporate data.
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Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service
PC World
Saturday, March 22, 2008; 2:19 PM
Microsoft hopes to beef up its security capabilities with the acquisition of Komoku, a developer of rootkit detection products, announced last week.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Microsoft plans to add Komoku's technology into its Forefront and Windows Live OneCare products.Forefrontis Microsoft's suite of enterprise security software that includes malware protection for PCs, security tools for Exchange and SharePoint servers, and gateways that secure remote access to corporate data.
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
Trend Micro hit by massive Web hack
Security vendor Trend Micro has fallen victim to a widespread Web attack that splashed malicious software onto hundreds of legitimate Web sites in recent days.
A Trend Micro spokesman confirmed that the company's site had been hacked Thursday, saying that the attack took place earlier in the week. "A portion of our site -- some pages were attacked," said Mike Sweeny, a Trend Micro spokesman. "We took the pages down overnight Tuesday night -- and took corrective action."
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A Trend Micro spokesman confirmed that the company's site had been hacked Thursday, saying that the attack took place earlier in the week. "A portion of our site -- some pages were attacked," said Mike Sweeny, a Trend Micro spokesman. "We took the pages down overnight Tuesday night -- and took corrective action."
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Cisco patches two flaws in its Secure Access Control Server
Submitted by Cisconet on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 7:54pm.
Cisco released free software fixes for two sets of vulnerabilities that affect its Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows User-Changeable Password (UCP) application. The flaws were reported to Cisco by Felix 'FX' Lindner of Recurity Labs.
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Cisco released free software fixes for two sets of vulnerabilities that affect its Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) for Windows User-Changeable Password (UCP) application. The flaws were reported to Cisco by Felix 'FX' Lindner of Recurity Labs.
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Community Open Day –Kuwait
It is our first community event , and really it was amazing one based on the attendees feedback (a round 150 attendees )
Here is some details about the event
http://www.dotnetboom.net/openday/Default.aspx
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Security vendors rally around NAP
It is a nice article about NAC solution competition
Security vendors are clamoring to announce their products' compatibility with Microsoft's network access protection, a key security feature of Windows Server 2008.
Foundry Networks
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Security vendors are clamoring to announce their products' compatibility with Microsoft's network access protection, a key security feature of Windows Server 2008.
Foundry Networks
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Microsoft Technology Day
Microsoft Technology Day is being conducted by the Microsoft Experts Community (MSExperts.net) at Kuwait on InfoCenter Dawalia bulding on 30th of march 2008
I will be presenting at the event on the following topics:
1- Microsoft Intelligent application gateway (SSL VPN)
2-Microsoft System Essential 2007
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Google buys into security, acquires GreenBorder
San Francisco (InfoWorld) - Google has jumped into the anti-malware market, snatching up browser-based security software maker GreenBorder Technologies for an undisclosed amount of money.
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Monday, April 23, 2007
Eight in ten major Web sites highly vulnerable to attack
Eight out of ten Web sites contain common flaws that can allow attackers to steal customer data, create phishing exploits, or craft a variety of other attacks, a security company reported today.
WhiteHat Security regularly scans hundreds of "very popular, very high-traffic sites" for its online business customers, says Jeremiah Grossman, the company's founder. "More than likely, you have shopped there, or bank there," he says. Thirty percent of scanned sites contain an urgent vulnerability, such as one that allows direct access to a company database with customer information, he says.
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WhiteHat Security regularly scans hundreds of "very popular, very high-traffic sites" for its online business customers, says Jeremiah Grossman, the company's founder. "More than likely, you have shopped there, or bank there," he says. Thirty percent of scanned sites contain an urgent vulnerability, such as one that allows direct access to a company database with customer information, he says.
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Hacker breaks into Mac at security conference
A hacker managed to break into a Mac and win a $10,000 prize as part of a contest started at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver
In winning the contest, he exposed a hole in Safari, Apple's browser. "Currently, every copy of OS X out there now is vulnerable to this," said Sean Comeau, one of the organizers of CanSecWest.
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In winning the contest, he exposed a hole in Safari, Apple's browser. "Currently, every copy of OS X out there now is vulnerable to this," said Sean Comeau, one of the organizers of CanSecWest.
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